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 why we became friends, right?
Aster:
Yeah, I remember.
Dahlia:
Ang hindi ko lang maintindihan, Aster, kung paano tayo napunta sa ganitong sitwasyon? Bakit bumagsak tayo sa puro lihim?
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 sa 'yo.
Dahlia:
Aster, ano bang tingin mo sa akin?
Kakumpitensya mo?
Aster:
No.
No, it's not that.
I mean...
What can I offer to 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?
Aster:
I'm sorry.
That's all I can say.
Dahil nagsisisi ako sa nagawa ko.
I have taken you for granted.
I cheated.
I played with girls.
I did what satisfied me.
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.
Umasa ako sa 'yo. Na mananatili kang tapat.
Hindi ko akalain na hahantong ka sa ganito, Aster.
Ibang-iba ka na sa unang beses kitang nakilala.
I helped you to stand your feet, even by being your friend at least.
Pero ito ang ginawa mo. Nagsinungaling ka sa akin.
Nagawa mong tinago pagkatao mo.
Partner mo ko pero hindi mo ako nagawang pagkatiwalaan.
Aster:
I never 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.
Naging magkaklase lang kami sa primary noon.
Akala ko kasama lang siya sa mga estudyante na may ayaw sa akin dahil sa itsura ko noon. Iyon pala, dahil isa siya sa mga kadugo ko na kinasusuklaman ako. Kami ng tatay ko.
Hindi nakayanan ni Daddy mga nangyayari sa akin kaya lumipat kami ng bahay noong nag-high school ako para matahimik kami. Malayong-malayo sa kinalulugaran nila. Inilipat din ako ng paaralan. Pero kalagitnaan ng klase, sumulpot si Ai para guluhin ulit ako.
Sinubukan ko siyang balewalain, Daisy.
Pero kahit anong iwas ko, lapit siya nang lapit sa akin. Sa amin.
And you know what's worse?
She's an accomplice to Dale, who I thought was concerned with me.
They even wrote a letter to me, 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.
At inakala ko na magbabago ang buhay ko.
Kasi noong mataba ako, kung ano-anong tinatawag nila sa akin.
Pero noong nag-ayos ako, nandidiri pa rin ang mga tingin nila dahil mukha raw akong binabae. Pati ang boses ko.
Hindi ko alam... Siguro ayaw lang talaga sa akin ng mga tao.
That's when you came. You saved me, my Daisy.
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 mo ako pinabayaan?
Bakit mo ako iniwan ng biglaan?
Aster:
I'm sorry.
I'm really really sorry, Daisy.
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.
For the last time...
I love you, Daisy.
Kaya kung gusto mong kumilala ng bago.
Sumubok ka lang nang sumbok...
Para hindi ka nagsisisi gaya ko...
