"10..

Wishes"
I'm..Ron..Esguierra...I..live..a..pleasant..life...4thyear..hghschool.Gwapo...Ma
yaman...Sik
at..sa..Campus...Habulin..ng..girls...
Wala..na..nga..akong..mahihiling..pa..sa..buhay..ko..eh---well,..that's..what..I
..thought..unt
il..I..met..her......Sachiko,..yan..ang..name..niya...I..once..saved..her..sa..p
agkakabunggo..s
a..isang..truck,..imbis..na..sya..ang..nasagasaan,..ako..ang..nabundol..ng..truc
k...It..was..a..
miracle..ng..kaunting..galos..lang..ang..natamo..ko...I..don't..know..what..happ
en..to..her..af
ter..that..incident...Then,..after..1..week,..I..was..surprised..ng..sumulpot..s
ya..sa..harap..
ko..and..she..told..me..that..she..can..grant..my..10wishes...Creepy?..Weird?..H
ilarious?..nam
e..it,..i..can't..explain.
"I..was..contented..in..my..life..until..you..came.....Kala..ko..wala..na..akong
..mahihiling..p
a.."
"DEATH..cannot..do..as..apart...Coz..I'll..follow..you..even..in..your..death...
That's..a..prom
ise."
"When..you..came,..there's..nothing..more..that..I..can..wish..coz..you're..pres
ence..granted
..a..thousand..wish..i..could..ask..for."
--??-Sachiko..s..pics
Sachiko..pacute
Sachiko..peace..and..tweetums
Sachiko..with..friends..(left)
--??-Stephanie..s..Pics

..
........
--??-Erinn..s..pics
..
--??-CHAPTER..1
"Sa..gwapo..kong..to,..syempre,..napasagot..ko..si..Mimi..."..oo..na...mayabang.
.na..ako...lam..
ko...haha.
"yabang..mo..pre."..oha!..may..batok..epek..pa..tong..si..Kyle,..bestfriend..ko.
..Gwapo..din..y
an,..mas..gwapo..lang..ako...lamang..ng..sampung..balde.
"ay..pusa!"..nakakabigla..naman..yung..kuting..na..dumaan..sa..harap..ko...Nasa.
.kalye..nga..p
ala..kami,..pauwi..na..kami..ni..Kyle.
"anung..pusa?"..
"duling..ka..ba..pre...may..dumaang..pusa.."
"wala..naman..ah...sira..to."
"meron..nga...ayun..yung..."..ituturo..ko..yung..pusa..kaso..pag..tingin..ko..sa
..direksyon..n
a..pinuntahan..ng..pusa....."Shete..pre!..yung..babae..masasagasaan!"....
tumakbo..ako..para..iligtas..ang..isang..babaeng..nakita..kong..tumatawid..na..p
arang..wala..
sa..sarili...Masasagasaan..sya..ng..truck!..anu..ba..yung..driver?!..bakit..hind
i..sya..tumti
gil?!
"Ron!..Anong..gagawin..mo?!"
"Miss!!!"..tumingin..sya..sa..akin..at......ngumiti?!..
anong..problema..nito?..masasagasaan..na..nakangiti..pa..rin...anla,..ewan..."Ta
bi..miss!"..
itinulak..ko..sya...
*boooooooooooogsh!*
"ayyyyyy!yyyyy!!
"Yung..lalaki..nasagasaan..ng..truck!!!"
"Ron!!!"
"Dali!..ambulansya!..dalhin..natin..sya..sa..hospital!"
~~~
"nagigising..na..sya..."
"oo..nga....nagkakamalay..na.."
"ron..."
"yes!..buhay..na..ang..mokong!"
hmm.....ang..ingay..ng..mga..to..."aghh....saan..ako?..sino..kayo??..bakit..ang.
.papangit..ny
o?"
"sira..ka!..pasalamat..ka..nasa..hospital..ka..kung..hindi..babatukan..kita..eh!
"

"O..kyle...kaw..pala..yan...kaya..pala..ang..panget."
"dapat..hindi..dito..bagsak..mo..sa..hospital..eh,..dapat..sa..mental."
"to..naman...hindi..mabiro."..
"ron..."..waa....si..Mimi.<3.."ayus..ka..lang..babes?"
"fine..na..fine..ako..babes...Dyan..na..ang..angel..ko..ih...mwuah!"
"teka..nga....wag..muna..kayo..mag-smoochies..dyan..na..magsyota."..epal..naman.
.tong..si..ky
le..eh.
"at..bakit..asungot?"
"gusto..ko..lang..itanong.....ano..bang..meron..yang..kukote..mo..at..bigla..ka.
.na..lang..tuma
wid..sa..kalsada?!..nag-su-suicide..ka..ba?..sana..sinabi..mo..agad,..para..natu
lungan..kita
,..marami..akong..lason..sa..bahay...libre..lang."
"babes...kuha..lang..kita..ng..maiinom..ha."
"sure"..pagkalabas..ni..Mimi...
"Kyle....hindi..ako..nag-su-suicide..no...iyo..na..yung..lason..mo...pakabusog..
ka..dun."
"eh..bakit..ka..nga..bigla..biglang..natawid?..at..truck..pa..ang..pinili..mo!"
"may..babae..kasi..akong..nakitang..tumatawid..na..parang..wala..sa..sarili..eh.
.anlapit..na..
nung..truck..sa..kanya..kaya..ayun..sinagip..ko..."
"babae?..sinong..babae?..Kyle...naka-drugs..ka..ba?..la..naman..babae..dun..sa..
kalsada..nung
..tumawid..ka..eh...wala..ka..namang..sinagip..eh..."
"pre...meron!"
"adik..ka..ba?"
"sira!..hindi!..meron..talaga."
"hindi..ka..pala..dapat..ginugutom..pre...sumasama..ang..tama..mo."
???what's..happening?..bakit..hindi..nakita..ni..Kyle..yung..girl?..bulag..na..b
a..si..Kyle?..
nung..una,..yung..pusa..ang..hindi..nakita..tapos..yung..babae.....teka...adik..
ba..ako?.....
hindi..naman..eh.nakita..ko..ang..nakita..ko!
--??-CHAPTER..2
haay.....after..3days,..makakalabas..na..din..ako..dito..sa..mental..este..hospi
tal...nagtat
aka..ba..kayo..kung..bakit..ang..bilis?..na..nasagasaan..na..ako..ng..truck,..3d
ays..lang..ako..
sa..hospital?..aba,..ewan....nagtataka..nga..din..ako..eh...Galos..lang..natamo.
.ko...grabeh,
..anweird!..
"oh..yan..pare....nabayaran..na..ng..mom..mo..ang..bills...taralets..na,..multuh
in..ka..pa..dya
n."
pang-asar..din..tong..si..Kyle...simula..ng..sabihin..ko..yung..about..sa..girl.
.na..sinagip..k
o,..inaasar..na..ako..nito..na..mumu..daw..yun...minumulto..na..daw..ako..kasi..
masyado..na..daw
..akong..makasalanan..."heh!..tantanan..mo..nga..ako."

*toinks!*
"woah..naman...wala..namang..batuhan..pre."
"lumabas..ka..na..nga...susunod..na..lang..ako."
"sure..ka?..hindi..ka..matatakot?..baka..dalawin..ka..nung..mumu?"..
"lumayas..ka..na..nga.."
"haha...lalabas..na..nga,..baka..ibato..mo..pa..sa..akin..yang..kama!..babuush!"
