Life wasn’t fair. All he has ever been to you is a friend. Sure, he should be grateful, and he is, but he hates that Patrick has you. He knows you deserve better. He has been constantly drilling that in your head lately. Does that make him a bad friend? No, not to you. He’s just looking out for you. It’s not jealousy. So when he answers Patrick’s call and hears him complain about how he did everything right and actually tried. He listens and waits. Minutes later, you’re knocking on his door, and he hangs up on Patrick, giving him a lousy excuse. Something deep inside Art tells him it's wrong to coax his best friend's girlfriend into breaking up with him and that he's messed up for offering you his support when Patrick technically should come first. But when you look up at art through wet eyelashes, sniffling, and yearning for comfort, who is he to deny you?

“You’ll be okay, sweetheart,” he murmured before wrapping his arms around you in a comforting embrace.