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How can we understand someone if we don't know him?
That's the thing that always comes to my mind every time I have an interaction with Arthur.
He has this pride, and I can't blame him.
Everyone has it.
We just know his name and that goofy side of him some of his problems but not the half of him, we don't know any half of him.
How the hell we can know him if hindi siya willing ipakilala ang sarili niya amin?
"Arthur?" Tawag ko dito bago kami umalis ng classroom.
Nilingon naman ako nito, bakas sa mukha nito ang pag-tataka.
Cute.
"Uwi ka na?" I asked him.
Medyo awkward kasi pano ba hindi na talaga ako sanay sa interaction with boys.
"Anong ka na? Uuwi na tayo." I can't stop holding my smile in this situation. I don't know but those words make my heart melt for some reason.
This man has got something on me, I don't know him well. But I am fucking willing to know him.
To know all of the members of our group.
Kasabay din namin si Jacob, kaso hindi na din natuloy may pupuntahan ata sila and given naman sa amin yon. Family is more important than friends, kaya mas pinipili ko kapakanan niya sa pamilya kaysa mag-stay sa amin. Sira image ko sa mother niya sa reason na hindi ko alam if kailangang maging ganoon.
Medyo naging complicated.
Si Arthur? Medyo dumaldal and I am happy at that point he was getting comfortable with me kahit paano. Sharing some stuff about him syempre as ako I am willing to listen in his stories.
I can't stop smiling when he's doing those things like pag-kwekwento. Ang cute kasi, parang bata talaga. May kasamang yabang, syempre para di maputol ang usapan I let him be.
He was sharing something in his last grade section, winner daw sila ng contest, 'yong sa Florante at Laura. But I ask him for proof, syempre bakit ako maniniwala?
"Ah, talaga ba?" Sabi ko na ngumingisi na para bang hindi naniniwala.
But deep inside I already know that story. In such a girl like me who's good at observing at laging nasa gilid in every kwento ng mga friend namin.
I already know that, but I didn't complain.
Masaya na ako nagmumula sa bibig niya ang mga kwento.
And only if I can tell a story about my life... pero hindi ko magagawa. I have a dark past to be honest, unlike him, he may have some problems. Pero I never considered any of my days in past is enjoyable.
Umupo kami sa isang sari-sari store, hindi ko alam kung nag-bubukas ba ito pero sarado kasi siya tapos parang abondonado.
"Sandali hindi ko mahanap," sabi nito na naiinis na.
Dami kasing picture.
"Ayon!" He exclaims and puts his phone close to me. Tinignan ko naman ito agad. Hala ang cute, chubby cheeks pa siya dito. May isa naman may dalawa siyang hawak na milk tea dahil nga siya nanalo kaya dalawa kanya.
Edi sana all dalawa sinisipsip.
"Mukha kang bata," Sabi ko, "I mean chubby ka kasi tapos ngayon." Napa-tingin ako sa kanya ang hirap namin sabihin na medyo halata na yong panga niya baka ano maisip niya.
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Novela Juvenil"I thought loving was fun, it is a burden for me." Theana Avery Reid was a dedicated academic achiever, and loving was too hard for her - but not until she fell in love with Arthur Greiger. Arthur is a smart, handsome, and popular chess gamer and h...
