𝐼 | The pleasing waves at the shore, fresh air around the trees, calming moon at every peaceful night, summer breeze through the beach... Euphie Raine Diwa indeed love her own county-Philippines. Lahat ng mahal n'ya ay nasa Pilipinas, mag mula sa m...
I sensed my heart rate increasing, as its thumps makes me deaf.
I'm thunderstruck. As fuck.
"Ah..." I chuckle when I realized something. "O-Of course gusto mo ako because I'm your friend..."
Tumango pa ako sa sarili habang hawak-hawak ang dibdib na sobrang bilis at lakas pa rin ng tibok.
"No, Euphie." He said dismissing what I said. "I like you more than just that..."
"No, you can't." I said with affirmation.
He can't just like me romantically because we're thousands of miles apart! It doesn't work like that!
"Trust me, Euphie. For the few months we've been communicating, you became the first person I think as soon as I wake up and before I go to bed. Not the nasty thing before bed though— oh never mind. Just... believe me Euphie, I know what I feel."
Muli akong umiling kahit na hindi n'ya nakikita iyon dahil nakababa pa rin ang cellphone ko.
That just can't happen. It won't work like that. So as to like me, we should be friends too, I mean, we're friends, but we only see each other at both screens... kaya malabo ang sinasabi n'ya. Mahirap paniwalaan...
"N-No, you just can't..." Nanginig ang boses ko kaya mariin ang pagkakasara ng mga mata ko bago lumunok.
"Euphie—"
"Let's just... talk about this some other time. Tomorrows the shooting, I-I can't be late." Pagdadahilan ko.
"But—"
"Asher..."
"Okay..."
"Thank you." Huling sabi ko para ibaba ang tawag.
Pero niloko ko lamang ang sarili ko.
Pagkatapos ng tawag na iyon ay hindi pa rin naman ako natulog sa sari't-saring nasa isipan.
How can he like me when we're literally sandwitching the Earth? I mean, we only talk through screens, we haven't even eaten together. Paano nangyari iyon?
I mean, I like him too... as a friend. Or... I don't know! It's just too impossible to fall for someone who I don't even met personally!
Needless to say, s'ya ang nakatulugan kong isipin. Nagising na lamang ako dahil sa alarm na nai-set ko kagabi. I didn't sleep at hour I want last night, pero mabuti na rin at hindi naman ako nakapag puyat.
Bababa pa lamang ako para sa umagahan nang tumunog na ang cellphone ko.
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Hindi ko alam ang ire-reply ko kaya nagmamadali na lang akong bumaba sa kusina at iniwan ang cellphone sa kwarto.
How can he act so calm when I'm panicking so bad about it?! Talaga bang totoo ang sinabi n'ya? O baka nangti-trip lang?
