Alistaire told me na we’ll go somewhere daw, and she took a day off for this! I’m a little excited, kasi this seems so important to her that she even took a day off.

I just wore a simple dress, and Luna too… matchy kami ‘no!

I feel like it’s something related to those envelopes that kept coming sa kanya. Kasi she brought one to her car kanina, I don’t know what it was pero she’ll show me daw mamaya.

“Okay na ba kayo ni Luna?” She wore a shirt that matches the color of my dress, and she looks so good in it… or I’m just a whipped woman to my wife. Who cares? Basta my Alistaire looks so good!

She made sure na closed lahat ng doors and windows ng house before she opened the door of her car sa’min ni Luna.

“Where are we going?”

“Secret po…” She was smiling really wide.

I won’t get tired of watching her smile like that, and I want to keep it that way. I want her to always smile genuinely.

“You seem so happy about it huh…” I spoke.

“Oo naman Lagi ko, masaya ako sa’yo.” How do I fight the urge of cringing with her statement when I know she’s teasing me na naman?

“Got you, a point for me!” She laughed.

“You’re madaya! I wasn’t prepared!” I complained but she just boasted a smirk.

“‘Yun nga ‘yung laro natin since before, ‘di ba po?” Alistaire is way, way too cheeky!

We’ve made a deal kasi before about getting a point every time one of us is caught off-guard, and she always uses these cheesy remarks to get a point while I was doing it so sincerely!

Though I have no complaints naman talaga… she smiles so wide kaya, who am I to take away that smile naman from her?

I’ve stolen her smiles, and laughter way too many times. I don’t wanna do the same thing again.

“I love you, weirdo.”

“Po? Pinakasalan mo kaya ako, but I love you more.”

And I don’t regret a single thing.

I looked at her standing in front of the Oblation statue, like how she did back then. Time flies nga talaga. She was wearing the usual filipiniana-like dress, along with a maroon sablay. I could’ve been wearing the same… but then I wanted to spare her the burden.

I left, and left no trace of my existence to let her have her breather and away from seeing me crumble slowly.

Ateneo was a good place, a new environment for me… but it was not good enough of