They had broken up a long time ago. Both had moved on, and were happy, yet both still felt the pull for the other one. They had remained friends, it hadn't been a big breakup, the relationship simply died slowly, fading off without anyone noticing. That was not completely true, however, Ida had noticed something was amiss, but said nothing, too afraid of facing the truth. When they both realized it was over, she felt incredibly guilty, thinking it had been her fault, considering all the time she stayed silent, motionless, watching their relationship fall apart.
They would meet regularly, usually with their new significant others, sometimes alone. They would counsel each other about their relationships. One day, Ida called Henry in the morning. She was sobbing uncontrollably, Henry couldn't even understand what she was saying, so he decided to pick her up for lunch. Ida got out of her office looking terrible and she jumped to his arms. Henry calmed her down, providing with tons of tissues. Over lunch, she explained him how she had witnessed her boyfriend cheating on her, he had never seen her so upset.
-You know what we are going to do? You're going to call to your job and take off the rest of the day. I'll take you to some places.- he said winking an eye.
-But,... your shop,...
-Don't worry, Annie will take care of it.
He took her for a walk in the park and bought her watermelon ice cream, her favorite. After that they went to the movies, to watch a kids film. Ida had always loved to watch kids films for several reasons, one of them was hearing the kids react to the action. They finished the night at her favorite sushi restaurant where they ended up having sake shots, and the Japanese cook frowning at them for not appreciating the fine art of drinking sake. They were fairly drunk when they got kicked out, and Ida seemed to be in good spirits. Henry insisted on taking her home, one thing let to another and they ended up together in bed drinking wine as they made love.
Ida woke up the following morning with a terrible headache. Henry moaned beside her, she turned around and saw that he was completely naked. It hurt to admit it, but she had missed having sex with him. He opened his eyes and looked at her, not knowing where he was. He wanted to say something but she stopped him.
-Whatever you want to say, let me talk first. I've been feeling guilty for years for not having spoken up when our relationship was falling to pieces. I won't feel guilty about anything else, this was right, it was a closure of sorts. And an end, I'll be leaving soon, I've just decided it, don't look for me, if it didn't work then it's not going to work now.
-I knew it, too.
-You knew what?
-That our relationship was breaking, I just didn't want to face it.- he confessed.
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