ARI'S POINT OF VIEW
Today was… I don’t even know how to describe it. There was a softness in the air. Like something had shifted without permission. Something subtle but heavy. Something that made me look at Adrian in a different light. Like the sun was hitting him from a new angle. Like he wasn’t just a complicated part of my past… but maybe a different kind of future.
Maybe if I let myself love again I’d forget about this guilt. The guilt that keeps chewing my ribs like metal claws. The guilt that whispers about the child that never came. In life not all secrets need to be exposed right? Not every story needs to be told. Not every pain needs to have a witness.
Yes.
So out of nowhere I said it. Bold. Straight.
“Let’s go on a date, Adrian Meyer.”
He blinked. Then he laughed and leane
