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2 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫

𝐼𝑘𝑎𝑤 𝑙𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑎ℎ𝑎𝑙

𝐼𝑘𝑎𝑤 𝑙𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑖 𝑘𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑎𝑠𝑎𝑚

𝑀𝑎𝑘𝑎𝑝𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑘𝑎 ℎ𝑎𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑔-𝑏𝑢ℎ𝑎𝑦, 𝑖𝑘𝑎𝑤 𝑙𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑔, 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑎

𝑊𝑎𝑙𝑎 𝑛𝑎 '𝑘𝑜𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑖ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑛 𝑝𝑎, 𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑎 𝑛𝑎

𝑂𝑜ℎ, 𝑜𝑜ℎ-𝑜𝑜ℎ-𝑜𝑜ℎ

𝐴𝑦𝑜𝑘𝑜 𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑎𝑢𝑙𝑖𝑡 𝑝𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑛𝑎𝑘𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑦𝑜𝑘𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑎𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑙𝑎

𝐵𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑡 𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑠 𝑛𝑎 𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑎 𝑘𝑎, 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑎𝑏𝑖𝑔𝑎𝑡 𝑛𝑎 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑎

'𝑊𝑎𝑔 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑘𝑎𝑘𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑢𝑡𝑎𝑛 𝑛𝑎 𝑘𝑎ℎ𝑖𝑡 𝑛𝑎𝑔-𝑖𝑏𝑎

𝐻𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖 𝑎𝑘𝑜 𝑡𝑢𝑚𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑙 𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑚𝑎ℎ𝑎𝑙 𝑠𝑎'𝑦𝑜, 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑎

𝑆𝑎 𝑙𝑎ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑤𝑎

𝐼𝑘𝑎𝑤 𝑙𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑛𝑎𝑠𝑎 𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑝 𝑘𝑜, 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑎

𝑆𝑎𝑛𝑎'𝑦 '𝑑𝑖 𝑛𝑎 𝑡𝑎𝑦𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑘𝑎ℎ𝑖𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑦

𝐾𝑎ℎ𝑖𝑡 𝑘𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑛 𝑝𝑎 𝑚𝑎𝑛

Matapos kong bitiwan ang huling linya sa kantang “Ikaw Lamang by Silent Sanctuary” at ibaba na ang gitarang hawak ko ay isang palakpak ang aking natanggap. He arrived.

I stared at him, from his head down to his feet. He's stunningly handsome with his suit, he walked towards me and grabbed my waist.

"D-Do I look alright?" Stuttering due to his presence.

"Yes, you're gorgeous love." He answered.

He caress my hair and gently put a flower beside my ear. "Nakabibighani ang iyong tinig," I giggled with his deep words.

"What?" His eyebrows furrowed in confused.

"Nothing, love." I was about to go inside his car when he pulled me on him.

"Next time, don't be so fancy and beautiful as this Wynt. I keep on avoiding my fragile side, I'm trying but. . ." Mas lalo pang naglapit ang aming katawan sa isa't isa.

Sa dapit-hapong ito, ay nanaig ang pag-ibig sa pagitan naming dalawa. Dahan-dahang niyang hinaplos ang aking pisngi, sa mainit na paglapad ng kaniyang palad ay naramdaman ko ang kuryenteng palagi ko nararamdaman sa tuwing malapit siya, namalayan ko na lamang ang unti-unting paglapit ng kaniyang mukha at sa puntong iyon ay lumapad ang kaniyang labi sa aking noo. He's fragile but he kept his promise, I feel his lips gently kissing my forehead. What he does brought me comfort and strengthen our affection.

"As what I've promised, you will have your first kiss in front of our parents, wearing your white gown in front of priest." He uttered that made my cheeks blushed.

"Madaya, ano sa tingin mo ang ginawa mo sa noo ko?" I teasingly uttered, he just poked my nose and hold my hand leading me to his car.

𝑂 𝑘𝑎𝑦 𝑠𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑝 𝑠𝑎 𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑚 𝑛𝑔 𝑘𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑘𝑎𝑛

𝐾𝑎𝑝𝑎𝑔 𝑘𝑎𝑝𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑘𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑢𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑔 𝑠𝑎 𝑘𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑛

𝑆𝑎𝑘𝑠𝑖 𝑎𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑢𝑤𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑡 𝑏𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑖𝑛 𝑠𝑎 𝑝𝑎𝑔𝑚𝑎𝑚𝑎ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑛

𝑁𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑤𝑎

𝑁𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑎𝑙𝑎𝑤𝑎

A few moments later, we arrived in Autumn and Rhea's school. Naroon na ang lahat, "This is for you, and also for Autumn." Saad ni Nynzo habang binibigyan ng tag-isang flower bouquet sina Rhea at Autumn.

