August 2023 Nung time na I finally asked him. "Ano ba tayo?" Yun nalang kasi yung nawawala sa relationship naming dalawa. Yes naguusap kami ulit, pero may label na ba kaming dalawa?
He was telling me that he was waiting for my response. So all this time, he was just...Waiting?
September 2023 When I decided to finally go purchase a plane ticket, and go take vacation in the Philippines sa June of 2024. One reason is ofcourse, to meet him. May mga problems siya with his family when he decided to purchase one as well para magfly naman sa Luzon, since taga Visayas siya. Tanginaaa, after 6 long years of living in US, I'm finally going to see Philippines again!
Remember the time I mentioned "Right time will come for us"? I think this is the time I was waiting for. We are our better version now. Hindi man perfect, but atleast we learned from our mistakes.
We worked on ourselves. I got to experience pain, became a working student, saved money, and now, I can purchase plane ticket just to see him. Plano ko pa talaga nung last 2022, pero hindi talaga yun yung para samin. Grabe ang plano ni Lord noh? Prayers do come true, you just have to give it a time.
Friends and family knew about me and my brother going back home to Philippines. Nagprepare sila non, sakto nagdecide na ding magpatayo ng bahay si mama sa Pilipinas, so may matutuluyan kaming bahay. I was so excited and nervous about it. Tangina, anong gagawin ko dun? HAHAHAHA
My kuya's friends plan to visit Cebu as well, para na din magkita muna kami ni Bry before meeting sa Luzon mismo, para maenjoy din namin, and walang awkwardness na mafefeel.
May 2024 Finally came. After 8 long months of waiting. Finally nasa airport na kami, waiting to fly over to Philippines. Our flight lasted for almost 20 hours, kasama na ang lay over.
Sobrang nakakastress ang flight, pagdating namin sa Pinas, di pa ako naka labas ng customs. I stayed there to fix everything after 30 minutes, then tsaka lang ako nakalabas.
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"Oh my god, Elle is in Manila. WELCOME HOME BB GIRL!" Messaged ate Chie sa gc.
Grabe sobrang saya ng puso ko, finally, after long long time, naka bisita din ako sa Pilipinas! ANG INIT! HAHAHAHA.
May 26th Ate Chie, ate Shantal and I finally met! Sobrang weird at first kasi in person na kami naguusap, wala nang connecting samin! My heart was so happy! Sa sobrang haba ng pag eenjoy namin, di kami nakatulog non. Hanggang sa naghintay kami mag 7am for swimming, check out ng 10am or 12pm, then gala until 4pm or 6pm. Sobra yung pagod, pero grabe sobra din yung enjoy namin. Tapos after non kumain pa ako kasama yung family ko until 11pm, so I'm awake for 2 days! Slay ang eyebags! I cried pa nung nakausap ko si Bry pagdating namin sa Airbnb ng kuya ko, dahil sobrang namiss ko si ate Chie non, like sobraa!!
I was happy to meet other kumu friends as well! My heart is so happy for people who gave time to spend a day with me. Sobrang thankful ako sa mga taong nakilala ko sa kumu!
June 2024 First meet with Bryan. I was nervous! Tapos sama mo na yung galit sa Cebu Pac-Yu! Our flight was delayed twice until 6am, then canceled. Tapos trinansfer kami from Clark to NAIA?! Tamang behavior ba yun? Nagbyahe kami from Pangasinan around 1am, to Clark for 3 hours, tapos canceled, tapos ang flight from NAIA to Cebu is not until 4pm pa?! AY IREREKLAMO KO TALAGA TO SA CEBU PACIFIC! HAHAHHAHA.
Mga 6pm na kami nakarating sa Cebu, and finally felt Bry's warm hugs! Didn't imagine how I complain about his bare minimum behaviors online, not knowing he can do all 5 love languages in person with me. Feeling ko mas nag-grow, and mas naging deep yung love namin sa isa't isa after meeting. We had time to know ourselves deeply. I was glad our first meet went well. I enjoyed the 1 week we had in Cebu.
2nd meeting we had is when he flew over to Luzon. That's when I realized he's the man I wanted in my life, kasi hindi lang ako yung nirerespect niya, kundi pati na din yung buong family ko. Most of my family he met, likes him. He knows me very well. He can calm me everytime na magulo yung utak ko. He knows how to handle me on my worst. He helps me even though I can. Dun ko lang narealize na, hindi na ako nag iisa sa buhay. May partner na ako, hindi boyfriend "lang" may partner na ako, and ikekeep ko to ng buong buhay ko.
Unang una, nagpapasalamat ako kay Lord dahil hindi niya ako pinabayaan. Nilakasan niya yung loob ko para magtiwala. Grabe ang plano ni Lord sa buhay ko, hindi ko inexpect yun. Siya lang ang nakaka alam kung gano ako nasaktan sa lahat ng pinagdaanan ko. Nagpapasalamat ako sa parents ko na sumuporta at nagtiwala sa relasyon namin. Salamat sa mga kumu friends or real life friends ko din na sumuporta samin.
Lastly, Thank you kumu. Kung hindi dahil sa kumu, hindi ako dadating sa punto ng buhay ko na maraming matututunan. Marami pa akong matututunan sa buhay, pero isa sa mga tulay ng pag abot ko ng pangarap ang kumu. Kumu changed how I think the world works. Kumu gave me pain and happiness. Kumu gave me a partner, that will love and protect me with all his life, and that is Bryan.
Maraming salamat sa lahat ng taong nakinig ng storya ko. This is your Author Elle, signing out as binibining_ell in kumu.
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