Love Stories Over A Cup Of Coffee

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It's a lazy Thursday morning. My classes for the whole day are cancelled. I do not have duty at the coffee shop today because manager said he's taking over. But manager asked me to bring P'Kao's food to the hospital.

Since the gallery is on my way, I decided to drop by, hoping the third installment of the photo of the mysterious photographer is already on display. I got tickets this time. Apparently, the curator became a friend already and she sent me two tickets.

Just when I was about to pullover, I saw P'Ohm get out of the gallery with a girl. So I pulled over across the gallery. From there, I observed them.

The girl looks familiar....Ah! The actress who happens to be P'Ohm former girlfriend. What are they doing there together?

Oh, P'Ohm opened the door for the girl, and both of them got into P'Ohm's car.

So, is this the important thing P'Ohm has to do today? This is the reason why he said he can't accompany me to the gallery this afternoon?

But...P'Ohm has his freedom to do whatever he wants. It is his life. Besides, what the-

The phone is ringing, it's P'Kao.

"Fluke, where are you? P' said you left 30 minutes ago. You should be here by now." P'Kao did not allow me to even say hello.

"P', I just have to drop by somewhere. I'm on my way already." I explained

"Okay, then. Drive safely."

"Yes, P'"

"Isn't is wonderful?" I heard the curator said.

I smiled. I got lost in my own thoughts again. I went to the gallery after bringing P'Kao his food. The first thing I looked for was the third picture. It's there, at the end of the gallery. It's the other half of the upper portion. The smiling yet sad eye in the photo reminds me of my old self again. Maybe that's why I keep coming back to see the photos, to see the whole of it, to see the person who has the same smiling sad eyes as mine.

"P', now that 3 photos have been exhibited, we can now have a picture of the person in the photo, right?" I asked the curator, my eyes still on the photo.

"Hmmm, that's hard."

"Why P?"

"You see, the photographer usually takes home his photo after the exhibit. Also, any photo taken and uploaded on the internet will be immediately erased by the photographer's company. Besides, looking for a photo without a title is quite tricky already." She explained.

"How about you, P, did you not take any photos?" I'm hoping she did secretly.

"I could not. I signed a contract."

"That's weird. But it only means that this photo is very important to the photographer to go that far."

"And maybe, just maybe, the subject of the photo is as important as well." The curator said before she left because there are more and more people coming in.

I wanted to ask her if she saw P'Ohm, and if she saw the one with him this morning but I was not brave enough to do that. After all, I came into terms with the reality that as P'Ohm's friend, I should not meddle with his personal life, unless it endangers him. Reconnecting with a person from his past isn't life threatening.

I have also come into terms with my feelings for him. And I know where I stand in his life. And so, I should just play the role that I have.

"Fluke."

"Fluke."

"FLUKE!" that made be comeback to reality. It's P'Kao. He's looking at me with worried eyes.