𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗥𝗬: “I Never Told You” by Sandrea Ruth H. Cruz

 

Layout by: Jessie Claire Gozun

Published by: Kristine Joyce Soriano

Date Published: March 27, 2025

Time Published: 6:51 PM

Category: Prose

Theme: Not having the chance to tell someone that you love them.

[Flash Fiction: Trabble—300 Words]

War has ended; everybody moved and eventually lived their life to the fullest, yet I sit here by your tomb almost every day, spending all my time hoping to see you again. I remember when you said that you want me to live my life to the fullest, but why do I feel like a huge part of me is missing? Like a puzzle that's been incomplete forever.

I remember when you asked me what I really feel for you, and I couldn’t answer as I was caught off guard with your sudden question. I stood in front of you, just not knowing what to do, like an unfinished story with words stuck in my throat. I wanted to tell you how much you meant to me, yet I couldn’t find the courage.

You told me that you wanted me to live, to move on, and to be happy when you’re gone, but living without you felt like I’m living my half because you’re not here beside me. Countless nights couldn’t be counted on how I kept on wishing that I had the courage to tell you what I truly felt. I wonder if you knew that deep down, I still can’t accept the truth. It’s not the end of the war or the passage of time that haunts me—it’s the feeling of not being able to tell you what I wanted to tell you.

And so, as I sit here beside your tomb, the world moved on, and yet I am frozen in this moment, just clinging to the hope that somehow, someway, I can find peace in the words I never said. Someday, I’ll learn to let you go, but for now, I remain here, in this quiet space, treasuring what we had and the words that I never told you.

IMAGE SOURCE: 

Grimes, R. (2024, February 29). Ranking the Attack on Titan Finale’s Saddest Moments. CBR. https://www.cbr.com/saddest-aot-finale-moments-ranked/

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