"Tita kwentuhan mo naman ako kung paano nagsimula ang love story niyo ni Tito"
I didn't expect her words. The time that she wants me to remember was the time that I want to forget.
"Bakit mo naman gustong malaman? Sobrang tagal na no'n Denise, we should focus on our future not on our past. It will just hunt us if we keep on remembering it"
Kahit hindi ko nagustuhan ang nangyayari ay ngini-ngitian ko pa rin ito. She's still a child, she's still their baby.
"Pero Tita we still need to remember our past for us to say that we already get over it. Tell me your love story, please Tita?" Pakiusap nito at nagpuppy eyes pa nga.
"I'll summarize it for you, is that okay?" I ask her and she enthusiasticly nod her head and give me an okay sign.
"He courted me for 9 years, that's when we were on high school. He's a husband material for me. Nasa kaniya na ang lahat kumbaga" biro ko rito at tumawa ng pagak.
Images flash on my mind, the bad and happy memories of me with him.
"Hindi kami magkapareho ng estado sa buhay pero tinanggap ako ng magulang niya at ganu'n rin siya sa mga magulang ko. Even if we're really not together, everyone around us keeps on saying that we're perfect for each other" napangiti na lang ako ng mapait habang inaalala ang nakaraan.
Why would I tell this to her. I already buried it on the depth of my mind but why did I still dig it for her to know?
"But there's nothing like happily ever after for me. I only need three years so that I can give him my 'yes' but he can't wait any longer. After another two years of waiting he found her one and only"
Ramdam ko na ang pangingilid ng luha ko kung kaya't ipinikit ko ng mariin ang aking mata at humugot ng malalim na hininga.
"H-he just need to wait for a-another y-year but he can't, he can but he won't. When he met her he left me, hanging and waiting for him to comeback. Wanting for his attention and waiting for him to notice and love me again." Pigil na pigil ang luha ko ng hinarap ko ito.
Nakita kong titig na titig ito sa akin at pawang pinakikiramdaman ako. Nginitian ko ito ng pilit para matabunan ang aking totoong nararamdaman.
"Denise!" Shouted by the man who makes my heart beats loudly. I tried to gain my posture and redeem my smile again before I look at them.
I saw him, with my sister walking towards us with a big smile plastered on their faces. Denise runs unto them and gave them a warm hugs.
I can see the happiness on his eyes and of course on my sister's. I didn't expect it will turns out like this. I shouldn't have let him wait for that long but I'm sure I can't see the happiness in him if ever. Maybe he's really not the one for me but I really hoped that one day he will realize that it's always been me, on his heart and on his soul.
I will be the happiest girl in the world if ever he come back, but seeing him happy like this make me question myself. I already accepted the truth yet I can't still move on. I engraved his name on my heart and can't ever erased it because he will always be my one and only for me.
