My Love from the Library

Prologue

A.N:  Short story lang ito. Hindi ko talaga kasi mapigilang hindi ibahagi ang story na ito. True to life po siya na ang setting... ay sa library lang. Sana mag enjoy kayo. This story happens to me.

There is this boy whom I was secretly watching. There is this boy who doesn't have any slightest idea about what I feel everytime were in the same place, silently reading. He never knew that the girl he was with at the corner of the libary is slowly falling inlove with him just with his simple actions. And then , we met but he left. He was gone and he never knew the feelings I had for him. All I knew is he love me...too.

Oh sheesh . Id rather read this crime investigation than to finish this kind of epic story. I grab the book of investigation and sit at the table near the criminology section. I love reading detective's book and be able to indentify who the killer is although I'm a masscomm student. 

Tuwing nagbabasa ako ng ganitong libro, kinakalimutan kong hindi lang ako ang nandirito ngayon sa loob ng library dahil iniisip kong nasa totoong senaryo ako na kung saan kailangan kong alamin kung sino ang pumatay sa biktima.

When I was about to bring the killer into justice in my imagination, I was destructed by the time 15 political student came in laughing loudly as if they don't know how to read that's why they ignored  the big poster on the wall with a capital letters saying "OBSERVE SILENCE".

To avoid those out of tune voices, I move at the corner of this room unaware that there is also someone there. It took me 30 minutes to realized that the guy beside me seems like he has something to say.

"May gusto kang sabihin... naiistorbo ba kita?"
"K-kukunin ko lang sana yung scientific calculator ko, nadaganan mo kasi"

I stared at him for almost 30 second before I finally analyzed what he was saying. I felt embarrassed when I feel something under my butt. Shessssh ! Seriously?

"Pasensya na...ito oh"
"Okay lang.. salamat"

And then he resume computing while I stare at him without blinking my eyes as If i was stunned. Hindi ko maintindihan kung bakit imbes na itong libro na ito ang basahin ko, mukha na niya ngayon ang iniimbestigahan ko.

Isa siyang Civil engineering student at bukod sa medyo messy niyang buhok ay matangos din ang ilong niya at manipis ang labi at medyo singkit na mata. Katamtaman lang ang kulay ng balat nya at kung pagkukumparahin, mas maputi ako kesa sakanya.

Natigil lang ang pagtitig ko sakanya ng bigla siyang tumayo at inayos ang kanyang mga gamit.

"Wala ka bang klase ate "
"Wal---sheeeesh ! Meron late  na ako!"

Mabilis kong kinuha ang mga gamit ko at tumakbo palabas ng library . This is ridiculous ! How did I forget that I have class at 10:30, its already what ? 10:45! I've never been in a situation where I enter to a classroom more than five minutes late.

"This is so not you Ezy "
"Paki mo ba ? Bawal ba akong ma late? You know there is always first time, eh sa nag enjoy nga ako sa pagbabasa eh"

Sa pagbabasa ka nga ba nagenjoy Ezy?

Oh sheeessssh ! Oo na, na late na ako dahil doon sa civil engineering student na yun , happy ?

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Natapos ang mahabang diskusyon ng teacher namin na kung kayo ang makikinig ay mamabutihin niyo nalang na mag stay sa library kesa sa makinig sa kanya. This teacher speak and moves like a demure lady when in fact HE.IS.A.BOY.

I automatically went upstairs where lots of book are displayed . I sit on the corner and start reading Extreme Killing by Fox Levin and to put a thrill, I put my earphones on. Suddenly I felt that someone adjusted the chair and I believe I was the only one here in this corner so to confirm that there is someone,  I put down my book and there, I saw someone looking at his scientific calculator and then writting some numbers that I'm not interested to know because I hate Math. Its him.

Napahinto siya nang maramdaman niyang nakatingin ako sa kanya and believe me when I say na nung tumingin siya ay sakto namang napakinggan ko yung part na time slows down whenever you're around sa kanta ni Taylor Swift. I never felt this way before so KILL.ME.NOW.

"Hi. Nadistruct ba kita ?"
"Ha? Hindi naman" lul ! Oo kaya.
"Mahilig ka pala sa ganyang book"

Tinignan ko ang librong hawak ko saka uli ako tumingin sa kanya.

"Oo. Halata naman diba ?

He laugh awkwardly at narealized kong mali ang pagkakasagot ko sakanya.

"Oh. I'm sorry. Ganun lang talaga ako minsan magsalita. Ituloy mo na yang ginagawa mo, mukang kailangan mo talagang pag aralan yan, kanina ka pa nag cocompute eh."
"Ah hindi naman. Sa katunayan tapos ko na ito, I was just checking if my answers are all right"
"Oh...okay I need to go para maglunch, gusto mo bang makisabay ?"
"Hindi na.. anyway nice to meet you---"
"Ezy .Ezy Medanes."
"Nice to meet you Ezy Medanes. Im Shelter De Vera"

We shake hands tapos lumabas na ako. Tinignan ko ang oras at araw sa cellphone ko. 12:11.August 3,2015.

I smile...

Nice to meet you too Shelter.