I fell in love

Chapter 24

I barely even noticed how the days have gone by. Everything just moved so quickly, and I found myself so caught up in everything that I didn't have time to really sit down and feel each moment passing.

For the past month, Nath has been doing everything in her power to come between us. She's been planting doubts, twisting stories, and trying to make us see each other through a lens that doesn't reflect who we really are.

It's like she's made it her mission to ruin what we have, to slowly chip away at the foundation we've built together.

But in the middle of all that noise, something became even clearer to me. Despite the misunderstandings, the silence, the tension, and the pressure she tried to create, we're still here.

We're still choosing each other.

 We've been through enough to know what we mean to each other, and her efforts to destroy that only made me realize how solid my relationship with Althea is.

Dumarating ako sa point na hindi ko na alam kung maaawa ba ako sa kanya o maiinis na. There are times na susulpot siya out of nowhere and sometimes, sinasadya na yung pagpapapansin.

Ang hirap pala kapag nawala yung taong mahal mo, eh, 'no? 'Yong tipo ng pagmamahal na pagsisisihan mo kapag nawala na sayo. The type of love where you can swallow your own pride and dignity just to get the person you love back.

What can I say? Parang kahit naman yata ako, gagawin ko yun. There are times that she looks desperate pero mukhang kahit ako, gagawin yung mga bagay na ginagawa ni Nath para kay Althea.

This is not a competition. I know. It's just that... if ever man na may mangyari, if I will ever do some stupidity na pwedeng maging dahilan ng pag iwan niya sakin, I'll do anything that I can to get her back.

Why am I even thinking about this? Hindi niya naman ako iiwan. Althea loves me.

I immediately looked down and let go of the pen I had been playing with for quite some time. My fingers suddenly felt weak, and it was like my thoughts became too heavy to hold.

A rush of fear crept in without warning, and questions I didn't want to ask started to echo in my head.

What if Althea starts to feel something again for Nathalie? What if all those old emotions come back, and she realizes she still wants her?

What if Nathalie actually manages to win her back? What happens to us then? What will happen to the version of us that I believed in, the one I've been fighting for?

How will Althea and I move forward from something like that? Will there even be an "us" left if that happens?

And more than that, what about her? What about Althea? What if Nathalie walks back into her life just to leave her again? What if she gets hurt all over again?

These thoughts won't stop running through my head, and no matter how much I try to silence them, they stay.

Just the thought of Nathalie's angelic face is enough to unsettle me. It scares me in a way I can't fully explain.

No matter how much I try to push the thought away, no matter how many times I tell myself not to care, the truth is I do.

And the truth is, she's beautiful. I'll admit that, even if it's hard to say out loud. She's the kind of beautiful that doesn't even try.

 I've seen a part of her that people don't often get to see. I've seen the way her smile lights up when she laughs, how her eyes sparkle like they carry all the joy in the world.

I've seen her be kind, genuinely kind. The type of person who offers her hands without expecting anything in return.

 And maybe that's what makes it worse. It's not just the way she looks. It's the fact that there's something about her that draws people in, something that makes it hard not to notice.