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He knew he made the right decision to remain quiet, but on some level, Kavi wanted to say something. The part of him that caused this mess that felt the need to get the last word in, that wanted to pull Ariel by the arm and make her understand his side. He wanted to tug at the part of her that he knew would listen to him because he knew he had that effect on her. He knew that she loved him. Despite all of what she said to him, despite all of the shitty things he did to her and how much harder he was going to make her life, he knew she still loved him.

As he was likely moments away, Kavi realized something. This was [i]exactly[/i] what they meant. From Chanel and Julie to even Ryland, this was what they were talking about. The retrospect reflection of it all, Kavi cursed himself because he was stupid. He called Ryland a tool but maybe that wasn’t it. Deep down, maybe he knew who he was referring to?

Shaking his head, he snapped out of it, attempting to walk forward and wanting to reach out for Ariel’s hand. If he could get her to understand, perhaps then she could see his side of things. Yes, that’s what he had to do. Reach out and just make her see!

But then her words echoed back, playing like a bad song in his head.

[color=00eedd]“You will never be able to make me feel anywhere near as dumb as you act.”[/color]

Those words sent fire through his heart and chills down his spine. The absence of feeling in her voice and how cold she seemed stopped him in his tracks. Not even April’s kind words and tone pulled him out of just how royally he fucked up today. He thought he could fix this. He thought he could maybe get her to see this was okay and what everyone else was saying was complete and utter bullshit. Kavi thought wrong. He wasn’t right here and it took Ariel’s reality check to send him into a state where anything spoken to him fell on deaf ears.

[color=008080]“Everything is fucked.”[/color] 

Those were Kavi’s only words as he gathered his bag and went to his first class. There was no point in getting Ariel to see his side, not when he didn’t even believe in it anymore.[/indent][/indent][/color]