LOVE AT THE PILLARS: An Atenean Love Story

Prologue

I am Nicanor Santiago Villarosa y Samaniego. Well, I really have a long name but my folks called me “KANOR” and I definitely loathe the sound of it. I want them to call me “Nick” but they are all stubborn and love to tease me with that awful name. Through my so-called classy name, some people think that I belong to a rich type of family. But in reality, I am nothing but only an average guy that belongs to an average family. Through all the years in my life, I never feel that I am someone special because I think that I am a creep, likewise the Radiohead song tells me. I admit I am a GEEK. Sa itsura ko pa naman na ang buhok ay pang JP Rizal, salamin na tulad nung kay Ninoy, sa katawang kong payat at ugaling masyadong mahiyain. Tingin tuloy ng iba I am nothing but a loser, pero di naman ako pangit. Baduy lang kung maka-porma. I don’t look cool sa paningin ng nakakarami, lagi ba namang naka polo, leather na shoes at maong. Isa pa sa mga kapintasan ko ay kahit kailan di pa ako nagka girlfriend, NGSB na kung tuksuhin ako ng mga katropa ko,  hindi ko pa nga nasubukang manligaw sa sobrang pagkamahiyain ko. Daig ko pa nga ang Makahiya na twing may mga chikas sa malapit, tiyak tiklop kaagad ang confidence ko. I always hide from my shell like a turtle. Ni wala pa nga akong akong first kiss, kahit man lang nakabangaan na girl at magdikit ang mga lips namin na pwede di nang ituring na first kiss di man lang magkatotoo.

Well, even though I suck for romance and flirting stuff. I am proud of myself because I always done something excellent in academics. I’m proud to say that I am a student of Ateneo de Naga University, in short I am an ATENEAN. I am a certified bookworm. I chose information and communication technology/computer studies as my field of profession. I took up Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering. Bata pa lang ako hilig ko na talaga ang computer (games). Di naman ako yung tipong sobrang galing o sobrang katalinuhan, kundi yung tipong tama lang, pagdating kasi sa pag-aaral masasabi na rin nating luklukan din ako minsan ng katamaran. Since I was young, I always showcase my talents and great ideas, pursigido at masipag ako noon mag-aral. Pero simula noong nag high school, naging bahagyang easy-go-lucky na lang ako dahil madalas akong bigo sa mga crushes ko sa campus noon. Dahil ako ang dakilang torpe ng bayan. I don’t socialize well that’s why I have only few friends. Minsan pa nga nabubully ako, kasi sa payat ko ba namang ito, ewan ko lang kung makapalag pa ako sa mga siga noong high school.

I always dream of that someday my love life will turn out to be like one of those stories I’ve read on books and watched on movies, like those melodrama Korean movies. I know it sounds gay, but somehow I love how it used to be. Pero dumating ang araw na nagbago ang lahat sa buhay ko. It started when I meet a girl that becomes my closest friend in my life, my ever true best friend. Kahit na sobrang layo ng dating namin. Yeah that’s right, we are beyond different from each other. We were something privative to each other. How an awesome, sassy, kind-hearted peculiar grandeur like her could accepted a dork like me to be her friend? I wonder so many times about it. How could she accept my flaws and for who I am? Our friendship grow stronger and I’ve learned so many things in life that books can’t teach me, she let me experienced so many things that how could I live my life to the fullest. But what is the ultimate lessons that I’ve learned from her? She taught me how to love and showed me the true color of this world. She gave me sanctuary, she gave hope for a hopeless romantic like me, she made me feel beloved and she loved me. I fell in love with a girl, my best friend. This is my story…..