30th April, 2023
Sunday, 5:17 PM
Aster Monesterio
dm.aster
Dahlia:
Aster, can we talk?
Aster:
I'm all ears.
Dahlia:
I just want to have a closure with you.
So we could at least have a peace.
Aster:
Just here?
Dahlia:
Do we still need to meet up?
I guess not.
I think this is better for us.
Aster:
Go ahead.
Dahlia:
What happened to you?
Aster:
I don't know.
Dahlia:
The first time we had a moment, you were so shy yet approachable; you looked friendless yet friendly. That is how we became friends, right?
Aster:
Yeah, I remember.
Dahlia:
Ang hindi ko lang maintindihan, Aster, kung paano tayo napunta sa ganitong sitwasyon?
Bakit dumating tayo sa puro lihim?
Ano ba nangyari? Bakit hindi mo sinasabi?
Aster:
I honestly can't answer that, Daisy.
But I admit that I was...coward.
You are so different from what I have, you know that?
Pakiramdam ko...puro kamalasan na lang sa buhay ang nabibigay ko sa 'yo. Ikaw, ang dami mong achievements. Samantalang ako, nakaasa lang kung kanino.
Dahlia:
Aster, ano bang tingin mo sa akin?
Kakumpitensya mo?
Aster:
No.
No, it's not that.
I mean...
What can I offer you?
That's when it all started.
Until today, I realized, I was wrong.
I'm sorry.
Dahlia:
Nanghihinayang ako sa atin, alam mo ba 'yon?
I did what I want you to feel, even if it's scary.
Aster:
I'm sorry.
That's all I can say.
I'm starting to see now what I don't see before.
I gues...I got too complacent.
Dahlia:
So, it did satisfy you?
In order to satisfy yourself, you have to neglect me?
But I guess there is an unexpected events in every situation.
Hindi ko akalain na magbabago lang ng ganoon ang lahat.
Sa mga narinig at mabalitaan ko tungkol sa 'yo, parang ibang-iba ka sa unang beses kita nakilala.
I helped you to stand your feet, even by being your friend at least. But still, you dared to lie to me and hide your identity to me.
You call me your Daisy, but you can't trust me.
Aster:
I never did hide my identity to you, Daisy.
When I told you I was an only child, I am.
When I told you I don't have a cousin, I don't.
Dahlia:
Pero ano 'yon, Aster?
Kaano-ano mo si Ai?
Ikaw mismo ang nagsabi noong nakikiusap ka...
Aster:
Ai is my cousin. But I only knew it recently, okay?
I didn't expect it, too.
We were classmates before, but I never thought that she hates me because of our bloodline.
I thought she hates me for how I look before, like how others do.
Her family hates me and my father for I don't know the reason.
I tried to let it go, but I can't.
Because she keeps coming on my way.
And you know what's worse?
She's an accomplice to Dale, who I thought was concerned with me.
They even wrote me a letter, saying bad words about me.
Tiniis ko ang pambubully nila para tapusin ang natitirang buwan.
Pagkaalis ko, inayos ko ang sarili ko bago ako pumasok sa kolehiyo. Dahil inakala ko na magbabago ang buhay ko.
When I was a big guy, they keep calling me different name. But when I tried to fix my lifestyle, they still treat me like I was a disgusting creature.
I was losing hope.
Then you came.
And that is the reason why I named you after that flower.
Because you put me into a new beginning.
Dahlia:
Minahal mo naman ako, 'di ba?
Aster:
I love you so much, Daisy.
Until now.
Because that will never change.
Even if I find someone else.
Dahlia:
Pero bakit naging ganoon?
Aster:
I'm sorry.
I'm truly sorry.
Dahlia:
You were my first, Aster.
Aster:
You are also, Daisy.
But maybe just like a flower.
You were the Daisy in the Meadow.
My only beginning.
My hope to start a new one.
So thank you...
For bringing me to this world...
I love you, really.
Dahlia:
I guess, you were just a lesson.
I hope you find the right path of your life this time.
Kapag nagkita ulit tayo, gusto ko masaya ka na. Okay?
Aster:
I will.
