Sumasakit ang dibdib ko as I looked back kung paano kami noon.

Kung libro lang yung story namin, tinapos ko na ang pahina at that point.

Yung moment na nangangarap kami sabay. Yung nagbubuo ng mga pangarap na nandun kaming dalawa. And nothing mattered to us anymore but us.

Para yun na lang ang ending.

Our happily ever after.

Pero hindi.

We were doing fine. I would go to College sa umaga, then part-time job sa hapon. Siya naman busy na din sa trabaho sa shipping company ng family niya. Just like her older sister.

As we moved on to the next stage of our lives, marami ding nagbago.

Yung environment namin, yung mga taong nakakasalamuha namin.

We were living separate lives except pag nasa apartment na kami pareho.

But we didn’t mind.

We endured dahil may pangarap kami.

Yun yung pinanghahawakan naming dalawa para magpatuloy sa araw-araw.



Then Jongin entered the picture.

Her childhood friend na galing States.

She introduced him to me as they both entered the shop on one Saturday afternoon.

He was tall.

Handsome.

He came from the same family background as my girlfriend.

Well-off.
Decent.

He was a good guy. I could tell.

Habit na nila bisitahin ako every weekend.

I couldn’t help but have these weird feelings pag nakikita ko sila magkasama.

Andun lang naman sila at their usual corner having coffee. Minsan they would come with Giselle, Karina’s best friend. I would watch them from time to time hanggang matapos ako sa shift ko. Then I would join them.

Marami akong napapansin sa totoo lang.

Pero maybe because I was jealous which was napansin naman agad ng girlfriend ko.

I trusted Karina siyempre.

Pero di ko maiwasan makaramdam ng ganun lalo na aware ako na lalaki yung malapit sa girlfriend ko.

I was insecure, too.

Napag-usapan naman namin yun. She stopped tagging