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–Halloween Party was great, at least for Chad, Ethan was really bored, and Chad just needed 5 minutes to left him alone, but that was 2 hours ago, his phone rang– Tara had a problem, we returned to her flat… of course you did –Ethan sighed and put his phone away, that was now a habit. Always the same thing, he returned to his room and went to bed, he was waiting for Chad, but he never came back, the next morning Ethan woke up, Chad was sleeping, Ethan saw his calendar and smiled, that day was the release of his favorite videogame, and he had 2 tickets for him and Chad, Chad woke up and watched Ethan–
—Hey… what’s going on?
Mmm… nothing just, today is the release of my videogame, and you said you’d go with me.
—Today? Oh… Eth, I can’t, I have plans with Tara.
Are you kidding me?
—No, come on Eth, it’s Tara, we prepared this three days ago.
I asked you two weeks ago, and you said yes.
—Eth, I can't be your only friend, just ask someone else.
Fine… go –At the end Ethan went alone, he was starting to get sick of that, always the same thing, three days later Chad arrived very excited, Ethan thought he was going to ask him to join him at another party, but instead he asked him to go to the video game store– really?
—Yeah, it will be fun… so?
Okay –the first 30 minutes were fine, but they found Tara, okay in that moment Ethan knew the reason– hi…
–Hi guys, what are you doing here?
Well we are
—Ethan asked me to come with him –Chad interrupted– for a new videogame, but he has it now, so we’re free.
–Oh, it’s great, well I’m buying some things, but I almost finish.
—Oh… well, Ethan has his videogame so, maybe we can have a good time.
–Mmm… sure.
—Cool, well Eth, are you okay with this, right?
Sure, I have plans, so… I gotta go –Ethan was really angry with Chad, it had happened to him before, Chad left him and he had to wait for him, or would back to his room after Chad text him something like “We’re in the flat, see you later” but not this time, Ethan went to his room, four hours after Chad arrived– hey
—Hey? Eth you left me there, what the fuck man?
Well… I wanted to play. What’s the problem?
—You could text me, I know you’re angry.
Me? Of course not, why should I be angry?
—Look man, I know you’re jealous.
What?
—You have a crush on Tara, and you’re angry because she prefers me, but that’s not my fault.
I don’t have crush on her.
—Yes you do, look… you’re cute I guess, but you are really annoying sometimes, you always have to be better than everyone.
I’m angry because my best friend never has time for me, he always leaves me alone.
—Really? Tell me one time.
The party, mall, cinema.
—I went with you, and I invited you.
Yes, and then you left me alone, again.
—I know, you’re angry because Tara likes me and you don't, and you have a little problem with “oh poor Ethan, he’s alone”, man, I’m your friend not your babysitter, if you don’t want to be alone, get more friends and try to not be a selfish, arrogant guy, because no one likes you for that reason –realized what he said he did not know what else to say– Eth… I didn’t want…
You’re right, you’re not my babysitter, and I have to get more friends –Ethan stood up, his eyes were crystallized, tears were trying to come out– don’t worry, I’m not gonna be a trouble for you, good night.
—Where are you going?
It doesn’t matter –Ethan said and left the room, the rest of the week Ethan never got to sleep, chad had waited for him on Wednesday for his movie night, but Ethan never showed up. It was like he was avoiding Chad, the last night Chad was tired and angry, so he sent him a text–
—Well, Ethan if you wanna be an idiot, good for me, it’s your problem. But don’t come back when you feel alone –he wrote and sent it, he was with his sister and friends, a little party for Sam, now he was talking with Anika–
You know, I think you and Ethan have a great friendship.
—Really? I don’t think the same.
Come on, I mean… Ethan always goes with you to different places and parties, and… between you and me, Ethan doesn’t like parties.
—If he hates it, why does he always go?
Because you are his best friend, and he cares about you, come on Chad you do the same for him, don’t you?
—Yes… I do –in that moment Chad was thinking, he did the same things for Ethan, but… he couldn’t remember one, their last movie night he had dumped Ethan, he had forgotten to tell him, but he was distracted by Tara and the guys, and one night before that he had invited Tara, so Ethan had left them alone, maybe he had been ignoring him all night– guys, I gotta go, se you later –he left the party and went back to his room, if he can find Ethan, they could talk and try to fix everything– hey Eth –when he entered all stuff were already gone, Ethan’s stuff, the room looked empty– wow… this is unexpected – It seemed that Ethan had moved, Chad checked his phone and his message appeared as read, he wrote another one to apologize but it appeared as "undelivered", he tried to call him but nothing, Ethan had blocked him from everything– Okay Ethan, if you want this, you got this, I don’t need, you need me –Chad was angry, if Ethan wanted to play this game, he would do it too–