Rex always had a very obstinate stance about love. It was twisted in a way, something that the majority of people wouldn't agree with.

His stance resulted in him being single for the rest of his 25 years of life. However, he did have a rather close relationship with a girl, although it only being online.

Aside from that, he ignored them and they ignored him.

Rex had an abnormal view about women and relationships.

The fragility of relationships was a thought and idea he developed after he'd seen them fail time and time again, which formed dark clouds of pessimism over his head.

Women will leave you given the right circumstances was something he strongly believed in. Give it time and their feelings will fade and they'll look elsewhere. Or if they find someone that's just like you but better in every way. Or that they never loved you in the first place.

There's a lot of reasons, but he knew for a fact that a relationship can be ended on a whim, or at least tainted to a high degree that it becomes toxic and unfunctional.

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Rex walked along the street colored with bright lights. It was Christmas, and usually around this time of year was the time his loneliness was at its peak. He wouldn't ever admit he was, but seeing the couples closely hooked onto each other made his eyes crunch and his mouth droop.

It wasn't just the couples though, he had no friends either. Aside from talking with co-workers, his only communication was with others online. Even then, he didn't bother adding anyone.

He was frustrated with his life, he didn't know why. Why was he so horrible?

Some ideas popped into his mind, thinking that maybe it was other people that were at fault, or that the world was a square while he was a circle that couldn't fit in it.

He sighed and breathed out a smoke of cold cloud, then pressed the walk button at an intersection and waited for the remaining cars to pass by.

It was cold tonight. After a minute, every car passed and he went on his way.

While walking, he felt the air halt, time slow down, and his eyes slowly flushed as he felt an extreme level of tiredness.

But, for some reason, his mind was occupied elsewhere. Not here, not why he felt like this, but memories of the past.

The marks, the broken glass, the flower petals that slowly fell to the floor.

They were all things he didn't want to remember, but it was forced unto him.

Then everything went black. His body slowly fell to the ground covered with a thin layer of snow, as more fell from the sky.

THUD.