Shyne Kamahalan
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writing attempt-er + mystery/thriller enthusiast
that pretty much sums up my entire life
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15. "having no natural affection"
So Jared loved Nova and Jewee loved Nova, but Nova loved Ryan and Ryan liked Jayvee. I drew arrows in my head from person to person, forming the triangle that wasn't exactly a triangle anymore, but a blob of confusion and broken hearts. People that like the idea of love like to say that love is simple, and for the lucky people in the world, I don't doubt that it can be, but again that's only for the lucky people. For normal, average people, it's more complex than we want to believe, and this was the evidence to prove that. Only in one of those scenarios did a story of love find possibility to begin, and it tragically ended before it truly got started.
By Shyne Kamahalan4 years ago in Fiction
14. "disloyal"
"'Love makes you do crazy things.' You hear before the saying, no?" Jewee mentioned more confidently than I was used to, coming from him. It was -- or it seemed to be the first sentence he was able to finish since we circled up together, and it didn't fit the scenario whatsoever. We were talking about the unknown gore of this world that I've chosen for years to dismiss, and that I finally had to stare right into like this dark abyss, but here this kid was, talking about romance.
By Shyne Kamahalan4 years ago in Fiction
3. "critical times"
THREE YEARS AGO: A CASUAL HANG-OUT Nova twirled her index finger in a strand of her hair flirtatiously, as if she didn't have an audience, and the scene was unaccepted by my vision. My brain couldn't process it no matter how hard it tried. I don't want to say that I can speak for all of us, but I'm dang near to certain that I can.
By Shyne Kamahalan4 years ago in Fiction
13. "unthankful"
When Jewee stepped out from his room, he barely looked alive himself. It's difficult to use the term 'dead' to describe him, because we've seen death in a whole new light than we've ever seen it before, and clearly, as he walked nearer to us, following Nova's lead, it wasn't a literal 'death', but he did look empty, like you could stand right in front of him and he would look through you, not at you. It's as if he wasn't there -- on a different planet, rather, far from here. He didn't appear like he felt anything. He appeared like he forgot what emotion was.
By Shyne Kamahalan4 years ago in Fiction
12. "disobedient to parents"
"I don't think I can do this anymore. I'm starving, maybe, yeah, but I can't eat a bite. Ryan is dead. How could I possibly--," Nova murmured, head in her knees as she sat at the edge of the pavement. Ten feet to her left, Jayvee sat cross-legged, a plastic plate balanced on her lap, and she gobbled up the food she told me about with ease.
By Shyne Kamahalan4 years ago in Fiction
2. "that in the last days"
FIVE YEARS AGO: THE FIRST MEETING I awoke in a bed that wasn't mine, but not in the way one would think. No, I didn't spend the night picking up chicks, to wake up to a naked lady right next to me the following morning. I didn't pass out after drinking too much only to wake up hung over in a hotel room I didn't remember reserving.
By Shyne Kamahalan4 years ago in Fiction
1. "But know this..."
Dear Colby Lexoni, Today represents the five year anniversary of your previous stay in the Philippines sponsored by Bohol University. As an advocate for the name, I apologize for failing to reach the standards that were last promised you, and to prove so, I am inviting the group of 2016 to return to our reinvented program, which I have spent since our last-seen perfecting. I am certain that I can give you what I was not able to give you the first time.
By Shyne Kamahalan4 years ago in Fiction
27. "but proving false to its power"
ONE YEAR AGO: AN UNEXPECTED ENCOUNTER III "What got you so rattled? If you need to talk to me, then talk to me. What's going on?" Ryan exclaimed, but oblivious to the news that I had, he had the laid back attitude to laugh. I wish I could still have that, yet with news regarding the fate of his life or his death, I couldn't keep still. That was only part of his personality in the moment. Not mine.
By Shyne Kamahalan4 years ago in Fiction
The Diamond We Are
In my lifetime, I've heard and seen several sayings about jewelry, whether it's online, in a commercial or if it came out of someone's mouth. This has been along the lines of it being the icing to the cake to our natural beauty, that without it our outfit cannot be complete, that no one has ever said in their lifetime that they have enough, that there's no sin in being a little bit obsessed with it, and many, many more. The thing is, I haven't heard a story about how I've thought about it, at least not as exaggerated as I think it should be.
By Shyne Kamahalan4 years ago in Humans
Chapter Two: The One With the Blond Hospital Boy
"You're actually out of your mind." Rachel yelled from behind me, after I took maybe ten steps into the hospital. I didn't realize she followed me here, so it took me by surprise, and I was angry about it, but deep down I was kinda glad too. I developed the frustration part because of how many people turned to look at me when she had to shout so shatteringly loud, but besides that, I wasn't angry at all. I was thankful for the distraction.
By Shyne Kamahalan4 years ago in Fiction
