The Sweetest Pain

"Love teach you to have the sweetest pain."

Rosie drinks her herbal tea. She already know that her life would be ruined when she is about to take revenge. She get unhappy when she know Zack with other women, her best friend.
However, even when she takes revenge, she did not get happiness. On the contrary, there is only pain when she see the sad and disappointed expression on Zack's face.

"So this love is killing me, the man I love, and also my best friend?"

"It wasn't love that killed us, Rosie. It was the pain that made you act like this and hurt everyone."

It's Zack!

He comes with a disappointed face. Zack and Rosie are colleagues, you remember that, right? That's what makes them still have to meet each other even though they harbor feelings of dislike, or rather disappointment.

"You already know what happened. Cherie must have told you about it, right? Ah, now what do you want, Zack?"
"Rosie, I'm sorry..."

Rosie is stunned, why did Zack even apologize to her?

"No need to apologize, Zack. What's your reason for apologizing to me?"

Zack sighed and approached Rosie who is standing near the guardrail. They are in the rooftop garden.

"Sorry that I didn't realize that you loved me all this time."

Rosie smiled wryly. Even though she already know the truth, she is still hurt when she heard directly from Zack. Oh, she didn't expect that the pain would get worse when Zack said it. All this time, she had only pretended to be better, that was the reason that hurt her even more.

She shouldn't have had to pretend in the first place. That make her even more broken.

"It might be so bitter, Zack."

"I'm so sorry...."

"Thanks..."

There is nothing Zack want to do, he just wanna give hug Rosie. The woman did not expect that Zack would hug her. She feels so warm and comforts Rosie a lot. She hugs Zack back, and she could feel her face turning red. She hold back her tears.

Maybe, if it's okay, Rosie will be selfish and keep Zack only for herself.

"Zack..."

"Yes, Rosie..."

Zack's voice sound very comfortable to her ears. Instantly, once, Rosie effort to forget Zack is very hard. She needs to kill her desire for Zack, suddenly disappeared. The feeling is back again and hit her hard. That love came back to Rosie's heart, Once Zack give a hug to her. In contrast what she said to Zack is...

"I don't love you. Like I did yesterday."

Zack smiles at that. He know it is a negative doctrine and a lie that Rosie had given to herself. Zack knows this is all hard for Rosie. Has Zack ever felt this way? Of course he did. He once fell in love with someone else and at that time he was very heartbroken when he found out that the woman he loved didn't love him back.

"Rosie... Thank you for loving me."

"No! I don't love you anymore, Zack."

Rosie still denied the feeling. She tries to lie in front of Zack.

"Rosie... I hate to see you heart break."

"But, if you wanna cry... Just cry, then. It's not your fault to fall in love with someone, okay?" said Zack.

Rosie didn't know what else to say, she live in the warmth of Zack's embrace on her body. For a moment she want to stop time so she could live at this moment forever.

"I want to be selfish, Zack. I want to have you. However, I know reality is not always what I think. I don't know what will happen in the future. I could be heartbroken at this moment and then fall in love with someone else Some say falling in love is a cure for a broken heart, right?"

Zack nods his head. He is just a passive listener and responder. He let Rosie get comfortable with her feelings first. A person who is heartbroken does not need to be given advice, advice or sentences that make her uncomfortable. Just give her validation and the words she wants to hear at that moment. That's better than being gives her suggestion.

"Yeah, nobody knows about the future, Rosie."

"Zack... I am so lucky to love you."

"I thank you for loving me, Rosie."

Will Rosie stop herself after this? Zack has no idea. Zack just acts as a friend who worries about his best friend. He doesn't act like a man seducing a woman who falls in love with him.

Yes, he didn't take a chance to play with Rosie's heart the way he thought like yesterday. He can't play with someone's heart.

Yes, at this time Rosie realized that Zack is still putting limits on her because he already had Cherie as a lover.

That's why she realized something.

"Zack, what do you want from me? Are you here to make me stop what I did?"

Zack is silent. Rosie got the answer by Zack's did.

"What the hell, what do I expect from you? You must be here to persuade me to stop messing around and agree to a demo of the revision of the rules, right? I misjudged you, Zack. You're still a guy who wants to fight for your love for your girlfriend."

Rosie throws the paper cup holder into the trash and before leaving she said to Zack...

"So do I am, Zack. I won't stop fighting for what I want either. The old rules still have to be enforced. There is no revision to a rule set by our elders long ago."

Zack replies to Rosie's words in a low voice. His eyes turned red when he said that to Rosie.

"Well then, good luck."

Rosie shudder at the sight. Is this the right decision?

She fight with the man she loved.