stained with the imprint of love... me and you

"You're down." Jesse saw Candice walking from the room on the second floor to the store on the first floor.

"Where's Erica?" Candice put on an attitude of 'I don't want to talk to you' to Jesse.

"She's with Matthew." Jesse said calmly.Especially seeing Candice's surprised look after she said this.

"Why is that guy here again?! It's endless." Candice shook her head.

"I heard that that guy also had your idea before." Jesse ignored Candice's question.

"That guy said that?" Candice asked calmly.

"Erica said it," Jesse replied.

"Erica?" Candice was a little puzzled, but didn't dare to ask further.

"Speaking of which, how did you and that Matthew meet?" Jesse felt as if he had never seriously asked this question. "Is it because of Erica?"

"I guess so. Anyway, it's because he likes Erica." Candice didn't dare to say more, because she was afraid that Erica had already said something to Jesse.If it doesn't work out, it will be inconsistent with her tone.

"Didn't Erica like that guy?" Jesse became more confused the more he heard it. "what is going on?"

"How do I know?" Candice also pretended to be confused. "It's what Matthew himself said anyway."

"Did he tell you?" Jesse asked.

"Yeah... what's wrong?" Candice was a little guilty when Jesse asked her.Although Matthew did say something similar to himself.

"You idiot," Jesse cursed. "He doesn't like Erica. He wants to sleep with you this way."

Jesse came to a conclusion for himself.

"Then how do I know..." Candice simply followed Jesse's conclusion.

"However, Erica seems to really like him." Jesse thought it was worthless for Erica.

"Erica likes that guy, why are you so unwilling?" Candice, who wasn't jealous, just wanted to bring the topic to something that was far away from her own safety.

"Would you like it instead?! Seeing my friend being toyed with by such a guy who only wants to sleep with women everywhere." Jesse felt that Candice's words were meaningless.

"Of course I don't want to." Candice was actually very upset with Matthew, saying that she had sex with Sally.Although it is not clear how far Matthew and Erica have progressed, but if he really likes Erica, why would Matthew do such a thing so casually? !

"But it's not something we can control or not." Candice expressed his thoughts. "I can only hope Erica makes herself happy by doing this."

"That guy, it's really easy to make her happy." Jesse glanced at Candice and said with a hint of words. "Not like some people."

"What do you mean not like some people?! Do you want to say that I am?! Then just say the name! Soft-legged shrimp! You can't say the name?!" Candice heard Jesse say this, and immediately said The anger that had suppressed the quarrel flared up again.

"Originally! That Matthew has treated her like that, and she still speaks for him everywhere. She likes him." Jesse felt that he was right. In other words, what he often said was 'it's not his problem'. "If I had treated you like Matthew did to Erica, you would have broken up with me."

"Do you want to treat me like a bastard Matthew?! Or do you want to break up with me?!" Candice also became more and more angry. "Then break up! Anyway, you men are all the same!"

"It's about breaking up again! I said how much do you want to break up with me?! You talk nonsense when you quarrel!" Jesse's voice started to growl. "Men are all the same?! Why are they the same? I don't like you looking for a woman?! Find a woman with the same virtue as you. I want to see if you can last for a few days with a woman like you. ?!"

"It doesn't matter if it's a man or a woman, as long as it's not you!" Candice continued to yell at Jesse. "As long as that person doesn't keep saying 'that's not my problem' in my ear like a mosquito every day! And don't you think Matthew is good at playing with women like that?! Move your lower_body casually Find a woman! Oh! It's a pity that women only like bastards like Matthew! Even if you pretend to be a jerk, no woman will come to you!

"Yeah! Women like a jerk like Matthew! Men like a bitch like you!" Jesse yelled at Candice. "Too bad I'll never be that jerk! But you're different! You don't have to change to be 100% a bitch! And that's never going to change! Bitch!"

"You shitty idiot! That's right! I'm a slut! We women are all sluts!" Candice wanted to walk out the door. "Just get along with your warm right hand!"