..at..nag-diss
appear..na..rin..ang..mokong...(@,@)
"salamat..."
sino..yun?!!!..waaa....mumu!!!..lalabas..na..ako!!!
~~~
"oh....napano..ka?"..
"wala...tara..na."..waa....sino..yung..nagsalita....
~~~
one..week..later.....
pagka-balik..ko..sa..school,..syempre..pinagakaguluhan..ako..ng..worried..fans..
ko...
"hey..babes.....pede..tomorrow..na..lang,..hindi..ako..pede..ngayon..eh."
"oh....is..that..so....hatid..na..lang..kita..sa..inyo..."
"wag..na..babes.....thanks..na..lang...sige,..i..gotta..go...bye!..mwuah!"
"babes..."wala..na...umalis..na...pano..ba..yan,..hindi..kami..tuloy..ni..babes.
.ngayon,..wal
a..tuloy..ako..magagawa...ayoko..pa..umuwi...boring..sa..bahay....makapaglakad-l
akad..nga..m
una....
*boogsh!*
"ay..sorry..."..bakit..ako..ang..nagsorry?..hindi..naman..ako..ang..nakabunggo?.
.teka.....ma
lingon..nga...
"okie..lang..yun."
teka.....teka.....teka.....ito..yung..girl..na..iniligtas..ko!!!.."ikaw?!"
"ako..si..Sachiko,..at..your..service!"..sumaludo..pa..sya..at..nagwink..pa!..an
ung..at..your..
service?..ano?..ano?..ano?
"..."
"huh....no..comment?....uy...talk..to..me."
"sino..ka..ba?"
"ay.....didn't..i..tell..you,..my..name..is..Sachiko...S-A-C-H-I-K-O."..
"i..know,..i..know...you..told..me...pero,..di..ba..ikaw..yung..girl..na..sinagi
p..ko..dun..sa..tr
uck..accident?"
"Tumpak!..at..dahil..dun,..I'll..grant..your..10wishes!"..ano..daw?..wishes?..an
o..sya..genie
?..baliw..ba..to?..

"wishes?"
"hindi..mo..alam..ibig..sabihin..non?..ok,..fine....tagalog..for..kahilingan."..
grr....kung..
hindi..lang..to..babae,..sasapakin..ko..na..to..eh...
"miss....alam..ko...pero,..anggulo..mo..kasi.."
"ako?..magulo?..maayus..naman..buhok..ko..ah.."..arggh!!..jusmiyo!..someone..hel
p...abnorma
l..kausap..ko.
"ewan..ko..sa..iyo."..tumalikod..na..ako..sa..babae..at..lalakad..na..palayo..ng
..higitin..nya..
kamay..ko.."wait..lang..."..hinarap..ko..ulit..sya..at..huminga..ng..malalim..at
..sabing,.."mi
ss...alam..mo..kasi...i..don't..know..you...and..i..find..you..weird."
"hmm....let..me..explain..kasi.."
"explain..what?"..ah-ah...anggulo.
"mabuti..pa,..tara..dun..sa..starbucks,..dun..ko..e-explain..ang..dapat..i-expla
in...libre..m
o..ako..ah."..at..hinila..ako..nitong..babaeng..to..sa..starbucks....ilibre..ko.
.daw..sya?..clo
se..kami?
--??-CHAPTER..3
"Gusto..ko..nito.....nito.....nito.....nito.....nito.....at.....nito....ito..pa.
....tsaka..t
o..."
"ano..pa..po..ma'am?"..tanong..ng..waiter.
"yung..lang..naman."Nang-aasar..ba..to?..LANG?!..eh..parang..lahat..na..ata..ng.
.nasa..menu,..
inorder..nito.
"kayo..po..sir?"..water!!..water..na..lang!!
"Just..coffee..shake."
"ok..sir."
~~~
"Andaming..cake..nan..ah,..hindi..ka..kaya..magka-diabetese..nan?"..sumubo..siya
...Nakangit
i..sya..habang..subo..ang..tinidor...ANKYUT...pwe!!..pwe!!..katakyut..kamo.
"hindi...eh..ikaw?"
"anong..ako?"
"hindi..ka..kaya..magka-ulcer..nan?..Shake..lang..yan..ih.."
"hindi...nakakawalang..gana..ka..kasi...Anyways,..explain..yourself."
"hmm....sige.."sumubo..ulit..siya,.."akosh..shi..Sashiko....yyum,..yyyum....Shap
oxx..."
ano..daw?.."teka,..teka...ubusin..mo..nga..muna..yang..laman..ng..bibig..mo."
pagkatapos..nyang..ngumuya,.."fine...Oh...As..I..was..saying,..ako..nga..si..Sac
hiko."

"oo...alam..ko...Kanina..mo..pa..sinasabi."
"Anla...Epal..naman..ihh...Patapos..muna..kasi."
"fine...fine."
"ako..si..Sachiko"..nanaman..."Niligtas..mo..ako..noon..sa..truck..accident..at.
.dahil..doon,
..bilang..pasasalamat...I'll..grant..your..10wishes."..pinakita..nya..pa..sa..ak
in..ang..10..d
aliri..nya...para..namang..hindi..ko..alam..kung..ilan..ang..sampo.
"ano..ka..genie?..sira."
"hmm.....Basta...I'll..grant..your..wishes."
pinagloloko..ata..ako..nito..eh,.."alam..mo....nahihibang..ka..na....ilang..araw
..ka..bang..hi
ndi..nakakakain?"..
"I'm..telling..you..the..truth."..nag-pout..sya.
"ganon?..ge..nga,..I..wish..na..maging..palaka..ka..this..instance."
She..glared..at..me....."oh?..ano..na...tamo,..hindi..ka..naging..palaka."
"Hindi..naman..yun..pede..eh."..
"then..you..said..it...hindi..nga..totoo."
"i..said,..hindi..pede...bingi."..aba't!
"magwish..ka..naman..kasi..ng..matino."..sige..na..nga,..pagbigyan..na..tong..ba
baeng..to...
"Sige,..I..wish..na..matuloy..kami..ni..babes..mamaya."..ngumiti..sya..tapos..lu
mapit..sa..muk
ha..ko..at..hinalikan..ang..noo..ko,.."As..you..wish..."..woah!..para..san..yun?
!
??tenenen...tenenen.??
Si..mimi..tumatawag..
"hi..babes!..napatawag..ka?"
"uh....hello..babes....still..free?..pede..na..ako..mamaya."
"really?!!..cool!..Let's..have..dinner..tonight...I'll..pick..you..up,..7pm."
"sure..babes...sige,..Bye!..mwuah!"
"bye..babes."..end..of..call...I..look..at..Sachiko..at..kumakain..siya,..pangat
long..plato..n
a..ang..nasaid...
hmm....is..that..coincidence?..o.....Nagrant..nita..ngang..talaga..ang..wish..ko
??.."Hoy..bab
ae.."
"It's..Sachiko...not..babae."
"Whatever...Kaw..ba..talaga..may..gawa..non?"
"You..wished..for..it...I..grant..it."..
"woah...You're..for..real."
"Told..you..so....Now,..9..wishes..na..lang..."

"Sige....I..wish.."
"HEP!"..tinapat..nya..right..hand..nya..sa..mukha..ko.."Enough...bawal..na."
"oh!..kala..ko..ba..10..wishes?..eh..bat..bawal..na?"..
"Rules."
"rules?..may..ganon?"
"There's..always..a..rule...Exceptions...Limitations."
"Andaya..naman."
