Fate

Friends

Present

"Thanks for the ride", I said.

"Welcome. I'm sorry again for everything. Sorry for playing the villain in your relationship with Kiefer. And thank you, thank you for your forgiveness", Fonzo said.

"Just promise me one thing, you'll be a good boy already."

"Yes, I will. Thanks Mika. Gotta go now."

"Take care", I said and Fonzo drove away from my dorm.

Flashback

I closed my eyes and I felt his tears falling on my cheeks. His lips are now softly touching mine. But I held back.

"Why? What's wrong?", he asked.

"I guess I'm not yet ready for this."

"Babe, I thought we're good already? What's holding you back?", he answered.

I stood up from the bed and sat on it instead. Kiefer's giving me a backhug.

"Babe, what's bothering you? Tell me. If there's something that I still need to do, I'd willingly do it for you."

"No Kief, this is no longer about you doing things to win me back."

"Then what is it?"

"I want you back, I badly want us back. But every time my heart gets convinced to have you in my life again, my mind couldn't help but remember what you did. I honestly don't know if I could ever trust you again. And it was Trinca Kief, it's not just any other girl. The link is still there. Now how can I be sure that you're finally over her after what I saw?", I said and removed my body from his grasp.

"If I could only open my heart, literally and show it to you, and if only my heart can show who's really inside it, I'd be willing to have it opened just for you to see that it's you, only you who's in it. But that's not possible Miks, only my words and my actions can speak for my heart. And all I could do is wish that both your heart and mind can get the message."

"Your actions? So did your heart tell you to flirt with your ex girlfriend that night?"

"I was drunk."

"Bullshit. You started to kiss her when you were not yet drunk."

"How did you know? Who told you? Fonzo?"

"That's not important anymore. The fact remains that you betrayed my trust. And from that night onwards, you kept me guessing if you're really a changed man now."

"Are we about to argue about my past again? Are we getting there? Just tell me coz if that's the case, I'd rather give up on this", Kiefer said madly.

"On what? On us? Sure thing. I never told you to win me back in the first place."

"I think I've done enough Mika. And if you can't find it in your heart to forgive me for my past, then yes, I'm giving up. Maybe there's someone out there who can appreciate what you have just overlooked", Kiefer said and left.

He hurriedly drove away from my house and left me with tears all over my eyes. I guess that's how we ended our story. It started unexpectedly, it ended unexpectedly.

Present

Kiefer

With no sleep and an unstable condition, I drove back to Bulacan early morning. It just took me a few hours to realize how stupid I was to say those things to her.

"You're too late young boy", Mika's dad said.

"Tito, we just had a misunderstanding last night. I got mad and so I left. But I realized that I was wrong, so I'm here again. Please Tito, I need to talk to her."