"No! You didn't get my point, not all women are sluts! It's you! It's you! You're a total slut!" Jesse pointedly scolded Candice.

"So you're free now! We're done!" Candice yelled. "Go find yourself a woman who isn't cheap! Like Erica! Oh! No! Too bad a good girl like her only likes that bastard Matthew! Get the hell out!"

After Candice finally finished speaking, she walked towards the door alone.

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Erica, who was thinking about how to get rid of Matthew, suddenly saw Candice rushing out of the tattoo parlor.

"Hey... where are you going?" Erica stepped forward and grabbed Candice.

"Wherever you want!" Candice's voice still maintained the same decibel level as Jesse had just quarreled with. "Don't let me see that idiot anyway!"

"...Arguing again..." Erica said helplessly.

"That's right! That guy said he likes you! Wants to be with you!" Candice misinterpreted Jesse's words.

"what?!"

"what……"

Matthew and Erica also said the same sentence, but in different tones.

"You must have misunderstood him again." Erica knew that Jesse and Candice were the kind of people who could say anything when they had an argument.

"Did I misunderstand him, you can ask him yourself." Candice's voice calmed down slowly.

"By the way, what are you doing here again?" Candice pointed the finger at Matthew after seeing Matthew.

"He came to see that man named Mizuki. Asked if he had been here before." Erica answered for Matthew.

"Didn't I say you dated Sally? Why do you always have so much fun here?" Candice seemed to feel that Erica's answer made him and Matthew unable to quarrel, so he changed the question.

"Is this..." Matthew smiled indifferently to Candice's attitude. "You better fight with Jesse...don't mind my business..."

"What the hell are you talking about?!" Hearing Matthew's sloppy answer made Candice, who had been a little calm, become angry again.

"Can you all shut up...it's so noisy." Erica finally couldn't help but say something.

"Let me talk to her, Matthew," Erica said to Matthew.

"What do you mean?" Matthew asked Erica, blinking. "Are you driving me away?"

"No...but why are you staying here?" Erica thought Jesse would be upset to see Matthew when he came out.

"Exactly." Matthew nodded to himself. "Nobody here likes me anyway."

Matthew looked deliberately at Erica as he spoke the last sentence.

And Erica looked at Candice unnaturally after seeing Matthew looking at herself.

"You still know that no one likes you?!" Candice's anger was sent one by one.

"Hurry up and go to Sally." Candice waved his hand like a fly. "She must like you very much."

"Okay then." Matthew smiled. "At least I can find a place that people like."

"Although it's not the place I want to go the most." After finishing speaking, Matthew looked at Erica again.

Then he hunched over with his hands in his pockets and left.

"Do you... want to go out and buy something to eat?" Erica asked Candice after seeing Matthew leave.

"No." Candice, who was alone with Erica, showed her sad expression.

"Then, go out and eat something with me." Erica patted Candice on the back. "I'm hungry anyway."

"Also, I need to tell you about Jesse knowing about Matthew and you." After Erica finished speaking, she saw Candice's surprised expression. "It's nothing serious."

"I just need to make it clear to you so that nothing serious will happen in the future." Erica explained.

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"That idiot called me a slut." Candice watched the thin droplets gradually seep from the wall of the beer bottle.

"You can listen to what idiots say." Erica said vaguely while chewing on the sandwich.

"No. It's not because he scolded me that I'm sad." Candice smiled, in fact, Candice is really pretty when she's not angry.With big eyes and beautiful teeth when she smiles, she looks like a fifteen or six-year-old child.Maybe Jesse was also attracted by Candice's beautiful smile at first.

"It's not a day or two for him to scold me." Candice wiped off the water droplets on the wall of the beer bottle with his fingers. "And when you quarrel, what else is there to quarrel if you don't scold people?"

"This time I think he's right to scold." Candice lowered her head. "I really am a bitch. I betrayed him."

