Ex's Late Regret

Synopsis

The evening breeze on April Fool's Day carried a light, teasing air. He held up the divorce papers with a lazy grin, mischief dancing in his eyes, and claimed it was all just a silly prank for his friends. I saw the casual indifference in his gaze, signed my name, and walked out without a backward glance. What I'd once thought was his special, exclusive love for me turned out to be nothing but empty lines he tossed out carelessly, without a second thought. On the day we picked up our divorce decree, he was still joking with his buddies, calling me soft and way too easy to fool. It wasn't until I wiped every trace of myself from his life and became someone he could never reach again that he finally woke up. That was when he realized—the only fool this April Fool's joke had been played on was himself. He watched a line of suitors circle around me, and he watched me walk away without so much as a single glance in his direction. That once cocky, carefree man ended up drowning in regret, tormented by his loss night after sleepless night. Again and again, he tortured himself with the same question: could he ever take back that stupid joke... and the real feelings he'd thrown away so carelessly?