After We Parted

At that moment, we both knew in our hearts: our future together probably had no way forward.

We clung to each other, tears streaming for what felt like forever. No matter how much we wiped them away, they wouldn't stop. When our voices had grown hoarse from crying, I softly hummed her that song: “Can I hold you…”

We had once been so full of hope, certain we could walk hand in hand all the way to the end. Who could have guessed that our relationship would end in such a hasty, shabby way? But we had loved each other too deeply, and accumulated too many regrets. Even years after we parted, we still couldn't help getting tangled up in each other's lives.

Over the years, we had wounded each other until we were both in tatters. Yet on countless late nights, we would clutch our hearts and silently, fiercely love the person we could never get close to again.