"Sadyang..ganon.....I'll..explain..the..rules.."..she..started..explaining...
"Rule..#1:..No..Wishing..na..involve..si..SACHIKO.
..Rule..#2:..Bawal..magwish..for..additional..wishes.
..Rule..#3:..Bawal..iwish..na..mabuhay..ang..namatay..na.
..Rule..#4:..Bawal..magwish..ng..powers.
..Rule..#5:..Making..someone..fall..inlove..is..a..NO-NO!
..Rule..#6:..You..can..only..wish..once..at..a..time.
That's..all."
"eh..pano..pag..naubos..ang..10wishes..ko,..what..will..happen?"
"Secret...Saka..mo..malalaman..pag..naubos..na."..she..smiled..pero....ewan,..im
agination..k
o..ata..nung..mapansin..ko..na..parang..malungkot..yung..mata..nya..ng..sinabi..
nya..yun...ewan
.
"speaking..of..naubos,..Tapos..na..ako..kumain."..tiningnan..ko..ang..lamesa..an
d..all..the..f
oods..and..beverage..na..inorder..nya....,..SAID!!!..Antakaw!!..Hindi..pa..nga..
ako..nanganga
lhati..sa..Shake..ko!
"Well...yan..ha...ok..na?..Ge,..alis..na..ako!..Bye!..thanks..sa..libre!..sa..uu
litin!"..WHAT?!
"wa.."..wala..na,..nakalabas..na...Iwan..ba..naman..ako?..Teka.....Xanggala..yun
..ah,..ginawa
..akong..taga-bayad..ng..inorder!..eh..nako....niloloko..naman..ata..ako..non..e
h,..pano..ako..
mag-wi-wish..sa..kanya..kung..hindi..ko..alam..kung..saan..sya..matatagpuan.
~~~
At..7pm,..sinundo..ko..si..Mimi..sa..house..nya..at..nagdinner..kami..sa..isang.
.class..restaur
ant...Actually,..hindi..ko..mahal..si..Mimi,..crush..lang...Wala..lang,..trip..k
o..lang..ligaw
an,..at..yun..nga,..2days..pa..lang..ako..nanliligaw,..kame..na..agad...babae..n
ga..naman...wal
ang..kahirap-hirap..ai...
Well,..sa..dinner..namen,..we..talk..a..lot..of..things..pero..syempre..I..didn'
t..tell..her..ab
out..Sachiko...She'll..find..it..weird,..weird..naman..talaga...Pero..sa..totoo.
.lang,..kanin
a..pa..ginugulo..ng..Sachiko..na..yun..ang..utak..ko,..pano..naman..kasi..biglabiglang..nangiiwan..sa..ere...Nakabitin..tuloy..ako...
After..our..dinner,..inuwi..ko..na..si..Mimi..sa..bahay..nya...Then..sumakay..na
..ako..sa..kotse
..ko....yep,..kahit..4thyear..highschool..pa..lang..ako,..I....have..a..car..na.
..Ganan..talaga..
pag..mayaman...Sarap..ng..buhay...
On..my..way..home...

"Ay..pusang..gala!"..pusa..nga,..bigla..na..lang..tumatawid..buti..nakapreno..ak
o..kung..nagk
ataon..baka..makulong..pa..ako..sa..salang..pagpatay..sa..pusa...
Ewan..ko..sa..sarili..ko..pero..bigla..akong..bumaba..ng..kotse..ko..at..chi-nec
k..ko..yung..pus
a...
...
Wait!..kung..hindi..ako..nagkakamali,..eto..yung..pusa..na..tumawid..non..sa..ka
lsada!!!..The
re's..the..bell..bracelet..sa..paa..niya,..I..remember..that!..Kinuha..ko..yung.
.pusa,.."You'r
e..that..dumb..cat."....
Nang..dadalhin..ko..na..siya..sa..loob..ng..kotse..ko..biglang..tumalon..yung..p
usa..sa..pagkak
ahawak..ko..at..tumakbo..palayo...."Takasan..ba..naman..ako?.."
--??-CHAPTER..4
"Nyahahaha!..Pare,..high..na..high..ka..ah!..Ano..namang..kalokohan..yan?!"..
"naman..Kyle.....Alam..ko..ang..weird..ng..kwento..ko..kaya..nga..sa..iyo..ko..k
inukwento..kasi
..alam..kong..gifted..child..lang..ang..makakaintindi..dito..sa..kwento..kong..t
o."
"Gifted?!..weh.....lalong..nagiging..mukha..ka..tuloy..adik..nyan..sa..paningin.
.ko..Ron..."
"Seriously..pare,..totoo..sya...hindi..ako..nagda-drugs..promise,..mamatay..ka..
man...i..swe
ar."
"teka....bakit..naman..ako..."..
"pare,..believe..me..naman..kasi."
"teka....yung..sachiko..kamo....yung..niligtas..mo..kuno....nakita..mo..and..she
..said..she..c
an..grant..your..10wishes..and..your..1stwish..was..really..granted..kamo?"
"yep...tama."
"fine...fine."
"naniniwala..ka..na?"
"hindi...eto..piso."
"piso?....ano..gagawin..ko..dito?"
"pambili..mo..ng..kausap."
*plakk!*
"arouch!!..ibato..ba..naman..sa..akin..yung..piso."
"sira..ka."
"easy..ron...baka..kasi..nababaliw..ka..na....baka..naapektuhan..yang..utak..mo.
.nung..sa..tru
ck..accident..."
*wapakk!*
"ouch!!..namumuro..ka..na..ha!!!..sapakin..ba..naman..ako"

"eh..g.go..ka..eh...hindi..ako..baliw."
"malay..mo...patingin..ka..sa..doctor...sya,..sya...uwi..na..ako..ron...punta..k
ang..bahay..buk
as..ha."
"sige..sige."
"patingin..mo..na..utak..mo..ha!!"..sabay..takbo..palayo...
"Ipatingin..mo..din..utak..mo!..mukhang..malala..na..yang..deprensya..mo!!!!"..p
ahabol..siga
w..ko...
hmm.....tama..nga..kaya..si..Kyle?..naapektuhan..nga..kaya..utak..ko?
pwe.....ano..ba..yan....hindi..dapat..ako..nagpapaapekto..sa..mga..pinagsasabi..
nung..mokong
..na..yun....malala..na..yun..eh...
~~~
"Break..na..tayo..Ron."
"Uh....ok...sure."
*slap!*
ouch....."Sure..lang?..Ganun..ganun..lang???"
"Eh.....di..ba..gusto..mo..makipag-break?"
"ewan..ko..sa..iyo!!"
*slap!*
tumakbo..si..Mimi..palayo....aray.....sakit..ng..pisngi..ko.....magkabila...
"Striiiiiikeeee..Two!!!!..last..one..na..lang..and..your..OUT!"
"Ay..multong..kabayo!!"
*slap!*
"aray!"
"Strike..three!..your..OUT!!!..out!..out!"..
"masakit..yun..ah!..bakit..ka..ba..nanampal??!!"..
"Mean..ka..kasi!..Bad,..bad..,bad!..Buti..nga..sa..iyo!"
"aba....aba.....Kukutusan..kita..dyan..eh!"
"eh..gawin..mo!!..your..so..bad!!..ambad-bad..talaga!"..
tong..kutong..lupang..to....aba't....."Alam..mo..ikaw..."
