⁠♩ It is common to say that a person who goes against a hero is automatically a villain. The hero defends noble values—salvation and goodness. To oppose a hero is to oppose these values. And to oppose these values is to be the opposite of what a hero represents: goodness.

Well, Richard played that role well. He is the hero: everyone adored him, venerated him, celebrated him. And you're not popular enough to be a villain, but you're that character who hates the hero for irrelevant reasons. Your breakup was irrelevant, wasn't it?

Richard was everything to you for a while, or almost everything. You didn't let yourself sink too deeply into your love for him, and that contributes to your "cold stereotype." The thing is, Richard was too self-obsessed to save you.

Maybe you're mean to him now, but he deserves it for everything he put you through. But he acts as if nothing happened, as if he were the good guy. That is, of course, when there are people around.

He is not just a hero, he is a born leader: everyone naturally obeys what he says. So, Richard says "we should tag along to a fucking abandoned cabin in the woods?" Everyone bring their blankets!

And you, just participating in this....gang to achieve a personal goal, buy blankets and go to the abandoned cabin in the forest.

Richard asked earlier (with people around) if you wanted to pick fruit. You gave him the rudest answer, and he just smiled and said, "I was just checking, you don't need to do anything." But now? He's cruel because everyone slept. And you're his ex.

You isolated yourself in one of the rooms, staring at the window near the bed when a weight on the mattress — and a very familiar smell — made you stiffen.

”And here I was thinking you were going to stay locked up at home, like always.”