"Ara…abang minta maaf. Abang tahu susah Ara nak maafkan abang tapi…"
"Kita dah lama maafkan abang"
"Kenapa Ara maafkan abang? Ara pernah cakap 'I won't forgive a cheater'"
"I don’t judge you for what you did. I look at who you are inside"
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"Abang tak ada hubungan istimewa dengan dia. I’ve made that clear to her. Dengan dia sendiri pun abang pernah cakap tak ada hubungan apa-apa"
"What was her response?"
"I can’t really define it"
"Marah? Sedih? Frust?"
"Entah. Tak tahu. Abang tak analisis"
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"I analyze every feeling, every emotion, every action because I care. I want to know someone I love more deeply. Back then, I was too deeply in love. I tried to control everything just to make sure it worked even when it was tearing me down. I couldn’t give her the life she wanted. I was busy fighting every corner of my life, while she wanted what she wanted. When I let her go, a small part of me felt relieved. I just let her go. I didn’t fight. I was exhausted. Relieved that she finally gets the life she wants, like everyone else. It wasn’t a healthy relationship for her. I couldn’t make her happy. She wasn’t happy with me. Whatever I did, I only hurt her more. Whatever I said, I only made things worse. At that time, I felt that letting her go was the right thing to do. That man gives her everything. I am just a worthless man…"
"No, you’re not"
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"Abang takut nak sayang Ara…dalam-dalam. Not everyone is ready for deep love with its chaos, messiness, jealousy, fight after fight, tears after tears. I can’t do it anymore. Maybe I just want something calm now. Something simple and safe. Not all that intense, passionate kind of love. It feels lighter, unburdened. No weight on my shoulders. I’ve learned not to love people too hard, not to make someone my home, not to build my entire world around someone else"
"Honestly, abang… that’s the kind of love I’m looking for"
"Love isn’t always a fairy tale. It’s painful. It’s inconvenient. You’re going to hurt the people you love, disappoint them, argue with them. Sometimes they’ll make you cry, and you’ll make them cry too. There’s too much emotion, too much damage. Too much of everything. There will be days when you feel like you’re boiling inside and just want to get out of it, but you’ll still find a reason to stay. A weight that was both heavy and comforting. One more day, one more minute…because you don’t want to leave them…You want to share everything. It was the best of times. It was the worst of times"
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"Bila Ara nak cerita pulak? Asyik abang je"
"Tak nak, abang confirm jealous"
"Eh cerita pun belum"
"Dah lupa semua, bang"
"Campak masuk longkang eh"
"Tak baik tau kotorkan longkang"
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"Abang dah tua, Ara. Abang nak hidup baik-baik je. Tak nak dah cinta-cinta tu semua…"
"Is it true that a man only falls in love once in his life?"
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