It's Rhea and Autumn's senior highschool graduation.

"How sweet, my son." Tita Lucinda said. Lumapit ako rito at nakipag-beso.

Ilang saglit lamang ay dumating din sina Cyrus at Nikko, may mga dala rin itong mga regalo.

"Oh, ilang minuto nalang daw at magsisimula na ang ceremony mga hija, let's go." Usal naman ni Mom, she's wearing a pretty floral dress.

Nakita ko mula sa malayo ang pagkaway nina Ali at Isha, "Uh, excuse me." Nagpaalam na muna ako sa lahat at pinuntahan ang aking nga kaibigan.

"Hey," bati ko sa mga ito.

"Oh, Farah. You're stunning with your dress!" Isha said, hindi ko alam kung binibiro lang ba nila ako pfft.

"In love, Ish." Ali teased.

"Tsk, tara na nga maupo na tayo roon." Tinawanan lamang nila ako saka sama-samang tinungo ang lugar kung saan ay naroon ang mga upuan.

"Few months and weeks, aakyat na rin tayo sa entablado suot ang itim na toga." Excited na saad ni Aliza.

"And few months and weeks nalang din, baka may una nang ikasal sa atin." They both gazed at me, ito talagang mga babaeng ito gagawin ko silang mga flower girls.

We enjoyed the night, maraming pagsubok man ang aming napagdaanan at maraming suliranin man ang muling dumating ay hindi ako mapapagod na maging ako. In amidst of showering stars in the nightsky, I cherish and value my wonderful journey and experiences. Wala si Issafarah kung hindi nagdusa si Carina. Everything seems to be connected, but every journey could be rewritten.

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𝑂𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑢𝑝𝑜𝑛 𝑎 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎 𝑤𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑖𝑛 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑑𝑑𝑙𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑢𝑠𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑑𝑦. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑛𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑢𝑡 𝑏𝑦 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑠𝑢𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑢𝑛𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑔𝑜𝑛𝑦, 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑎 𝑓𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟 𝑔𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑎 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑠. 𝐴 𝑙𝑎𝑑𝑦 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑜𝑟, 𝑏𝑒𝑔𝑔𝑎𝑟, 𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑤𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑖𝑛 𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑔𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑓. 𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒, 𝑎 𝑓𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑑𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑎𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑔𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠.

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credits to the rightful owner of the photo, lyrics from ikaw lamang by silent sanctuary and kalawakan by music hero.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Ang Stars Over Centuries ay isang kwentong napakahirap simulan, ang lahat ng plot twist at paksa paukol sa kwentong ito ay matagal na nasa isipan ko lamang. Kung mapapansin niyo 2021 ko pa ito nasimulan pero ngayon ko lang naipagpatuloy at natapos. It might be cliche to other readers but I am so proud of myself for finishing this kind of novel, my first ever novel. Ang hirap simulan ng kwento nina Issafarah at Nynzo, sa kabilang banda ay ang hirap ding tapusin nito, haha.

First and foremost, I wanna thank God for all the blessings and strengths that He gave me, without His guide I won't be able to finish this story. Also, I would also like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to Ms. Hera, hindi ko alam kung saan mo nahanap ang aking nobela o kung saan mo man ako nakita but you really boosted my confidence in writing through reading my novel, thank you Miss! Syempre hindi mawawala riyan si Richel na loud reader HAHAHAHAHA oum ang ingay niya kasi sa com. sec. tapos nagrecruit pa ng readers, so ayon tuloy may utang na ako sa kaniyang books dahil if ever na magpublish ako in the near future mayroon siyang libre hihi. Maraming salamat din sa aking pamilya na palagi lamang nakasuporta, syempre hindi ko makakalimutan ang mga rpw friends and families ko riyan, maraming naghintay na tapusin ko ito para hindi sila mabitin HAHAHAHA thank you for all of your support since day one. Maraming salamat sa pag-apprecite ng mga works ko sa rpw pati na rin dito, Ate Riesha loves you all. May we have a wonderful journey ahead, hindi ko na kayo iisa-isahin pa, maraming salamat! God bless us all.♡︎

— 𝑅𝑖𝑒𝑠ℎ𝑎