Fated: Ways Of Love

PROLOGUE

It's dark, sobrang dilim ng paligid. Wala akong ibang kasama, just alone in this void of darkness.

But for me, this feeling is just normal. Lagi akong nag-iisa, walang ibang mapagkakatiwalaan. This is all normal for me, no one cared for me anyway.

I hope my parents still does. A thought crossed my mind, well, I'll never know if that hopes were true.

I had a few friends in high school, maybe I should call them acquaintances. There's a certain border line between real friends and people who just knows your there.

I found myself just walking in this void of darkness, not knowing where to go.

It was cold, really cold. Wish I had a sweater on me right now.

Uniform lang ang suot ko. May pagka-manipis ito, may kasama itong blazer, ngunit sa kasamaang palad ay hindi ko suot ito, hanggang taas ng tuhod naman ang suot kong palda. Luckily, I'm wearing long socks... without shoes.

Tanging ang tunong ng aking yabag lamang ang nariring ko.

Then I noticed something.

Sa di kalayuan ay mayroong munting kislap ng liwanag.

Automatically, my body went towards the light that I am seeing. Now that I realized it, I couldn't even control my body!

Habang naglalakad ang aking katawan palapit sa hinahangad na lugar, papalapit din ng papalapit ang liwanag.

A book? There was a book.

Floating out of nowhere...

How though?

My hands reached for it, which I am not controlling by the way. As my hand touched the floating book, the letters conveyed on the cover was shining, as a result I could not read it. Mukhang pag tiningnan ko pa ng mas matagal ay mabubulag na ako.

And I wouldn't want to be blind, just so you know.

Habang hawak ko ang libro, unti-unting bumubukas ito.

It was opening by itself.

Ang lumabas dito?

Liwanag.

Slowly, the void of darkness was being eaten by the light emitted by the book.

Nakakasilaw, syempre...

The light that surrounded me

Suddenly turned into my room.

Ngayon ko lang na realize na kanina pa pala tumutunog alarm clock ko.

It's 5:30 AM at ang dilim pa sa labas, naiimagine ko lang siguro yung liwanag kanina.

Why I set my alarm this early? Well, I think I have trust issues with myself. 7AM ang pasok namin at malapit lang ang apartment na ito sa school na pinapasukan ko. Pag di ko na stop yung alarm ay mag uulit ito bawat five minutes.

I'm a very heavy sleeper. Kumbaga, tulog mantika?

I stretched my body, got up, and went to the bathroom. Pagtingin ko sa salamin, suot ko parin pala ang uniform ko kahapon. Sobra siguro akong napagod kahapon, halos lahat ng teacher nagpa-introduce yourself.

Well, after all, it was the first day of school.

Nag simula na akong mag toothbrush at maligo.

Pagkatapos kong maligo, nagbihis na ko. Uniform ulit kasi may pasok ngayon. But ofcourse, ibang set ng uniform na 'to.

Pumunta nako sa kusina, binuksan ko ang cabinet at ang bumungad sakin ay
Instant noodles, ramen, cup noodles, canned tuna at sardines.

Ayan nalang ang natitira sa stock ko? Ang dami nito last week, masyado na ba kong matakaw?

Mag-diet na bako?

Kinuha ko nalang yung cup noodles at naginit ng tubig sa thermos.

Habang kumakain ay blanko parin ang utak ko. Parang umagang lutang, ganon.

Pero diba nanaginip ako kanina?

I don't really know.

People usually forget their dreams.

I guess I forgot?