Tales From The Borderlands

Happy Crush

Nothing ever beats the feeling of having a crush on someone without expecting anything in return.

It’s the warm smiles over nothing, stolen glances that make your heart skip, and a subtle excitement upon seeing them.

It’s playful, innocent, and sweet—more about the joy of liking someone than needing to be liked back.

The excitement, the sudden nervousness and urge to avoid them whenever they're around, yet still glances at them every chance u get.

How the adrenaline rush kicks in even with the SLIGHTEST interaction you had with them. It gives you such huge and carefree feeling.

Like wdym he got me blushing, giggling, kicking my feet and twirling my hair when he views my stories (maybe even like it sometimes), reacts to my posts, have small conversations, and just have these constant interactions that make me happy from time to time.

They make your day bearable na kahit napagod ka sa subjects na tinake mo, makita mo lang siya automatic magiging masaya ka.

So here it goes.

It's the final semester of taking our course subject—PATHF.

Second year of college, second semester.

First day of class namin ngayong second sem, may mga naging classmate kami sa PATHF na galing from ibang program. 

Grinupo kami ng instructor namin into 5 groups at laking tuwa ko nang maging kagroup ko ang kaibigan ko, 10 members kami.

Ako ang nagsulat ng names namin sa 1/4 paper at kinuha ko ang mga ID nila kasi hindi ko kilala ang ibang kasama namin from other program.

Pinagawa kami ng video about promoting our University. Naadd na namin lahat sa group chat namin kasama ung iba from Teacher Education maliban sa isa. Although ako ang nagsulat ng names namin, hindi ko kasi natandaan ung name ng isang Civil Engineering na naihalo sa amin. I don't even remember his face.

Until may nagpop-up na message request. It was from Lance—ung civil engineering na hindi namin natandaan ang pangalan. Nagpapaadd sa gc namin so I added him na.

Fast forward, almost 1 week din naming ginawa ang promotion video because of our different schedules. 4 people are from Teacher Education—they major in Mathematics. 5 of us are Geodetic Engineering and 1 Civil Engineering which makes it hard for us na magvideo dahil iba-iba ang vacant namin.

Despite the challenges encountered, natapos din namin and ang next task is sasayaw kami.

Then naging partner ko si Lance.

At first, uncomfortable ang setup na ito for me kasi hindi ako sanay na gahibla lang ang distance sa lalaki at humahawak ng kamay ng lalaki.

It was uncomfortable, yes. Pero ate ko jusko, ang bango ng kamay ni Lance na tipong magpractice kami ng hapon before umuwi, pagbalik sa boarding pag-uwi hanggang gabi kapag hindi ako naghugas ng kamay amoy pa rin sa kamay ko ung amoy niya ganems!! And nabanggit ko na bang mabango natural scent niya?? Like as in.

Alam mo paano ko nalaman na natural scent niya pala ung naaamoy ko?

At first akala ko pabango niya yon. Naamaze pa ako kasi bihira sa pabango ng lalaki ang gusto ko kasi ayoko ng pabango ng mga lalaki na ang tatapang. Siya kasi ang naaamoy ko light lang na basta mabango for me.

Then one day, nagpractice kami ng morning so syempre fresh-fresh pa tayo. Naaamoy ko kakaibang scent from him so sabi ko "Nagpalit ka ng pabango?" then he answered, "Huh? Hindi. Ito naman lagi kong gamit na pabango."

Edi hinayaan ko na kasi gusto ko rin naman ung amoy na yon. Tapos nagpractice kami ulit ng hapon uwian na ganon so pawisan na. Naamoy ko na naman ung scent na naaamoy ko sa kanya.