Betrayal

Betrayal… That one word could sum up the all the cause of my pain. I keep asking myself why… Why me? What did I do to deserve this? Wasn’t I good enough?

I sat gently rocking on a swing as tears slowly dripped out from my eyes.

“I love you Sakura… You’re all I’ve ever wanted.. Ever needed… Will you go out with me?”

Lies… That’s all they were… Beautiful lies. I stared down at the sparkling ring on my finger for a moment before violently yanking it off my finger, and tossing it on the ground in front of the swing. Why hadn’t I realized it sooner?

“Sakura, the past few years with you have been almost perfect, but..”

“But? But what?” I gave him a puzzled look for a moment, waiting for him to continue.

“But one thing is missing,” he replied with a mischievous glint in his eyes as he got down on one knee. He then pulled a ring from his pocket and placed it in the space between us. “Would you do me the honor of becoming my wife?“

“Oh my god! Of course I’ll marry you!” I replied as he gently slipped the ring onto my finger.

“Now,” he said, pulling me into his arms, “things are perfect… Just perfect..”

God, I can’t believe I trusted him… But I loved him, why shouldn’t I have trusted him?

He had been the love of my life, and for the past four years I had given him everything… My friendship, my love.. Hell, I had even given that bastard my virginity, but did he care? No.. Not at all.. He ended up choosing my best friend over me…

I entered my fiancee’s and my apartment, and quickly removed my shoes. I came home a bit earlier today to celebrate his 22nd birthday. He had decided to take the day off from work to relax a bit, so I figured I should skip out of work early to get him something special. I practically went to the other side of town to go to one of the best bakeries in the area to get him a delicious cake.

As I slipped on my slippers, I noticed a pair of lavender colored heels sitting nearby. Looking around the apartment, I noticed a light was on in the living room and the sound of the tv could be heard softly.

‘Hmm.. I guess he has company over or something.’ I smiled to myself as I snuck over to the living room, cake in hand. I took a deep breath and jumped into the room.

“Surprise!!”

Cartoons dancing around the tv screen were the only ones there to greet me. The big grin on my face faltered for a moment. Where was he?

I looked around the apartment for any other signs of life. Two glasses and a dish with some half eaten fruit were sitting on the table by the sofa, and the tv remote was on the floor. Then, I noticed a door.. Our bedroom door to be exact. It was closed, and I could swear that I could hear muffled voices coming from inside. Before I even realized where I was going, I was standing in front of the door, my hand centimeters away from the knob.

Taking a few breaths to calm myself, I told myself that it isn’t what I thought. This was all just some odd misunderstanding on my part. That’s when I heard it..

Moaning.

It was soft, but it was defiantly there. I tried to muster up some courage as I told myself that I needed to oped that door, no matter how badly I didn’t want to. I took a deep breath and quickly opened the door with my free hand and what I saw caused my heart to stop in chest.

There on the bed were two naked bodies entangled together. There was no doubting what they were doing. In my entire 21 years of life, I have never seen anything as horrifying as the image in front of me. There, having sex on my bed was my fiancee.. And my best friend.

The sound of the cake dropping and smashing on the floor caught the attention of the lovers on the bed. Both turned to look at me with expressions of shock. Instantly, Tomoyo’s face paled and she quickly tried to cover herself with a loose sheet.

“Sakura.. Oh god.. Its not what you think!” she said, causing to laugh.

“Not what I think? How is you fucking my fiancee not what I think, huh?” I yelled, causing her to wince.

“Sakura,” came a gentle, masculine voice, “calm down and lets talk about this.”

“Talk?” I said coldly. “I don’t think we have anything more to talk about! Why don’t you both just stay the hell out of my life!” I turned to leave, but paused for a moment and glanced over my shoulder. “Feel free to continue fucking each other’s brains out, don’t mind me,”I said angerly and stormed out of the apartment. I ran out of the building, not caring where I went. All I knew was that I had to get away from there and fast.

That’s how I ended up here in Penguin Park. I practally grew up in this park, so no wonder I turned to it in my time of need. Luckily it was about dusk, so the park was pretty empty.

So what do I do now? There’s no way I can bring myself to go back to that apartment. Maybe I could go to my dad’s house. Its not too far from here, its only down the street, and I know my dad wont ask me too many questions.

A sigh escaped my lips as I slipped off the swing and picked up the engagement ring from off the ground. I might as well pawn this damn thing.

I slowly exited the park and headed in the direction of my dad’s house. I bet he’ll be glad to see me, because he hasn’t really seen me much the past few weeks since I’ve been working a lot. I had been trying to save up some money to spend on my upcoming wedding since it was a break between semesters at school. Classes started up again in a few weeks, so then I wouldn’t be able to work half as much as I was now. I was trying to make as much as I could, but I guess it doesn’t really matter anymore.

I made a right onto my dad’s street and smiled to myself.. I was almost there. A minute or so later the cute, yellow house came into view, as well as a figure standing in front of it. Of course it was one of the last people I wanted to see right now, so I attempted to walk right past him. He suddenly reached out and grabbed my arm tightly, preventing me from going any farther.

“Sakura, we need to talk about what happened today and what you saw. Tomoyo is heartbroken about the whole thing. I just want to work things out between us, so we can go back to normal.”

“There is no going back to normal anymore. You guys should have thought about that before you went ahead and fucked each other. God only knows how many times you guys hooked up behind my back. Now if you don’t mind,” I said as I pulled my arm from his painful grip, “I would like to go see my father.” I slowly started to walk up the path towards the front door.

“Don’t you dare walk away from me Sakura!” he yelled angerly in my direction. “If you do, your going to regret it!”

I paused a moment and looked over my shoulder at him.

“The only thing I regret is ever loving you,” I told him, as I gave him a sad smile. “Now goodbye Eriol. I hope I never have to see you again.” I turned around and ran the rest of the way to the door, quickly opening it and then slamming it behind me.

“I’ll get you back Sakura.. One way or another you’ll come back to me, and you WILL be mine!” Eriol yelled at the closed door. He glared at the home a moment longer, before turning to leave. “I’ll have you yet..” he mumbled to himself.