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OUR LOVE HAS NO GENDER

I know I hate men, but I am straight, I really am! But when I met her, everything turns upside down.

At first, I thought it was just a plain friendship, but as the day goes by, for me it's not just about friendship anymore.

But it's not that easy, I always question myself why am I like this? Why am I even liking a girl? There are so many question that has no definite answer, so I let myself, I go with the flow.

And I didn't expect that this day would come. Ahrana's hand was on my hand, she intertwined it like I will remove it forever.

"Akhiona..." she uttered my full name.

"It's Akhio, Ahra." I smiled.

"I don't know where to start, I j-just... ahm, how would I say this? You know Akhio that I am straight right? I know it to myself that I don't like women but I got confuse whenever I am looking directly at your eyes like now, it makes my heart pound so fast—" She didn't finish talking, and I felt her stilled as I hugged her.

"So am I. Hear my heart? You always makes my heart in chaos, Ahra. I know to myself too that I don't like women, but you are an exemption. I like you."

After that incident, when we admitted that we like each other. We didn't waste a time, we explore this kind of situation while we are in a relationship.

We're on the same condo, and her parents didn't question Ahra because all they know is I am a girl and a friend.

It hurts Ahra telling her parents that I am just a friend, but it's our privilege, we can be together, we can take care of each other, and I can see her everyday.

I am happy. We are just like friends but with benefits and we vibe each other. Sometimes she put my make up on my face, she took my OOTD, and so am I to her, we study, we go out on a date like a normal relationship, we argue sometimes but in the end we will laugh at each other like nothing happened. We're comfortable and understand each other. But everthing about us is a secret.

In our two years and five months relationship, may mga bagay pa rin na kailangan naming lampasan, katulad na lamang ngayon.

"What? It hurts seeing you with that guy!" I shouted.

"It's just for a show babe! You know my parents. Nireto lang nila ako doon, I can't stop them, I can't go against to them." Mariin kong pinikit ang aking mga mata.

"Until when, Ahra? Me! I already told them my family about myself loving a woman, I fight for us even though they abandoned me." A tear fell from my eyes as I remembered how my parents disowned me, but this is my happiness. She is my happiness.

"Because I am not you! Akhio, understand me. You know society in our own country don't accept us, for them, we're not normal, and I am afraid kapag pamilya ko na ang usapan Akhio. I am not brave as you na tatalikuran ang pamilya—" She stilled when she saw me crying hard. I know, this is new to her because I don't cry in front of her, sa aming dalawa ako ang mas malakas at siya ang mahina.

She is fragile, but now I can't help myself. Parang sinampal niya sa akin na inabandona ko ang pamilya ko, where in fact I just chose my happiness and it's her. She's my everything.

She hugged me tightly. "Akhio, sorry, s-sorry, I didn't mean it. I know you love your family. I am sorry. I promise you, I will face this with you. I promise na ipapakilala kita sa pamilya ko and to the whole world that you're the woman I love. But please, let me handle this? Ayokong biglain sila. It's just for a show, ikaw pa rin ang mahal ko, sayo at sayo pa rin ako sa huli." After she said those words, napanatag ako.