The Only Constant Is Change Novels & Stories

Halatang nagulat siya sa sinabi ko. "Are you falling out of love?" I shook my head. Hindi iyon ganoon. Mahal na mahal ko siya at iyong iniisip ko na baka hindi ko na siya mahalin, isang araw ay kinakabahan ako. Wala pa man ay nasasaktan na ako. Ayokong hindi mahalin si Lukas. Gusto ko siya lang ang mahal ko. "Hindi..." I but my lower lip. "But then, the only permanent thing in this world is change."

“People like to imagine that removing one person changes everything.” Huminto siya. “It rarely does.” Tahimik. “The structure survives.” “The need survives.” “The cycle survives.” At pagkatapos ng ilang segundo— idinagdag niya ang pinakanakakatakot na bahagi. “The only thing that changes…” Lumingon siya kay Yuhei. “…is who sits at the top.” Tahimik. Napakatahimik. At sa unang pagkakataon sa matagal na panahon—

mahaba ngunit bakas ang lungkot na paliwanag ni Cris. Napabuntong hininga naman ako saka tinuon sa ibang dereksyon ang paningin ko. "Hindi sa lahat ng pagkakataon, kung ano ang pagkakakilala mo sa kanya ay magiging ganun pa rin siya. Lahat ng tao ay pwedeng magbago. Lahat ay nagbabago. Everyone can change and there are only two choices to choose. It's either you change for good and for the better or you change for the worst." Kahit hindi ako nakatingin, alam kong natigilan sila sa mga sinabi ko.

Sana ganito na lang palagi, tahimik, at maganda ang paligid. Napatingin ako sa kalangitan. Napangiti ako ng mapait nang makitang makulimlim ang langit. Walang nagbago simula noong magsimulang kumalat ang virus. Pati kalangitan ay nadamay na rin. Unti-unti na itong dumidilim. Maybe we can't really avoid the changes in this world, it is part of humanity. The only thing we can do is accept those changes.

napalunok ako ng sarili kong laway dahil sa sinabi nito. Ano bang kailangan baguhin pa sa akin? Tsk. “And you have 20 days left para magbago.” napataas ang kilay ko sa tanong nito. “W-What?! Paano ako magbabago sa maikling panahon na iyon?”

Mas puno ng mga bagay na hindi kayang sabihin ng salita. Ang tanging maririnig ay ang mahinang tikatik ng orasan. Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. Parang bawat segundo ay unti-unting nag-uukit ng pagbabago sa kanilang dalawa. Pagbabagong hindi na mabubura. Pagbabagong hindi na maibabalik. Lumipas ang ilang sandali. Hindi alam ni Vina kung gaano katagal.

PROLOGUE ~*~ Change is the only constant thing in this world. Life is unpredictable. Promises meant to be broken. Our lives are different. We don't have a happy ending at the end. We die. We suffered from pain. We try to move on and let go. But the hardest thing to do is to accept. Acceptance. Accept that you're not here anymore. You left me alone in a dark place. You left me confused. You left me because you suffered from that pain.

Hindi pa ngayon. “Tomorrow, everything changes.”

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.”

He really do care about Alouette, and he genuinely like her but he will never take advantage of her even if he knew what she feels towards him. Naniniwala siyang mawawala rin iyon, because as saying goes. “The only constant in this world is change” and it's true. Kaya naman alam niyang hindi rin magtatagal ma re-realize ni Alouette na hindi talaga pagmamahal mayroon ito para sakanya. And no matter what Allan say, he still believes that what Alouette has for him is not close to that word “Love” dahil hindi iyon ang nakikita niya.