Chasing the Heart's Pursuit (Heart Series #1) - COMPLETED

Chapter 00

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HEART SERIES (NURSING SCHOOL SERIES)

Heart Series #1: Chasing the Heart's Pursuit (Mory and Edson)-*COMPLETED*

Heart Series #2: Healing the Heart's Wounds (Thaliah and Yusseff) - *ON-GOING*

Heart Series #3: Erasing the Heart's Memories - *SOON*

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PARASITE

00

"Let's end it." 

Three words. Tatlong salita lang and my heart broke into pieces. I seem to lose the ability to comprehend things.

"What?" Then, I paused. "Gusto mo bang kumain muna? Nauuhaw ka ba?" I asked him instead not minding his first statement.

"Come on Morisson, I know you're not dumb. You clearly understood what I mean," he replied. That's the first time he called be my complete name. He used to call me as 'partner', 'Hepburn', or my nickname, 'Mory'.

"Ano ba kasi ang gusto mong sabihin, ha? Is this about our recent struggles? Is that it? How many times do I need to tell you na wala lang iyon," I said as I slowly felt the stinging sensation in my eyes.

"I want out. Why can't you understand that?" he mercilessly spat. I can even feel the coldness behind it. So cold. So distant. So painful.

"Kasi hindi ka naman ganyan eh. Hindi naman tayo ganito. Please, let us fix this. Ano ba'ng gusto mong baguhin? Tell me," I bargained instead.

Yes. I will do anything and be anything na gusto niya ngayon. Tears started to flow from my eyes. I know that I am not like this. Sinabihan ko na naman na siya dati. I find it difficult to open myself to other people and when I do, I become a completely different person. Nag-iiba ako. I became too attached, too vulnerable. Maybe because natatakot akong ma-disappoint yung mga taong iyon sa akin. Yaon ba'ng masyado na akong attached at nakakatakot na kung mawala sila sa sistema ko.

"Sinabi ko naman sa iyo dati 'di ba? Ayaw kong iniiwan ako, Edson. It fucking scares me. It terrifies me. Worse, it destroys me. Pero here you are, gagawin mo," I said while gritting my teeth.

"I thought so too. But then, you became toxic and I don't need toxic people in my life," he said as he continued walking through the hallway. That fucking Saint Lorenzo Ruuiz hallway. I used to love that hallway, 'di ko lang alam ngayon.

Sinundan ko siya. Hindi pwede . I need a reason as to why he's doing this to me. Hindi siya ganito. He changed. I refused to accept that change.

"Edson! Wait up, please."

Fortunately, he turned.

"Stop it. You're becoming a parasite. You know exactly how I hate parasites, right? That is what you are right now." Those words. Never in my entire life that I expect that I will be hearing these words from him.

Alam ko para na akong tanga kasisigaw dito. Sa katunayan, pinagtitingan na ako ng mga tao. I am not like this. In the past, only limited people hear me talk. Right now, I am fucking shouting and screaming—all for Edson San Franscisco. Nevertheless, I still followed him.