Inseparable Novels & Stories

Wika niya kasabay ng pag lapag nito sa kaniyang bag sa kung saan ko ito ipinupuwesto. Isabelle Salazar or Isay is the only daughter of our neighbor. Lumipat sila sa subdivision na ito noong 7 years old pa lang si Austin. Magdadalawang taon pa lang si Cassandra noon at hindi pa sila nagkikita ni Austin. Halos lampas na sa sampung taong magkakilala sina Austin at Isay kung kaya't hindi maipagkakailang malapit talaga sila sa isa't isa.

wika niya. “Mas tatanggapin mo ang galit niya kaysa aminin ang katotohanan? Nakiusap ka kay Tita na putulin ang koneksyon ninyo bilang mag-soulmate ng araw ng libing. Para ano? Para hindi niya maramdaman ang presensya mo? Alam mong magkadugtong ang buhay ninyong dalawa noong nagpasya kang piliing sundin ang prosesong iyon para mabuhay siya. You two must be inseparable,” giit nito.

Pakiramdam ko hindi ko kayang mawala siya. Noon, naiisip ko kung gaano iyon ka-corny. How can you say you cannot live without someone? Hindi naman sa kanila nakasalalay ang paghinga mo. Pero ngayon, naiintindihan ko na. Maybe I can live a life without him, but it's going to be very, very hard. And I don't want to imagine a life without him. He kissed my forehead and whispered, "I love you, Hope."

Umupo naman siya sa tabi ko. She sighed and looked up before speaking, "There are things that really can't work, like they say, brought together but not destined. Loving each other, but at the end of the day, you'll still go your separate ways. Mismatched. Grammatically incorrect. Repelled. Syntax error. Many things happen like that." Indeed, there really is no forever. Or maybe it's just us who don't have it.

tanong ko. Hindi agad sumagot si Torren. Then he said quietly: “They’re tracking emotional dependency now.” Napatingin ako sa kanya. “Meaning?” He looked at me like he hated the answer. “Meaning… we’re no longer separate variables.” Pause. “We’re being measured as one unit.” Tumahimik ang buong silid. Then— sa screen sa harap namin… isang bagong classification appeared. PAIR ENTITY IDENTIFIED: FREYA + TORREN