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Tay knows that Time has been cheating since long ago but he still chooses to stay with him. Tay's love for Time is too big to give up so easily. For Tay, as long as he doesn't see Time cheats with his own eyes, he still can accept all the lies Time fed him.
"Tay, you know you are my only one, right?"
"Guess what I bought for you this time?"
"Bae, I know you love me, don't you?"
"Please forgive me this time, I promise I will come back home earlier."
Tay knows that he is not Time's only one since who knows when. Time always tries to give Tay expensive things such as bracelets, necklaces, earrings or rings, all made of diamond or some kind of jewelry whenever he wants to make up with Tay, perhaps Time feels some kind of guilt? Sometimes, when Tay tries to ask Time about the 'cheating thing', he always avoids it at all cost by changing the topic into something else. As a cheater, Time sometimes goes home late and that makes Tay question him more, it always ends up with Time's empty promises and sweet little lies.
Is Tay getting tired of his boyfriend's behavior? Yes, he is. Is Tay going to leave him? Unfortunately, the answer is no.
Sometimes, Tay wants to go out, drink and cry his heart out then find someone to hook up with, let himself forget his love for Time so they can break up in peace. But Tay is a coward as well as a fool. Whenever that idea lights up in his mind, Tay always remembers all the lies Time told him and feels like he is at fault.
Everything just keeps going like that, Tay just being a fool and Time, the cheater, go out early and come back late with a stranger's perfume all over his shirt.
Until one day, when Tay came back home earlier than usual from a meeting, he sees a stranger's shoes in their house, Tay tries to convince himself that maybe one of Time's friends whom he doesn't know visit their house.
If only the situation is like what he thought it'll be.
The second he takes a step inside the living room, Tay is stunned by the scene that he saw with his own eyes. Tay feels the tears rolling on his cheeks while waiting for the realization of his existence by his boyfriend.
The other man is still cuddling and giggling with his darling on the sofa without knowing his boyfriend is already here, inside the house, watching them teasing each other. It looks like they just have sex by the way their clothes are all over the floor of the living room. Time looks like he just had the best moment of his life, and that makes Tay feel pain in his heart.
"You guys really have no shame, don't you?!" After a while, Tay finally breaks the silence.
The couple on the sofa stop all of their action and look at Tay with their wide eyes, the faces they made already tell Tay that they are so shocked, they can't even say anything.
More trait of tears running down his cheeks, when Tay felt he can't hold it in anymore, he runs away.
"Tay baby, Let me explain! Wait for me, please!" Time stands up, he quickly grabs a blanket to cover his torso then chases after Tay but he's already too late, Tay has left the house and closed the door with a loud 'bang'.
The other person is still on the sofa, he is being confused by what the heck is this situation, he wants to say something but when he saw the way Time's gaze changed from blankly to angry, he automatically shut his mouth.
Time goes back to the sofa and sits on it, he's pulling his hair while thinking about the way Tay cried and ran away from the scene Time had created.
Time moves his sight to the other man. "I think you should leave."
Tay is standing in front of his friend's house, Kinn's house at the moment. He doesn't know if staying at Kinn's house is the right choice for him, but perhaps Kinn or his boyfriend, Porsche can understand the circumstances.
Hesitating for a while, Tay finally presses the bell button, and there is a bodyguard opening the gate for him. At the moment the bodyguard recognizes Tay, he immediately informs Kinn of the visitor.
The second Kinn sees Tay, it's just Tay who runs to Kinn and cries his heart out. Kinn, on the other hand, doesn't panic or express too much worriedness, he just lets out a sigh.
"Did you fight with him again?" Kinn pats Tay's shoulder gently.
"He cheated again… I saw it… with my own eyes this time…" The hiccups make it hard to talk so Tay often stops mid sentence.
Kinn stays silent, he lets his best friend cry on his shoulder while gently patting his shoulder repeatedly.
"What's happening here?" Porsche shows up from upstairs.
It's not rare to see Porsche here. After convincing Vegas to take the head of the minor family position from him because Porsche has enough with the stress he had to deal with and he thinks Vegas deserves the position than him, Porsche went back to the major family house and rarely leaves it except when he goes out with Kinn or for a mission.
"Their relationship issues again." Kinn looks up at his boyfriend then looks down at Tay again.
It takes a while for Tay to stop crying, with his friend's encouragement, Tay feels much better but his ached heart still has a wound that can't be healed in one day.
"Tay, I think you should eat something, take a shower and rest for a bit, today is tough enough for you. We prepared a room for you, you can stay as long as you want." Porsche looks like he is smiling but his eyes are filled with worry.
Tay can't help but feel warm in his chest, he opens his arm widely to get a big hug from both of his friends. Both Kinn and Porsche hug him without hesitation.
"You guys are literally the best!"
Tay wakes up from the best sleep he ever had after a long time. He checks his phone just to see what time it is but the number of missed calls from Time catch his eyes instead.
23 missed calls and 17 unread messages from Time.
Time
Tay
Baby
Answer me please, I can explain!
Where are you? I called Kinn but he said he also didn't know
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Tay… please come back…
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I'm sorry, I'm really wrong this time, please forgive me
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Okay, I won't bother you anymore, just please come back home soon, alright? I'm really worried. Love you.
Tay is being melted by Time's words again. No,Tay can't be appeased by Time's words like this. Time has done the worst thing and Tay can't accept it anymore. If he runs into Time's embrace once again, it will be the end for him. No, he needs to put himself together.
After thinking for a few minutes, Tay decided to text Time back.
Tay
I know I'm a coward for saying such serious things over text but I can't face you yet and I think I will never be able to if i don't say this.
I think we should break up.