"ano?"
ano..nga..ba?..aghhh....."Ewan!!!..Waaaa.....Masisiraan..na..ako..sa..iyo!!..ano
..ka..ba??..mu
lto?..Alien?..Genie?..Kabute?..Mangkukulam?..halimaw?..Spirit?..aswang?..ano?!!!
"

"tao..ako."..:l
"tao?..Eh..kung..tao..ka,..bakit......may..powers..ka?ano..ka..power..ranger?"
"hindi...tao..sabi..ako...hindi..ko..alam..kung..bakit..may..powers..ako."
"anong..hindi..mo..alam?!~!!!"..
"i..don't..know."..:l
"You..don't..know?!..Ako..ba'y..pinagloloko..mo..na..ha?!!!"..
"...."..waa.....bakit..nanunubig..ang..mata..nya....
"te....teka..."
"huwaaaaa...."..
--->extras..on..the..scene:<---"Guys.....Si..ron..yun..diba?..Sinong..kasama..non?"
"oo..nga...sino..nga..kaya?..ankyut..oh,..kaso.....bakit..umiiyak?"..
"baka..piniiyak..ni..ron....lam..mo..na....campus..playboy..diba?"
"oo..nga.....kawawa..naman..yung..girl..."
"Tsk...ansama..talaga..nan..si..ron."
"campus..playboy..nga..ihh."..
-->exit..ng..extras<---huwaaatttt??!!!..sumasama..ako..dito..ah!..Tiningnan..ko..si..Sachiko.....aggh!!
..seesh!!..
hinawakan..ko..siya..at..hinila..palayo..sa..mga..tao,..nagmukha..tuloy..akong..
bully...eh-eh
!
nagpunta..kami..sa..likod..ng..school..building..ko,..buti..walang..mga..estudya
nte...awasan
..na,..buti..na..lang...hinarap..ko..siya,..bigla..niyang..inalis..ang..kamay..n
iya..sa..pagkak
ahawak..ko..at..inilagay..sa..may..tapat..ng..mata..niya.
"huwaaa..."..aggh!..parang..bata!
"Ano..ka..ba,..tumahan..ka..na..nga!"
"huwaaa!!!!!!"..teteng!..lalo..pang..lumakas..ang..iyak..nito!..pano..ko..ba..to
..patatahani
n??
"i..wish..tumahan..ka..na!!!!"
"huwaaaaa!!!!!"
shete!..bawal..nga..pala..pag..involve..si..Sachiko...shete!..bwisit!
.."Tahan..na...Eto..panyo."..inabot..ko..anf..panyo..ko..pero..tinabig..nya..lan
g..at..nagpatul
oy..sa..pag-iyak.
"ano..bang..gagawin..ko..sa..iyo?..waa.."..masisiraan..ako..nito,..ba't..ba..aya
w..nitong..tum

ahan?
"teka....dyan..ka..lang..ha.....babalik..ako.."..may..naisip..na..ako...tumakbo.
.ako..palabas
..ng..school..at..pumunta..sa..isang..manong..na..nagtitinda..ng..cotton..candy.
"manong..isa..nga..po."
"eto..oh."
"salamat..po."..pagkabayad,..tumakbo..agad..ako..pabalik..baka..kasi..nagwawala.
.na..yung..S
achiko..na..yun..doon.
"huwaaaa..."..haay.....hindi..pa..rin..natigil...ngayon..naman..nakaupo..siya..a
t..nakaub-o
b..sa..tuhod..niya..habang..nakaiyak...nilapatin..ko...
"tahan..na...may..bigay..ako..sa..iyo."
"ayoko..sa..iyo!.."..hindi..man..lang..inangat..ang..mukha.
"sachiko..."..ipinatong..ko..ang..right..hand..ko..sa..may..ulo..niya.
"Noli..me..tangere!"..ano..daw?
"What?!"
"noli..me..tangere!!..noli..me..tangere!!!..touch..me..not!!!!.."
"aah.....haay.....sorry..na..kung..ano..man..nagawa..ko.....tahan..na..oh....tin
gnan..mo,..may
..cotton..candy..akong..binili..para..lang..sa..iyo.."..as..expected,..bigla..ni
yang..inangat
..ang..mukha..niya..at..aktong..hahalbutin..ang..cotton..candy..sa..pagkakahawak
..ko..pero..da
hil..inaasahan..ko..ang..reaksyon..niya..agad..akong..tumayo..at..nilayo..ang..c
otton..candy..
bago..niya..maabot...
"akin..na!..akin..na!!"
"woops"..haha!..nakakatuwa..naman..siya..oh,..para..talagang..bata.
....
huh?..
bakit..tumigil..siya..sa..pag-abot?
"..."..tumingin..siya..sa..mata..ko..habang..kagat..niya..ang..labi..niya.....wa
aa.....iiyak..
na..naman..ba..siya?
"eto,eto,..eto..oh....binibiro..ka..lang..."..bago..pa..to..ngumawa..ulit..inabo
t..ko..na..aga
d..yung..cotton..candy..at..agad..naman..niyang..hinalbot...
"thennkkkkyuu."..ngumiti..siya,..medyo..basa..pa..ang..mata..niya..at..ang..pisn
gi..niya..per
o..ang......k...y...u...t.....
"pasyal..mo..naman..ako..."
"ha?"..
"pretty..pleasshh??"..
~~~
ano..pa..ba..magagawa..ko?..tutal,..tapos..na..ang..klase..ko,..dinala..ko..siya
..sa..isang..pla

yground..malapit..sa..school.
umupo..kami..sa..swing..na..magkatabi...Tahimik..siyang..kumakain..ng..cotton..c
andy...kakat
uwa..siyang..pagmasdan,..parang..isang..batang..tuwang-tuwa..sa..pagkain..ng..co
tton..candy
...
maya-maya..umimik..siya....
"anggaling,..pano..mo..nalaman..na..cotton..candy..and..makakapagpatahan..sa..ak
en?"
"ah....eh..."..pano..nga..ba?.."ano..kasi.....tanda..ko..nung..last..meeting..na
tin,..you..ord
ered..so..many..cakes..and..napansin..ko..enjoy..na..enjoy..ka..sa..pagkain..mo.
.nun...so..i..cam
e..to..the..conclusion..na..you..like..sweets..kaya..ng..maalala..kong..may..nag
titindang..cot
ton..candy..sa..labas..ng..school,..ayun,..bumili..ako,..nagbabakasakaling..yun.
.ang..makaka
pagpatahan..sa..iyo."
ngumiti..siya,..isang..matamis..na..ngiti,.."Ang..galing..mo...I..really..do..lo
ve..sweets."
"hehe...syempre,..magaling..talaga..ako..at..gwapo...pero..teka..nga,..bakit..ka
..ba..biglang
..umiyak?..ano..ba..ginawa..ko..sa..iyo?"..
"you..shouted..at..me...I..always..get..teary-eyed..when..someone..shouts..at..m
e."..nakayuko
..sya..non..ng..sinasabi..nya..yun..habang..kinukurot..kurot..nya..yung..cotton.
.candy..na..haw
ak..nya...i..felt..guilty..tuloy.
"oh.....sorry..about..that.....kasi..naman..ikaw....you're..confusing..me.."
"confusing..you?"
"yep."
"how?"
"hmm....kasi....i'm..getting..confused..on..what..you..really..are.."
"di..ba..i..told..you..tao..ako?"
"hehe....kaso..nga..parang..hindi.....you're..more..like..a..genie..kasi..di..ba
..you..said..yo
u..can..grant..my..wishes....eh,..hindi..naman..nakakagrant..ng..wishes..ang..no
rmal..human..e
h.."
