"hi! i'm quinn... ej, crush kita!" matapang na sabi ko kay ethan jacob, my long time crush.
he smiled at me. it made me froze. parang dalawa na lang kami ang nasa corridor na iyon na puno ng mga maiingay na estudyante.
naglakas ng loob na akong umamin dahil literal na tinulak ako ng mga friends ko sa harapan niya dahilan para mapasubsob ako sa kanya.
"hi, queein! t-thank you?" he said awkwardly. nakangiti ito at nawala ang mga mata sa likod ng suot na salamin.
"um, pwede bang makipag-friends?"
he apologetically looked at me and said. "sorry, queein. hindi pwede. baka magselos ang girlfriend ko, eh."
that moment, i want to just vanish in the air. i am so embarrassed! sinasabi ko na nga ba.
it's my first time having that kind of guts. it's my first time looking directly at someone's eyes, my crush's eyes. but i'm just... crushed.
may girlfriend na pala si crush. rip, heart.
Maybe this was always inevitable. Two forces moving in opposite directions, destined to collide but never to stay. One reaching, the other retreating. One burning, the other too afraid to step into the fire. Because love, no matter how strong, withers when only one is willing to take the fall.