UNLOCKING THE MYSTERIES OF LOVE

CHAPTER 1

'Bakit ba lagi nalang may I love you sa story nato? Even sa real life meron. Tapos ang ibang tao hindi naman alam ang meaning ng love, kasi kahit sinong partner nalang sasabihan ng 'I love you' kahit hindi naman nila jowa. Don't get me wrong, but this base sa nabasa ko dito sa libro and sa kwento nang kapitbahay namin. But in this case, ano ba talaga yung love ha? Bakit ba na uuso yan kapag Valentine's? Nagtataka talaga ako kasi kahit anong sabihin ng parents ko hindi ko talaga alam yang LOVE NA YAN!!'

Aidan sighed at himself for being a curious teenager. He's smart, but sometimes he feels stupid because he doesn't know the things he wants to know deeply, for example his curiosity about What is the actual true meaning of love. Nagtataka talaga siya kung bakit yung ibang tao'y gumagamit ng 'I love you' sa isa't isa kahit hindi naman nila gaanong alam ang tunay na kahulugan nito. He know that love is normally used for families and friends, but in romantic way? he guess so. Pero kahit ganun hindi parin siya kuntento kung ano nga ba ang love kung ano talaga yung essence ng love. For short, bobo siya pag dating sa tinatawag na love.

Nang tanggalin ni Aidan ang kanyang headset, napatingin siya sa pinto nang marinig niya na may bumukas, kung saan may bagong pumasok na tao. Iniscan niya ito na parang kinikilala yung mukha hanggang pababa sa may paanan nito, napatingin ulit siya sa mukha pero napansin siya ng lalaki nakatingin kaya dahil sa taranta napaiwas siya at pabalik na bumasa sa hawak niyang libro sa harap niya at hindi na ulit tumingin pa. Habang nakatutok siya sa libro naramdaman niya na dahan dahan lumapit ang lalaking tiningnan niya.

'The heck! Why's that person walk towards here? Madami namang vacant seat, dito patalaga?' Aidan thought. Pero nang ilibot niya ang kanyang mga mata, marami nang mga tao ang nakaupo sa bawat mesa at sa harap niya na lamang ang may vacant seat.

' Are you serious?! What the heck is happening? Why are there so many people around here?' Aidan thought. Hindi niya na pansin na puno na ang loob nang library dahil siguro naka headset siya at tutok na tutok sa librong bina basa niya

Tumigil si guy sa harap ni aidan, while Aidan is panicked. The guy looked at Aidan carefully and smiled, then he handed his hand over to Aidan. "Hello! I'm Steve." the guy in front Aidan introduced himself while trying to approach Aidan.

Meanwhile, Aidan ignored him and didn't respond or approach him and focused only to his book in front of him. Aidan feels like his heart can pop anytime, being anxious. Kinakabahan siya sa hindi malamang dahilan parang hindi niya ma sabi.

Steve hesitated, noticing Aidan behavior, he stopped extending his hand towards him. He feels like Aidan didn't want to approach him even a little single glance.

Steve noticed the seat in front of Aidan "Can I sit here?... Can I? Don't worry, I won't disturb you... Maybe?" Steve said. He's waiting for Aidan response, but Aidan is ignoring him again. He sighed, didn't wait for Aidan's response, and immediately sat down.

Aidan is the type of introvert who doesn't like approaching people around him, except for his family. If someone approached him, he immediately felt uncomfortable and anxious, that's why he avoided it from happening. But now it has happened, the thing he wanted to avoid has actually occurred today. He didn't know what to do, as he didn't expect that a guy named Steve would approach him and sit in front of him. Parang ma iiyak siya sa sitwasyon niya ngayon pero na isip niya kailangan niya maging confident at wag na lamang ka usapin ang na sa harapan niya pero kahit anong gawin niya hindi parin siya mapakali.

Kinuha ni Steve ang bag niya at inilabas ang books which are about in his report and nilabas rin niya ang laptop niya at nilagay sa lamesa. Habang nagmuni muni si steve, he took a glance at aidan while typing on his laptop. As he can see, Aidan is uncomfortable with him. Dahil siguro hindi ito sanay kumausap or may lumalapit na mga tao kaya ganun siguro ito.

Tumigil si Steve sa pag muni muni sa kaniyang laptop "Uhm... As you can see, in our situation, we are uncomfortable with each other. Can we just talk or something?- By the way, What's your name?" Steve asked with direct honesty in a lower voice. He knew he was in the library so he lowered his voice.

It seems like Aidan is annoyed by his behavior for some reason. Aidan rolled his eyes 'Can you please be quiet and carry on with what you were doing. Nanahimik ako dito at sinusubukang wag kang kausapin dahil ayuko kung kausapin ka.' Aidan thought. He straightened his back that was leaning on the chair. He looked up and face steve with confident, even though he's in a stage of anxiety to talk.

"M-mister who you are-" Steve immediately interrupted Aidan and corrected his name "I'm Steve, Steve Thompson. Remember my name and also my last name. And cut the mister, I prefer to be called by my name." Steve said and smile. Steve is a straightforward person who didn't know that the words he said could hurt or embarrass other people.

Aidan felt embarrassed for correcting him. "O-okay, sorry. I mean, Steve, sorry if I seem like I'm being... mean. I-I just... I'm shy to talk to other people or when someone approaches me," Aidan stuttered. But in his thoughts 'In short, I hate when people approach and keep bothering me, just like you. Ayuko sa lahat yung kagaya mo. Hindi ka ba marunong mag basa nang situation.'

Now, Steve thought he knows the reason why Aidan doesn't want to talk to him because he's shy type." Now I know... By the way, again, what is your name?" Steve asked. But Steve didn't know that Aidan would eventually hate him for the reason he bothered him from the start.

'Argh hindi ba to titigil babatohin ko talaga siya nang bato' Aidan thought.

This is why Aidan hates other people who ask his name."I'm Aidan, Aidan Lewis" Aidan said with awkward smile. 'So now, I did tell you my name, so can you stop bothering me and do what you were doing' Aidan thought.

" What a good name..." Steve said. Then the surroundings suddenly became silent. Hindi nila alam ang gagawin dahil sa biglang katahimikan. Tumingin sila sa isa't isa na parang wala silang masabi.

'Oh no... Not this awkwardness. This makes me feel more embarrassed. This moron, argh, I hate this situation.' Aidan thought.