"no...dyan..ka..nagkakamali...I'm..no..genie...And..ang..tao,..they..can..really
..grant..peopl
e's..wish."
"well....maybe..your..saying..that..the..wish..their..granting..does..not..inclu
de..powers..
...hindi..katulad..mo,..biglang..tumawag..si..Mimi..nung..magwish..ako...that..d
oesnt..seems..
to..be..a..coincidence..eh.....you..have..a..power....you..did..that.."
"hmm....ewan..ko....naguguluhan..din..ako....basta,..i..believe..na..i'm..a..hum
an...i'm..not..
sure..why..and..how..i..can..grant..your..wishes."
"baka..nga..kasi..genie..ka,..hindi..mo..nga..lang..alam."
"hindi..nga..eh."
"ok...fine...hindi..na..ako..makikipagtalo...umiyak..ka..pa..dyan..eh..."
"hmp."
"hehe....ge..na,..i..believe..na..tao..ka."..ano..pa..ba..magagawa?..sa..kulit..
nito,..mas..mabu
ti..pang..maniwala..na..lang..ako..kahit..hindi..."teka..nga.....bakit..ka..nga.
.pala..biglang

..sumulpot..sa..school..ko..kanina?"..
"ahmm.....la..lang.....Awas..na..kasi..kame..eh....kaya..ayun..naisip..kong..pum
unta..sa..scho
ol..mo..."
"pumapasok..ka..pala..."
"isn't..it..obvious?..naka-uniform..nga..ako..eh."
"sorry..naman...eh..anung..grade..ka..na..ba?"
"..."
"What?!"..bakit..ganto..to..makatingin?..
"highschool..na..ako...hindi..ako..elementary...4th..year..na..ako."..:l
"para..ka..kasing..grade..school....hehe...peace..tayo..dyan."
"ahmfff.....bili..mo..muna..ulit..ako..ng..cotton..candy.."
"waa.....wala..na..si..manong...next..time..na..lang..ulit."
"ahmff.....sige..na..nga,..basta..next..time..ah."
"sure"
"yay!..sabi..ko..na..nga..eh,..mabait..ka."
"ako..pa."
"kahit..panget..."
"mas..panget..ka"
"hindi..kaya....hehe...friends..na..tayo..ah?"..inilahad..nya..and..right..hand.
.nya..at..syem
pre..inabot..ko...we..shake..hands.
"friends."..it..wouldn't..hurt..naman..di..ba?
she..smiled,..that..sweet..smile..then..tumayo..siya,.."ba-bye..na!"..sabay..tak
bo..palayo.
"te..."..teka..lang...tinakbuhan..na..naman..ako...
--??-CHAPTER..5
"Hui..Ron,..ang..lalim..naman..ata..ng..iniisip..mo..ah...May..prob..ka..ba?..Ba
ka..matulungan..
kita?"
"Wala"
"Asa..pa...Ano..nga..yon?"
"Wala..nga..eh."
"Weh..naman."
"Sige...Sagutin..mo..tanong..ko,..ang..uod..ba,..inuuod..din..pag..namatay?"..

*WAPAKKK!*
"aray..ko!..Manapak..ba..naman."
"sira..ka..kasi!..ano..nga..kasing..iniisip..mo?"
"Ayun..nga..ang..kanina..ko..pang..iniisip,..porke't..di..mo..lang..nasagot..nan
anapak..ka..na
."
"Lokohin..mo..lelang..mo...Nga..pala,..napa-check..up..mo..na..ba..yang..utak..m
o?"
*BOOGSH!*
binato..ko..ang..unan..ni..Kyle..sa..kanya..pero..nakailag...Nandito..ako..ngayo
n..sa..kwarto..
ni..Kyle,..tinatamad..kaming..mag-gala..ehh...Init..kasi.
"haha!..joke..lang!"..
"Joke..mo..mukha..mo...Hindi..ako..baliw,..totoo..talaga..si..Sachiko."
"ikaw..ha...na-o-obssess..ka..na..dyan..sa..Sachiko..na..yan..ha."
"hindi..no!..ayaw..mo..lang..kasi..maniwala...Totoo..naman..talaga..sya."
"oo..na...Sa..imahinasyon..mo."
"Mali..ka..dyan...Kahapon..nagpunta..si..Sachiko..sa..school..at..may..mga..naka
kita..sa..kany
a..pare."..kinuwento..ko..kay..Kyle..ang..lahat..ng..pangyayari..kahapon..at..mu
kha..namang..M
EDYO..naniniwala..na..kasi..nga..may..testigo..na..ako..pero..ang..sabi..niya..s
a..akin,..hangg
a't..hindi..niya..pa..daw..nakikita..si..Sachiko..ay..hindi..pa..rin..siya..lubo
s..na..maniniwa
la...Naman..oh.
~~~
Nagdecide..kami..ni..Kyle..na..magpuntang..mall..at..mag-time..zone...Batong-bat
o..na..kasi..
kami..ni..Kyle...Pano..parehong..'single'.
Sa..timezone,..habang..nag-a-arcade..ay..pinaguusapan..pa..rin..namen..si..Sachi
ko.
"Dapat..kasi..sa..susunod..kunin..mo..number..at..address..para..pag..mag-wi-wis
h..ka..mako-c
ontact..mo."
"Eh..lagi..nga..akong..tinatakbuhan."
"Tanungin..mo..agad."
"nawawala..lagi..sa..isip..ko..eh."
"wala..ka..naman..atang..isip..eh...Yikes!..andya..mo..ah!"natalo..ko..si..Kyle.
.sa..larong..ni
lalaro..naman..sa..arcade.
"madaya..ba..yun."..
"oo...basta..pag..nananalo..ka...madaya..ka."..
"bulok..ka..lang."
"aba't...minamaliit..mo..ata..ako..ah."
"maliit..ka..naman..talaga..ah...mas..matangkad..kaya..ako..sa..iyo..ng..1..inch
es."

"parang..one..inches..lang...magtatakong..ako..para..mas..matangkad..na..ako..sa
..yo..next..ti
me."
"bading!"
"joke..lang...kagwapo..ko..para..sa..bading...pustahan..tayo...sinoman..matalo..
sa..next..gam
e..ay..magiging..slave..for..1week."
"what?!.."
"haha...wala..lang...para..may..thrill...ano..game..ka?"..
"ge..ba."
naglaro..kame...
"Shete!..Matatalo..pa..ata..ako!"
"haha!..Ilang..tiranan..ka..na..lang!..Be..ready..to..be..my..slave!!..haha."
"Shete!..aggh...Wish..man..lang..magkahimala..at..manalo..ako..dito,..ayoko..mag
ing..slave..n
i..Kyle!"
*MWUAH!*
waa...biglang..may..nag-kiss..sa..noo..ko.
"As..you..wish."..
"..sa....Sachiko....."
Machine:.."YOU..WIN!"
napatingin..ako..sa..screen....."Ha?..Pano..nangyari..yun?"
"You..wished..for..it."
"Ha?..Teka?..Hindi...Hindi..ko..yun..winish..sa..iyo...Wag..mong..i-count..yun."
"no..can..do...Counted..na..yun...you..said..the..magic..word..eh."
"What?..Andaya."
"Pare....."..tiningnan..ko..si..Kyle,..tulalado..kay..Sachiko.
"Ano?"..
"Siya..ba..si..Sachiko?"..patay...Tinamaan..ata..si..Kyle.
