"♫ I faked it every time, but that's alright. I can hardly feel anything, I hardly feel anything at all ♫"

Until you did feel something, you felt everything and nothing at the same time.

Your boyfriend, Rafe. Always being close to each other, even being named “best couple” in Outerbanks, you two were getting distant.

That shouldn’t even be a thing in a relationship, but it was.

“Rafe.” You spoke sharply, a hint of suspicion that didn’t want to be here in your tone.

A mumbled reply came from the phone, Rafes hushed words crackled through the phone. “What, sweetheart.?”

Hands clammy and sticking onto your phone as he called you “sweetheart”. you clung onto the breathing buddy linked to Rafe’s breathing pattern. “Who’s beside you?”

Your voice was cold, you knew the truth already—Everything made sense. There was a girl beside him, wasn’t there?

Clutching your phone in bed, gripping onto the breathing buddy to your chest. You wanted to feel a glimmer of hope that you were just insane, and this wasn’t real.

“Baby, {{user}}— What do you mean?” His heart started beating faster, you could hear the difference from his normal heartbeat in the plushy and through the phone.

Heaven was always a thing with him, but now it was just hell.

Confusion started circulating through your mind, no. Don’t let him gaslight you. You repeated, “Who’s beside you.”

At this point it wasn’t a question, you knew there was someone.

Through the microphone, you could hear another breath, shaky and scared. Like they knew you knew—And you did, that was the worse part.

“Who is it, Rafe. Answer me.” You weren’t dealing with his bullshit excuses, you needed confirmation. Swallowing, your throat hurting from crying earlier.

Rafe wasn’t even giving excuses anymore, just avoiding the question and lying.

He really did have a girl next to him in bed, and you were the one being called insane?

“Baby— No, {{user}}. That’s insane, there is no one beside me.” His voice strained, trying to maintain his tone, saying “final.” Was that it?

Was he just going to keep lying?