Together With You (Unedited Version)

TWY (Chloe's Part)

SPECIAL CHAPTER II

CHLOE'S POV

This will be written in Taglish. Sorry na! Ngayon lang ako nagkaroon ng lakas ng loob na isulat ito. Simula ng matapos ang TWY, and it was come to an end, nadurog ako. Because this was my first GL I have write. Sana satisfy kayo sa ending.

August 25

People always say that goodbyes are supposed to be memorable. A final hug. A final smile. A final conversation.

Something beautiful. Something worth remembering. But nobody ever talks about the goodbyes that happen in silence.

The ones where nobody gets the chance to say anything. The ones that leave questions instead of answers. The ones that hurt the most.

I stared blankly at the half-packed luggage sitting beside my bed. Gusto ng pumikit ng mga mata ko pero nilalabanan ito ng pangamba. I physically exhausted but my heart couldn't.

For the first time in years, my room looked unfamiliar. Empty, cold and temporary.

Like I never belonged here in the first place.

My fingers tightened around the black marker I was holding. Pinaikot ikot ko ito sa paligid ng kamay ko.

Scattered across the bed were CDs. Those blank CDS. The same CDs I had spent the past week recording.

The same CDs that contained everything I wanted to tell Jianné but never had the courage to say. Mauuna pa yata akong umiyal bago makapagsalita. I coward. Hindi ko alam san huhugutin ang lakas para harapin siya.

A bitter laugh escaped my lips. I coward. Maybe that's what I was.

A coward hiding behind songs. A coward hiding behind lyrics. A coward leaving without saying goodbye.

I lowered my gaze to the notebook resting on my lap. Maraming sinulat na kanta na hindi nairelease. Alam ko naman na tutol ang head manager ng banda. At siya mismo nagsabi na iba ang masusunod dito. I can't even compose my own lyrics. I'm an aspirant songwriter pero inaagaw nila ang pangarap na 'yon sa akin.

Hundreds of unfinished lyrics filled the pages. Most of them were about one person.

Kaya hindi inaprubahan e. Iisang tao lang daw ang dahilan!

One stubborn architecture student. One girl who constantly complained. One girl who pretended to hate me. One girl who accidentally became my entire world.

Jianné Agustin.

Ang asungot sa buhay ko.

The mere thought of her name made my chest ache. Pakiramdam ko ay mawawalan ako ng hininga sa pagsikip ng dibdib ko. Siguro ay masama na ang loob ni Jianné ngayon. Ako lang ang hinihintay niyang mag perform sa mga sandaling ito.

I reached for my phone. Her contact was still pinned at the top. The urge to call her almost won.

Almost.

My thumb hovered over her name. Just one call. Just one.I could tell her everything. I could explain. I could apologize. I could tell her why I had to leave.

Pero hindi e. My Dad forced me to migrate in Australia. For goods. Hindi ko natapos ang film major. Nastuck ako sa banda. Ang pangarap para sa akin ni Jianné. This time, I will choose myself more.

Why I couldn't stay. Why things had suddenly changed. But I already knew what would happen if she answered.

"Nasaan ka?"

That would be the first thing she'd ask. And the moment I heard her voice... I wouldn't be able to leave.

I slowly locked my phone and placed it face down.