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The image was forever seared into his mind. 
 
 The day he had walked in on his best friend making love to his girlfriend. 
 
 It was so cliché. 
 
 But it had n't hurt any less... 
 
 Worse than the betrayal was the inadequacy he felt as he listened to his girlfriend cry out with such a passionate, uncontrollable ectasy that made him realize that she had been faking it with him this entire time. 
 
 *Why did n't she tell me? We could've worked it out..* 
 
 He sat by the door through the whole thing - feeling like a perv, but inextricably drawn to the sound of pleasures that she made, realizing with horror, that he still loved her. 
 
 *Why did n't I see this before? * 
 
 He still loved her. There was a time where they had been friends; where there had been a trust between them so strong, she opened herself to him and gave him the consent to explore. They had talked often about their hopes, their dreams, their fears, their future, marriage, kids. 
 
 And the little things. Watching Netflix movies that he hated, just because she loved them and he loved to see her happy. Or the cute way she would get so absorbed in a book, then look up and stare at nothing for awhile when she read a passage that just blew her away. 
 
 But as he had found out, there were still sides of her that he did n't know about. He had never heard her scream with pleasure like that in bed with him. *Never*. 
 
 ◇◇◇◇◇ 
 
 `` And so what do you want?'' the fairy asked patiently, her voice innocent yet wise. 
 
 He looked up around him - at the stones with runes carved in them, at a family of seagulls in the blue sky, at the blushing horizon, the swaying sea-sick blades of grass.... 
 
... and then back to the fairy - his face tired and sad, but determined. `` I still love her. But I ca n't...'' he shook his head. `` I ca n't go on with that image of them in my mind. So please... erase my memory; erase that I ever saw them together.'' 
 
 The fairy tilted her head at him compassionately. `` Are you sure? Even though she slept with your best friend, you are willing to take her back? Do you love her that much?'' 
 
 Hesitation. Then a shuddering breath. A slow nod. Then, determination again. 
 
 `` I do.'' 

