Inevitable Changes Novels & Stories

I always solve. I don’t sit in discomfort. I eliminate it. “You wanted comfort,” I murmur. “I wanted partnership.” The words echo. “And now?” I ask. “Now I want to see if you can love me without preparing contingency plans.” “I tore up the clause.” “You adapted.” “There’s that word again,” I say sharply. “Yes,” she replies calmly. “Adaptation isn’t transformation.” The room feels smaller. “You think I’m incapable of changing,” I say. “I think you change when it benefits your structure.”

It just happened. Siguro gano'n talaga. Walang makapagsasabi kung bigla ka na lang magbabago dahil unti-unti lang nila makikita ito. Once you have completely changed, they will either walk away from you, or heal with you. It's a matter of choice.

Maybe because they haven't seen each other for a decade. She smiled bitterly. "Yeah. People do actually change." Change, it is the only thing that is constant in this world. People do change, they changed the way they are, their attitude and hobbies, likes or dislikes, even feelings will change. In this world, everything has changes, there are changes of motion, weather, and other normal things. Lahat nagbabago lalo na kapag gusto mo rin baguhin. And every time she stares at his lovely purple eyes; she knows that everything has changed as time goes by.

Ngunit alam ko rin na kung patuloy akong humarang sa pinto na iyon, mas lalo lamang akong masasaktan. Bigla kong naalala ang huling araw namin—ang huling yakap, ang huling halakhak, ang huling simpleng pagtingin sa isa’t isa na puno ng pangakong hindi ko alam kung totoo pa. Napakabilis ng pagbabago. Kung minsan, iniisip ko, may mga bagay na hindi natin kontrolado. At marahil, ang pagbabago ni Trevor ay isa sa mga bagay na hindi ko dapat kontrolin.

“Nandito ako para sa iyo sa bawat hakbang ng ating paglalakbay.” Habang naglalakad sila sa makulay na corridor, si Evelyn ay nagbigay ng kanyang sariling pananaw. “Ang importante rin ay ang pagtanggap natin sa mga pagbabago at pag-aadjust sa mga bagong hamon na darating. Kung magiging bukas tayo sa isa’t isa, tiyak kong magiging matagumpay tayo.”

“Ikurus sa noo mo na wala kang kaalam-alam sa pinagdaanan ko! Itaga mo rin sa bato na no'ng naging tayo, half of my story ay batid mo, pero hindi mo pa ang buong pagkatao ko! Iyon ang mga lihim na hindi ko maaaring sabihin sa iyo dahil nakaungkat na ito sa aking nakaraan!” Handa na sana akong lumayo sa hapag-kainan at magtungo na lamang sa kuwarto, ngunit hindi mapigilan ng aking sarili na muli siyang titigan sa kadahilanang may nais pa akong iparating sa kaniya na mensahe. “During our high school days, you mentioned the belief that individuals remain unchanged. That was your stance on relationships and love as we revisited memories and exhanged nonfictional stories. Although I wanted to re