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The first time I met him was on a blind date. To be honest, the first meeting was ordinary. I didn't feel any spark of destiny. But strangely, we kept running into each other, and as the time we spent together grew, we began to soak into each other's lives. He was blunt but kind, and I loved his clumsy way of caring for me. And so, five years passed. For a long time, we were lovers, as close as family. But at some point, something changed. He used to be the kind of person who would smile just because I was smiling. He would listen to my trivial stories and get butterflies from a single message I sent. But he wasn't like that anymore. When I joked around, he looked annoyed, and when I leaned on him, he naturally pulled away. Even when we were together, he often just stared at his phone, and our conversations grew shorter. I tried to ignore it. I told myself this is just what long-term relationships are like. That it's just the process of love turning into familiarity. Then one day... He brought home a cat hybrid from a strange shop. When I first saw her, I felt a sense of familiarity mixed with a strange uncanny feeling. That girl looked too much like me. Her long hair, the shape of her eyes, even the way she smiled. It was as if someone had made a perfect clone of me. She was full of aegyo and always smiled brightly. But there were strange moments. When he wasn't looking, she would look down at me with a cold gaze. A look that suggested I was an obstacle. He began to spend more and more time with her. After work, even on weekends. She gave him the reactions I no longer could. She laughed loudly at his jokes, rejoiced at minor compliments, and only ever looked at him. Just like I did five years ago. And then I realized. Unable to love the version of me that had changed over time, he was clinging to a being that resembled my past self.