The Love We Can't Have

​"Hindi naman pala mahirap manatili na maging kaibigan... pero mas mahirap tanggapin ang katotohanang hanggang kaibigan ka lang."

​Sabi nila, ang pag-ibig ay isang awit na masarap pakinggan, Ngunit bakit sa akin, ito'y tila isang matalim na parusa sa katawan?
I was a girl who lived in the quiet, in the shadows, in the "almost,"Until you came along, a beautiful storm I wanted to hold the most.

​Ysabelle Nichole Nevarez was a master of the "mute" button, Until Vyncent arrived, pushing every heartstring she had forgotten.

We were seatmates born from the cold, 5:00 AM classroom air, A bond built on stolen glances and a love I didn't mean to share. ​But how do you breathe when your lungs are filled with the scent of his skin,
Knowing that loving him is the greatest, most selfless sin? How do you smile when you're the architect of your own undoing, Watching the man you want, for another girl, he is pursuing?
​Enter Raine-the friend who gave me a home when I was outcasted, The one who offered a kindness that I never thought lasted. She's the sun to my moon, the light to my dim, And now, she's the one asking for my help... to get to him. ​I am the bridge that connects their hands while mine are shaking,
I am the smile that masks the sound of a heart that is breaking. In the rhymes of our laughter, I hear the echoes of my own cries, Living the "best friend" label as the ultimate, painful disguise. ​Bakit hinahayaan ng mundo na magtagpo ang dalawang tao, Kung hindi rin naman nito sila hahayaang mabuo? ​Because I realized, some loves aren't meant for the "happy ever after," Some loves are meant to be buried under someone else's laughter.
I chose to be the friend who stays, the one who doesn't depart,
While I slowly become the stranger to my own bleeding heart.
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