Prologue

Pitter, patter.

The raindrops fell one by one, clattering against the glass window. Not long after, the sky cried fully,  obstructing the person inside the room to see the outside through the window.

Yet, the person was not bothered by it at all. The sound of rain did not even reached her ears as she stared intently on the her phone that was lying silently on her pale palms, her thumb anxiously rubbing against its edge.

Moments later, Althea moved her fingers to type on the phone. She hesitated for a second before sending the text.

:Tyler? 

She typed. 

:Can we meet?

Althea sucked in a rather large amount of air and letting it out through her mouth shakily, while waiting a reply from that person. She waited expectantly.

But seconds, minutes passed, and Tyler has yet to reply.

'Again,' Althea thought inwardly. 'He did not replied to me again.'

Her heart tighten and her tears are on verge of falling, but Althea stubbornly hold it in, making her eyes looks glassy.

It's been like this for a couple months now. She did not know the reason, but Tyler suddenly gotten cold and indifferent. They have been together for 3 years, and now, in their 4th year, he suddenly become like this.

Althea can't understand. She asked, but Tyler did not bothered explaining. He just shrugged it off with a few words.

"You're just being paranoid."

--

Morning came.

wore her favorite purple jacket. She was

headed out for the small store near

all, approaching. Althea did not hate winter, in fact,

on her body and cup of steaming hot chocolate with marshmallows floating

seems

she headed straight to the counter and paid everything. She then headed towards the nearest Pharmacy. And after some hesitation,

Pharmacy but only to stop again

"Tyler..."

and stared at

"Althea, hey..."

envolped them. It was understandable, they had not, after all, seen each other for a month now. And Tyler never spend any effort

of the situation, tighten her gripped on the bag that contains the foods and 'that' thing

are you free

sorry, I have group study tonight. You know that the

gaze and pursed her

I know that you can pass the exams with flying colors even by studying

and tried to ask if she can join. As expected, the man

the way, what are you doing

She wanted to tell him,

I just bought, uhm, medicines. I, I was running out of them." Althea

unconvinced. But he also did

goodbye to each other just like that and Althea unwilling watched Tyler's back that is getting smaller and smaller as he walks

heart aching, Althea went

out the pregnancy test kit.  Followed

Hours later.

is already out, the streets are illuminated by the street lights. Almost all of the apartments in a certain building turned their lights on but there was a certain apartment that didn't

ten hours now with eyes puffed. But no matter how she looks at it, the result of the five

She's pregnant.

wanted to inform Tyler, fast. But she did not want to tell him via text because of the seriousness of the matter. So,

Althea bolted out of the bed, grabbed her wallet and jacket, and went

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