The Omniscrolls

Agnus and Greg were highschool sweethearts who had their entire lives mapped out, but their dreams came crumbling down before they even got the chance to pursue them. Just as they graduated, Agnus fell terminally ill with cancer. The doctors gave her six months, at most. Greg was never a regular churchgoer, but once Agnus fell ill, he visited the local parish every day and prayed for her recovery. After three months of continuous praying, he grew sick of it. The girl he loved was deteriorating before his eyes and there was nothing he could do to ease her pain and suffering. He visited her every single day, but towards the fifth month, he couldn’t take it anymore. Greg could not bear to see Agnus in the state that she was in. Soon, he started drinking every evening to numb the pain, but those thoughts and feelings he pushed down only returned stronger once he was sober. He stopped seeing Agnus, and he barely even left his room. Agnus kept calling him, but Greg ignored her calls for a we...

I was feeling under the weather from the night before, but I went to the office anyway because I had to give an important presentation. But things weren’t as smooth as I would’ve liked them to be, so much that even my boss told me she’d cover for me halfway through. I still had more work to do even after the presentation, but she told me to take some time off until I felt better. I was disheartened that I couldn’t push through the presentation, but I was glad I could go home. I just wanted to be in the comfort of my bed. When I arrived at my house, however, I noticed my boyfriend Cliff’s car in the driveway. It was strange. His work usually ran later than mine; he didn’t tell me he was coming home early. I then remembered what my best friend Roman said just two days ago: he said he had seen Cliff at a hotel with another woman. I brushed it off as a mere business meeting and told Roman he was being paranoid, but now I wasn’t so sure. When I stepped inside, I heard a woman’s giggles comi...

I was busy with office work when my phone rang. It was my sister, Carin. I dreaded answering it. Our cousin’s wedding was a month away and she was pushing me to find a date before it because she didn’t want me to go to the ceremony alone while she would attend it with her fiancé. She was persistent as ever on the phone. “Brian says he can set you up with one of his friends. Why not give it a shot?” “Why are you two so bothered by me not having a date? I have no issue going by myself.” Carin sighed, and I hung up the phone right after. She called again; I put my phone on silent. She and mom were always the same. Neither of them ever respected my boundaries. The last time Carin set me up with someone was a disaster. They can’t understand that not everyone needs a partner to be happy; I’m the happiest I’ve ever been since my breakup and now they’re trying to drag me back into dating again? I missed grandma. She was the only one who understood me. That night, I had a dream about grandma. S...