"Yep...Ako..si..Sachiko...How'd..yah..know..my..name?"..
"sinabi..ko."
"Hi...I'm..Kyle..Garcia,..bestfriend..niya...Nice..to..meet..you."
"Hi..Kyle...Nice..meeting..you..too."
shake..hands..pa..tong..dalwang..to..oh...Tong..si..Kyle,..naporma..na..agad.

~~~
pumunta..kami..sa..max..para..mag-dinner...it..was..6pm..na.
"Woah...You're..real...Kala..ko..niloloko..lang..ako..ni..Ron."
"Sinong..Ron?"..WHAT?!..hindi..niya..ako..kilala?
"Ako...Hindi..mo..alam..pangalan..ko?"..
"Uhmm.....ngayon..ko..lang..nalaman..name..mo..ihh."
"What?!..ayus..ka..din..ah...Nakapagpalibre,..nakapang-inis,..nagsabi..ng..kung.
.anu-ano..a
t..umiyak..ka..na..na..sa..akin..at..lahat,..hindi..mo..pa..pala..alam..ang..pan
galan..ko."
"Hindi..mo..naman..sinasabi..ih."..
"Hindi..mo..naman..tinatanong..eh."
"Nakalimutan..kong..itanong."..
"Teka..Sachiko.....May..boyfriend..ka..na..ba?"..grabeh..to..si..Kyle...May..bal
ak..pa..ata.
"Boyfriend?..ahmmm.....
..OO."
W-H-A-T?!!!!
--??-CHAPTER..6
..What?!..May..boyfriend..ka..na?!..
"OO..nga?!"
"Yah...I..have..a..boyfriend."
"Sino?!"
"Si..Ron."..
"ANO..SI..RON---AKO?!"..
"yep...Si..Ron,..ikaw...Ang..bibingi..niyo..naman..eh."

"Pero..panong...?"
"Kahapon..ah.....Napaka..mo.....We..agreed..di..ba?"..
"HUH??..."Wait!..Suskupo..naman..eh!.."Yah!..I..remember.....Yah,..boy..........
...FRIEN
D..mo..nga..ako."
"Good..you..remember."
"Ron?!..Ano?..Wala..ka..man..lang..sinabi?"..
"Sira!..She..meant..boy..then..friend...Boyfriend..as..in..lalaking..kaibigan."
"Oh!..Pwew..kala..ko..."
"Huh?..You..thought..what?..Isn't..that..what..boyfriend..means?"
"Oh.....no,..no..Sachiko...Yah,..yun..nga..meaning..nun..."
"Sachiko...He..was..asking..if..you..have..a..boyfriend..and..the..boyfriend..he
..meant..is..y
ung..something..with..malice...Boyfriend..as..in..syota."
"Yah...That's..what..I..meant...so,..do..you..have..one?"
"oh.....Nope,..I..don't..have."
"Cool!"..seesh!..May..balak..pa..ata.
"Why?"..hindi..ba..obvious?!..Nagbabalak..yang..si..Kyle...Inosenteng-inosente..
pa..ngang..
talaga..tong..si..Sachiko..ai.
"Oh..nothing...Just..asking."
I..whispered,.."nothing..mo..mukha..mo."
"Ano..kamo?"
"Wala...Sabi..ko..may..parada..ng..mga..bingi..bukas...Invited..ka..daw."
"Well..thank..you..sa..invitation..mo."..*sarcasm*
"My..pleasure."
"Really?!..My..parades..of..deaf..tomorrow?..But..why?"
"Ai..susmiyo...Sa..makalawa..may..parada..naman..ng..mga..uto-uto."
"Really?..Andame..namang..parades."
"Susme...OO!..aatend..ka."
"Sira..ka..talaga..Ron...Don't..believe..her..Sachiko."
"Oh...sayang..naman."
"haay.....Anyways,..Sachiko.....where..do..you..live..ba?..Bigla-bigla..ka..na..
lang..kasing
..sumusulpot,..para..kang..kabute."
"Address..ko?..Sa..barangay..di..matagpuan...hehe...joke!..sa..St...Claire..107.
"

Dumating..na..yung..order..namen..at..nagsimula..na..kameng..kumaen.
~~~
After..we..ate...
"oops...Gotta..go...Thanks..for..the..dinner...see..yah!"
"Sa..."..ndali...Sige...Tsupi..na...Nag-dissapear..ka..nanaman..agad.
"waaa.....Umalis..na..ang..princess..ko."..
"Yikes!..Princess..ka..dyan!..More..like..a..witch!"
"kung..witch..sya,..sya..na..ang..pinakamagandang..witch..at..sa..tingin..ko..na
kulam..nya..an
g..puso..ko...O..my..Sachiko,..wherefore..art..thou..Sachiko?"
*WAPAKK!*
"Arouch!..sapakin..ba..naman."
"Ang..corny..mo..ha!..may..pa..romeo..and..juliet..epek..ka..pa..dyan."
"..Sadyang..ganun...Ika..nga..nila,..pag..inlove..nagiging..baduy..pero..sweet..
.Grabeh...lov
e..at..first..sight..ako..Ron...She's..the..most..beautiful..creature..I've..eve
r..met."
"Pare,..eh..ganan..din..sinabi..mo..nung..na-inlove..ka..kay..."
"..."..tumingin..sya..ng..diretso..sa..akin...Emotionless...Hindi..ko..na..tinul
oy..sinasabi
..ko.
"I'm..sorry..."
....
Silence....
"Pare!..Ilakad..mo..ako..sa..prinsesa..ko!"..biglang..naging..cheerful..uli..ang
..mood..ni..Ky
le...Lakas..talaga..ng..tama.
"Whatever"
"Pare..naman..oh...Please?..Please?..Bigay..ko..sa..iyo..half..ng..allowance..ko
..ngayong..mon
th,..tulungan..mo..lang..ako..kay..princesesa..Sachiko."
"Sounds..great!..DEAL!"..
*murmur*.."Mukha..talagang..pera...ang..yaman-yaman..naman."..
"Anong..binubulong-bulong..mo?"
"Wala..sabi..ko..ang..gwapo-gwapo..mo..Ron...I..love..you...pa-kiss..nga!"..
"yucks..ka..Kyle!..ambading..mo!!..lumayo..ka..nga..sa..akin."
"haha!..hindi..naman..mabiro!"..
~~~

Umuwi..na..kame..
I..was..in..my..room...
?..?..?
Turn..around,
Turn..around..and..fix..your..eye..in..my..direction
So..there..is..a..connection.
Now..I..can't..speak,
I..can't..make..a..sound..to..somehow..capture..your..attention
I'm..staring..at..perfection.
Take..a..look..at..me..so..you..can..see
How..beautiful..you..are...
?..?..?
From:..+639123456789
Message:..Hi!..I'm..going..bck..home...
............................I..miss..u...=(
huh?..sino..yun?..Uuwi..daw..sya?..sino..sya?..Anggara..pa..ng..number.....
To:..+639123456789
Message:..Oh...May..I..know..hu..u..r?
---Send--?..?..?
Turn..around,
Turn..around..and..fix..your..eye..in..my..direction
So..there..is..a..connection.
Now..I-?..?..?
From:..+639123456789
Message:..Oh...Don't..be..lyk..dat...I..know..u..kow..me.
............................U..juz..don't..recognize..my..#...Well...Jaz..w8
..........................4..me..2..cum..home..and..u'l..know..hu..I..am...
........................................................Miss..u....badly.
huh?..sino..baga..sya?..pa-mysterious..epek..pa..ai.
