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Sun quietly opened the door and entered the apartment. It was noon now, he had been away all night and most of the day. He knew it wasn't right, disappearing for such a long time, but he just couldn't come back.
He thought it had been fine. As they set up the party and celebrated Amber's birthday, everything seemed great. Like all the trouble they've been dealing with had simply vanished. But, of course, it was just a dream. And, once it was over, they came crashing back to reality. It all started with Sun making an off-handed comment about how clingy Ruby was with Amber. He didn't mean anything by it, it was just an attempt to get a conversation going with his wife. It had been a while since they actually interacted with each other.
Sadly, Blake took it completely differently. She saw it as him taking a shot at Ruby and quickly defended her friend.
"At least she's there for her," she'd said.
That's when it all went to crap. Just as it did every god-damned day. Whenever Blake was at home, she would either ignore Sun or argue with him. And it aggravated him to no end.
Mostly because she was always right.
It all started when he lost his first job. Even as a grown-up, Sun was a bit of a rebel. He enjoyed sneaking out on work, calling in sick even though he was fine and pocketing a little extra food from the cafeteria without paying for it. The old man who ran the place liked Sun and had no problem overlooking these...habits.
But then the old man retired and his son took his place. Sun figured if he just remained more subtle, he could keep on doing what he did.
He thought wrong.
Before he knew it, Sun was fired.
At that time, Blake was still supportive.
"It's fine, Sun," she'd said. "I'll just work a few extra shifts at the diner until you get a new job."
And Sun was grateful. He really was. He quickly managed to find a new job and vowed to kick his old habits for the sake of his family.
Too bad his new boss was a complete bastard. He would force them into unpaid overtime under threat of unemployment, he would come down to mock them when he was in a good mood and would outright harass them whenever he was in a bad mood.
Then there was the racism. He enjoyed bullying his faunus employees.
And then, for some reason, he started singling out Sun. He would always go out of his way to seek out Sun and make fun of the "monkey boy".
And Sun took it. As much as he hated the guy, he wanted to keep the job for the sake of his family.
That is, until Blake came to visit one day. Once she left, his boss pulled him aside and made him an offer.
"Give me your wife," the bastard said. "Just one night. I'll pay you. And give you a promotion."
Naturally, Sun refused. Naturally, his boss fired him. Sun wasn't about to take it lying down. He wanted to take the bastard to court. Unfortunately, a problem came up.
"I know about your past. Drug possession, theft, quite the criminal record. How strange that I don't recall any of it from your resume."
So Sun backed down. Not that it did him an good, his former boss made it public anyway.
With his criminal past now known, fewer people were willing to hire him. And having grown bitter from this experience, Sun would always clash with those who did.
With every job he lost, the distance between him and Blake grew.
Things seemed to get better once Ruby entered the picture. Despite not knowing what was actually going on between them, Blake's ever faithful friend was more than willing to lend a hand.
At first, Sun was grateful. Blake seemed less stressed, which made him feel less guilty. But then he realized Blake was still turning away from him and more towards Ruby. That's when the fighting started.
Ever since then they had been fighting non-stop. The fights would usually start out differently, but would always end up at the same two topics: Sun's unemployment and Blake "obsession" with Ruby.
The thing is, Sun wasn't actually angry at Ruby, as much as he wanted to be. He was angry at himself. It was his own stupidity that had gotten them into this mess and Ruby was only trying to help.
But, the more they argued, the more Sun realized something. Something that became painfully obvious last night.
"I wish I had never accepted your proposal!" The malice with which she uttered those words quickly dissipated as the statement sunk in. But she didn't take it back. She didn't want to. Because they both knew it was true.
Blake didn't love him anymore.
And, if Sun was completely honest, he didn't love Blake anymore.
And the truly shocking thing was that Sun was pretty sure it had started long before he lost his job.
After Amber was born, they never had sex. At first, Sun thought it was just due to lack of time and energy, but as the years went by he realized he simply wasn't attracted to Blake anymore. And he knew the same was true for her. But it didn't bother them because why should it? They still cared about each other, they had been a couple for years and now they had a little girl. So they pretended everything was fine. But it wasn't.
The last night made Sun realize that this last, horrible year had only served to accelerate what was already inevitable. It couldn't go on like this. Sun knew this. Something had to happen.
He turned when he heard keys in the door. As Blake walked in with Amber, grocery bags in hand, their eyes met and they shared a look that said everything that needed to be said.
"Blake. We need to talk."
Something had to end.