Have You Ever

From the moment they met in the sandbox of their first-grade playground, it was as if the universe exhaled, content that two wandering souls had finally found one another. Lily and Noah were best friends before they even knew what that truly meant. They shared pencils, secrets, scraped knees, and belly laughs—the kind that leave you gasping for air. As the years rolled on, so did they—side by side, through every awkward stage and life milestone. While others stumbled through fleeting crushes and passing romances, Lily and Noah already knew. They only wanted each other. No explanations, no complications. Just a quiet certainty that whispered, you are home . They married under a sky painted in twilight, surrounded by loved ones and the echo of their childhood laughter. Their home filled with music, mischief, and dreams of a little life growing inside Lily. When the day came, everything blurred. Panic crashed against sterile white walls. Noah clutched Lily's hand as her smile tre...

  It started as a quiet ache, an unease lurking just beneath the surface, easily ignored in the moments when life felt familiar and stable. But guilt has a way of creeping in—slowly at first, then all at once, until it colours every thought, every memory, every decision that led to this point. The weight of his choices sat heavy on his chest. What had once been impulsive, fuelled by fleeting emotions and fractured logic, had now become an undeniable reckoning. It was never meant to spiral into something this profound, this consuming—but the past has a way of lingering far beyond its expiration date. Facing his wife was the hardest part. The betrayal was done, the truth laid bare, but consequences move differently than regrets. They don’t dissolve with apologies or grand gestures. They sit in the quiet spaces between conversations, in the looks exchanged but never spoken aloud. He had hurt her. That much was undeniable. No matter how he framed it—whether it was loneliness, confus...

Toothache—it has a unique way of taking over your entire being, doesn’t it? It all began during my holiday. Perhaps it was the change in diet, or just one of life's unpredictable surprises, but there it was: a relentless, throbbing pain. Toothache had claimed me. Nothing could compare to it—not even the worst migraine. It reduced me to a miserable, sleepless child once again, grasping at any semblance of relief. Two days later, I flew home, determined to seek professional help. Yet, as luck would have it, the local dentist's earliest appointment was three weeks away. Desperation led me to try every remedy in the book: cloves, toothache mixtures, painkillers—you name it. Eventually, the pain eased enough for me to catch some rest, and over time, it vanished altogether. By the time my appointment arrived, the tooth seemed fine. Money was tight, so I opted to let it slide. Fast forward two months, and the pain returned with a vengeance one fateful evening. This was no mere inconve...