To Love and To Be Loved

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ss, and love. What happens when the love is regrettably one-sided, and infidel

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whom she had always fought the world with. They had known each other s

setbacks that broke them almost irreparably, and a hundred more unforgettable breakthr

stance. And with all the things that the world had thrown at them, nothing could seemingly break what t

ately grasping on the very thin thread of life. The fairy tale she had always dreamt of livi

ght would save her unexpectedly became the lo

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ring the lives of the awake, yet here they were, already sprinting to the bus sto

t their feet could ever feasibly make. Their lungs loudly howli

o they could go to school together. He would cross pavements after pavements, roads after roads, brave the unpredictable weather be it a pouring rain or a scorchin

ne ever since her father walked

p to had an explicit affair with his colleague, leaving Eunae and he

s they helplessly grasped on the very thin thread of life, wondering how they co

on hearing the news directly from her mother, who came

hole world swiftly came crashing down around her like a m

thousands of dreams she had sworn with her soul insta

wer to the endless questions swirling in her head, Eunae had to tuck every

had

within because she had no time to mourn over the

were too full scrambling to salvage her mother, who was losing her sanity

here. She was too occupied fulfilling the duties she did not have any knowledge to take on, that event

ng to the bones; and how she would never understand why he had to go around her mother's back and see another woman

eing someone else. She would have possibly understood if he only went through the legal process on

imself, and gave them the closure they rightfully deserved rather than leaving without a singl

much—of not embedding painful memories to drill in their heads, yet he still chose to se

r hearts and shattered the

who she truly was. The tiny doubts that started from inaudible whispers

rp glass splinters were stabbing her from within. The shameless infidelity continuously

seemed to lose more and more of herself up until she rea

mortified. The horrendous images seemingly got stuck in her head, playing

er—for her family. Their mothers were the best of friends since they

ere their own. They put food on her table, gave her a roof above her head,

door already, " Jaehyun complained, keeping th

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il her mother had fully bounced back—until Eunae had ulti