-5 years later-
2004 β USA (New York) - Age 20
Shaan eventually found out about Zahur's cheating and broke up with him. The day Shaan got accepted to Hunter College, He came home to their little loft apartment to see Zahur with another man on their bed. With this sight he went into tears and fell to the ground. Zahur shooed the man away, as the man left Zahur went down to Shaan and fell into his arms. "I'm sorry, please forgive me." said Zahur in a sweet voice. "Why would I forgive you? You broke your promise to me." Zahur looked up into Shaan's eyes as he continues to say, "you said we would run away to America and be safe. You said we would be together forever, you said that. You said you loved me..." Shaan's tears rushed down his face as he thought about the abandonment. "Get out." said Shaan. "What ba-" said Zahur being cut off by Shaan. "I said get out, you have other men to live with, right?" Zahur replied, "My stuff though?" Shaan looked at him, "I'll bring them to you, just get out." Zahur eventually got up and left with some clothes in a bag. Though Zahur still tries to contact him, he is ignored by Shaan. Shaan has been attending college for education, and through school he has met a lot of people his age. The new app Facebook dropped and Shaan's friend Olivia, A trans makeup artist, told him all about the hot guys she has met there. She bragged on and on about what European guys would comment on her posts. He hated the way she would brag but he listened quietly. With the basic answers like, "mm" and "yea" she got worried and would occasionally ask if he was okay. Eventually that friendship did not work out either, but Shaan took Olivia's advice and browsed Facebook because he was curious. On Facebook Shaan made an account, with his name, age, and little bio. He started posting daily updates on how he was feeling and about things he went through to give people light. After a few weeks went by, Shaan started getting comments and likes. Some comments were rude, and some were kind but honestly, he didn't really care until someone commented, "You look like a sack of potatoes. You fag. I bet your mom spit on you as a kid." Shaan was not extremely bothered but a bit frustrated. He replied back saying, "I am not a sack of potatoes, I'm a sack of meat considering the fact I am human. Fag is a slur honey so refrain from using it. Oh wait, I realized your vocabulary is of a 6-year-old, sorry. Also, I was not raised by my mom, nor did I know her so, do your research before you do a report. Goodbye~" He thought giving a little sass would push him away from his account, but he was wrong. This guy kept commenting around on random posts of Shaan's. Shaan tried to keep up with his comments until he found out about "Reporting." Shaan reported this user and soon after he was banned from Facebook. That experience was very tiring, Shaan then went to delete Facebook until a man caught his eye. "Kiyoshi_u3?" Shaan said quietly. Shaan went to click on his account and looked at his photos. "He is so cute, what the heck.", said Shaan quietly. His ringer on his phone went off saying it was 10am which meant he had to drive to class.