PROLOGUE:
Im going down memory lane... At fresh pa rin sakin ang nangyari in the last five years. Masarap balik-balikan ang mga kilig moments namin... pero may mga masasakit din naman. Noong nakaraang tatlong taon, yun yung mga panahong hindi pa tumutunog ang alas dose sa relo ni Cinderella. Nananaginip pa siya sa future nila ng kanyang Prince Charming... They danced in a beautiful music... It is just so sad to know na nung nahulog at naiwan ni Cinderella ang heart niya eh binitbit ito ni Prince Charming at hindi na binalik pa. The most painful part of the story is that, the very fragile heart of Cinderella was broken into pieces. Prince Charming left Cinderella for Snow White. Snow White is so happy right now with Prince Charming as posted in her Facebook status... But here's Cinderella, sleeping, because of the spell casted by her Prince Charming. It was about five years since the incident happened but it seems like Cinderella is sleeping for a century now, RIGHT THERE WAITING for her Prince to wake her up from a bad dream. Hoping for this story to have an "And they lived happily ever after..."
It was the first night of the year 201*, when I bumped into a special New Year article of a leading newspaper. It was a feature on predictions for the year 201* of the different Chinese zodiacs. I'm not really fond of reading horoscopes... but I took the chance to read it for the sake of entertainment and it sounds... EXCITING... I am under the sign of a dragon... The predictions say: For those who are single, you will meet someone around the THIRD (July, August, September) or the FOURTH (October, November, December) quarter of the year who will become SPECIAL to you... Oh really huh?? Forecasts equal expectations... and I don't want that to happen! So I just went with the flow... without me knowing that my life will start to change as I am about to meet... MY ONE GREAT LOVE.
Dear Kreym,
It's been three years...Three years na since nakilala kita... I mean, not just your VERY LONG NAME, but you as a person. I wanted to tell you so many things, but it seems that I can't mouth it into words. That's why I have decided to write...
I LIKE YOU... sorry... past tense na pala dapat... I LIKED YOU. Cheap ko noh??? I took the first move in telling you those words when in fact, if you based it according to the norms of society, it should be that, men should confess first...But, what can I do? I just wanted today, just today...to be honest to myself, to be honest to you...especially to YOU! It is in this time na hindi ko na iniisip ang sasabihin ng ibang tao, ang magiging reaction at judgement mo or in a bigger picture, reaction ng family mo, o kahit ang masasaktang damdamin ng girlfriend mo... Basta, kahit minsan lang, I just wanted to be TRUE.
It was July *, 201* since we first talked to each other... not meet... coz I've already met you, but then hindi pa naman kasi tayo close nun. Isa pa, how can I not know you? CLASSMATE mo nung elementary yung neighbor ko... How can I not know you??? I didn't know that July *, 201* was the turning point of my life... The point where things will start to change, where my routines will no longer be normal, where my goals will be converted to wishes... Haixt! Noosebleed na ko dito a!
I didn't really have that single clue kung bakit naging magkaibigan tayong dalawa... Mag kaibigan nga ba tayo??? Baka naman ako lang ang nag-iisip nun? Hindi naman ako kagandahan, hindi rin naman perfect ang alignment ng ngipin ko. Sabi mo pa nga dati, "You should wear braces." Hindi rin naman ako maputi, I have very poor posture, hindi din naman ako mayaman, I am even a BORING and a WEIRD person (according to you again), bakit nga kaya??? Naalala ko pa ang unang pag-uusap natin. Sabi mo pa nun, "Pwede rin ba akong magpa tutor sayo?", nung nakita mo akong may tinuturuang bata... I also remember the time that you were formally introduced to me... Sabi pa nung nag introduce satin, "Syanga pala, si Kreym..."(this was paired with a heightened malicious smile na para bang nagsasabing 'Eeeeee bagay kayong dalawa!!!!'), as if naman hindi ko pa alam ang pangalan mo... Matagal na kaya kitang kilala... sa pangalan nga lang... Talaga naman yang Tita mo, lakas maka MRS. KUPIDA kung makapag push sating dalawa...HAHA!
