Wakas II

Isaiah’s Point of View

Days went slowly, ganoon yata talaga kapag may inaabangan kang araw, mas bumabagal ang oras. We are here at the plaza waiting for the event to start. I chose the seat near the stage para makita ko siya nang malapitan, I want to see her performing. The other reason is I want her to see me watching and supporting her.

"Uy, pre! Ayan na yung crush mo, yung crush mo pre! Whoa, go crush ni Nikolai!" sigaw ni Mateo. Sana pala hindi ko na sinama ang ungas na 'to.

God knows how many times I cursed Mateo in my mind. Mabuti nalang at maingay ang crowd, natatabunan ang sigaw niya. I'm watching my girl intently as she performed, she act, dance and sang and I can't help but to be proud of her. Hindi ko na mabilang kung ilang beses kong isinigaw ang pangalan niya o kung ilang beses akong napapalaklak. I feel like I am her die hard fan, yes, I am her number one fan.

Later that night, I promised to myself that I will support her on everything, regardless on how hard it is. I will become her number one supporter, alam niya man o hindi. And on that night also, I realize that I'm slowly falling for her.. and I don't want to get up.

Lumipas ang mga buwan at paminsan-minsan ko nalang siya nakikita. Every time I visited their house, she's not there. Nabalitaan ko nalang na nagkaproblema ang pamilya nila kaya dumalang ang pagbisita nila kuya roon. I lie low for a few months to focus on my studies and then I visited their school, doon ko siya madalas nakikita, she's always with her friends, minsan naman kasama niya ang mga kagrupo niya, nagpapractice doon sa stage. She looks different now, parang may bumabagabag sakaniya tuwing mapapatingin ako sa mata niya. I can see the pain. Every time she had rehearsal, I always asked my friends on their school to play basketball in their court, magkalapit lang kasi ang stage at court nila. By that, I have the chance to look after her.

Today is Valentine's day and I am here in their school's basketball court. I'm watching her as she gracefully dance at the stage, kasama niya rin doon ang mga kaibigan at kagrupo niya. I bought her a bouquet of tulips flower, one of it isn't real.

I will love you until the last tulip died - lover.

Too cheesy, man! But that's what I wrote. I will give that to her later, of course Mateo will asked someone to do it for me. I can't let her see me, hindi muna ngayon.

We are playing basketball when we heard some noise coming from them, students flocked to them kaya hindi ko makita kung anong nangyayari. I was about to walk near them when I heard one guy started singing, his voice isn't that good. Natahimik ang lahat at pinakinggan yung lalaki, finally they gave a way, mas nakita ko tuloy kung anong nangyayari.

There, I saw my Treia in the middle. She's facing the nerdy guy who is singing in front of her. She looks in awe at the same time I see pity in her eyes. I expected her to run away just like what my other schoolmates did when some nerds are confessing to them, they felt disgusted by it, but Treia is different. She patted the shoulder of the guy and said something to him. She also took something from her pocket, is that a sticker? That is a heart-shaped sticker, binibigay ‘yon usually sa mga taong importante sayo tuwing Valentine's day, it is one of the school's tradition. She took one heart-shaped sticker and placed it on the left part of his chest, doon sa bandang puso.

"Olats na, dude. Gusto yata ni madame yung hinaharana siya.” Mateo joked.

I didn't respond to him, I took the bouquet, should I put it on the trash can? No, I shouldn't. Sakto may nakasalubong akong babae, isa sa kagrupo niya. Nilapitan ko ito, halata naman ang pagkagulat sa mukha niya.

"B-bakit po, kuya?" she's stuttering.

I lend her the bouquet, she's hesitant at first but I took her hand and let her hold the bouquet.

"Can you give this to Treia? Chantreia Sage Fabregar.." I told her.

She nodded and say something about it. I said my gratitude before walking away. Nagtago ako sa likod ng maraming estudyante, I watched her carefully the moment she's holding the bouquet I gave her. Nagningning ang mata nito at luminga linga para malaman kung sinong nagbigay. She read the note and smell the tulips, she smiled. She looks happy, now I'm satisfied.

Naging abala ako sa mga sumunod na taon dahil hindi biro ang kursong kinuha ko, I should put a lot of effort on it lalo na ngayon ay gagraduate na ’ko. Hindi na ulit kami nagkita magmula noon, ang huling kita ko sakaniya ay noong graduation pa nila. She graduated with honors and lots of extra curricular awards, I'm so proud of her. Ang huling balita ko, college na siya at Psychology ang kursong kinuha niya. I thought she would take courses related to filming or arts.