Memories of the Past (One Liter of Tears)

Chapter 27: Voice

A/N: Hi MOTP readers! Chapter 27 is ready to read! Hope you'll had a great time reading it! Enjoy!

Quote of the day:

• Starting today I need to forget what's gone. Appreciate what still remains. And look forward what's coming next.

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Denzel Sean's POV:

The whole week, Brianna's not talking to me. Maybe because I told her that she has an ugly chubby face. Why don't she get it? She's really as slow as a turtle sometimes. It's a compliment, really. Those girls who has a chubby face are really good-looking and cute.

"Hoy, Denzel!" Jake called me.

"Why?" I asked without turning him my face.

"Si Brianna, umiiyak na naman dahil sa sinabi mo! Halos hindi na siya kumain dahil sinabihan mo siyang mataba! Why are you so mean to her?" He asked.

"Walang kang pakealam, Jake. Wala kang alam."

"You knew that she likes you! But you keep on rejecting her! You keep on saying words that can hurt her feelings! Sinasaktan mo nalang siya lagi."

"Jake, we're still young to talk about that. We're just seven years old for pete's sake for those 'crush or likes' thing! Hayaan mo siyang kalimutan 'yung feelings niya towards sakin. Kasi at the end of the day, mananatili tayong bata at hindi pa tayo dapat namomoblema sa ganyang mga bagay." Sagot ko.

"Oo bata pa nga siguro tayo! Look, nagpaparaya na 'kong mapunta siya sayo! Pero sinasaktan mo lang siya. Huwag kang magtataka kung isang araw nasa akin na ang atensyon niya."

"Alam mo naman palang bata pa tayo eh. Bakit mo pinagpipilitan ang isang bagay na hindi pa pwedeng maramdaman at mangyari ngayon? Marami pang darating para satin."

"Wala naman sa edad ang makaramdam ng ganito diba?"

"Jake, what she felt is just an infatuation towards me. Nothing more, nothing less. Akala niya gusto niya 'ko pero hindi naman talaga. Maybe she's just overreacting about her feelings. Hindi niya 'ko gusto. Siguro humahanga lang siya sa mga ginagawa ko. Hanggang 'dun lang 'yon."

"Bakit hindi mo makuha 'yung point dito, Denzel? Sabi mo matalino ka pero bakit isang simpleng bagay lang hindi mo maintindihan? Gusto ka ni Brianna."

"Oo, matalino ako kaya ko nga 'to nasasabi eh. Minsan isipin niyo muna lahat ng sasabihin niyo bago niyo ilabas. Tulad nyan, hindi pa pwede 'yan dahil wala pa sa tamang panahon. Ang babata pa natin para sa bagay na wala namang kabuluhan tulad nyan."

"Para sayo wala talagang kabuluhan 'to dahil ayaw mong intindihin."

"Naiintindihan ko naman 'yung punto dito, Jake. Pero sinasabi ko sayo, tama na. May mga bagay na hindi na kailangang ipaglaban pa, ang tawag 'don 'dapat'. Pakisabi sa kanya, tantanan na niya 'ko. Dahil kahit kailan, hindi magandang ipagpilitan mo ang isang bagay na hindi pa nakatadhanang mangyari. Patuloy lang siyang masasaktan kung magpapatuloy siya."

"Bahala ka, Denzel. Huwag kang magulat kung isang araw, wala ng Brianna na nangungulit sayo."

"Yeah, hindi ako magtataka 'don. Kase alam kong sa unang parte pa lang ng kabanata, pinagtabuyan ko na siya."

Why do you keep on pleasing someone to accept your feelings towards them? Sana naman kung hindi maibigay, huwag ng ipagpilitan. Kasi mahihirapan ka lang din.

Brianna Shane's POV:

I cried really from what he sinabi. It feels like he make saksak my puso ng one hundred beses. He wanted me to stop from making kulit him kasi he knew na this is just an infatuation? Is he baliw na? Alam niya pa sakin. This is not an infatuation. Since kinder garten I have a crush on him na eh. Tapos... waaahh! It hurts talaga like huhuhu!