Compilation of Short Stories

Silence of Love

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My heart skipped a beat the moment I saw my boyfriend, Greg, walking down the hallway at the school. Time stopped. All I see is him smiling towards me. Those irresistible eyes, lips so kissable, and the happy dimple on his cheeks are just so perfect. He has this effect on me that makes me want to jump unto another planet.  I do wish he's the one... my prince charming.  I hope our love is like my mom and dads', that never gets old.  Love is really the best feeling in the world.
I went outside the campus just to keep myself busy, because Greg still has another class to join. I didn't notice that I was going to the enclosed park near our school. I saw the mystery man peacefully sitting again in deep thought at the edge of the corner on the dirty dark park. He is a man of middle age, ruffled hair, and bony body. I used to see him every day still on the same position looking like he's waiting for someone that isn't coming. He is with his cuddly dog named Goofy. I think Goofy is his only family... because if ever he still has one, he should've been living with them instead, and not on this lonely abandoned park.
I'm pretty sure he didn't notice the weather this afternoon. The sky was tar-black and the large clouds were beginning to gather. So I ran next to him silently praying that I would be able to convince him to move so he could prepare himself on the upcoming rain. After the moment that I told him, I felt quietly embarrassed at his blank response. I was just about to leave so I can get rid on the awkwardness when he spoke,
"I used to be here playing with my best friend whom I have fallen in love with. She is the girl I ever love. She is very beautiful, purely innocent, has this radiant smile that you first want to see the moment you wake up in the morning and laughs a lot!" a broad smile appear on his pale face.
There was a long pause and I remained silent the whole time, wondering what has happened to this person.
"The first time we met, that was on 24th day of March. How could I forget that bitter sweet moment of my life? That was the day when my parents broke up and I ended up being left with my cruel aunt. I was in deep pain. I feel like the whole world had come crashing down at me but I can never erase the fact that even that's my saddest day, I am also at my happiest because she found me. She came here just like you did informing me about the bad weather." 
I laughed. 
He then added, "And she laughed just like that".
Curious about them, I asked him what happened to them.
"Obviously, we didn't end up together. I told her that I love her, but she didn't accept my love. She chose my buddy over me. Yes, she loved me, but not in the way that I want her to. I was that guy who is lost, and just want to be loved. And then I realized that love isn't like that. Because I love her, I chose to let her go. I chose to stay away from her because I don't want her to feel guilty."
As he was saying this, he buried his head on his palm, and rocked back and forth sobbing as he did... the tears streaming down his face. I don't know how to comfort this helpless man. He should have not let her go. He shouldn't have let them happy when he is miserable. And as of his best friend? How could she just forget about him? How could his buddy betray him? Random questions crossed my mind. I want to tell him that he's too dumb to just let someone you love go. But as I was about to tell him he said,
"I know you think that I'm miserable, rejected by my best friend, or betrayed by my buddy. But I am happy that she is happy. They built my ideal family; a family that I never had in my childhood. You may even think that I'm way too dumb to love someone who can't love me back, but I'll tell you, love isn't receiving back the love you give. If her happiness is with my buddy, then I'm happy for her."
That left me dumbfounded.

I admire this man for being brave. In my part, I honestly don't know what to do if ever Greg is in love with someone else.
Then suddenly, Goofy cast away and he ran trying to get him.  I'm already too late to call him that he dropped his wallet in the ground.
I'm lucky enough that the heavy rain poured down and that the sound blurred into one long, whirring noise covering the tears that rolled down my cheeks not because I saw Greg passionately kissed another girl... but to my mom who is smiling cheerfully in the picture.