So there was this girl who was staying with my roommate one time, my roommate's friend. At first, I remember complaining to my cousin about how I didn't like the idea. But I couldn't do anything about it.
When the girl came, she was quite okay; in fact, she was a fun person. She joked a lot and was very social. One thing everyone knew her for was how kind and generous she was. She was the kind who couldn't eat without inviting her friends. The way she associated with everyone, you would think we had known her for a long time.
One day, I came back from school just to see this girl crying uncontrollably in my roommate's arms. I came in and was worried and curious and asked what happened.
My roommate just answered me, “It's nothing.”
"What do you mean nothing? She is crying like this and it is nothing,” I replied to my roommate's answer, which at that time seemed stupid and very annoying. I was even scared whether she lost someone, so there was no way I was going to take “it's nothing” for an answer.
Then she raised her head and started cursing at somebody who was a boy from the way she described him, “I don't even know why I am crying. He is not worth it…”
While she continued to rain insults on this so-called Victor, I was able to put one and two together and understand that Victor was her cheating boyfriend. And to be honest, I was kind of disappointed. I was like, how will the cheerful girl I know allow one boy, who from her description isn't worth it, to make her cry like this?
After all the consolation, I was like “in fact just block him,"
She then said, “I don't even need to block him, I won't even answer him if he calls, I would be a cow to go back to him…” and so on.
After we were able to calm her down, she recovered quickly and moved on with her life for the entire week.
Then the next week, I think it was on a Thursday or so. I went to buy food from the Indies kitchen and guess what I saw. I saw this girl who was just crying over Victor. At first, I wasn't sure of what I was seeing. But the guy I saw with his arms resting around her shoulder matched the description of the so-called “black goat," Victor, according to her.
And the final thing that confirmed it was her behavior the moment she saw me. She was shocked, and her tone and mood changed. The shame was written boldly and all over her. And when I went closer, she pretended like she didn't see me, and so did I. But we both knew we did see each other.
I went back to the hostel and went about my business. It was my roommate and I in the room when this girl came back with three takeaways of food. And as usual, she called us to join her to eat.
While we were eating, she took one meat and said, “I told Victor that I don't like this meat."
My roommate then said in a kind of sarcastic manner, “Oh, you guys have reconciled?"
Then she was like “yeah, he is just so depressed and sad. I pity him so much,”
The moment I heard it the first thing I said in my head was "bullshit! What kind of weak excuse is that? Just like that, and now you are a cow.” And it's not like I was calling her a cow, she said it with her mouth that she would be a cow to go back to him.
And my roommate was like, “Thank God you guys were able to reconcile,”
I was meant to be angry with what my roommate said. But I could tell she didn't mean it and didn't even care from the sarcasm in her tone.
When it was only my roommate and me in the room, I then spoke up, “I don't even know what to say, so after everything, she still went back to him.”
And then my roommate laughed and said, “It is better that way, don't even say anything except you want to become her enemy for no reason.”
“Why will I become her enemy?” I asked
Then my roommate finally made me understand everything, her nonchalant behavior to the girl's situation right from the start, “Look, it's not the first time, not even the fifth, that he is being unfaithful, but here we are. I have tried before, but all those excuses aren't for him but for her.”
“Wow, wow,” that was the only thing I could say because it was really funny.
I just thank God I didn't try advising her and end up asking for trouble I had no idea of. I don't know if it was the money that kept her, or love, or any other thing, but I still hope she will come to her senses someday.
