1+2= Not meant to be

12

Month of October.

Time's been so fast and it's my bestfriend's birthday right now.

Nakita ko si Ace sa labas ng room, i ran to her and hugged her while saying 'happy birthday'.

She was pissed, naka kunot ang noo niya pero ngumiti naman siya pag greet ko sakanya. I wasn't surprised when i heard her yelling at Kael. Well Kael's one of a hella headache maker. His day will never be complete kapag wala siyang naaasar saming tatlo nila Ace at Rechille.

Well lately he's showing motives towards me, my bestfriends well support daw sila kay Kael. Kael's a naughty guy but he's okay? I guess. I mean he's not that bad.

I went out carrying my bag. Nasa harap kasi kami kanina and i decided to get my bag para diretso na ko uwi mamaya. Ngayon nasa gilid naman ako ng classroom namin. May naka park na motor ng mga teachers dito kaya umupo nalang ako sa isa.

I was silently sitting while humming a song when someone passed by that caught my attention. It was Dos, i remember our last exchange of texts. I just don't know how things between us changed. It just happened in just a snap. One day i woke up without seeing his name on my screen, one night i didn't received even a goodnight from him. And it was fine, i guess. But i know it's not fine, i was left wondering why?

Bakit nga ba Dos?

Napabuntong hininga nalang ako habang tinatanaw siyang naglalakad papunta sa likod. I didn't even bothered talking to him or tried to approach him. I mean my friends didn't actually became vocal about their curiosity about us. They never asked or opened a topic about Dos or something near.

So i left it that way, if he's tired of us being more than just friends, us without any label or him waiting for me, then i'll settle with him being a stranger to me now, i'll just settle with our almost.

Nag iwas ako ng tingin at kinalkal ang bag ko. I was busy looking for my phone nang biglang may humila sa bag ko at itinakbo ito.

"Kael!" i shouted, he looked at me and stuck his tongue out.

"You're not being funny! Give me my bag back!"

I tried catching up to him but he's just so tall and his legs are long! Jesus i can't even catch him even if i was a runner before.

Wala akong nagawa, pinapagod ko lang ang sarili ko so i decided to go back to my place and waited for him to give my bag to me back when he's bored.

Humahalakhak siya habang nag jo-jog papunta sa kinaroroonan ko.

He sat beside me at siya naman ang kumalkal sa bag ko. I rolled my eyes at him, as if he'll find something interesting there.

I was calm for about a minute but then i remembered something, the secret pocket, the ring, with his name.

Agad nanlaki ang mga mata ko at ibinaling sa gilid ko ang atensyon ko. I tried pulling my bag but i was too late. Nakita na niya. He was so curious and he tried reading what was engraved in the ring.

Sinubukan kong abutin iyon sakanya, pero mataas nga siya!

"Teka lang naman Isa, ano to? Kanino to?" He asked while his attention is still on the ring.

"You don't need to know Kael! Akin na kasi"

"Wait wait, nababasa ko ba to ng tama? is this Dos? Dos as in Diosdado?"

Nakakunot noo niyang tanong sakin. I was left silent. I can't utter a word.

Nakita kong napalingon sa gawi namin si Dos, hindi naman kasi siya sobrang layo, tsaka i know Kael's voice is loud.