On the Edge of Love and Hate

He is the man who lit stars for me and pulled them down from the sky to earth. He taught me to love—and to hate. He gave me the harshest lesson in life, one I’ll never forget.

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“We’re strangers, Timur. We’re not even step-siblings anymore. Nothing links us at all.”

“Something links us. I love you.”

A whole kaleidoscope of feelings explodes in front of my eyes, and a poisonous bitterness spreads in my chest. I close my eyes weakly, because burning tears pour out of them—good thing they mix with water. I hope he doesn’t understand anything.

“Love you more than life,” he hits me with the next words, like a losing blow. God, how am I supposed to bear this.

“It’s a pity,” I squeeze out lifelessly.

“Why a pity?”

“Because I hate you.”