ONE SHOTS

SHOT #7 SIDE CHARACTERS

 

  The way they kissed and hugged are amazing and magical. Lumingon sa akin ang lalaki habang yakap pa rin ang kasintahan, malaki ang ngiti, nasa mga mata ang kasiyahan at pagmamahal. Nagthumbs up ito sa akin at nag thank you ng walang boses.

Nginitian ko siya pabalik, ngiting palagi kong dala at praktisado na sa tuwing kasama ko siya. Tumango ako sa kanya at nagthumbs up rin, pinapakitang masaya ako para sa kanila, at suportado ko siya.

This is such a beautiful scene. It's their fifth anniversary, and he already proposed to his long time girlfriend, they're college sweetheart. I saw how they grow together, how they proved to each other that they're really for each other. I can't even go against them, in their relationship. Mahal na mahal nila ang isa't-isa, saksi ako sa luha, sakit at ligaya. Saksi ako sa lahat, palaging narito lamang ako sa tabi, nanonood at nakasuporta. I became his pillar, bridge and number one supporter.

Martyr man sa tingin ng iba pero I'm happy seeing him happy. Atleast sa paraang iyun naiparamdam ko ang pagmamahal ko sa kanya. It's a one sided love. Yes, I love my best friend. Mula pa noong una, I regrets not telling him my feelings before Lia came. Ako ang nauna pero hanggang doon na lamang pala. Iyon ang lugar ko sa buhay niya.

"You're really too cruel to treat yourself like this."

Nilingon ko ang nagsalita. It's him, again. Nakatingin din siya sa bagong mag fiance. Seryoso. Noong di ako sumagot nilingon niya ako kaya nagsalubong ang aming mga mata.

"I really can't believe you."

Pinag-ikutan ko ito ng mga mata at ibinalik sa best friend ko ang tingin.

This man. He's always around. Kahit nasaan ako naroon siya. Puro side comments and rants. He's irritating. When was the first time he appeared? It was three years ago, during our third year college. He's a tranferre student.

The first time was during their third anniversary. I was also watching them from afar. Nagpaalam agad ako, hindi ko pa kasi makayanan noon na makita silang magkasama. Masyado pang masakit unlike now, I already learned how to act properly infront of them. I maybe wrecked inside but I perfectly practiced the act of a best friend, a best friend only. A best friend that he thought that I feel the same way.

This man. He saw me crying while watching them laughing and talking. He saw how I made a smile infront of the two, he can see through me. I didn't expected it, I didn't expected someone could see through me. He's just a transferre. We don't even had an encounter. We didn't even talked nor bumped each other. Then, that day, he approached me, telling I'm too cruel to treat myself like this. It's his favorite line. I don't know, but he's really always around, especially when I'm hurting.

I stared at him always, naghahanap ng butas para bintangan siyang stalker ko pero he's a playboy. He's the campus boyfriend. It's impossible, Hindi ako ang tipo niya and I can't see anything nor a hints that he like me. He's just always around, noong una I felt creeps hanggang sa nasanay na ako sa presensya niya, para siyang kabute bigla na lamang lumilitaw. Mabuti na lamang at hindi ako magugulatin, kung hindi matagal na akong inatake sa puso dahil sa kanya.

"Umamin kana kasi, you're my stalker."

Pagbibintang ko. He scoffed. Crossed his arms infront of his chest. Glared at me.

"You wish."

Umangat ang gilid ng labi ko, nainis din ako. Palagi naman kapag nasa paligid siya, he's annoying. Palagi niya akong inaasar at ginagalit, hanggang ngayon, we're not even teenagers anymore. We're already adult for Pete's sake.

If you're asking kung ano kami? Wala akong maisasagot, we're too far to be friends nor enemy, we're like in-between. We talked like we're civil, nothing more but we always targeted our own nerves. We always ended up glaring each other, pero sa sunod naming pagkikita parang wala lang. Ganun, I can't understand. He's a living joke and freak.