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One step... ...was all it took to let go of the promising future everybody expected me to have, where I graduated college with the highests honors and offered with a wonderful job somewhere across the world that would definitely make me insanely rich. ...was all it took to let go of a two-year relationship with a man whom I had shared my dreams and fears with, the receiver of my random thoughts and budding wisdom, the person who didn't bother listening to all the hype and dramas that came with me being a teenager, and the man I had shared my heart with despite the seemingly infinite distance between us. ...was all it took to let go of the comfort I was used to have, of the anchor that kept my life stable and certain, of the compass that kept me guided towards the future that I believed I deserved after all my hard work, and of the sturdy ties I had with my family. One step. Only one step... ...towards those beautiful eyes that smiled even if his lips didn't. ...towards those laughs that slowly dissolved the noises the world brought around us. ...towards those promises of a future together that completely changed the one I presumed I would have. One step was all it took to leave everything else and follow another path. But it was a step I could never take back. It caused havoc to the world I used to know and the storm followed wherever I went, pulling me back, over and over again, to that day I took that one single step. But was it all worth it?

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Chapter: Chapter One: The Boyfriend

As a teenager, I was picky. I would never choose something that lacked quality. I chose clothes with expensive tags and piled them up neatly in my closet, with the width of the folds always uniform and parallel to each other. I chose my notebooks with smooth, white pages and made sure their lines were regular and not skewed as a result of some factory defect. I would never choose to ride a bus that looked old and had no air-conditoner. And every time I went out, I always made myself look presentable. As if I had a mom taking care of me.My family wasn't rich, though. To keep things according to my taste, I had to work for it. The allowance my mother sent every month only covered my basic needs, food, and other school stuff. I could get the things I wanted in the expense of food. During breaks at school, I mostly hid away in the library so I could save up. And I thought I was too fat, anyway.I had a tendency to get anxious if things around me weren'

Last Updated: 2020-10-08

Chapter: Before Everything Else—A Prologue or Something

I loved to plan. Whoever said that the only constant thing in this world was change had it completely right. At one moment, a leaf would unfold. Slowly, it would grow bigger and bigger until it reached the peak of its growth. Then its color would start to change as its edges would start to crumple, silently losing its strength and vibrance. In the end, it would wither, completely losing its life. That's how life would normally change. Following a linear path. Expected. Certain.But not all the time.There were changes that would come in different sizes, big and small, and in unexpected moments. These changes, like those in scientific experiments, might have low probabality indices that we'd tend to ignore them at the very beginning of the experimenent, only to catch us completely off guard when they blew up in our faces.Those changes...I hated. So I planned. I mapped out my life like that of a leaf. In linear, expected, and certain

Last Updated: 2020-10-07

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