Mikha's
"Aiah sandali!" Hinabol ko siya palabas ng restaurant at hindi siya tumigil kakatakbo
"Aiah naman please! Bumalik na tayo don bago pa sila mag isip ng iba!" I shouted while I'm running after her, grabe napaka bilis naman naman nitong tumakbo
"Aiah! Please stop! Nakakapagod tumakbo!"
After a good two minute run she just suddenly dropped to her knees
"Aiah!" I ran to her and immediately hugged her
"Stay away Mikha"
"Aiah naman, why? Why are you like this?"
"Bakit nga ba Mikha? Akala ko ba it's all an act?! Bakit... Bakit parang totoo na Mikha? Ganti mo ba yon sa akin ha? "
"Aiah ano bang sinasabi mo? I don't understand"
"I love you mikha! And for you to flaunt that woman in front of me tonight! Ang sakit Mikha! Hindi ko na kayang mag kunwari sa harap ng tatay mo! Mikha ikaw ang mahal ko"
"Aiah nag usap na tayo diba? It's just this is not for us... Destiny is cruel to both of us Aiah, hindi mo ba nakikita? Naaayos na kami ulit... Tayo"
She stood up and wiped her tears
"Mikha... I just... I just couldn't accept the fact na hindi tayo pwede... Ayoko Mikha"
I didn't answer, instead I hold her hand and pulled her back sa parking ng restaurant, I opened my car and asked her to get inside... If there's only one thing I want right now... It is to be alone... With her
Without thinking of the people we left sa resto, I drive into the safest place I know....
"Mikha where are we? San mo ko dadalhin?"
"Relax, di kita ililigaw... Hinding hindi ka na maliligaw Aiah"
I pulled over on the side of the road
" Let's go out" bumaba na kami ng kotse at umupo sa hood... This is my safest place... Seaview park
"why are we here? "
Aiah asked me curiously as the waves softly whips on the sandy beach
"This is where dad brought me before He left us.... 16 years ago... I always come back here whenever I miss him or whenever something remarkable happened to me"
It is true, I can still remember the time me and Dad spent hours making sand castles only to be washed down by the waves, But still.. little Mikha was happy because she is with her favorite person. I never let go of the fact that one day may come that dad will still come back to us, and whenever I think of him... I always go here, the sea is the witness of my struggles
"oh... This is such a special place for you then? "
" It is... But at the same time it holds a lot of bad memories... I used to go here at midnight and just scream my heart out, that was horrible pero there's something enchanting about this place that keeps on pulling me"
"you know what Mikha? We're polar opposites" she said and leaned her head on my shoulder
"how can you say that? "
" You find comfort at sea while I find my comfort in the mountains, You grew up without a dad and I grew up without a mom. You grew up in the city while I grew up in the province."
"was it fate that brought us together then? "
" I'd like to think so Mikha.... If only destiny favors the both of us... It's funny how you and your dad looked so much alike yet I can't find the courage to even stare at him right in the eyes"
