Finding yourself at the intersection of a crossroads, you pause. Standing by your side is the one you’ve loved so deeply, and ahead are the paths you must choose.
“Which one should I take?”
You’ve both been choosing the same path, time and time again—sunny or stormy—it felt like nothing could ever tear you apart. But this time, it no longer feels the same. It’s no longer about how to spend sunny days together or how to power through stormy nights side by side. This time, it’s about the person you couldn’t imagine living without and the path forward you have to choose.
Who would have thought such a day would come? Forget the storm—the tears streaming down your cheeks alone could flood an entire village.
It’s not that you don’t know what to choose. It’s the gut feeling, the inner knowing of what you’ll ultimately choose that haunts you, like an endless nightmare every time you close your eyes. Instead of facing it head-on and finishing the episodes you’d rather avoid in your dreams, you’re afraid to even fall asleep. “Let’s just not deal with it” seems like a sound solution—until it wears you down, and you both find yourselves back at the same old crossroads.
Every cherished memory feels like it’s fading into the distance. Starting as strangers, you became each other’s closest companions, only to realize you’re becoming strangers again.
You’re not afraid of losing the one you love. What truly terrifies you is knowing that you can’t avoid this anymore—and knowing what you’re going to choose. Knowing that the person who has always chosen you might stop choosing you. Knowing that you’ll walk the path ahead, but this time, alone. Knowing that the return on all the investments you’ve poured into this relationship might end up being a loss. Knowing that it’s a one-way street.
There’s no going back after this, and it’s never going to be the same again.
(to be continued… stay tuned for part 2 ✨)
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