II.I.VI BLOSSOMING Over the coming days, Pedro and I started seeing more of each other. The more time we spent together, the closer we seemed to get. It was kinda addicting, not gonna lie. Everything was completely new to me. We’d meet at his place, and he’d cook for me. We’d drive off to the beach and gaze at the […]
Budding
II.I.V BUDDING Swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe… Girl, boy, girl, boy. Man, this was getting confusing. There’s a way to talk to girls and a way to talk to guys. And talk, talk, talk I did, but I knew that sooner or later I was gonna have to go out with a guy if I wanted to really give this new […]
F.O.D.
II.I.IV F.O.D. Back home, I was busy with my summer job, helping around the house, and taking care of my dad. Everything was normal. Only now, there was something constantly humming at the back of my mind: “You know… I did stuff… I did stuff with a guy! Am I okay with that? Is this something I wanna be doing […]
Metamorphosis
II.I.III METAMORPHOSIS 2017… what a year. That year I learnt how to live. How to really live. That year, all those comfort zones holding me back went out the window. That year, the ball started rolling at hyper-speed, and I kept riding it like a pro. Lemme backtrack a bit… One of the best things about studying medicine is the […]
Entropy
II.I.II ENTROPY Try as I might, change led its way through. It was inevitable. The momentum had been building up, and something just had to give. The ball I was standing on had started rolling, and before long, it felt like I was trying to balance on it while it kept moving ahead at light-speed. Much like what had happened […]
Stasis
II.I.I STASIS I’ve always been somewhat of a living paradox. I’m not saying that in the quasi-pretentious way – you know, like those attention-seekers who insist on highlighting their uniqueness and individuality only because they’ve got nothing better to do. Or maybe I am – I am the main character of this story after all. For the better part of […]