Let Me Tell You A Story

7. | The Man In My Dreams |

7. | The Man In My Dreams |

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I woke up feeling the loud beat inside my chest again. My heart is pounding so hard like someone was chasing me.

Pinunasan ko ang namumuong pawis sa noo ko bago nagpakawala ng malalim na buntong hininga.

I dreamt again the same dream I was dreaming for the whole week.

Isang lalaki, maamo ang mukha, napakaganda ng ngiti, and in my dream, it felt like we are so damn inlove with each other.

So weird. Yeah, it's so fucking weird. Imagine, for the whole week, paulit-ulit ang napapanaginipan ko.

Nasa isang isla daw kami, kami lang dalawa ang tao, napakatahimik ng kapaligiran at tanging tunog lang ng alon ang maririnig paligid, pareho kaming nakatingin sa papalubog na araw habang nakasandal ang ulo ko sa dibdib niya at nakayakap siya sa akin, but the weirdest thing is. . . it felt like a damn real.

Parang nangyari na sa akin 'yon. 'Yung mainit niyang mga braso na nakapulupot sa akin. His innocent yet precious smiles seemed so familiar to me. Pati na 'yung mga mata niyang parang hinihigop ang kaluluwa ko.

I know it sounds funny but, I still remember the dream, detail to detail. His face, his smiles, his voice, his smell, his warm body, everything about him.

What just annoyed me is, I don't even know him! I can't remember anything that I've meet him once. Sa panaginip ko lang talaga siya nakikita and it irritates me thinking who the hell is he?

Bakit ko siyang napapanaginipan?

Bakit hindi siya umaalis sa panaginip ko at higit sa lahat. . .

Bakit nasasabik akong makita siya sa totoong buhay?

Like, I want to embrace him like the way he embraced me in my dream.

Until now, my heart still beating so fast. Hindi ko alam kung bakit. Maybe for excitement? Excitement for what? To see him in person n?

Maybe, it is.

Kaysa tuluyang mabaliw sa kakaisip sa kanya, tumayo nalang ako at inayos ang kama ko. May pasok pa ako.

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"Maybe, he's your soulmate?" My friend said after I told her everything about my dreams.

"Is that even possible? We've nevet meet even once."

She just shrugged. "Maybe, malay mo naman."

Hindi na ako nagsalita nang dumating ang prof namin.

Hours have passed at uwian na. Naghiwalay kami ng landas ng mga kaibigan ko at sumakay ako ng bus pauwi.

There's no available seat kaya tumayo nalang ako. Nakatingin lang ako sa unahan nang maramdaman kong umandar ang bus.

I'm humming while looking outside the window when suddenly, a familiar voice caught my whole attention.

"Yeah, yeah, I'm on my way. Calm your ass, malapit na ako. Haha! Gago ka talaga."

That voice. . .

I quickly turned around to see the owner of that voice.

And I felt a loud thump inside my chest the moment I saw him.

Oh my god. . .

Hindi ako pwedeng magkamali, it's him, it's fucking him!

He lift up his head and our gaze met.

Mas lalong lumakas ang pagtibok ng puso ko.

I-Is this a dream again? Nakatulog ba ako at nananaginip na naman ako?