Regret Novels & Stories

Hali's forehead creased in deep thought as he flickered a tongue on his side cheek. "Regret is a repentance of your sin. It is not hypocrisy. Perhaps, it is wishing something different you've done in the past to have a different outcome in the present. That's why I'm asking you this because regret is the start of healing. I want to help you Irishka" he uttered. Oh I got his point. But...

I will make you regret for rejecting our child. ~~~~

Dahil walang nag-uugnay sa kanila kaya mabilis lang naputol ang kung ano mang meron sila noon. Minsan nga napapatanong siya kung meron silang anak, mangyayari pa rin ba ang mga nangyari noon? Pakakawalan ba nila ang isa't-isa ng ganoon lang? At least kahit naghiwalay na sila may rason pa rin siya para makita ito. Regrets are useless now. Isa pa, nandito na ulit si Lyxelle. Mababantayan na niya ito at maalagaan hanggang sa magsawa sila sa isa't-isa. Pero sana hindi.

Nagmakaawa na ako ng ilang beses pero hindi niya ako pinakinggan. I regret everything I did in the past! I regret everything I did to him, pleasing him, supporting him all the way but what he just gave to me was a nightmare that I couldn't bury on the ground! I didn't know that it would turn out chaotic, bringing and dragging me down to hell with him and those people who did nothing but to.. kill. If it was not because of his help, I think I was still lost puppy. He was the reason why I had my life now but he was the reason as well that I am still terrified.

“Siguro nga tama ka, natatakot akong gawin mo sa akin ang ginawa ko sa'yo, noon... Aaminin ko, naging gago ako, sa paulit-ulit na pananakit sa'yo.” “Mula ng maikasal tayo galit ang naramdaman ko, galit na galit ako sa'yo dahil natali ako ng maaga. Pero walang gabi na hindi ko pinagsisihan ang mga ginawa ko. I regrets everything, every time I saw your face crying and begging in my dreams—no! It's a fucking nightmare. Damn, it's killing me.”

“Are you having regrets?” tanong nito nang sundan siya nito sa balkonahe ng condo ahbang nakatanaw siya sa kadiliman ng gabi. Halos alas onse na silang nakabalik. “I will never regret today,” sinsero niyang sagot. Yumakap ito sa kanya habang pareho silang nakatanaw sa iisang direksyon. “Ikaw?” “The only regret I have is not giving you the proper wedding that you deserve. Aayusin ko lang ang problema namin ni Dad –“

Remon smiled at me and stand up. "Remember this," he paused and took a deep breath bago magsalita ulit. "I love you so much, I didn't regret of loving you, I regret what I've done to you, Yhra. Ikaw ang pinaka magandang nangyare sa buhay ko, having you was the best moments in my life, I won't justify what I done wrong to you, and I know that sorry is not enough for every single shits that I made before." Remon close his eyes and his tears fall down on his cheeks.

May marriage certificate na silang dalawa. It was too late to regret it.

His plane crashed. Somewhere. They never found his body. --- PRESENT The reflection in the window blurred. I blinked. The city was still there, unchanged. But something inside me felt heavier. Grief did not come like a storm. It came quietly. Like something sinking deep into the ocean, never to resurface. And Regret stayed. Lingering in places no one could see. Places I could never escape. And maybe… That was why I kept my distance. Because losing someone once was enough. I would not allow myself to lose again.

She felt Jeffrey glanced at her. Malungkot siyang napangiti, oh how she would give everything just to meet her mother again, she would do it with a heartbeat. "They probably hate me. I can't face them. I'm too ashamed." Bumuntong-hininga siya at hinarap ito saka nginitian. "I see that your regrets are stronger than your longing. If you keep living that way, you may grow old and die with full of regrets." Sagot niya.