<p><br></p><p>Last year, I stumbled into a relationship that felt like breathing after drowning. It wasn’t planned. It wasn’t even something I thought I was ready for. But somehow, I fell, and when I did, it was deep, warm, and everything sweet.</p><p><br></p><p>He made life easier. From the way he remembered the little things to how he’d talk about our future, I genuinely thought I had found someone that felt like mine.</p><p><br></p><p>But you see, peace sometimes wears a disguise.</p><p><br></p><p>I found out, not by rumors or whispers, but by sheer chance, that he was dating someone else. I confronted him the first time, and he denied it. Said it was a mix-up. I went back a second time when things didn’t add up, and again, he denied it. I didn’t have proof, and I didn’t want to push.</p><p><br></p><p>Until the day the girl entered my DM.</p><p><br></p><p>She didn’t attack. She didn’t accuse. She started off calm, even friendly. Then, with calculated softness, she stylishly asked me a simple question:</p><p>“What’s your boyfriend’s name?”</p><p><br></p><p>I told her.</p><p>And just like that, the whole picture cracked open.</p><p><br></p><p>She went, “Kimi kyo… kimi kyo ta… I'm not trying to say anything, you know… but… it’s just… you know…”</p><p>The kind of sentence that says nothing and everything at the same time.</p><p><br></p><p>So I confronted him again, and this time, he didn’t argue. He just said I shouldn’t stress myself over it. That it was nothing. That he had it under control. And somehow, I convinced myself to believe him.</p><p><br></p><p>But I didn’t want trouble with her, so I did the unexpected. I started chatting with her. She was surprisingly warm. Started calling me "bestie." We exchanged stories. Laughed. Talked about life. And in a strange way, it made me feel like everything was okay.</p><p><br></p><p>My friends warned me. Told me to stay away. That friendships like that don’t end well. But I told them I just wanted to test something. So I started feeding her stories. Not lies, just pieces of my life. A neighbor I was always staying with. A coursemate who liked me and we had something together. A random guy who asked for my number. I wanted to see if she’d run back to my man with it.</p><p><br></p><p>She didn’t. Not last year.</p><p><br></p><p>That was why I stayed comfortable. Too comfortable.</p><p><br></p><p>Then January came, and he finally broke up with her. I didn’t even celebrate it. In fact, I told him I wasn’t in support of how it happened. I didn’t know how deep their story ran. I didn’t want to be the reason someone else broke.</p><p><br></p><p>After that, I started distancing myself from her. Less chats. Fewer laughs. I told myself I was doing the right thing.</p><p><br></p><p>But life has a way of waiting.</p><p><br></p><p>This year, things between me and him became shaky. We had small fights, silences, unresolved issues. After exams, we didn’t talk for a while. When I returned to school, we tried to sort things out. That was when he started asking strange questions.</p><p><br></p><p>“Who’s David?”</p><p>“Who’s Felix?”</p><p>“Who’s this guy?”</p><p><br></p><p>I was shocked. Because the only person I had ever told those names to was her. Cynthia. My “bestie.” The one I thought was silent.</p><p><br></p><p>At first, I thought maybe he checked my phone or saw an old chat. Until he showed me something else.</p><p><br></p><p>Snapchat messages.</p><p><br></p><p>Between him and her.</p><p><br></p><p>She had spilled everything. Not just what I said, but things I never said. She told him I was flirting with my coursemate. That I loved the attention of other guys. That I used to laugh behind his back. She told him I once said, “Let him think I’m loyal, it’s his turn to be played.”</p><p><br></p><p>I was numb.</p><p><br></p><p>He said it was okay. That he believed me. We were even intimate again. I thought it meant we were back on track. But the truth is, when trust cracks, it never heals quietly.</p><p><br></p><p>A day before my birthday, he looked at me and said, “Do you think I’m a fool?”</p><p><br></p><p>That was when I knew — she had said more. I didn’t know what exactly, but whatever it was had finally killed the little trust he had left in me.</p><p><br></p><p>On my birthday, he didn’t text. He didn’t call. Nothing.</p><p><br></p><p>So I went to his place at night, hoping to make sense of it all.</p><p><br></p><p>Instead, we broke up. That was how everything ended.</p><p><br></p><p>Not because I cheated.</p><p>Not because I lied.</p><p>But because someone I trusted with my truth, twisted it into betrayal and handed it to the one person I loved.</p><p><br></p><p>She didn’t poison the well overnight. She sat at the edge of it, smiling. Waiting. Until I leaned in to drink again… and drowned.</p><p><br></p><p>I learned something that day.</p><p>That not all knives come with blades.</p><p>Some come with smiles.</p><p>And sometimes, it’s the softest hands that plant the sharpest betrayals.</p><p><br></p><p>I don’t regret loving.</p><p>I don’t regret being honest.</p><p>But I’ll never ignore a red flag just because it came dressed like a friend.</p><p><br></p><p>So if you ever find yourself wondering how it feels to be stabbed with your own words, take it from me…</p><p><br></p><p>It hurts more when the knife smiled first.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
When the Knife Smiled First
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