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Writewithoma
Fiction Author || Autofiction writer || Freelance writer || Content Creator @ National open university of Nigeria
Fiction Author || Autofiction writer || Freelance writer || Content Creator @ National open university of Nigeria
Chapter 5 – Warnings Without Words.
<p><br/></p><p>Life has a way of interrupting.</p><p><br/></p><p>After that first outing, things didn’t immediately become constant. School swallowed me up, work pulled at him, and weeks slipped away. </p><p>We didn’t hang out much. Sometimes we talked, sometimes we didn’t. It was a slow rhythm enough to keep the thread between us, but not enough to weave it into something solid.</p><p><br/></p><p>Then she came back.</p><p><br/></p><p>She had been away at school, but when she returned, I went to her place to catch up, the way we always did. It felt normal laughing, talking, filling in the gaps of time apart.</p><p><br/></p><p>Until it didn’t.</p><p><br/></p><p>Because suddenly, there she was, going out with him. To the same place he once took me. </p><p>And not just quietly she posted it, smiling like it was just another casual outing. But I knew better. It wasn’t about the place or the post. It was the message behind it.</p><p><br/></p><p>Clear. Silent. A warning without words.</p><p><br/></p><p>Back off.</p><p><br/></p><p>I saw it for what it was, and instead of fighting it, I did what I do best when things feel messy I pulled away. I avoided him. Ignored the DMs. Left his words sitting unread.</p><p><br/></p><p>It wasn’t about disliking him. Far from it. It was about the lines between loyalty and desire, friendship and something else I didn’t even want to name.</p><p><br/></p><p>So I stepped back.</p><p><br/></p><p>And yet, even as I kept my distance, a part of me wondered why she did it. Why she would suddenly throw herself back into his orbit after everything. Why, if she didn’t want him, she still wanted to mark her territory.</p><p><br/></p><p>But wondering didn’t stop me from staying away.</p><p><br/></p><p>For that season, avoidance was the only answer I could give.</p>
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