Falling Out of Love [editing]

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"And who are you?" the girl asked me after I asked who's 'Yuri' is she talking about,

hindi ko na talaga mapigilan yung sarili kong tanungin sa kanya yan

"I'm his best friend" sabi ko sa plain na boses, hindi ko siya pinakitaan ng hindi maganda kaya sana sya rin

"Oh, you're his best friend, hindi ka pa niya nakikwento sakin" She said with a smile,

it's more like nangiinis pa ata,

but who cares kung hindi nya pako nake-kwento,

"So, you didn't answer my question, who's Yuri are you talking about?" kahit malakas ang kutob kong si yuri nga 'yun,

" The moreno grade 9 student, his section is-

"respect, 9-Respect" pang hula ko sa kanya

" Oh, yeah, so the yuri we're talking about is the same person" habang naka taas pa ang kilay niya

I don't know kung ano bang nakita ni Yuri sa babaeng to,

I admit, may pag kamataray din ako, but hindi naman siguro kalevel ng sa babaeng to

mas maputi nga sya, pero it doesn't mean na mas lamang sya,

teka, why am I comparing myself to her? I'm being paranoid na naman

"Since, you're yuri's friend, maybe we should go get some tea?" pag-invite nya sakin, mukang hindi pa sang-ayon sakanya yung bff nya, parang naiinis pa na di malaman yung mukha, but then

I wanna know the whole story behind, if I can't ask Yuri, I'll ask her myself.

"Yeah, sige, I'll just call my friend, may kasama kasi ako" Me, accepting her invitation

"Okay, we'll just wait you nalang sa teacups resto"- she said habang hinahatak naman sya nung kasamahan nya,

parang diring diri, kainis.

***

"Hindi ko pa nga pala natatanong yung name mo" pag open up ko sa kanya

"Ay, oo nga, I'm Shaireen, but you can call me shai nalang" inalok naman nya yung kamay nya

"Nice name! I'm Zowie, anything you preferred to call me is fine" then we do handshake

narinig ko namang umubo si kendra sa tabi ko,

"Yeah, this is kendra, mine and yuri's best friend also" pagpapakilala ko kay kends

"Nice meeting you" shai with a sincere smile

nangiti lang si kends,

siniko ko naman sya

"Nice meeting you too, hehe" parang baliw na 'tong si kends masyadong napaghahalataan

napatingin naman sa gawi ko si kends, umirap pa,

lihim naman akong napatawa,

"By the way, if you're wondering kung bakit ngayon nyo lang ako nakita, it's because I'm a transferee, last monday lang ako lumipat" pagsisimula ni shai

narinig ko namang bumulong pa si kends sa tabi ko,

"walang nag-wa-wonder shaireen"
sinipa ko nalang sya, inirapan na naman nya ako