My Ex is my Bestfriend

I went home feeling lightheaded. Although Minho made me drink some soup to relieve my hangover, I still feel out of it.

I rode a cab, against Minho's insistence on driving me home. I'm just not yet comfortable being with him. Maybe I still felt so ashamed.

As I reached home, I immediately took a shower then plopped down on the bed.

"Hmmm. Minho and I decided to go strolling tomorrow. Where should we go?" I opened my phone and searched for the best places in the city. I took note of a couple of places but then I felt so sleepy. I decided continuing the search when I wake up later.

***

I was roused from sleep by the sound of my phone. I answered without looking at the caller.

"Hello?" I answered sleepily.

"Hey Cassidy! Still asleep?"

"Yeah."

"Uh. Do you know who I am?"

"No."

"Guess."

"No."

"Uh. Boring. Come on. Just one guess."

Hmmmm. I thought of people I know who is as dumb ass this caller. "Ethan?"

"Oh my god. How did you know?"

I sat up quickly, the sleep gone from my mind. "You are really Ethan?"

"Of course I am. Who would call you at this hour?"

Wtf! How arrogant can he be?! Does he think that my world revolves around him?! Does he think I'm still head over heels for him?

I calmed myself. Anger makes you ugly. Deep breath. Inhale. Exhale. Just ignore the bastard.

"Yeah whatever. Why did you call? Do you wanna brag that you're so damned rich now that you could afford international calls?" I haven't completely calmed down, apparently.

"Uh no. But the salary is pretty good here. I just wanted to check on you."

Check on me? Are you my husband?! "I'm good and still breathing, if that's what you wanted to know. Now if there's nothing else, I will go to sleep now. Goodbye."

"No Cass! Wait!"

"What?"

"Please just talk to me. I feel so alone right now. I'm sad."

"Why? I don't believe you haven't found friends there."

"Of course I have friends here. But you know, it's different there. It's hard to open up to new friends. I'm still tiptoeing around them, finding out who they are."

"And then?"

"I just wanted to talk to someone I really really know."

"Why me? Go talk to Cara."

"Cass. We broke up."

I shut at that. A couple of minutes passed before I found my voice. "Ethan what the hell are you saying? How come?"

"I.. I just don't like it anymore. I'm getting sick of our long-distance relationship. And you know I don't like it. I can't connect anymore to her. It's as if we grew so apart."

"You broke up to her?"

"Uh yeah. We were in a fight. She's saying things like I don't talk to her anymore after shift. She really put it too seriously! I mean, she even said sorry for the things she's not good at. Like that'd gonna work on me! She's playing the pity card. So I was so fed up. We didn't talk for a day. And then I just decided that this won't work. So that."

"What reason did you give for you breaking up?"

"That I'm no good for her. That she needs to find someone better than me."

I rolled my eyes. Typical. "Ethan, that's why she's feeling insecure because you don't talk to her on the things you want and you don't want. She's probably so sad right now. Don't you care for her anymore?"

"Ugh. We broke up now so she's going to be okay. I'm single again and I've never felt so alive before."

"Then why are you sad?"

"No real friends here. That's why."

"GIve yourself time to adjust there. It's only been a week and so. So don't take things too fast. Take it slow. You will soon find your place there okay? Smile always so that they won't be afraid of approaching you."

"Okay Cass. I'll try that. Oh Cass, our break's almost over. I'll go now. I'll call you again. Sweet dreams Cassidy. Goodnight."

I checked the time, 3am. But I don't feel like sleeping, sigh.

I went to the kitchen to drink some milk. I felt so good and free during the week without news from Ethan. But now that he called, my emotions are running wild. Ugh. Why do I stl care for him. I have to shoo these feelings away somehow. I have to find ways to shift my attention for the meantime.

*ping* a message tone. Who could it be?

I checked. The number was Ethan's.

It says, 'Cass, I'll be returning there sometime next month. I want to see you. Let's make some video.'

I threw my phone from anger. Wtf! He is so shameless!

"Aaaaaaaargghhhhhh! Ethan, I'm gonna kill you!"