If We Could Love Again

At a high school reunion, they played a game of truth or dare.

My girlfriend's male best friend pointed at her and said he wanted to dance a waltz with her.

All my classmates started cheering, and my girlfriend didn't mind at all. She actually danced a waltz with him.

Her male best friend straightened his back, causing everyone to burst out laughing.

The classmates all looked at me, wanting to see how I, the current boyfriend, would react.

I just smiled and patted the man on the back, saying, "You should take off your pants. That would make your action more vivid and lively."

1

After more than ten years, the classmates had a reunion and they played a game of truth or dare.

When it was my girlfriend's male best friend, Liam Sharp's turn, he unexpectedly chose my girlfriend, Alina Green, as the "target".

He even winked at me and asked if I minded.

All the other classmates were looking at me, so how could I say I minded? Everyone was having so much fun, and I didn't want to ruin it.

But Liam was just shameless. He actually said he wanted to dance a close-contact "waltz" with Alina, which meant that kind of intimate dance with ambiguous movements.

Their movements needed to be close to each other. There was nothing much else, but seeing it also made me furious. and it's infuriating to watch. In the time it took for me to go to the bathroom and come back, the two of them were already glued together.

Liam even pulled Alina's waist a bit and straightened up. Even though it was done through clothing, it also made people angry.

The other classmates were looking at me, waiting for me to blow up.

But Alina didn't let go of Liam, instead, she let him hold her slender waist. It was as if she was cooperating with him.

When Liam saw me, he smiled and said, "Oliver, Alina just lost the game, so I punished her. You don't mind, do you?"

I looked around at the others, some of them were playing Truth or Dare too, but no one had such extreme challenges. Even if they were close friends, it was a bit too much.

"Oliver, don't think too much. I'm just friends with Liam, not romantically involved. I don't even consider him a man!"

Alina explained.

Liam also laughed and said, "Alina and I used to play like this too. We're just best friends. She doesn't see me as a man, and I don't see her as a woman."

I stared at his face, trying to detect a hint of mischief in his eyes. Did he really not see Alina as a woman?

Alina was not only the most beautiful woman in the class over a decade ago, but also now.

I was angry inside, but I didn't show it. I would lose if I got angry. After all, they were just playing a game of truth or dare.

I smiled faintly. "I think, since you're best friends, the action just now would be more suitable for playing without pants!"

I smiled gently, without any sign of anger.

But my words made it seem like I was angry.

Even someone commented, "Can't take it? Just say so. It's not decent to attend a class reunion and act all coy and hesitant!"

Alina's face changed slightly and she said, "Oliver, what are you doing? It was you who invited me to the class reunion, wasn't it? You knew Liam would come today. And, Liam and I were just good friends since long before. We would have been together if we wanted to. It's not your turn!

"And, you said you didn't mind, but now you're jealous and saying things like this. It's really disappointing."

Liam also looked unhappy. "That's right, Oliver, you're being too stingy. I've been friends with Alina for many years, and you're being too jealous."

Jealous? Funny, who could accept their girlfriend being held around the waist and doing that kind of action?

Even if they were wearing clothes, their behavior was also too outrageous. Was I not open-minded enough, or they were too open-minded?

Even other classmates didn't think it was a big deal. It seemed like I was the one who did and said something wrong, while they were not at fault at all.

What kind of logic was this? It was just that the thing didn't happen to them.

It was just that their girlfriends were not as pretty as Alina.

I promised them that they could continue doing whatever they wanted to do, and it was my fault?

I really couldn't believe it. If their girlfriends were to do this kind of action with Liam, would they really be so generous?

It was really disheartening. They were my classmates of over ten years.

And Alina was my girlfriend I had loved for more than ten years.

If I were my previous self, I would lose my temper and Alina would ignore me, or even give me the cold shoulder.

Then she would go and play with Liam. After all, they were best friends.

Either in high school, college, or even after graduation for several years, they could still have fun together.

I would go to her when I really missed her. She wanted me to beg her to come back and apologize to her, saying that I was wrong, and she would come back.

She was just waiting for me to apologize to her.

The relationship between us was so unequal.

She had always been the center of attention since high school, and became the school belle in university.

I never expected her to accept my pursuit. She said she was tired of those so-called handsome guys with playboy behavior.

She wanted to try to date me, a seemingly dull "good student".

But no one expected that she and I had been together for over ten years and never parted.

Maybe she was tired of it now and wanted to seek new excitement.

Because of my ordinary appearance and height, her brilliance by my side was a pressure and a motivation for me. I had always driven myself to be more excellent so that I could drive away those who were pursuing her.

