"Thick rusty rinds embrace my rigid body. They blanket me from heavy storms and the scorching July sun. Initials of two individuals were perfectly carved into my navel. I would forever bear the scar of his love. I witnessed how he lovingly engraved the first letter of her name into my body. He sits in my shade and watches the sky change from turquoise to blue."
On the last day of our final exams, and of course the end of the semester, I wasn’t able to talk to her that much because she came in late. Good thing she was seated adjacent to me, at least I had someone to gape at several times to help me gain my concentration and think of the right answers. Looking at her relaxes me. Her face seemed like perfectly sculpted from a white marble of calmness and serenity.
I finished my exam earlier that was why I had to leave the room. I whispered her goodbye as I walked in front to pass my paper and she muttered, “I will miss you” while she looked fixedly on her answer sheet.
As I went out of the building, the thought of her made me want to go back and wait outside the classroom. Maybe I was just feeling regretful that time for not saying a better goodbye. She still occupied my mind while I was inside the jeepney ‘till I reached home.
I went straight to my bed and buried my face in my pillow. There was a total silence. I tried to empty my mind. I flipped over and stared at the ceiling for seconds. I closed my eyes once again. My heart pounded. Breathed in. breathed out…One…two…three…PAK! Well that was just a mosquito I slapped, anyway, what’s the next number? Okay… four…five….six…six and a half….and BOOM! At last I REALIZED THREE SHITTY REALITIES. I liked her… shit, I was in love with her.. shittier, deeply in love with her… SHITTIEST, the semester's over!