To:..+639123456789
Message:..Hu..r..u..ba?..Pls..Tell..me.
---Send--I've..waited..for..2..hours...No..reply...I..tried..to..call...No..one..answered
...Sino..naman..
kaya..yun?..
"kring....kring.."..tunog..ng..bell?.."kring.....kring.."..san..yun?..hmm.....Ah
!..Sa..labas
..ng..bintana?..binuksan..ko..ang..bintana..at..nakita..ko..yung..kuting..ulit..
na..iyon..na..na
sa..sangay..ng..puno..na..kalapit..ng..kwarto..ko.
"Ming..ming.."..tinawag..ko..yung..pusa...Lumapit..ito...Hinimas-himas..ko..at..
naglalambin
g..naman..yung..kuting..at..nagpu-purr..pa..sya.....

"Ikaw..ha...Sinusundan..mo..ako."
"Purrr..."
"Crush..mo..siguro..ako..noh?..hehe."..ambaliw..ko..ai...
"purrrr..."
"hmm....gusto..mo,..dito..ka..na..lang?..aalagaan..kita."..
"Woah!"..Biglang..tumalon..yung..pusa..at..bumalik..sa..puno..tapos..bumaba..at.
.tumakbo..pal
ayo...Ba't..parang..lagi..akong..tinatakbuhan..nung..pusang..yun?..that..cat..re
minds..me..of
..someone...Sino..kaya..amo..nun?
--??-CHAPTER..7
"Hey..cheer..up..will..ya!..babalik..pa..naman..ako..eh."
"Kahit..na...Iiwan..mo..pa..din..ako...5years..yun."
"Hmmm.....I'm..gonna..miss..you..so..much."
"gonna..miss..you..too...very..is..not..enough."
"I..love..you.."..what?!.."my..little..brother."..oh....little..brother?..as..al
ways.....
"i..want..to..tell..something..to..you..."
"hmm?..what..is..it?"
"matagal..ko..na..tong..gustong..sabihin.....I.."
"You?"..Shet!..tutuloy..ko..pa..ba..sasabihin..ko..as..kanya?!..Aghh...It's..now
..or..never...
"Listen....I....I.....I.....lo...ve.....
Chocolates..."..and..i..ended..up..with..'never'...
"..hahaa!!!..ikaw..ha!!..luko..ka..talaga!!..haha,...sure...i..wont..forget..to.
.send..chocol
ates...kaw..pa..malakas..ka..sa..akin..eh."
"Thanks..."
"Naman..ihh....sad..ka..nanaman...Smile..ka..na..oh...babalik..naman..ako..ih...
it's..a..promis
e."
"Mag-iingat..ka..dun..ha...Wag..mong..pababayaan..sarili..mo.Pag..may..nanakit..
sa..iyo..dun,
..sabihin..mo..lang..ha..at..ipapasalvage..ko...promise!"
"hahaha!..sira..ka..talaga!..haha...i'm..gonna..miss..you..and..your..kakulitan.
.talaga."
~~~
?..?..?
Turn..Around
Turn..Around..and..fix..your..eye..in..my..direction
So..there..is..a..connection

I..can't..speak
I..can't..make..a..sound..to..somehow..capture..your..attention
I'm..staring..at..perfection
Take..a..look..at..me..so..you..can..see
How..beautiful..you..are
You..call..me..a..stranger
You..say..I'm..a..danger
But..all..these..thoughts..are..leaving..you..tonight
I'm..broke..and..abandoned
You..are..an..angel
Making..all..my..dreams..come..true..tonight
I'm..confident
But..I..can't..pretend..I..wasn't..terrified..to..meet..you
I..knew..you..could..see..right..through..me
I..saw..my..life..flash..right..before..my..very..eyes
And..I..knew..just..what..we'd..turn..into
I..was..hopeing..that..you..could..see
Take..a..look..at..me..so..you..can..see
You..call..me..a..stranger
You..say..I'm..a..danger
But..all..these..thoughts..are..leaving..you..tonight
I'm..broke..and..abandoned
You..are..an..angel
Making..all..my..dreams..come..true..tonight
You..are..an..angel
Making..all..my..dreams..come..true..tonight
Take..a..look..at..me..so..you..can..see
How..beautiful..you..are
Your..beauty..seems..so..far..away
I'd..have..to..write..a..thousand..songs..to..make..you..comprehend..how..beauti
ful..you..are
I..know..that..I..can't..make..you..stay
But..I..would..give..my..final..breathe..to..make..you..understand..how..beautif
ul..you..are
Understand..how..beautiful..you..are
You..call..me..a..stranger
You..say..I'm..a..danger
But..all..these..thoughts..are..leaving..you..tonight
I'm..broke..and..abandoned
You..are..an..angel
Making..all..my..dreams..come..true..tonight
You..call..me..a..stranger
You..say..I'm..a..danger
You..call..me..a..stranger..
..HOY..MR...RON..ESGUIERRA!!!!..GUMISING..KA..NA!..PAPASOK..KA..PA!..
?..?..?
"aray..kupo!..basag..tutuli..ko."..haha...yun..yung..alarm..clock..ko...haha...o
o,..alarm..ton
e..ko..yun...haha...anweird..ko..noh?..eh..nakakaantok..yung..song..na..yun...ha
ha...kaya..nga..
nagigising..lang..ako..dun..sa..last..part..ng..alarm..tone..ko,..yung..recorded
..voice..ni...
.
Stephanie...
yah...Si..Stephanie....yung..kababata..ko..na..mahal..na..mahal..ko....Sya..ang.
.nagrecord..nu
n..nung..mga..bata..pa..kami,..sabi..nya..kasi..sa..akin..para..magising..ako,..
irerecord..nya..
daw..ang..isang..nakakapananggal..tutuling..reminder.

shet...i..miss..her.

i..just..dreamnt..of..her...of..us...of..our..past...of..our..last..day..with..e
ach..other...i..su
per..miss..her...sya..lang..ang..babaeng..minahal..ko..sa..kabila..ng..mga..nagi
ng..girlfriend
s..ko...
...teka...
Holy..banana!!!..shet!!!..bat..ngayon..ko..lang..ba..yun..naisip?!!!..Hindi..kay
a.....si..Ste
phanie..yung..mystery..number..na..yun?!!!..hindi..nga..kaya?!!!..shet!!..sya..n
ga..ata!!!..t
he..text..said,..uuwi..sya?!!..then,..it..really..must..be..her...wala..na..akon
g..iba..pang..ka
kikilalang..nasa..ibang..bansa..except..my..relatives..pero..syempre,..hindi..na
man..magmym
ystery..epek..pa..yung..mga..yun...baka..nga..si..Stephanie..yun!!pero..bat..par
ang..napaaga..
ata..ng..one..year?..di..ba..next..year..pa..ang..pang-fifth..year..nya..dun??
anla...ewan...basta,..importante,..makikita..ko..na..sya..ulit.....teka....kelan
..ba..exact..
date??..mabuti..pa..tawagan..ko.
*ring..ring..*
Sorry...The..number..you..have..dialed..is..either..unattended..or..out..of..cov
erage..area...
please..try..your..call..later.
i..called..again...ganun..pa..din...hmm....mamaya..na..nga..lang..ulit.
