FRAGMENTS
by Maia

Starring:

Wu Chun

Ella Chen

Co-starring:
Calvin Chen

[F R A G M E N T S]

FOREWORDS:

But these places and these faces are getting old
So I'm going home...

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"I do," I said in a shivering voice. I tried to smile but even a ten-degree-angle of curvature is torturous already. Hence, I settled in a negative-ten-angle. It's the safest and the most comfortable as of the moment. It's like my heart cannot bear to lie in front of him and in front of Him.

I broke in tears and my groom mistaken it as an outburst of joy. Although he knows that I'm in the hollow pit of agony, he doesn't know that it's for some other reasons... .

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She's crying but I need to be strong. I know she's longing for me but I can't return her feelings. Not now. Not ever. There's no use if I decide to return. I've sworn already. It's painful to see her, witness her, and push her in this apocalypse. But what can I do? Love has forsaken me already. Or is it me that turned my back against it?

Clutching my chest to carry the weight of the unbearable pain, I tried to gulp everything that's threatening to spill from my mouth. It took all my courage to utter the supposed-to-be happiest order in the matrimony. I looked up, forcing myself to take control, the common gesture when one is begging for support. I'm trying my hardest to find the answers to my questions but it seems like I cannot extract any single explaination out of my three-year-logic classes. Why me? Why do I have to witness everything? This is the most loathful insult to my personality. Is He punishing me because I chose Him over her?

I gulped. Hard. Another.

I closed my eyes.

...

"You may now kiss the bride,"

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Wu Chun

-He is a perfect definition of a "Prince Charming". Yes. From the word itself, one can already visualize his royal features. A charming prince only deserves a delicate princess. And he was granted with that. He was able to make a strong commitment with a girl. Yet, he swore an oath - never to give his love to anyone. And for that reason, he broke up with her. It was painful. It was deadly. And if not for his parents, he will never swear his life on it. He was starting to adapt to this kind of fate but a startling news shattered his shield of disguise. And when he came back to her, all he found was fragments of memories....

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All I wanted was to be with her yet I managed to push her away.

And now, this is my punishment for being obedient?

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Ella Chen

-She is the kind of girl ideal to all men. She's blessed with supportive family and trustworthy friends who are always there to laugh with her at times of joy and to support her at her darkest moments. Because of her almost-perfect life, many girls set dark gazes on her. Thanks to her sweet smile, she was able to change even the most frigid heart there is. Also, she had a boyfriend who's oh-so-charming. They've been together for almost two years - lavishing a sweet, peaceful relationship. It was until he decided to settle for a while to satisfy his parent's wills that her world started to crash. Little by little, her perfect life was breaking its own self, leaving nothing but fragments....

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He was my world. It's remarkable I can still live my life without him.

It's his fate. Can I interfere with God's will?

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