photgraph revisited

sino ba ang nagmamahal?

"maine"

christine?

"can we talk?"

medyo nag-alangan ang dalaga. hinawakan siya ni christine sa kamay.

"hindi mo naman yata kasabay si rj, baka pwedeng ako na lang kasabay mo.... please?" christine asked with a sincere smile

ahhmm... s-sige... are you sure ok lang? maglalakad lang kasi ako

"ok lang. you share unit with rj naman di ba? malapit lang naman. and don't worry maine, this won't take long"

she nodded at her then they started to walk with her

"did rj told you how we got to know each other?"

ahm nabanggit nya na malapit ang families nyo

"ok. at least nasabi naman pala nya. i'm not going to beat around the bush. maine, mahal ko si rj"

ahmm christine ku—

christine stopped and held her hand

"i don't want you thinking anymore further than what's going on with your head. so yes mahal ko si rj, mula pa noon. but he does not love me. i get that"

bumuntong-hininga si christine.

ahm what do want me to do?

"rj has a good heart maine. maswerte ang babaeng pipiliin nyang mahalin kasi he has a heart that gives. kaya ang swerte mo. i can see from your eyes na mahal mo din ang kaibigan ko. tama ba?"

ahhmmm... bata pa kasi kami christine ahm...

"maine, ang nagmamahal yung puso. hindi yung edad. i wish nothing but good to you and rj. minsan pagpasensyahan mo na ako kasi hindi ko pa kayang ilayo yung sarili ko sa kanya"

maine caught the tear that escaped christine's eyes

wala naman problema dun hindi ko naman pagbabawalan si rj na makipagkaibigan

"thank you. you have a good heart. bagay kayo. don't get me wrong. masakit kasi ito for me but if you will be rj's reason to smile who am i to hinder that"

s-salamat christine

"isa lang sana ang hihilingin ko sayo"

oo naman. ano yun?

"pag hindi mo na siya kayang mahalin. wag mo siyang sasaktan. ibalik mo na lang siya sa akin, can you promise me that?"

naintindihan ni maine ang nais iparating ni christine

hindi ko siya sasaktan christine. but if there's something that i can promise you, kapag hindi na siya masaya sa akin, i'll make sure to lead his path back to you

christine smiled at her

"thank you maine. hindi nagkamali si rj na mahalin ka. masakit yun na sabihin pero alam ko na yun ang tama. so i'm giving it to you"