Loving my Bestfriend

She;

(Daffodil's POV)

Ramdam ko ang pagtigil ng paghinga ko. Mabilis parin ang kabog ng puso ko kahit sa bawat pagtibok nun ay may sakit na dulot. Parang tinakasan ako ng lakas sa narinig ko. Ayokong maniwala pero nasasaktan ako.

"Daf? You okay?"

"A-anong sabi mo?"

"I said I'm getting married!"

By the sound of his voice, he is excited.
Pero bakit sobrang sakit? Ganito din ba ang naramdaman nya nung sinabi kong hindi ko sya mahal? Karma ba to ng pagiging duwag ko? Dapat ba hinayaan ko syang bitawan ang oportunidad na yun? Mali ba ang ginawa ko?

Nagbibiro lang sya diba? He is playing a joke on me.

But legitimacy is obvious in his eyes.

"W-wow. T-to whom?"

I forced to act as interested and as excited as ever pero pakiramdam ko hindi ako naging matagumpay. My voice still stutters because of shock.

I saw him smile under the light of the moon. He is genuinely happy.

"Her name is Roxanne. I met her in Sorrel kasi kapatid sya ng kaibigan ko dun. And guess what? Akala ko nakita ko na sya somewhere pero the fact is, hindi lang pala akala, nakita ko na talaga sya! Nakita na natin sya."

My eyebrows creased. Roxanne? Wala akong kilalang Roxanne.

"H-how did you, uhm, get to know each other?" I tried to make my voice sound excited. Kahit kabaliktaran nun ang totoo kong nararamdaman.

Kahit masakit, hindi ko maiwasang gustuhin na malaman ang nangyari sa kanilang dalawa. Nagiging torture yun sa sarili ko pero pilit kong pinipigilan ang luha ko. He can't see me crying dahil baka magtaka sya. No he can't.

"When you told me you don't feel the same way to me, that day, sobrang sakit ang dinulot nun sakin. I am willing to let go everything for you, while I'm just a bestfriend to you. Sakit nun!"

"Three weeks had passed I met Carlo. Naging magkaibigan kami at minsan nang may ginawa kaming thesis sa bahay nila, I met Roxanne, his half sister. She's cheerie, loud and energetic pero I got used to it. Months and months had passed lagi na kaming nagkakasama lalo na nung pinakiusapan ako ni Tita Rissa na itutor si Rox sa math."

Habang nagsasalita sya, nakikinig ako pero hindi ko napigilan ang pagtulo ng luha mula sa mga mata ko. The way he told me about him, meeting her, stabs my heart into millions. Like he is really inlove to her. And this is enough proof na hindi sya nagbibiro. He is really getting married.

My Larkspur's getting married.

"Matanda lang ako sa kanya ng 7 months pero parang kuya na ang turing nya sakin. Laging asaran, bangayan, hanggang sa umabot na sa puntong hindi na ako sanay na walang nag iingay, na walang nanghihingi pambili ng fishball, na walang nagpapaturo ng calculus, na wala sya. By that time, I forgot about the unrequited love I had for you."

Hindi ko alam kung sinsadya ba nyang ikwento para masaktan ako. Just then I remembered, ako nga pala ang nagtanong. Nagpapaka martyr na naman. Sobrang sakit na at mabuti nalang gabi na. Hindi nya masyado mapapansing umiiyak ako.

And Unrequited love? Hindi mo lang alam, Lark. How many times I lied to myself just to keep our friendship steady. How many times I hurt myself because of my weakness. I did hurt myself for your sake, my love.

At mahal na mahal kita. Pero hindi mo na kailangan pang malaman.

"At alam mo ba, Nget? She is now a Photographer like you!"