"Fumihiro... I'm sorry for..." She tried to speak.

But i could feel that her words couldn't come out from her mouth.

She kept crying with her hands on her face, looking down like someone who feels guilty.

I didn't know what to think in that moment.

My mind was void.

I was just waiting for her words.

I felt like the fate of my life hung on her lips in that moment.

Ema, with tears welling in her eyes, mumbled an apology and seemed on the verge of confessing something that could really hurt me.

"I'm sorry... for," Ema began, her voice catching, but before she could continue, Kanna intervened.

She swiftly took Ema by the arm and ushered her out of the karaoke room.

The apology hung in the air, incomplete and shrouded in a cloud of unspoken truths.

Kanna gave a quick glare to Benjiro before leaving the room with Ema. She gave a him look of anger like she wanted to say "You... It's not your problem. Stay out."

Left behind, I stared at the door through which they exited, a whirlwind of confusion and hurt swirling within me.

The room echoed with the haunting melodies of unspoken words, leaving me with a big doubt.

I saw Ema crying and i did nothing to comfort her.

This situation is getting worse by worse.

Everything happened in just two days.

We were happy two days ago.

Benjiro clenched his fists and he started shaking in anger.

The karaoke music was still playing in the background but the melody from the songs became a noise to my ears.

This situation left me speechless.

I was scared to talk to Benjiro, knowing that he would've said a very painful truth.

I stood up, the weight of the situation pressing down on my shoulders like an insurmountable burden.

The music in the room felt deafening, the lyrics of the songs twisted into a cacophony of confusion.

"Benjiro," I finally managed to utter his name, my voice shaky and strained.

He looked at me, his eyes reflecting a mixture of anger and disappointment. "You need to hear the truth," he said, his words biting through the charged air.

I hesitated for a moment, bracing myself for what was to come. "Tell me," I said, almost whispering.

He took a deep breath, as if preparing to unleash a storm. "Ema has been unfaithful," he declared bluntly.

His words hit me like a freight train, a wave of shock and disbelief crashing over me. I staggered backward, clutching the edge of a nearby table for support.

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"Ema... unfaithful?" I repeated, the reality of the accusation sinking in.

Benjiro nodded solemnly. "I've known for a while, but I never had the heart to tell you. Today, she just made it evident to everyone."

I felt a lump forming in my throat, my chest tightening with the weight of betrayal. The room seemed to close in around me as the truth unfolded.

"Why...?" I managed to choke out, my voice barely audible.

Benjiro's gaze softened, revealing the pain beneath his anger. "I don't know, Fumihiro. Some things are beyond understanding. But you deserve to know the truth."

The karaoke melodies continued to play, but their once joyful tunes now felt like a mocking soundtrack to the shattered pieces of my world. I sank into a chair, the reality of the situation settling heavily upon my shoulders.

"What do I do now?" I whispered, more to myself than to Benjiro.

He sighed, a mix of sympathy and frustration in his eyes. "You decide what's best for you. Whether to confront Ema or let her go."

The room fell into a heavy silence, each note of the music resonating with the turmoil within me. The echoes of a once-happy melody now haunted by the discordant truth.

I sat there in stunned silence, the weight of Benjiro's revelation settling over me like a suffocating fog.

The room seemed to spin, and my surroundings blurred as if I were in a disorienting dream.

"No... it can't be true," I muttered to myself, my voice barely audible.

Denial, thick and heavy, wrapped around my heart like a vice.

The melodies of the karaoke machine continued, oblivious to the chaos within me.

I felt frozen, unable to process the shattering truth that Benjiro had just unveiled.

Ema, the one I thought was my everything, the person I trusted with my heart, had betrayed me.

The warmth that once emanated from my chest now turned cold, replaced by an icy numbness.

The room felt airless, and I struggled to breathe as if the walls were closing in on me.

Every beat of my heart echoed in my ears, each thud a painful reminder of the unraveling reality.

I clutched my chest as if I could physically hold the broken pieces together.

My mind raced with a whirlwind of emotions, disbelief warring with the undeniable evidence that Benjiro presented.

I wanted to run, to escape the suffocating atmosphere, but my limbs felt heavy and unresponsive.

It was as if the gravity of the revelation had anchored me to that chair, trapping me in a nightmare.

The karaoke melodies, once a source of joy, now felt like mocking taunts.

The lyrics seemed to change, taking on a sinister tone, as if the songs themselves conspired to reveal the painful truth.

My eyes stung, but I refused to let the tears fall.

This couldn't be happening.

I was living a nightmare, and any moment, I would wake up, safe in the reality where Ema's love was unwavering.

But the tightening in my chest, the coldness spreading through my veins, told me that this was no dream. My world crumbled around me, and I was left grappling with the shards of a shattered heart.

I couldn't believe my ears.

I wanted to cry my soul out.

And with that pain, some tears finally fell from my eyes.

"Ema would never do something like that." i thought.

"She is way too sensitive to do that." I said to my mind, refusing to believe his revelation.

"Benjiro... is that true? Because i can't believe your words." I asked, while sobbing.

My voice was broken, speaking became an enormous work.

Benjiro avoided my gaze, and for a moment, it seemed like he regretted revealing the painful truth.

The weight of his words hung in the air, a suffocating silence enveloping the room.

"Fumihiro, I wouldn't lie about something like this," Benjiro finally spoke, his voice heavy with a mix of sympathy and regret. "I'm your friend, and I thought you deserved to know the truth."

He was 100% serious about his words.

But still, i couldn't believe what he was saying.

My heart refused to.

I wiped away the tears streaming down my face, desperately hoping that this was all a terrible mistake.

"Why would she do this?" My words quivered with a mixture of heartbreak and disbelief.

Kanna, who had left the room with Ema, returned with a stern expression. She shot a disapproving glance at Benjiro before turning her attention to me.

"Fumihiro, I think it's better if we talk outside," Kanna suggested, her voice calm but tinged with concern.

Benjiro looked at her with disgust and then turned his head to me and smiled.

"Go, Fumihiro. Traitors know how traitors' minds work".

Kanna, who ignored Benjiro, looked at me again and invited me to stand up.

After seeing that i didn't want to get up from the couch, she grabbed my hand and took me outside by force.

I gave a quick wave to Benjiro who was looking down.

He didn't even wave me back.

"Well, Benjiro i'm not a cheater, i've never been in a relationship before..." Kanna said while smiling.

She then took me outside... and her mood totally changed.

She became deadly serious.

"Fumi... I need to tell you something." She said.

Her voice sounded really cold just like ice.

"About Ema..."