Somehow, Someday

Prologue

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I threw the pebbles down the cliff. Rinig ang mahihinang kaluskos dulot ng mga dahon na hinahangin sa lupa. Sumasabay din ang pagsayaw ng mga sanga sa puno na wari'y walang dinadalang problema. Medyo lumalalim na rin ang gabi. I can hear crickets around and I glimpsed at fireflies messing up with the frogs nearby. The whole surrounding is peaceful contradicting what I am feeling inside.

I hugged my body thinking it could maybe warm up the hollowness I'm feeling. Maybe I could forget this ever happened. Maybe I would not be devastated like this. I gazed at the night sky. Walang man lang ulap. Wala ding kahit isang bituin na kumikislap. Ang lungkot tingnan. Ang lungkot-lungkot. Parang nakikidalamhati sa nararamdaman ko.

"You know, I did like you once. I don't know exactly. Na appreciate kita as a girl and I thought for a moment that maybe I could give my feelings for you a chance, maybe I could give us a chance. But then I dismissed that thought eventually kasi baka what if spur of the moment? What if I've just mistaken my sadness into liking you? Ewan ko. Basta, I liked you somehow."

Tumatawa siya nang bahagya while his eyes were looking awkwardly at me habang sinasabi iyon. Maybe, he thought he is blabbering crazy things. Little did he know, I would die for those words. I would die for him. 

"Di kita gusto. Asa uy." Hindi kita gusto Sean kasi ang babaw lang nun. Tangina. Mahal kita eh. Sobra.

Binatukan naman niya ako sa ulo habang umiiling na natatawa. Napaiyak naman ako saglit habang hinahaplos ang parte ng ulo kong binatukan niya.

P*ta, ang sakit.

Ang sakit-sakit--

ng batok.

I smiled half-heartedly. Somehow, huh? I can see him in my peripheral vision staring at me curiously.

Bwisit. Huwag kang ganyan tumitig Sean. Kaya ako umaasa eh. Peste.

Bumuntong-hininga ako bago magsalita muli.

"Makaka move on ka ba sa kanya?," tanong ko habang nanatiling nakatingala sa kalangitan fighting the urge of my tears from falling. Di ko din alam kung bakit. Aftershock siguro ng batok niya sa akin?

"Maybe. Siguro. Pero hindi pa ngayon, Ro. Someday, I promise I will."