Let Me Be The One

Chapter 33: Perfect Relationship

Chapter 33: Perfect Relationship

Ang relationship di lang puro happy and kilig moments, part din ang awayan at selosan. Masasabing mong perfect na ang relationship niyo kapag nasosolve agad ang tampuhan at misunderstandigs, na hindi na pinag aawayan ang maliit na bagay, na nagpapakumbaba pareho para lang maayos ang relasyon niyo.

Perfect na relationship namin ni Jake.

Nadaanan na kasi namin yung biggest fight namin eh, yung kay may sakit si Maf. Mas naging sweet kami at mas open sa isa't isa. Pinag uusapan muna namin ang nangyari bago kumilos.

You could say na para kaming old couples, yung tipong without saying a word in sync ang galaw namin.

Most nights, nakahiga kami sa rooftop ng bahay nila, looking at the dark skies. Thinking of the future, 'our' future to be exact.

Nandon na kami sa point na, nagdecide na kami ng names ng baby namin and how many. Kung saan kami titira kapag may pamilya na ang mga anak namin and so on.

Alam namin, na kami pa din until the end. Na siya ang happily ever after ko.

Kaso...

Hindi pala.

Hindi pala perfect yung relationship namin.

Hindi pala yun ang biggest fight namin.

Hindi pala kami nagkakaintindihan.

Hindi pala kami parehas ng future.

Hindi pala namin 'happily ever after' ang isa't isa.

Ako lang pala nag iisip ng ganon.

"Berry, I fell out of love, sorry," Jake said to me, one afternoon when he visited the school.

Nandoon kami sa part ng school sa likod, kung saan konting tao lang ang pumupunta. Pupunta lang ako dito if I need time for myself. And when Jake visited, and asked to talk to me, I brought him here.

Ironically, ito din yung place na pinagdalhan niya sa akin nung time na gusto niyo ng space to think and reevaluate our feelings.

How I wished na sana pala sa ibang lugar ko siya dinala. Maybe hindi ganito ang sasabihin niya.

I was stunned by his words. It wasn't what I expected. Yan din ang words na ayaw kong marinig sa kanya.

"I-- are you? A-are you breaking up with me?" I said with my most hurt voice. Saying that question which answer I dreaded to hear.

I didn't removed my gaze from him. Not waiting for his answer, but to memorize his face eventhough I know it like the back of my hand. I know deep down na this will be the last time na freely akong makakatingin sa kanya. Because I know, sooner or later, someone will take my place. Yung the right one for him, unfortunately now, I know it's not me.

A while after, hindi pa din siya nagrespond but I already knew what his answer's gonna be.

"Can you please leave?" I asked, or more like beg. He looked hurt with my request like he hadn't hurted me with his last statement. "I want to be alone."

He looked like he wanted to say something but decided not to and then walked away. Ni isang lingon man lang, di niya ginawa.

I broke down when I think he's gone.

Suddenly, I was engulfed in a hug. "Don't cry," the one who hugged me said. I grasped his polo tight and cried harder.

"Maf, why?" I don't know what, why, I was asking because there's too many questions running on my mind. I hadn't got the chance to ask bc of the schock his statement gave me.

"Shhh.. Everything will be alright."

I cried harder because of that. Nothing's gonna be alright if I don't have Jake by my side.