I studied hard just to give her a better life. We were about to get married, and I didn't want her to leave me.

But often, the more I gave, the more I felt like my efforts were hitting a cotton ball and getting no response from her.

I was like a hungry puppy waiting for her, my goddess, to feed me.

She attracted me, and I was happy to serve her. One was willing to fight, and the other was willing to take it.

But I didn't know when it started, I couldn't bear all this anymore.

"Oliver, tell me! What do you mean?"

Alina impatiently asked me. "With all our classmates here, can't you just hold on for a moment? It's a once-in-a-few-years reunion, and you're causing a scene!"

I looked at her helplessly and said, "Well, you guys continue playing. Or, I'll just leave?"

"You, how can you be like this?"

Her face looked angry as if she didn't realize her own problem at all.

The other classmates were also looking at me. They might think I was a spoilsport. I thought about it for a moment and decided to stay.

I started playing with my phone.

Alina and Liam went to the bedroom and changed into shorts, and Liam came out wearing Alina's yoga pants.

I could even see the shape of his crotch, while Alina was just a little more modest, wearing a pair of knee-length shorts. Although she wasn't fully exposed, it seemed like they were provoking me.

Did they really listen to me when I told them to strip naked?

Why didn't they go die when I told them to?

Then, they started playing Truth or Dare again. Coincidentally, Liam and Alina were partners again.

Liam even dared to look at me provocatively and said, "Oliver said he didn't mind. He made us take off our pants, but I think it's a bit indecent. Anyway, we're going to dance a waltz."

Then Liam purposely rubbed against Alina, but Alina acted as if she didn't notice. The way they danced was no different from the way people danced in nightclubs.

I saw that others were looking at me again, as if waiting for me to explode, so that they could watch the show.

I could understand the behavior of many male classmates, they couldn't get Alina, and it was impossible for them to have such an excellent wife like Alina, so they picked a fight on purpose.

The thoughts of female classmates were even more subtle. Some were jealous of Alina's consistent beauty, while others were jealous of Alina's being the object of other men's affection.

They just loved to watch the chaos unfold.

That was their mindset.

I just didn't meet their expectations.

"I really don't mind. I've already said it. Why don't you just take off your pants and dance? It's exactly the uncensored version of 'Dancing with Wolves'. What a great topic!"

I laughed and looked at Alina and Liam, not at all angry.

A lot of people were whispering and speculating, thinking I was just pretending to be calm.

They thought I was just one step away from exploding.

Liam even wanted to add fuel to the fire. "Hey, Oliver, you know what? Alina's yoga pants are so comfortable, and have her unique scent."

"Well, you might as well pick up her underwear and socks too, to satisfy your perverted interests!" I retorted.

I knew that although he was called Alina's best friend, he had long wanted to possess Alina, but he hadn't had the chance yet.

Without the title of Alina's best friend, he might not have had the chance to get close to her.

So I knew he was waiting for the opportunity to get close to my Alina.

He often said this to annoy me, make me jealous, and make me seem petty, so that Alina would scold me and become increasingly impatient with me.

Finally, I would become a jealous and annoying boyfriend in Alina's heart.

Gradually, she would lose hope in me and even break up with me, which was Liam's goal.

Seeing that I was not easily influenced, Liam added, "Just now, when I was changing clothes, I noticed Alina's figure. Oh my, it's been years since I last saw her, and her size is simply beyond imagination."

"So, you used to imagine her size?" I laughed and said.

But he didn't reply to me. Instead, he looked at Alina walking over.

"Alina, look at Oliver, being so stingy. I told him that these yoga pants are ones you don't wear and are outdated, but he's still unhappy about it.

"Well, I'll take them off then. I consider you my best friend, but apparently, he considers me his competitor," Liam said.

I said casually, "Sure, if you don't consider Alina a woman, and she doesn't consider you a man, you could just take your pants off in front of her.

"Anyway, you said you would take them off. You wouldn't go back on your word, right?"

Watching my indifferent attitude and my confrontational behavior towards Liam, Alina couldn't take it anymore.

"Oliver, what are you going to do?

"I told you, he's just my best friend. I swore to you. What more do you want?

"Liam, take off my pants. Save some people from getting jealous," Alina said.

"No, Alina, someone said he loved the smell of your pants just now. Let him keep them." I said.

I rubbed my nose. I had never seen a male friend with such a strange preference before.

Liam was so angry that his nose was twisted.

Alina scolded me with a frown, "If you don't want to come to the class reunion, then don't come! It's such a shame."

"Didn't he say he would take off the yoga pants?

"Did I force him to?"