(AN) I had originally intended for this to be a simple oneshot that would allow for me to get into the whole fanfiction thing, only to forget to mark the story as complete and feel like a fool, I thought to myself 'what the hell' and slapped this together
I had to do it, it was wrong to lie to someone like this.
So here I was, waiting for my enemy turned romantic interest, or would 'romantic scapegoat' be more appropriate, I wonder.
I had called saying where and when to meet, asking to not delay.
I hear those familiar footsteps as they come into view, my scapegoat was here.
I take a deep breath before looking them dead in the eye and saying, "We need to talk.".
It was painful.
I was asked, "Did I do something wrong?", "Can't we fix this?", "Are you seeing someone else?", the answer was no each time till it got to the simplest question, "Why?".
I gave as honest an answer as I could muster "I'm in love with someone else, they don't know, and if I kept dating you I'd just be leading you on. I'm sorry." My answer was met with a look of pained confusion and bewilderment, better than I expected, worse than I had hoped.
After another sigh, ripe with guilt, I simply walked out, meeting no resistance or requests that I stay. I still had another appointment to keep, whilst I still had a scrap of courage, to see the object of my affections and source of guilt and shame.
I was going to come clean with Ben.
(AN#2) If you're wondering, yes I do have a third and final chapter in my brain, probably going to take a little longer.