>> IMBROGLIO <<

>> an extremely confused, complicated or embarrasing situation <<

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"welcome to--- oh! it's you!" the cashier girl remarked, looking a bit dissapointed. "where's your friend?"

"i..." ringo tried to find the right answer. "we... kinda had a misunderstanding."

the girl, "halle" as it was written on her tag, gave him a sympathetic look. "wanna talk about it? i mean, if it makes you feel better?"

ringo wanted to point out that she was a total stranger, but she seemed nice. and she was right about the whole talking part.

and so ringo poured out everything, only taking a breath mid-bites of his ice cream. starting from the small but hopeless crush he had on john the moment he arrived at the flat with the ad in his left hand, to john blatantly telling everyone that they were just friends after the mclennon breakup, george's slightly mean comments and the party incident. gosh, it all sounded like one of those cheesy online stories teenage girls read about in their phones.

"okay," halle began, lips pursed as she tried to absorb the drama dropped in front of her. "are you sure george is telling the truth? because this john guy doesn't seem like the guy to pull lies out of his own ass."

ringo chewed on his lip, frowning. "what do you mean?"

she shrugged. "that boy doesn't seem that... definite. he kinda defends himself too much, right?"

he nodded, feeling uneasy about the whole perspective of george.

"as for your crush on john," a small smirk played in her lips. "feelings like that tend to linger sometimes. you did kiss him back, which means alot. maybe you still like him?"

"but how do i talk it out with both of them?" ringo asked, lip turning red at how much he bit it due to being nervous. "they're both at each others throats because of me."

"you have to figure out your feelings first, ringo." she said, giving him a smile. "gosh, i'd sell my left kidney just to be in a love triangle."

ringo laughed softly. "trust me, you wouldn't."

after that, ringo paid for his dessert (halle insisted that it was on the house but he was having none of it) and quickly ran back to his flat. as he went, his heart was pounding in his chest. all he could think of was john and cheering him up and asking for forgiveness while explaining the now-messed up situation he woved the three of them in. not that he did it on purpose. it was still partly john's fault. maybe it will work out. maybe it won't.

ringo was about to find his keys when the door fell slightly ajar. which was odd. because he always locked it whenever he went out.

and that was when he walked in, completely unprepared for the helter skelter right in front of him.

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dedicated to richardstarkeys for helping me out :3