.Blood.

You know how they say, blood runs thicker than water. No matter what, you always have your family to turn to.

Family requires unconditional loving. No matter what happens, blood is thicker than water.

You may hate them at times. You may feel annoyed and irritated sometimes. But you love, with all your heart, and without a solid reason too.

You see, when I called you my future husband a year ago, I meant it.

I’ll never understand how blood turns back to water. It’s not in my logic for that to happen.

But you, I will always love unconditionally. Like family.

.Suicide.

And then suddenly, I remembered this guy I knew during my exchange year. We spoke only a handful of times while some friends and I sat in the school courtyard smoking.

The news of his suicide hit my friends hard.

Apparently, he had a countdown on his chat profile. A countdown to his own suicide. No one believed him. They thought he was just kidding. So no one asked him about it. No one commented. No one bothered.

It’s sad… :’(

1.5

.There’s the door, use it.

If you think I’m not worth sticking around for, waiting around for, you are free to leave.

.Tradition.

There’s no more of that.

None of my favourite words to say and hear. None of the way I would say “hugs and kisses” while you go “kisses and hugs” cause it’s just one of our little silly inside thing. None of those must-send goodnight text that includes every single goodnight sentiment along with almost all those special petnames meant only for one another.

It’s hard to even get an “I miss you”, let alone “I love you” anymore.