"Happy birthday, Draven!" Melody beamed as she held out the birthday cake in front of me.
"I made sure to wrap up my business trip early just to be here for your birthday."
She was wearing the white dress she had on the day we became official.
"Oh, and this is your birthday present. Do you like it?"
Inside the box was the professional camera lens I had been yearning for.
The Melody before me gazed at me tenderly, and for a moment, it felt like time had rewound to the past.
Once upon a time, we shared every little detail of our lives, snuggling close, inseparable.
But a broken mirror, even when glued back together, will always show cracks. The same goes for relationships.
For my birthdays these past couple of years, I'd gone to great lengths, just hoping she'd join me for a nice dinner.
She always said Mason's workload was heavy, and she needed to stay late with her boss to finish projects.
As for this professional camera lens, she used to think it was a waste of money.