Sandro's POV:
"Ha?" Hiraya asked me with disbelief in her face.
Hindi ko din alam ba't ko yun sinabi.
"I..." I was too stunned to speak.
Kahit ako nagulat sa sinabi ko.
"You.. you like me?" She asked.
I looked at her and her beautiful brown eyes.
Her kinky curly hair waving across her face.
"Yes. I like you."
"I like you, Hiraya." I said with a firm voice.
She blinked so fast.
Hindi niya din alam kung ano ang sasabihin niya.
"Um..."
"I'm sorry... I didn't want to make you feel uncomfortable or to put you in any position that you have to like me back... I just have the guts to say it."
"I just had to, Hiraya... before I leave." I explained myself.
Natahimik naman siya.
We kept quite for a moment and her cute chuckled broke the silence.
"It's alright, Sandro." She said smiling at me.
"When you go to London, do well... study hard and do your very best ha."
She said.
"Then when you come back, I'll be here waiting for you.. and we'll talk."
Napangiti na din ako kahit sobrang kabado ko na.
"Really?" I asked her and she crunches her nose as she nodded yes.
I took her hand then pulled her a little bit closer to me.
"Wait for me. Please, Hiraya." I said.
Mas hinigpitan niya naman ang paghawak sa mga kamay ko.
"I will wait for you." She said.
She touched my face before she let go of my hand.
Agad naman syang naglakad palayo sa akin.
I wanted to stop myself from chasing after her.
Gusto ko syang habulin at yakapin.
When she suddenly turned around to look at me.
"Pagbalik mo, may sasabihin ako sayo. So kailangan mo talagang bumalik." She said then ran faster palayo.
I will come back for her.
And I can wait to see her again.
After 6 years
October 7, 2021
"Are you sure you want to run as a congressman, anak?" My mom asked me as she fixed the collar on my shirt.
Nandito kami ngayon sa comelec to file for me and my pops' candidacy.
Me as a congressman of the first district of Ilocos Norte and him as the president of the Philippines.
"Yes, mom. I am" I smiled at her.
"Okay... basta nandito lang kami ni pops mo whatever happens." She said at hinalikan ako sa pisngi.
"Are you ready?" Tanong ni pops sa akin.
"Yep. I am" I said smiling proudly.
Paglabas namin ng comelec after we did our speech. Madami ng press sa labas.
Lahat gustong itanong kung bakit ako tatakbo. About pops decision in running as president.
Mahirap maging isang Marcos.
Palaging may controversy.
Agad naman kaming umuwi after that but dumaan muna kami sa San Agustin Church of Paoay.
Nakasanayan na ni mom and pops dumaan dito eh.
Naiwan naman kami ni Simon sa sasakyan.
"Are you really gonna do this, bro?" He asked me.
"Yeah. I am." I answered.
Binaba ko naman kaunti ang bintana ng sasakyan to look at this beautiful church when I heard this familiar voice.
"Oo nga. Sinasabi ko sayo. May kakayahan akong makita ang future." She said.
Agad ko naman nilingon sa kung saan galing yung boses na yun.
"Weh. Inuuto mo lang naman ako eh." Sabi ng kasama nya.
Pagtingin ko, dalawang pulis na babae ang dumaan sa harapan ko.
"Bakit naman kita uutuin?"
"So sinasabi mo sa akin na mananalo si BBM at Sandro?" The other police woman said.
Naglalakad sila papunta sa may simbahan.
"Oo nga." Sagot ng isa.
"Hiraya!" Simon shouted.
Nagulat din ako kasi nasa labas na siya ng sasakyan.
She looked back at us.
It is her.
Hiraya Manawari.
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FanfictionFanfiction #5 Hiraya Manawari Valdez. Yep. That is her name. A young student studying Psychology with a special gift of seeing the future happened to bump into the one and only Sandro Marcos when he deliver the speech of his dad, Bong Bong Marcos in...
