Could It Not be Me?

Because of this, his heart ached fiercely as well.

This girl was simply foolish beyond hope. She had actually reduced herself into such a sorry state.

All along, he was thinking that he had also turned this way. Although her eyes were never on him, he was still so concerned for her.

He had truly lost to her.

He had become foolish beyond hope too.

He lifted his gaze. The pounding of the heavy metal music in the bar pierced his left ear and the heartbreaking sobs of this fragile beauty before him filled his right ear.

For reasons unknown, a sense of powerlessness coursed through his body.

He suddenly could not bear this anymore, so he cradled her face in his hands and stared at it.

"Couldn't it be me?"

He posed that question in his sultry and magnetic voice, while he peered at her face with knitted brows.

"Must it be him? Couldn't it be me, instead?" he emotionally reiterated.