Imagine If

11

Araw araw ay nasa bahay ako ni Eleven para itaste test ang nga niluto niya kasama ang kapatid niya.

"Ay! Kuya ang alat!" Sabi ng kapatid niya

"Yup, masyadong maalat to" sabi ko naman at uminom ng tubig.

"Ugh this is flustrating" complain ni Eleven

"Isipin mo nalang na mapapahanga sayo si Alexane if you made her food"

"Sabi kasi dito, 4 teaspoon of salt daw" sabi niya

"Excuse me ah, pero hindi naman teaspoon ang ginamit mo eh. Spoon lang! Plus hindi naman minemeasure kung ilan ang ilalagay, tatansyahin mo lang tapos titikman tikman mo"

"Why don't you just do it for me?"

"Nasaan dun ang effort and sabi ko sayo, mas masarap ang pinaghirapan." Sabi ko naman

"Fine, just guide me with this para naman matuto ako" sabi niya and I guided him on how to properly make it.

At the end of the day, he managed to make the food taste just fine, hindi maalat, hindi matabang sakto lang.

"See, if I'm the one who made it, you wouldn't look this happy" sabi ko

"Yeah, you're right. I'm so proud of myself right now" sabi niya

He hugged me and I hugged him back. But I feel soomething wrong. A weird feeling.

"So now tell me, how I can compliment her" He asked

"Seriously? Compliment lang yan. You can do it"

"Like what, give me examples"

"Like tell her that she smells good today, tell her that hair is looking good, tell her that blooming siya and just compliment her even in little things. But the best thing to compliment is her personality"

"Also, before you can be a boyfriend, be her friend. Find what she's interested in and you know, talk about it"

"Be honest and be yourself." Sabi ko

Imagine if Alexane would also ask me to help her like this, then they are match made of heaven.

"Thank you talaga sa lahat ng naitulong mo sa akin. I promise you, once na naging kami, tutulungan din kita sa kung sino man ang gusto mo" sabi niya and smiled at me.

There is a part of me that wants them to be together but there's a part of me wishing that all of this won't work.

I don't know. I just don't want to lose a friend. I'm afraid that I won't exist in his world. Again.

I knew Eleven when I was a kid. We used to play in kindergarten. We use to hang out alot back then. Pero lumipat sila sa ibang lugar.

Thats why I'm so afraid that I'll lose him again. But now, not because he's gonna move places. Now, because of Alexane.

I can't tell him because he probably doesn't remember. The little angel back then turned into this monster.

What can I do? I'm the bestfriend. I'm happy even if he won't know the truth. That back then, we swore to love each other and nobody else.

Umuwi na ako at dumeretso sa kwarto ko. Matutulog na sana ako pero ang lakas ng tugtog ni kuya sa kwarto kaya pumunta muna ako sa kwarto niya.

I didn't knock and just went straight inside.

I saw a girl, probably the same age with kuya. In the bed. With clothes on.

"Uhm hello?" Sabi ko at mukhang nagulat ang babae.