Where Is My World Between You And Her

Synopsis

I had been with my boyfriend for eight years, and friends with my bestie for fifteen. My bestie never talked to my boyfriend behind my back. And my boyfriend never kept anything from me. I never thought much about it until one night at a work dinner, someone pointed at my boyfriend's new profile picture. "Hey, your boyfriend and your bestie's profile pics are from the same artist's matching couple avatars, right?" I paused for a moment, then just laughed and said it wasn't. When I got home, I asked him about it. He was gaming, didn't even take his eyes off the screen. "Chloe recommended it. Thought it looked cool, so I used it. If you don't like it, I'll change it." Chloe was even more chill. She just sent me a dog meme. "You're overthinking it. I recommended this artist to a bunch of friends." I went to check out the artist's page. The artist only took custom commissions, and for each one, you had to describe both people and provide a special date. The artist had a pinned post that said: "All custom art is one-of-a-kind. Never sold twice." I stared at that line for a long time, then matched their profile pics side by side. The gray one showed a guy outlined in gray, standing with his back to the sunset. The pink one showed a girl's side profile, bathed in the same sunset. Their lines of sight perfectly matched. I turned off my phone, deleted the group chat, and booked a one-way ticket out of town. If they're leaving me out of their story, then I'll just flip the page and write my own ending.