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2026-10-13 16:05:04Clara Hernandez had always wondered whether love was supposed to feel safe.
She wanted to believe it was, but every time she tried to let someone close, fear found its way into the relationship. Maybe it was because of her childhood. She had grown up watching a father who never seemed to know how to show love. His presence filled the house, but warmth rarely came with it. There were more harsh words than gentle ones, more silence than affection. Clara never asked why. Perhaps she was afraid of the answer. Perhaps some questions were easier to leave unanswered than to discover that the truth could hurt even more. So whenever Clara began caring about someone, a little voice inside her whispered: They're going to leave. Don't trust them too much. Don't get attached. And eventually, those fears would become walls. She often wondered if she would ever experience the kind of happiness she saw in other people. “Will I ever be happy?” she whispered one night, looking at the ceiling. She didn't have an answer. The following afternoon, Clara opened her phone simply to distract herself. A message request caught her attention. Daniel: Hey. I hope I'm not disturbing you. Clara stared at the message for a moment before replying. Clara: You're not. That was how it started. Nothing dramatic. Just two strangers talking online. Daniel was different from the people Clara usually met. He didn't rush the conversation. He asked about her interests, made stupid jokes that somehow made her laugh, and seemed genuinely interested in knowing the person behind the screen. Still, Clara wasn't interested in a relationship. She told him that from the beginning. “I don't want anything serious,” she said during one of their conversations. Daniel respected her answer. “I understand,” he replied. “We can just be friends.” For some reason, that made Clara trust him a little more. Soon, their conversations became part of her routine. There was Maya, Clara's closest friend, who noticed the change almost immediately. “You've been smiling at your phone a lot lately,” Maya teased. “I'm not smiling.” “You literally are.” Clara rolled her eyes. “He's just a friend.” Maya smiled knowingly. “Okay, Clara. A friend.” ------- As the days passed, Daniel became increasingly fond of her. He liked the way she could turn an ordinary conversation into something funny. He liked how she pretended not to care when she actually cared deeply. But Clara noticed something else. She was beginning to care too. And that terrified her. One evening, Daniel didn't reply for several hours. It was completely normal. People got busy. Phones died. Life happened. But Clara's mind immediately created a different story. He's losing interest. He's talking to someone else. You knew this would happen. She stared at the last message between them. Her fingers hovered over the keyboard. She wanted to ask if everything was okay. Instead, she put her phone down. Then she picked it up again. Then she put it down. Maya noticed her expression. “What's wrong?” “Nothing.” “Clara.” “I'm fine.” Maya sat beside her. “You don't have to pretend with me.” Those words almost broke something inside Clara. Because that was exactly what she had been doing her entire life. Pretending. Pretending she wasn't hurt. Pretending she didn't need anyone. Pretending she wasn't afraid of being abandoned. And now, for the first time, someone was getting close enough to see through the walls. Clara looked at her phone again. A message finally appeared. Daniel: Sorry, I disappeared. My mum needed help with something. Are you okay? Clara stared at the words. A small smile appeared on her face. But underneath that smile was a realization she wasn't ready to face. Daniel wasn't the problem. Her fear was. And if she wanted to keep people in her life, she would eventually have to decide whether she wanted to keep protecting herself from being hurt—or finally give herself permission to be loved without expecting it to end. For now, Clara wasn't ready.
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