Parting Ways Novels & Stories

Ngunit nang makitang tila masaya naman si Nixie sa kanyang buhay noon, ilang beses niyang pinigil ang sarili na magsalita. Now they’re divorced. It’s good that they’re divorced.

Mali nga pala yung 'we've parted' na term, iniwan ko nga pala sya. I left him, dahil ayokong mag-isa, ayokong mag-isa pero iniwan ko syang mag-isa. Tanga! I cursed myself, sino nga bang hindi magagalit nang ganon, we're so okay that time then uuwi syang wala nang Pris. At sa takot kong mag-isa, ano ako ngayon? Another wave of tears pooled my cheeks, mapait kong nilunok ang naisip na katotohanan. Kung tutuusin, Arc has all the right para magalit sakin, may karapatan syang parusahan ako nang ganito. Pero hanggang kailan ba? Kailan nya ako mapapatawad? Pag napatay ba nya ako sa mga matatalim nyang tingin ay magiging masaya na sya? Does my Arc really don't want me in his life, I missed his soft

The realization that our paths had diverged irreversibly, that the bond we had once shared had been fractured beyond repair, settled upon me like a heavy shroud, casting a shadow over the remnants of our shared history. In the midst of the celebration of Marisse and Martin's union, my tears fell silently, unseen by those around me since nandito ako sa malayong parte ng simbahan. The ache in my heart, the ache of a love lost and a future forsaken, echoed through the chambers of my soul, a poignant reminder of the choices that had led us to this moment of separation and farewell.

Sinuportahan pa niya ako sa mga plano ko. Isa na din naman ang mga share ng yumaong lolo ko talaga ang pakay ko at makipagkasunduan kung ano ba ang dapat gawin doon. Saka kung talagang hiwalay na kami ni Nathan ay kailangang paghatian namin iyon para minsanan na sanang mawawala ang ugnayan namin. Para maayos pa rin ang paghihiwalay namin.

Josh and I both loved each other, or shall I say, we still love each other pero dahil sa magulong nakaraan, we have to walk our separate ways. At sa mga susunod na araw, kailangan na naming mabuhay na malayo sa isa’t-isa at kung sasagi man siya sa isip ko, or ako sa isip niya, isa na lamang itong alaala. Our mind will feed with both happy and sad memories of each other and that will be it. Our story is done! It didn’t end before but it definitely ended now!

Gustong iparamdam at ipaunawa sa kaniya ang lahat. We kept losing each other little by little, and it used to hurt, but then it kept hurting less till there was no pain at all because we wasted it all on the small ways we were separating from each other without even realizing. Our breakup wasn’t us yelling at each other or blaming one another. It wasn’t one of those catastrophic, heartbreaking breakups; it was more like a cold emotionless one, because it was an inevitable thing—we both knew very well that we had reached a point where we had to leave each other, even though we had already left each other in other ways.

Pakiramdam ko wala naman talagang kabuluhan ang pinag-awayan namin ni Waylen pero may nagsasabi sa kaloob-looban ko na kailangan ko iyong ilabas bago ko pa maipon ang sama ng loob at sumabog ng basta-basta nalang. Rinig ko pa ang pagmumura niya nang nakakalayo na ako sa kanila bagay na hindi ko pinansin. Arranged marriage. Two words but can ruin your future, goals and life.

“Maybe that’s why I feel so empty.” “Kung makapagsalita ka ay parang hindi na siya babalik, ah? Nag-away kayo no?” Umiling siya at humugot ng malalim na hininga. “No. We never had an argument. But… we both decided to part ways.” Narinig niya ang pagsinghap ng kanyang kaibigan. Mukhang magsasalita pa sana ito nang lumapit ang kanyang mommy Faye.

“Parang kita ko ngayon na yung proud mong mukha.” Ngumiti si Harmony at nag-type. “Pag-isipan mong mabuti yung divorce. Kung wala talagang kayang mag-adjust sa inyo, mas mabuti pang tapusin na. Mas okay na yun kaysa nagsasayang lang kayo ng oras ng isa’t isa.”

Hindi ko maiwasang isipin na nakarating na ako doon. What happened to us Zhynn? What broke us apart?