You were my classmate since grade 8. Hindi tayo masyadong close until my ex- boyfriend left me. Intramural day non, lahat ng tao nasa gymnasium pero umiiyak ako but then you sat beside me and wipe my tears away using your hand.
"Ok ka lang ba?" You asked me.
Umiling ako. "No, but I'll get there. Soon."
That was the first time we talked na hindi related sa academic. Ang bait mo pala talaga. At ang gaan ng loob ko sayo that's why when you asked me the reason of my tears kinuwento ko agad. We bacame so comfortable to each other to the point that everyone around us think that we are a couple. You became my boy bestfriend.
"Hoy Vienna, kayo na ba ni Kalmin?" One of my friends ask me.
"Huh, what are you talking about? Magkaibigan lang kami ni Kal noh!"
"Mag kaibigan pero nag hoholding hands?"
"Anong mali dun? Eh sa lahat naman na kaibigan ko ganun ako di'ba?"
"Siguro para sayo mag kaibigan lang kayo but what about him? Do you know how he feel?"
"You know what beshy, I am hundred percent sure na kaibigan lang din ang tingin niya sa akin."
"Everyone around you see the way he look at you. Ibang ibang beshy, puno ng admiration and spark."
"Ganun naman talaga siya tumingin kahit kanino. Wag mo na gawan ng issue."
"Vien, wag ka'ng manhind. He likes you we all can feel it."
Hindi ako naniniwala sa sinasabi ng mga kaibigan ko na gusto mo na ako mula pa noon pa. Ayokong umasa because I know I am not your type. Natapos ang school year ng iyon pa din ang pinaniniwalaan ko. The whole summer I was thinking about chatting you but I'm too afraid to do it kasi baka busy ka until the first day of classes starts ikaw agad ang hinanap ng mata ko. And I felt so happy lalo na nung nalaman ko na classmate kita that's when I start to feel something.
"Beshy, remember last year? Whenever he touches my hand nanlalambot ako."
"Omg so ibig sabihin dati pa gusto mo na siya?" Napaisip ako sa tanong niya.
"I don't know. Malinaw naman na mag kaibigan lang kami I shouldn't feel that way."
"Masyado ka naman denial! Just admit it, you like him."
Tinanggap ko sa sarili ko na tama ang sinasabi ng mga kaibigan ko but I don't have the guts to tell it to you because I'm afraid to be rejected. My birthday came, My friend and her boyfriend came and so you did. Kumain tayo sa KFC at nag lakad lakad until I saw the book that I really wanted to buy.
"You want it?" You asked me.
"Yes."
"Edi bilhin mo." Then you laughed so hard.
"Kainis ka naman eh. Kala ko ibibili mo sa akin." I pout.
