CHAPTER FIVE
1000 Words
WHERE I WAS LED-
LUNA'S POV-
You know that feeling when life keeps teaching you the same lesson until you finally understand it?
Yeah.
That was me.
After Xavier, I stopped believing people easily. Not fully, anyway.
I became quieter.
More observant.
Less hopeful.
People thought I had healed because I laughed, joked around, and acted normal. But deep down?
I was tired.
Tired of fake promises.
Tired of people saying "trust me" and giving me reasons not to.
And most of all...
Tired of feeling like I was never enough.
Sometimes I would sit in my room and wonder:
Was I too nice? Too understanding? Too easy to lie to?
Or maybe...
I was just meeting the wrong people.
N: Luna slowly became distant from anything that looked like love. If a guy complimented her, she laughed it off. If someone acted nice, she waited for the catch.
Because somehow...
Kindness started feeling suspicious.
Until one random evening-
Amelia called.
"Luna, are you home?"
"Yes, why?"
"I want to gist you. And don't overthink it."
That line alone made me suspicious.
When Amelia arrived, she had that look on her face.
The one that meant she was definitely hiding something.
"What?" I asked immediately.
She grinned.
"There's someone I want you to meet."
I frowned.
"No."
"You don't even know who!"
"I don't care."
She laughed.
"Relax, it's not like that."
But after Jake and Xavier?
Everything felt like that.
Still, somehow...
I ended up agreeing.
Big mistake?
Or maybe...
The beginning of something I didn't expect.
She told me to follow her outside, and I did.
The moment we got there, I froze.
Standing there were Philmon, Trent, and Zane.
I greeted them casually before turning to Amelia with a confused look.
She just smiled.
That suspicious smile.
I turned back to the guys-
Only to catch Zane staring at me.
Not normal staring.
The kind of smiling-staring that makes you feel like you're the only person standing there.
Like I was some dream he had finally seen in real life.
Immediately, my mind said:
Not again.
Because at this point, my trust issues had trust issues.
But somehow...
Zane and I started talking.
And honestly?
He was easy to talk to.
No pressure.
No weird behavior.
Just vibes.
We became close little by little.
Too close, according to Amelia.
Because one day, she started teasing me.
"I know you like Zane."
I nearly choked.
"Excuse me?"
"You people fit! Don't even deny it."
I just stared at her.
Because me?
Like Zane?
No.
At least... that's what I told myself.
I saw him as cool.
Funny.
Easy to talk to.
That was all.
Right?
Or maybe I was just lying to myself again.
Then Philmon started his own nonsense.
"How is my babe?" he said randomly.
I frowned.
"Which babe?"
He looked at me like I was slow.
"Zane, of course."
I blinked.
"Um... we are not dating."
He smirked.
"Hmmm... sure. That's what they all say."
I just looked at him like:
Sir, what exactly are you seeing that I'm not seeing?
But then...
Something happened that made me start questioning everything.
Because the way Zane looked at me?
The way he acted around me?
It didn't exactly feel like friendship anymore.
And honestly?
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CHAPTER 5 (CONTINUED);
WHERE I WAS LED-
LUNA'S POV-
At first, I ignored it.
The little things.
The way Zane always found a reason to talk to me.
The random compliments.
The way he smiled whenever he saw me like seeing me somehow made his day better.
I tried not to think too much of it.
Because the last two times I did?
Disaster.
But then one evening-
Everything changed.
We were talking like normal when he suddenly became serious.
Too serious.
The joking stopped.
The playful vibe disappeared.
Then he said it.
"Luna... I like you."
I laughed awkwardly at first.
Because no.
Absolutely not.
Not again.
Then I realized-
He wasn't joking.
I just stared at him.
"Zane..."
"I'm serious," he said quickly. "I really like you."
And honestly?
A small part of me froze.
Not because I liked him like that.
But because...
Why was this happening again?
Then reality slapped me.
"Wait," I said slowly.
"Don't you have a girlfriend?"
Silence.
Then he sighed.
"It's complicated."
Oh God.
Not that line again.
Because somehow, every guy with a girlfriend suddenly had a complicated relationship.
I later found out he and his girlfriend had broken up and gotten back together more times than I could count.
One minute they were done.
The next minute they were back.
Then breakup again.
Then makeup again.
At that point, even I was confused.
And somehow...
He still wanted me.
But all I could think was:
If he can keep hurting her feelings like this... what makes me think I'll be different?
So I told him no.
Straight up.
Not because I hated him.
Not because he was terrible.
But because I had finally started learning.
"Zane, stop hurting her feelings," I told him.
"If you still have this back-and-forth thing with her, then figure that out first."
He looked disappointed.
"But I really like you."
And maybe he did.
But liking someone isn't enough.
Especially when someone else keeps getting hurt in the process.
Because in my head, all I could think was-
So if I accept him now... what happens later?
Would he leave me too?
Find another girl?
Break up with me whenever things got hard?
Because me?
I don't do that breakup-today-back-tomorrow thing.
Once it ends?
It ends.
Simple.
Maybe that made me difficult.
Or maybe...
I was finally protecting my peace.
Still...
That didn't stop things from becoming awkward after.
Because no matter how much I acted normal-
Something between us had changed.
And honestly?
I didn't know if that was a good thing or the beginning of another mess.
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