The Manhid & The Torpe (Complete)

Prologue

Minsan hindi natin maintindihan ang feelings natin para sa isang tao. Hindi natin malaman kung totoo ba na in love tayo sa taong iyon o hindi. We hardly distinguish the difference between a real affection and a short term infatuation. So we choose to play safe. We choose to ignore and hide what we really feel towards that person. We tried to be more dense, hanggang sa hindi mo nalalaman, the more you hide your feelings, the more it grows.

For other people, it is also hard to express what they really feel. Hindi mo magawang sabihin sa kanya na gusto mo sya, hindi ka makahanap ng tamang tyempo. Wala kang lakas ng loob para maipagtapat sa kanya ang nararamdaman mo. Palagi kang natatakot na kapag isang araw ay nasabi mo sa kanya ang lahat, hindi niya ito masuklian kagaya ng inaasahan mo. So we also chose to hide our unrequited love.

Para naman sa iba, love is a very complicated feeling. We don't dare to risk anything for it. Alam mo at sigurado ka sa sarili mo na gusto mo siya, but you choose to  disregard that feeling for the sake of your friendship and your overflowing self-respect. You've got so much pride and at the same time you are so scared to end the trust that he/she have given to you kung malaman niya na you are going beyond the line and you are breaking all the rules.

But let me ask you this, aren't you going to regret something in the future?

Huwag mong hayaan na mahuli ang lahat para sa inyong dalawa. Kung inaakala mo na wala kang pag-asa, at hindi pwede, you are wrong. You always have the choices. Take every risk, because you never know what future lies ahead of you. Huwag kang matakot, love is part of every soul in this world. It coexist with us. Ngunit kung hindi pa siya ang tamang tao para sa iyo, still be grateful and charge it to experience, since maybe, God is still crafting a better love story for you.

Just keep on believing.

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This teenage love story is a bit cliche but I hope you will still enjoy reading this. To my young readers, I hope this will be a good past time to your everyday struggles and maybe of little inspiration. To my fellow young adults, I wish this will help you bring back the sweet memories of your high school days. Let us reminisce the kilig vibes!

Thank you!

Ps.

This is already edited. I wrote this short story way back in my college days (2015) and now that I am working and got some little time to read this again, I found so many errors LOL. Pagpasensyahan nyo na hahaha! Enjoy reading!