"Are you regretting loving Dad, Daddy?" My son suddenly asked. I embrace him as I spoke my answer.
"No, son. I'll never regret loving your dad. Having him in my love is the most memorable moment that I'll cherish until I lost my breath."
"Kahit po, nasaktan kayo at umiyak kayo ng todo? Even you didn't say I heard you crying every night daddy and I want to hate dad for hurting you too much." Napakagat ako sa labi habang nakatingin sa anak ko. Anak namin. He is so innocent to understand. He's too young. Too naive to understand.
"Anak, pagnagmahal ka, normal lang ang masaktan dahil ibig sabihin no'n totoo ang nararamdaman mo. Love is always followed by pain. That's make the love more worth it to keep." His forehead creased as if he's trying to look for a loophole in my answer.
He took a deep sigh. "But what if daddy, kung puro sakit nalang. Tulad mo. Lagi kang nasasaktan. What is the sense of that love kung kahit anong gawin mo hindi na babalik. Dad will never come back to us?" Parang may kung anong kumirot sa loob ko ng sabihin n'ya 'yon. I cupped my son's cheeks and smile at him.
"Son, I want you to remember this. Love isn't always about presence. It's not always staying. Kasi may mga bagay na hindi na'tin kayang pigilan. When they said love conquers everything it's true but not in the essence that it's always staying. Look your daddy isn't here, not because he doesn't want to. Ang mahalaga nanatili s'ya dito, saka dito." I point my head and chest.
"And that's the meaning of love can conquer all. Because he may not be here with us, he's in our hearts and our memories. Anak, I'm crying because I love him. I'm crying every night because I'm seeking him..."
"Where's Daddy?"
"I'm seeking him in my memories and it made me cry because I feel that he's with me. I'm overwhelmed, son." Napatitig s'ya sa 'kin.
"So, anong gusto mo pang malaman para d'yan sa project mo?." He pouted.
"How's your love story starts?" Lalong lumawak ang ngiti ko. At muling nanariwa sa aking ala-ala kung paano nabuo ang kwento naming dalawa.
"Our love story started the day he seeks for me..."
BINABASA MO ANG
Seek
RomanceKhryz Gione Perell and Sing Veine Pelaez are best friends since they are young. Khryz falls in love with his best friend and Sing knows about it. But what if Khryz gets tired of showing his feelings? And decided to run away? What if Sing realized th...
