THAT PERSON

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Letter, Love and Goodbyes

Months passed by, and only a little days before our class parted when THAT PERSON’s girlfriend called me. At that time THAT PERSON rarely comes to school.

We went to the garden then she told me that made my heart died completely.

We sat on one of the benches in the garden and luckily no one was there, it was so quiet that you almost hear the buzzing of bees, plants moving due to air flowing and the noisy students in the ground.

I can’t take it so I talk first “Kamusta na kayo? Bah! Loko yun ah di na nagpapakita! “I said.

She smiled but you can read the sadness in her eyes “why?” I asked.

“pinabibigay niya sa iyo” she said and she gave me a letter as I accepted the letter she stood up and walk a little further and

“Alam mo, di naman kami talaga mag nobyo eh.” She said.

I got puzzled. “huh?”

she laughed

“He loves you so much alam mo ba yun?” she said.

I got confused and I thought what?

“Ano ba naman yang sinasabi mo, ikaw yung girlfriend bakit sinasabi mo yan!” I said trying to suppress my tears.

Why? Why now? You’ve got to be kidding me!

“Siguro naguguluhan ka na no? Basahin mong maigi yung sulat ha? Intindihin mo para di ka maguluhan. Masasagot lahat ng tanong mo. Sorry kung sinaktan ka niy, BALIW kasi yun eh. Mutual naman yung feelings niyo diba?” I got flustered when she said that

What the hell! Do I look obvious?

“Ang totoo niyan – “ it got cut off when the bell rang.

Hindi ko alam ang gagawin ko ng mga panahon na iyon.

Bakit? Ang gulo! Ano ba ang sinasabi mo? Di ka niya girlfriend?eh pinakilala ka nga niya as yun diba?.

Recess time. Nasa garden ako ng binuksan ko ang sulat.

Habang binabasa ko ang sulat unti unting tumulo ang luha  ko hanggang maging hagulgol.

He’s dead. He’s dead.

Walang salita ang lumabas sa bibig ko habang paulit ulit kong binasa ang sulat ng TAONG YUN.

Bakit? Bakit? Ang sakit sakit. Parang pinirapiraso ang puso ko. Ang sakit.

Hanggang matapos ang recess, ang klase, umiyak lang ako ng umiyak.

Tigil na please! Tigil na! sabi ko sa sarili ko habang pinupunas ang luha ko pero di pa rin tumitigil sa pag patak no’n.

Salamat sa girlfriend ng TAONG YUN di ko na kailangan magpakita sa mga kaklase ko para kunin ang bag ko.

“Sorry” she said. I nodded and didn’t say anything then I went home.

As I got home I went immediately upstairs,

I didn’t even greet my parents and locked myself in my room.

I read THAT PERSON’S letter, and again tears fell from my eyes and pain in my heart starts to feel.