1: Campus Life

"Cassandra, what's happening here? Don't tell me my eyes aren't deceiving me. Oh, it is; it's deceiving me because this can't happen to me. No, you can't do this!" Rex yelled at Cassandra, who was still lying on the bed with no remorse.

Rex and Cassandra had been secretly dating. Many times, Rex approached Cassandra and brought up the topic that he wanted an open relationship, but Cassandra would threaten that they'd split if he ever brought up the topic, so he decided to remain silent over the matter like a slave.

On a fateful afternoon, a day before the coming celebration of Valentine's Day which everyone among the students has been longing for. Rex and his friend Andrea were discussing at his dormitory as Andrea was also busy scrolling down on his phone and browsing the internet.

"Bro, guess what!" Andrea exclaimed out of excitement after coming across a post and seeing the picture of Kanye West and Cassandra.

"Yes, you know I'm not good at guessing, so go straight to the point and stop beating about the bush," Rex reluctantly replied.

"Kanye West has proposed to Cassandra!"

"Which Cassandra are you talking about? You mean Cassandra Knight?" Rex asked in disbelief.

"Exactly, bro, the girl is just f*ckin' lucky to have such a person propose to her; I'm happy for her," Andrea replied with a smile on his face.

"C'mon, man, you always make expensive jokes! Go take a pill if you're daydreaming," Rex replied in disbelief.

"I bet you, it's not a joke or daydream either; you can check the post by yourself," Andrea said, trying to hand Rex the phone, but he barked at him: "Go away with your fake news, please."

Andrea stared at him in disbelief. How could Rex find it difficult to believe what he told him? He stood up to leave, but Rex grabbed him back.

"Where did you say you got this false news from?" he asked Andrea with a confused look.

Andrea thought for a while, thinking about what could be the cause of Rex's action. He wondered why Rex would doubt him and refuse to see the evidence he was showing him.

"Man, if you can't believe it, then forget about it. Let's talk about something reasonable; besides, I don't know why you acted like you're not happy with the girl, or do you keep a grudge against her, or have you in any way had any problem or misunderstanding with her? Tell me so I can reconcile both of you," Andrea suggested.

"How many times do you want me to say go away before you hear me out? Or you didn't hear me when I said that you should buzz off? Get the hell out of my sight. I do not want to see you" he yelled at him.

"I do not wish to say anything to you or speak with you. Please leave. And I'm not holding any grudges against anyone, I hope you respect my request and stay away from me." He explained in a harsh tone.

"Alright, man, we are not quarreling, let me leave your presence. Just a few minutes ago, we discussed the last event that was hosted by the campus, how the big boys stormed the event, and how the audience got carried away and lost concentration on the ongoing program and focused on the big champs and their exotic cars.

"Just a few minutes ago and you had already developed mood swings; I wonder what would happen if you were a girl," Andrea said and left the room, leaving Rex isolated.

As soon as Andrea left the room, Rex rushed to his phone, which its screen had been broken to the point of being unrepairable. He unlocked it and wanted to check what Andrea said to confirm it himself. He searched for Macro on his app list but could not find it, and just then he realized he had deleted it months ago as it consumed more data than other social media he was using. He could not afford to exhaust 2GB only on watching reels and short videos on Macro, while 500MB would go a long way for him on other social media platforms. He hissed as he realized he could not see the post by himself if he did not install the Macro app.

He opened his app store to install it, and after typing the name 'Macro', it appeared. He pressed the install option, however, it stopped after rolling for a few seconds; it had only loaded two percent of the app data.

"Gosh! What's wrong with this phone of mine, It seems the network issue has started again,' He hissed and exited the app, he reopened it, and had the same experience, being confused, he decided to check his data balance, however, he realized it had been exhausted. He became angry and instantly dialed his usual code for borrowing, but the response he got annoyed him: "Dear customer, you have exceeded your standard limit of borrowing; kindly clear up your existing balance of $200 to continue. Thank you."

"Oh, sh*t! Why now? Why now I wanted to confirm if what Andrea was saying was true," he said and angrily flung his phone back onto his bed.

He dressed to go out as his curiosity to find out upsurges, maybe this could decrease it. He was dressing to go to the campus handball field.

"No, this can't be true. I trust Cassandra, and I know she won't do that. Maybe Andrea mistook her for someone else because Kanye is good at changing and dumping girls; he may have thought Cassandra could fall for that sh*t," he hissed.

"After how many years we have been together, starting from our childhood, Andrea now thinks Kanye's wealth could move my girl," he monologued as he was heading to the handball field.

After walking halfway to the handball court, he realized going to the field would worsen his depressed mode, as the majority of the handball players were among those who despised him and would not allow him to participate in playing or allow him to watch without throwing abusive remarks at him.

He remembered the last time he went there, one of them even tried to bully him, but he escaped, not minding that he could kick the guy's ass out. He fled because he knew others would not stare at him while he beat their colleague.

To avoid being made to feel uncomfortable by those boys, he returned home.

"No, alright, I'll find out by myself, I will find out when I visit Cassandra this Valentine's Day, yes, I'll find out, and I'll make Andrea suffer for this he put me into if it eventually becomes a lie. Few more days to Valentine's Day; we shall see," he smirked.