His Best Friend Took My Seat, So I Took My Freedom

At our graduation party, we played a matchmaking game with buzzers.

The girls had lights at their podiums. They could turn their lights off for the guys they rejected, and in the final round, the guy could turn off the lights of every girl except his final pick.

I had loved Ethan for four whole years. Right before our thesis defense, he finally gave me an answer:

"Once we graduate, let's officially be together."

Knowing this, the other girls politely turned their lights off. But Chloe—the girl he always called his "platonic soulmate"—chose to keep her light on for him until the very end.