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An ad flashed across the video viewer, almost hiding the play symbol.  “Need a boyfriend? Click here.” This time, it gave you pause. The previous night, while perusing the bizarre news site, you had come across an article for rental boyfriends.  You wondered if this was one of the businesses that provided such a service. At first, you had found it ridiculous, but as you read the comments...

You made decent money.  Yes, you were being responsible and trying to save, but...surely it wouldn’t hurt to indulge just a little.  After all, aside from Inna, and the occasional celebratory meal on someone else’s dime, you rarely indulged in any sort of treat.  Your best friends back home would nag at you every time you talked on the phone, telling you that life wasn’t just about saving money, but about living.  You thought about what they--Mirae and Raim would say. You grinned. You had always been the quiet one. The studious one. The careful one. They would be ecstatic to think that you had finally done something a little spontaneous.  Something just for pure happiness sake.  

You thought about it.  You thought about how much money you had in your savings account.  How you could be hit by a bus tomorrow. About how, in a few short years, you’d be hitting thirty, without ever having the opportunity to enjoy the company of a man in anything other than a friendly capacity.  About how pleasant it would be to just sit with a handsome guy, who smelled nice, and talk for hours about nothing in particular, at all.

You clicked the link.