Don't Be Sorry Novels & Stories

"I'm sorry kung di kita mabigyan ng anak." Masuyo nitong hinaplos ang likod niya at buhok. "Stop crying. You don't have to say sorry. Marami pa tayong oras at kahit hindi honeymoon pwede tayong magtry ng paulit ulit. Ayos lang kung hindi tayo makabuo agad. Sorry kung nararamdaman mo ang pressure na 'to dahil palagi kong sinasabi na gusto kong magkaanak tayo."

"Sorry?" "Hindi na kailangan dahil ako na ang tatawag sa kanya. Can you lift the bad atmosphere this time? Ikaw ang gustong mag-invest sa kompanya ng amo ko so you should be pure intentional kahit na aksidente iyong nangyari since nag-sorry na naman ako sa'yo. Let's all be professional here. Hindi mo naman siguro ikakamatay iyon." Nagsimula na kasing mag-init ang ulo niya.

pumunta ako ng veranda para magpahangin. Nakatayo lang ako d'un habang nakakunot ang noo ng yumakap s'ya ulit sa'kin mula sa likuran. "Baby, I'm sorry, I'm really realy sorry," bulong n'ya matapos n'yang ibaon sa balikat ko ang ulo n'ya. Sorry? Is that all it takes? Just a simple sorry? Should I just easily forget everything he did earlier? "Bitaw."

Tama ba ang narinig ko? "Ano?" "Ang sabi ko, I'm sorry!" malakas nitong sigaw na kinangiwi ko at nagpasakit sa tainga ko, "I'm sorry nga pero kung ayaw mo, then don't!" Napailing ako. Paano ko naman tatanggapin ang sorry na ganito? "Not forgiven—" "Who cares? Nag-sorry lang naman ako dahil ayokong iwan kami ulit ni Mommy. Tss," aniya na nagpataas sa kilay ko.

“S-sorry…” Tila wala sa sariling bulong niya, alam niyang kahit papano ay narinig pa rin naman iyon ng kanyang boss, agad na napa lingon ito sa kanya saka tila lumambot ang kanina ay inis na inis na ekspresyon ng mukha. “Don’t say sorry, you shouldn’t be sorry Nicole.”

his voice is cold, colder than the Atlantic Ocean. Dumaloy ang sakit sa buo kong katawan. Sumakit ang dibdib ko at tuluyang bumigay. "I-i'm sorry, Deon." "You kept saying sorry... Hindi magtatagal magsasawa rin ako diyan. Instead of saying sorry, say 'I will do better next time' or 'I'm gonna fix my attitude' hindi 'yong umiiyak ka riyan na parang pusa," bumaba ang boses niya.

If only I'm stronger enough then they wouldn't have done that to me which is why I will never understand how they can easily spurt out the word as if they mean it. How can they be sorry if they killed a person? Sorry is supposed to be said if you've accidentally spilled someone's a tea of a coffee, or you had forgotten about an occasion. Sorry is such a shallow word to tell it to a face of someone you just killed. But I guess I have to live with that sorry now. Tapos na ako rito. Ayoko na. Pagod na ako. I didn't know how tired I am until yesterday. This is it. I've done my part.

tanong ulit nito. I changed the topic instead of answering her questions. "Why does people always say sorry even though they haven't done something bad to me?" I asked her. She looked at me with amazed on her eyes. "Sometimes, sorry isn't about when they have done something to you. It's also about when they will do something to you," she explained. Napatango-tango naman ako sa kaniyang sinabi at unti-unting nalinawan sa lahat. "That's too impossible though..." I murmured.

"Patawad...nanghihingi ako ng kapatawaran sa lahat ng ginawa ng aking Ama sa inyo..." Hindi ko alam kung paano sagutin ang kanyang mga salita. Sana sa simpleng paghingi ng kapatawaran ay matitigil ang lahat ng ito o bumalik sa dati. Ngunit sinadya nila ito. I don't know why people are saying sorry, for something they mean to do. They are sorry for what they have done, but they mean to do it. It seems like sorry no longer have any deep value.

Tumalikod na ako at nagsimulang humakbang papasok sa aking kuwarto. "No, we talk!" Humarang siya sa aking pintuan. "You should apologize to you professor. My God, Hid. Major subject mo pa 'yon!" "I don't say sorry to anyone, Mommy. Alam mo iyan." If there are two phrases I will never say in my life, these are 'I'm sorry', and 'I was wrong'. I will never feel sorry and will never feel wrong of my actions. Not a chance. Even if I do, I can always find a way to get away with it. I will never let anyone feel that they beat me, nor to see that I failed.