Taste of Love

PROLOGUE

3 years ago........

"For you what is love?"

I paused mid-packing as the radio's question cut through the quiet of my room. It's valentine's day that's why puro love na naman ang topic ng karamihan.

I glanced around at the scattered clothes and belongings I was organizing. My thoughts drifting far.

What is love?

How could I possibly know when I've never experienced being in love with someone? Sure, I've read about it in books, seen it in movies, heard people talk about it endlessly -but none of that really explains what it feels like. How do you know when you've found it? What does it mean to actually be in love?

How does it feel?

Does it make you happy?

Or the opposite?

Ugh! I don't know, there's so many questions running through my mind

But one thing I do know about love is that it doesn't last forever. No matter how deeply you care for someone, circumstances might force you apart. My parents are a perfect example. Despite their lingering feelings for each other, they chose to separate. It seems that love isn't always permanent.

That's just my guess, cause I never experienced it myself.

All I had experience were some—short-lived crushes, admiring someone from afar. Nothing more than shallow feelings that faded just as quickly as they appeared.

That's why I kinda wanna know how it feels, to be in love? And to be loved by someone.

I wanna know the feeling of love.

May mga kakilala ako na nag bago dahil sa love, meron din mga naging happy at glowing simula nung nagkaroon ng mga jowa.

Kaya mas lalo akong nagiging curious Sa love eh. Ano bang meron sa love nayan?

They talk about love like it’s the best thing in the world, but what if it isn’t always like that? What if love also means pain, letting go, or sacrificing things you never thought you would?

I guess I won't really know until I experience it myself.

I sighed heavily, Kailan kaya?
Kailan ko kaya ma-experience yung ma-inlove na yan?

Kapagod na maging NBSB!

Lalo na kapag halos lahat ng nasa paligid mo puro may mga jowa. tapos kinukuwento pa nila yung mga love life nila saakin.

Paano ako hindi maiinggit?!

Kapag talaga mabigyan ako ng chance na mag wish, I would really wish to experience that.

That thing that called Love.

I shook my head and went back to what I was doing. Ang dami ko pang gagawin! As I continued packing, my father’s voice interrupted my thoughts.

"Avianna! Hurry up, aalis na tayo!"

"Opo! Pa! Papunta na! just give me 5 more minutes." I quickly finished packing my last few items.

Papa is taking me to my mom's house in the city because he was going abroad for work. He got hired as a personal chef. Chef kasi trabaho ni papa.

It's his love for cooking that made me want to study culinary when I go to college. Now, his new job is taking him far from home.

I agreed to move in with Mom right away. I've been waiting to see her and my younger sister, Amelia.

I was still 5 years old that time nung naghiwalay na ang mga magulang namin and 3 years old naman yung kapatid ko. Nung nag hiwalay na sila, ako ang kinuha ni papa, while si Amelia naman ang kinuha ni mama.