A MASTERPIECE OF TRAGEDY

WHEN A FRIENDSHIP TURNS INTO A ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP

They said, don't ever turn your friendship into romantic relationship because you might lose both.

But I don't believe in it. In my case, only death can do us apart.

I still remember the day I met him. It was on our grade school and I am a tranferee.

My classmates used to bully me before, but he defended me, he became my real life superhero.

“Hi, I'm Kai.” pagpapakilala nya.

“Hi, I'm Ash.” pagpapakilala ko rin.

He's fighting back for me because I can fight back for my self. He became my armor, my shield.

And that's how our friendship started.

Until on our high school days, lagi kaming magkasama, hindi kami magpaghiwalay.

People thinks we're brother. But we are, not in blood but in heart.

We even took the same strand on our senior high school.

Magkasundo kami sa lahat ng bagay. We became best buddies.

We always eat together, play togther, watch movies together, at sabay na umuuwi.

Hanggang sa mag college kami, we took the same university but this time in different course.

I took the BS in Tourism Management while he took the BS in Architecture.

I know to myself that he's more than a bestfriend to me. I can't deny that I fell in love to him.

But I can't tell it to him because I'm afraid to lose him, especially our friendship.

Until one night, the school gathered a ball for all college students.

He ask me to dance with him. It's kinda weird because we're both man dancing in a slow dance in the dance floor.

He just looking in my eyes, it was genuine and then he confess his feelings to me.

That night I was so happy because our feelings is mutual. And that night we became lovers.

We turned our friendship into a romantic relationship.

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We're on our 3 year in college when we find out that he has a blood cancer— leukemia.

I was so down that time, I'm so sad but he manage to smile the moment he found out.

I can't stop my sefl not to cry.

“Gagaling ako, jo. So don't be sad.” he said holding my hand and wipe my tears.

I just smile to him, he said what he said, at pinanghawakan ko yon.

“I know you'll be healed, jo. You're a great fighter kaya.” bulong ko at niyakap sya.

“Syempre naman, marami pa tayong pangarap na tutuparin natin ng magkasama.” bulong nya while caressing my hair.

“We will build our own family.” dagdag nya.

Napangiti ako sa sinabi nya. Nabawasan ng kahit konti yung bigat na dinadala ko.

He assured that he'll going to be fine and I know he will never leave me.

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At first, it's all went well. Nag-i-improve yung kalagayan nya.

Lumakas sya at nakalabas ng hospital.

But, one day bigla nalang dumugo ang ilong nya at nahimatay sya.

Tinakbo namin sya sa hospital and we found out na mas lumala ang sakit nya.

He was admitted on the hospital. At ako ang nagbabantay sakanya.