"Don't worry about what has happened." Erica casually threw the leftover sandwich on the plate.

"It doesn't feel right, Erica." Candice shook her head sadly. "Every time I quarreled before, I forced him to leave the house. Today is the only time I left first."

"There's no arguing about it. Next time you just stand there and make him go away." Erica joked.

"Perhaps, I should tell him frankly." Candice looked at Erica with a discussing tone.

"Are you confused by his scolding?" Erica shook her head, disapproving of Candice's thoughts. "Knowing about this kind of thing, does it do anyone any good?"

"I know it's hard for you." Erica looked at Candice seriously. "Because you love him. You love Jesse so you can never forgive yourself."

"But even if you confessed to him and he forgave you. So what?" Erica continued. "You feel better because he forgives you. But what about him? I don't think he appreciates you for your confession."

"I've always known that men and women are completely opposite." Erica took the beer that Candice had barely drunk and drank it from the bottle.

"That's the possessiveness of the body." Erica gulped down half of the beer. "Ever heard of a survey?"

"If your other half has a deep spiritual contact with other people behind your back. For example, he told that person a secret that he has never told you. He is more inclined to find that person to share when he is distressed. He trusts that guy more." Erica put the beer bottle in front of her. "Generally, as women, they can't accept this. They would rather their man just casually slept with a woman whose name they can't remember."

"Men's answers are different." Erica continued. "Compared to what women cared about just now. What they can't accept even more is that their own women have just had a big sex with other men on the bed. And they used positions that they have never used with her before."

"Most men will break up straight away." Erica picked up the beer and drank it all in one go.

"I'm not going to talk about how you and Matthew got into a fight." Erica's voice was not as funny as it said. "I wonder if you really don't want to be with Jesse anymore."

"If yes, then confess the meaningless things you want to say." Erica looked at Candice who had been thinking with her head down. "It's best to tell him even the details. I guarantee that he will break up with you without looking back."

"If not." Erica sighed and continued to Candice. "Just swallow this matter in your stomach and don't say it again. This is your own fault, and you should bear it alone."

"Take it as a lesson for you." Erica patted Candice on the shoulder. "Just don't do it again."

"If it were you, would you do what you just told me, Erica?" Candice raised her head and asked Erica.

"I think I should handle it better than you." Erica thought for a while. "Also, I definitely wouldn't have the idea of ​​confessing to him."

"I thought, you'd say, I'm sure I wouldn't have slept with Matthew in the first place." Candice smiled.

"Actually, to put it bluntly. It's just a very normal thing." Erica said softly. "I don't think I will be better than you are now."

"What do you mean?" Candice always thought that Erica must be very disgusted with such things as betrayal.

"It's not interesting." Erica smiled and shook her head, saying indifferently. "I just think you're overcomplicating things."

"You always like this. Complicate things." Erica still looked at Candice with a smile.

"Is there?" Candice replied casually.

Suddenly, I realized that I didn't know Erica in front of me at all.She doesn't seem to mind the trust, the frankness of what two people basically have together.Regarding betrayal, it seems that she can do it to others at any time, and she doesn't even care that others do the same to her.In Erica's world, according to what standard do all the normal norms exist?Perhaps in this way, she is indeed suitable for Matthew.She wouldn't mind Matthew's rambunctious private life, letting what he had to say to her and all the other women.

But, does this count as liking?

Candice suddenly felt that the noisy relationship between himself and Jesse but always seeing each other as the only relationship really made him very happy.It is also because of such happiness that the sense of guilt caused by betrayal is always around me.

"It's obviously a very simple thing. You have to think about it very complicated." Erica continued the topic just now. "And a thing that is obviously very complicated. But you think it is even more complicated."

"Maybe you are the one who is complicated, so complicated things seem so simple to you." Candice replied to Erica.

"Then you have to keep it simple." Erica gave Candice a meaningful look. "Don't become as complicated as I am."

"This is not a good taste." Erica said the last sentence jokingly.