When I'm With You

WIWY 30

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This Is It
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     "Ano ba 'yan!? Bakit kailangan pang mangka-traffic ngayon!?" Ruru asked annoyed. Ruru was driving to the coffee shop and was beeping the horn because there was a major traffic. It was 3:40 PM and he said that he'll be there at three. He shouldn't be doing this since the driver in front of him has no fault, but he's forty minutes late. He hope that Kylie didn't think he stood her up.

     After eight minutes, he finally arrived at the coffee shop he said they'll meet up. He looked around and didn't see her anywhere the place. Maybe she left when he didn't show up the first thirty minutes. He sighed heavily and sat at an available table.

     He took out his phone and contacted her again. He has to explain. He thought that maybe she thought he stood her up.

     "Hello, Kylie. Um...umalis ka ba?" That's the first thing he said to her when she picked up.
     "Um...hindi, I'm sorry I'm late, Ruru. Madami pa akong ginawa kanina at traffic ngayon eh. I'm half way there. Pwede bang maghintay ka muna d'yan? I'm stuck here." He felt realived that she wasn't there yet and he was the first one to get there. He thought Kylie might've got mad at him. He cared about her feelings for him...now.

     "Okay lang iyon, Kylie. I thought umalis ka na kasi na-late din ako ng pagdating." Ruru replied to her. He heard her gigled.
     "Okay, bye. Kita na lang tayo d'yan." Kylie said and Ruru smiled even if she can't see it.
     "Bye." He shortly said and Kylie hang up.
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     "Ruru, andito na ako. Sorry na-late ako ah. Alam mo na naman." Kylie said and sat down. Ruru smiled at her and she smiled back. They really like smiling at each other.

     "You said may sasabihin ka sa akin, Ruru. Ano iyon?" Kylie asked him and Ruru breath heavily.

     "Naalala mo ba nung college pa lang tayo, Kylie?" Ruru asked her back. Kylie nodded as she remembers.

     "Oo naman, doon naman tayo nagkakilala eh. Bakit mo naman natanong?" Kylie answered and asked him back.

     "May nalaman ako. I never noticed what I found out. I never thought na totoo iyon, but it's true... ayon kay Sanya." Ruru said and she didn't know why, but suddenly nervousness came to her. She bit her lower lip and nodded at what he said meaning she understood.
     "Naniniwala ako kay Sanya, but I want to know if it's true. At ikas ang makakasagot nun." Ruru added and Kylie's system panic. She doesn't even know the question as she believes. Ruru breathe heavily.

     "A-ano i-iyon?" Kylie asked nervously.
     "At bakit ako lang ang makakasagot?" She added a question. She has a sweet reminder in her head to keep calm. This isn't what she was thinking was it.

     "Alam kong... may crush ka sa akin. Dati pa. I noticed that." The hit her so hard. He noticed her liking him. Kylie kept biting her lower lip to stop herself from the nervousness she has in her entire system.

     "Alam mo naman pala." She whispered but his ears heard what she said. Kylie loooed at him.
     "T-totoo iyon, Ru." She said softly.

     "Pero nagulat ako sa nalaman ko kay Sanya. I never thought about it until now dahil sinabi niya sa akin." That made her even more nervous. She lowered her head and looked down.

     'Dammit! Bakit ganito ang nararamdaman ko. Calm down. Okay lang ito. Hindi ko nga alam ang sinabi sa kanya ni Sanya eh. Just listen to him.' Kylie said to herself as she's looking down.

     "Mahal mo na daw ako, Kylie. Is that true?" He said straight to his point. Kylie loooed at him again. She can't tell his expression. It's a some kind of sad, curious, and pleading face he's making. That means he's pleading her to asnwer him and answer him with the truth.

     "It... it doesn't really matter, Ru. Nung naging crush kita. It was three years ago." Kylie said and Ruru shook his head.

     "Kylie, ayokong may nasasaktan ako. Lalo na kapag tinatago nila sa akin na nasasaktan ko na sila. Please answer me." Ruru said as stood up, walked to her, and sat beside her. He held her left hand.

     'You've already hurt me. There's no point telling you now. Matagal na iyon. And it was all my fault kung bakit ako nasaktan.' Kylie told herself those words.

     "Kasalanan ko naman kung bakit ako nasaktan. I didn't commit. Natakot ako and locked myself to the words na masasaktan lang ako." Kylie said as he caress her hand.

     "Ibig sabihin nun ay... totoo nga. Mahal mo talaga ako." That's not a question. Kylie slowly nodded and a few tears rolled down to her cheeks.

     "I went with my guts at nahuli ako." She said and wiped her teats with her other hand.

     "Totoo ang sinabi ni Sanya, Ruru. Mahal kita, mahal na mahal talaga kita. Ever since that they at the park." Kylie admitted. And he remembered thaat day at the park. It's either when he gave her those five roses or when they kissed.

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10/31/18
From: Miss M.A.