Fate Had It...

 

Maglalakad na sana ako palayo nang hawakan niya ang braso ko.

 

“Do you believe in fate?” biglang tanong niya which struck me as something out of the blue.

 

“Huh?” naguguluhang tanong ko.

 

“I believe in fate and right now, I feel fated to meet you,” he explained.

 

It was my turn to laugh. “What?! Hay naku, Mr. Chris Evans kalokalike, malakas yata saltik mo sa utak. Bentang-benta yang pick-up line mo sa mga fan girls mo pero hindi sa akin.”

 

This guy is just unbelievable!

 

“Okay. Here’s the deal. If we meet again for the second time, then, will you believe me that we are really fated to meet and uhm, be part of each other’s lives?”

 

I smirked. “As if that will happen.”

 

He shrugged. “Who knows? So deal?”

 

I rolled my eyes again. “Okay, deal.”

 

I just said that para patigilin lang siya at bitiwan na niya ako (yeah, hawak pa niya ako up to this moment...not that I’m complaining).

 

He gave me a smile and a mock salute. “See you soon, Kakashi Girl!”

 

“In your dreams!” I said out loud as I walked my way to the cashier and away from him.

<<>>

Monday morning, break time and I was feeling gloomy. Gutom ako but I do not have the money to buy myself food. Di ko naman pwede kainin ang baon kong lunch coz if I do, I would go hungry again early in the afternoon which is my most toxic time of the day.

 

I even thought I was just hallucinating when I heard somebody calling me Kakashi Girl. Turns out, Si Chris Evans-look-alike Kian talaga yun! And what’s even more surprising is, he is a student in the university I was also studying in, magkaiba nga lang kami ng course. And when he heard my stomach grumbling, nilibre niya ako and talked his heart and my ears out.

 

Our second meeting were followed with more meetings and in a short time, we became inseparable. Hindi na niya inungkat ang “fate thing” sa akin but slowly, I was brooding into it.

 

Our names both start with “K” (I am Kathy, by the way)...we had a thing for anime...we both hated The Twilight saga and love the same kinds of food...so...are we really destined to be together?

 

Habang umiikot ang pag-iisip ko sa mga bagay na yan, I just woke up one day --- on the 30th day since our second meeting --- finding myself falling for him. I don’t know how or why...but I just did. And I am more convinced that we are really fated to love each other…

 

“Remember the fate thing, Kian?” ako talaga ang nag-ungkat ng bagay na iyon sa kanya that afternoon when we had our bonding time.

 

He smiled. “So, convinced ka na na fated tayo?”

 

I nodded.

 

He hugged me and I felt I was in heaven. Is this it? Will he say he love me and we will be living happily ever after na?

 

“I am so happy, Kathy! I really felt the connection pulling me to you that fateful day sa anime store! I knew I found my long lost sister in you!”

 

I pushed him away. “Huh? Sister?”

 

He held my hand. “Yes, sister! My gahd...I thought you have noticed already! Sisteret! I am a closet gay!”

 

Walang’yang fate na yan!