One Shot Stories

IX

I glanced at Zyron beside me. I smiled at him because he looks so serious writing something. He looked at me maybe because he noticed my stares. Tiningnan nya ang papel ko at ngumisi bago sinubukang agawan ito.

Akala nya ah. As if naman ipapabasa ko sa kanya tong gawa ko. No way.

"What did you write?" I asked and smiled cutely at him to divert his attention. We were tasked to write an essay about our personal troubles.

"Well, for sure you already know this but I wrote here that I'm not yet sure about what degree I would be taking in college." He said nonchalantly and stared at my paper. I slowly hide it and he pouted.

"Sabi ko naman kasi sa'yo pwede kang magdoctor or anything related to medicine. You love science, right?" Hindi ko maintindihan kung bakit hanggang ngayon hindi pa rin sya sigurado sa kurso niya. It seems like he's good at everything so what bothers him?

"Kukulangin ang 10 years sa medicine, Ria. May dalawang anak ka na siguro non samantalang ako eh halos mamatay pa sa kakaaral. Diba plano natin na sabay tayong magpapamilya. Imposible yun kung magdo-doctor ako." Parang batang sabi nya.

I smiled at his thoughts. This has always been his main reason why he doesn't want to take any degree exceeding 4 years. Gusto nya sabay kaming magkapamilya para daw magka-edad lang yung mga anak namin.

"How about you? What did you write?" He tried to snatch my paper but I immediately hide it in my bag.

"Masyadong kang masekreto ah. Para namang may hindi pa ako alam tungkol sa'yo." He said and continued writing. I smiled bitterly at him. He's right. He knows everything about me.

Well, almost. There's still one thing that I haven't told him. Not that I'm planning to tell him, though. There's no way I'm telling him something that will definitely destroy us.

While he's having a hard time knowing what degree he wanted to push in college, I'm having a hard time forgetting my feelings about him.

I'm in love with my best friend. I don't know how it happened it. I just woke up one day realizing that my feelings for him we're beyond platonic. I've been loving him secretly for a year now but I never found the courage to tell it to him.

I'm still hoping that maybe, one day, I'll wake up and those feeling would be immediately gone. I'm in love with him but I will just keep this within me. I don't wanna ruin our friendship just because of this temporary feeling. This will eventually pass.