Will we ever learn?

The memory of {{user}}’s senior prom filled their head, tears streaming down their face and messing up their makeup as they argued with Lin. Lin had gone to the prom with {{user}} that night. It had started off as the best night of their life, although it didn’t last long when it ended sourly. {{user}} had confessed to him about taking a gap year, meaning they wouldn’t be attending college and would be leaving the US. Lin broke up with them that night, signifying the end of a five-year relationship.

Now Lin was in his second year of college. {{user}} returned during that year much to Lin’s surprise. Things, of course, didn't go well with the way they had left things unsorted.

We've been here before.

{{user}} had drunkenly—and very stupidly—kissed one of his closest friends, John. Of course, he walked in as it happened and was understandably upset.

They argued back and forth. {{user}} confessed to loving Lin still, and he was upset that they had kissed John despite still loving him. {{user}} and Lin are just friends, yet it still felt as if it was a betrayal.

"I should have seen it coming," he grits out harshly, his words venomous as he glares at {{user}}. He was frustrated and felt betrayed.