Hey, My Coffee Lover

Prologue

Prologue

Have you ever wonder what it feels like to fall in love with someone you barely knew?

Have you spent most time of your day talking with a stranger, about anything under the sun and moves the conversation from one galaxy to another?

Have you ever felt the need of being in some place and in some moment with someone?

If you did, how will you know if it is love?

Or... was it really what do you called love?

The bell rang abruptly right after I wrote the last sentence. I stared at it for a moment and think of it.

How will you know if you already love someone?

I bit my lip as I let my thoughts drifted away freely, out of my hold.

Will your heart race real fast as if will explode any moment like what's written in the books? Does the world stop with the mere sight of him smiling at you like those in the movies? Will you feel like something completed your whole being when he came and suddenly feel incomplete when he left?

I wonder... What it feels like to be in love?

"Sab, san ka after?"

Bumuntong hininga ako at sinimulan ng iligpit ang notebooks ko. My classmates are already on their way out while I am still spacing out.

Nilingon ko si Zoey na naghihintay sa tabi ko. I shrugged my shoulder.

"Coffee shop." I replied. Tumango naman sya sa akin habang abala sa pagtingin sa cellphone nya.

My mind drifted again on the concept of love when I saw that word in our board. Why does we need to discuss about love when it comes to Understanding the Self?

Maybe, love is actually part of our being?

Who knows. I have no idea.

"Sige. Gusto mo ba sumabay? Susunduin ako ni dad." Zoey said.

Umiling ako at ngumiti.

"No need. Walking distance lang naman ang coffee shop."

Sabay kaming naglakad ni Zoey palabas ng room. Habang paalis kami ng university ay nagkukwentuhan lang kami about sa subjects namin. She rants when I rant. I complain when she complains.

We keep on talking about how hard being a college student until we reach the gate.

"See you tomorrow. Magpupuyat ata ako para sa FAR 1." Zoey said while pouting. Napanguso din ako sa panlulumo ng maalala yung quiz namin bukas.

"Hi pimples, hi eyebags." I joked and she laughed.

I waved at Tito Oscar when he rolled down his window. He smiled at me.

"Sabay ka ba Sab?" he asked. Umiling ako.

"Hindi po. May pupuntahan pa po ako."

He nodded and I looked back at Zoey. We both release a huge sigh before we bid our goodbyes.

I watched as their car slowly manuevered. Noong nawala na sila sa paningin ko ay kinuha ko ang phone at earpods ko para makinig ng music habang naglalakad papunta coffee shop.

I put my playlist into shuffle and got my mind lost in the crowd.

It's my first year in college and I am renting an apartment just near the university that I am in. Sa probinsya kasi talaga ako nakatira at na-offeran lang ng scholarship kaya naman lumuwas ako dahil sayang din naman.