Maybe It's You

Best friends ONLY

Carlos' POV

We promised that we will always be together. We promised that nothing can break us apart. We promised that no matter what happens, we will always be best friends.

Best friends... That's all I am for her. Well, she also treated me like her real brother, her 'oppa' and her partner-in-crime.

But still, I will always stay as her best friend, only.

I know I'm such a fool to let myself fall in love with her. I know I shouldn't love her more than as my bestfriend. But it's too late. I'm already crazy in love with her but too bad, I know that she will never love me in a romantic way.

I'm just her best friend.

Her forever best friend.

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"Hey, I never knew that we have an assignment about your best friend named Kate." I heard my roommate and my close friend Yael said.

I closed my notebook where I did nothing but just write Kate's name on it in full page. I keep on writing her name unconsciously while I keep on thinking about her.

"Why are you always hurting yourself, bro? Why don't you confess your secret love for her instead of loving her secretly? Stop torturing yourself, Carlos." I heard Yael said after he laid down on his bed. We're roommates in our school's dorm. We've been friends since high school and I'm glad that we're studying on the same University.

Yael is here with me to join me in my college life but still, I can't stop missing my bestfriend. My bestfriend whom I'm secretly in love with.

I smiled bitterly then started fixing my things on the study table. After I'm finished, I went to my own bed next to Yael's.

"I want to confess my love for her but I'm afraid to take a risk. I'm afraid to hear her say that we can't be more than best friends." I said feeling the pain in my heart. I'm not being pessimistic but I got a feeling that my best friend will never love me in the way I want her to.

Yael sat up then take a look at me. "But there's nothing wrong in trying, bro. Try to confess your love for her. You'll never know if maybe, she has secret feelings for you too. You'll never know if the two of you are not in a one- sided love after all."

Yael's words somehow give sense to my confused heart and mind. Maybe, he's right.

I should tell my best friend how much I love her. I should confess my secret love for her.

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After my busy school days in school, I went back to our place to spend my weekends with my family. But most of all, I want to see my best friend.

I missed her like crazy and this time, I want to finally confess my love for her.

"He's so handsome, Carlos. At first, he looks cold and doesn't want to talk with anyone in our classroom but as the days go by, we started getting close to each others. We're friends now and I hope... someday, we will be more than that."

My heart broke into million pieces hearing those words from my bes.

I excitedly asked her to walk with me on the park this morning with the thought of confessing my love for her later on. But as we sat down on a bench after enjoying our morning walk on this park, she started telling me about the transferee who became her classmate. I can see in her eyes that she adores her new classmate but after she said those words to me, my heart shattered into million pieces.

The moment I finally found enough courage to confess my love for her, she finally fell in love for the first time. But too bad, I'm not her first love but that transferee.