~~~
"Si..Stephanie?!..Yung..kababata..mo?..na..kapitbahay..mo?..na..mahal..mo?..na..
nasa..New..Yor
k?..na..miss..na..miss..mo..na?..ay..nagtext..sa..iyo?..with..an..unregistered..
number?..na..nag
uess..mong..sya..nga..yun..at..sinabi..nyang..uuwi..sya?"..daming..tanong..ah.
"oo."..kinuwento..ko..kasi..sa..kanya..mga..pangyayari...alam..ni..kyle..na..si.
.Stephanie..ay
..kababata..ko..at..alam..nya..ring..may..lihim..na..pagtingin..ako..kay..Steph.
"wow!..what..a..very..long..answer...Talsikan..na..laway..ko..sa..mga..pinagtata
nong..ko..tapo
s..2..letters..lang..sinabi..mo...grabeh!"
"bakit?..madami..naman..yun..ah?..2..letters..yun..and..sabi..nga..nila,..more..
than..one..is..m
any."....
"har-har."
"har..lang...pag..har-har..ay..dalawang..tawa..yun,..madami..yun."
"pilosopo!"
"Ron!..girlfriend..mo..nag-aantay..sa..iyo..sa..labas."..sabi..ni..Rommel,..team
-mate..ko..sa
..basketball...Nasa..gym..kame,..katatapos..lang..ng..basketball..practice...tea
m..captain..
nga..pala..ako...dagdag..charisma..points...haha.
"sinong..girlfriend???"
"oo..nga..Ron...sinong..girlfriend?..kala..ko..break..na..kayo..ni..Mimi?"
"break..na..nga...matagal..na...hindi..ko..alam..kung..sino..yun...wala..akong..
girlfriend..ng
ayon..noh."

"oo..nga...kaya..nga...alam..ko..nga..single..lady..ka..eh."
"nagsalita..ang..hindi..single..lady."
"haha!..parehas..pala..tayong..bading!!!..Ansaya!"
"Sira!..ikaw..lang!..wag..mo..akong..idamay..sa..kabadingan..mo..Kyle!"
"nyahaha...tara..nga...lets..see..the..looking..nung..girlfriend..mo..daw..sa..l
abas."
lumabas..kami..ni..Kyle..ng..gym..at..sa..may..tabi..ng..ng..pinto..ng..gym..ay.
.may..babaeng..nak
asandal..sa..pader..,..kamay..ay..nasa..likod..at..magka-cross..ang..paa..at..na
katingin..sa..m
ay..ulap..habang..nililipad..ng..hangin..ang..mahabang..buhok...
ang..ganda..niya...
--??-CHAPTER..8
"Sachiko?!"
Anak..ng..tinapa!!..bakit..nga..ba..hindi..ko..naisip..agad..na..si..Sachiko..an
g..tinutukoy..n
a..girlfriend?..susme.
"Hi..Kyle!"
"Hoy!..anong..ginagawa..mo..dito..sa..school..ko?"
"Hello..din..Ron."
"Sagutin..mo..tanong..ko."
"Wala..lang."
"Yikes...Umuwi..ka..na."
"Ayaw."
"eh..anong..gagawin..mo..dito?"
"ewan..ko."
"Gusto..mo..Sachiko..ipasyal..kita?"
"Sure!"
"Sige,..kayo..na..lang...Uuwi..na..ako."
"Ahmffs...naman."
"Sige,..enjoy..na..lang..kayo...uuwi..na..ako."
bumulong..ako..kay..Kyle..."yan...moment..nyu..na...Bestluck..pare."
"Thanks..Ron."
"anong..pinagbubulungan..nyu..dyan?"

"wala..naman...sige,..bye."
~~~
"ano..kaya..ginagawa..nung..dalwa?"..nakauwi..na..ako,..nakahiga..ako..ngayon..s
a..kama..ko..a
t..nag-iisip...Iniisip..kung..ano..na..nangyayari..kay..Sachiko..at..Kyle...Sa..
tingin..ko..na
man..ay..magkakasundo..yung..dalawa,..parehas..na..isip..bata..eh.....
At..natutuwa..naman..ako..at..nainlove..na..ulit..si..Kyle...Pero,..para..kasing
..may..mali
....May..mali.....ano..kaya?..hindi..ko..matukoy...
~~~
kinabukasan..sa..school.....halos..mabaliw..ako..sa..kapahidan..ni..Kyle...pano.
.kasi..kinuw
ento..niya..ang..buong..pangyayari..sa..kanila..ni..Sachiko..kahapon...Daig..pa.
.ni..Kyle..ang
..babae..kung..kiligin..eh.
"Ron...I..ask..her..kung..pede..ko..siyang..ligawan!"..ambilis..nito..ah.
"Eh?!..anong..sabi?"
"Syempre!..approve!"....
...
"matanong..nga..kita..Kyle,..seryoso..ka..ba..kay..Sachiko..o..panakip..butas..l
ang..sya..sa..i
yo?"
"seryoso..ako..sa..kanya..pare...mahal..ko..talaga..sya."
"good...move..on..ka..na..nga..siguro."..hindi..na..sya..umimik...Move..na..nga.
.kaya..si..Kyle?
..masakit..ang..naging..nakaraan..ni..Kyle..kaya..hindi..ako..makakapayag..na..m
asaktan..ulit
..siya...Sana..nga..si..Sachiko..na..ang..makakatulong..sa..kanya..na..kalimutan
..ang..past..ny
a.
~~~
Sabado...
Naglalakad..ako..sa..may..plaza..
"Si..sachiko?"..natanong..ko..sa..sarili..ko..ng..makita..ko..si..Saciko..na..na
kaupo..at..naka
tingin..sa..isang..aso...eye..to..eye..sila...Pinagtitinginan..siya..at..pinagta
tawanan..ng..
mga..tao...Ang..sira..naman..nitong..si..Sachiko,..makipagsukatan..ba..naman..ng
..tingin..sa..
aso...tsk!
nilapitan..ko..siya..at..inabot..ang..kamay..niya,.."tara..na."
Nabigla..siya..at..tumingala..sa..akin,.."Ron?..anong..ginagawa..mo..dito?"
"Naglalakad..at..ikaw..babae,..anong..ginagawa..mo..at..nakikipagtitigan..ka..sa
..aso?!"
may..biglang..umepal....."nababaliw..na..yan...haha..."..at..nagtawanan..na..din
..yung..ibang
..mga..tao...nainis..ako..."ikaw..ba..tinatanong..ko..ha?!..wag..kang..epal!..at
..kayo!..tapos..
na..ang..show...magsi-alis..na..kayo!"
umalis..na..sila...pero..naririnig..ko..yung..iba..na..naiinis..sa..akin..pero..
pake..ko..ba..sa

..kanila.
hinarap..ko..si..Sachiko,.."oh..ano?"
"Eh..kasi..tong..aso,..tinatahulan..ako..kanina."..isisi..ba..naman..sa..aso...h
aay..nako.
"gutom..lang..yan...halika..nga,..ikakain..kita."..hinila..ko..sya..papunta..sa.
.isang..resto
.
~~~
Sa..isang..resto...
umorder..kami..ng..cakes.....syempre,..si..Sachiko..ang..umorder..ng..mga..yun..
...ako..spagh
etti..lang.
pinagmasdan..kong..kumain..si..Sachiko....nakakatuwa..sya....ang..gana..nyang..k
umain...hil
ig..talaga..sa..matamis...napatingin..sya..sa..akin...tapos..may..iningunguso..s
ya,..hindi..k
o..ma-gets...bigla..syang..lumapit..sa..mukha..ko,..ang..lapit..ng..mukha..nya..
sa..mukha..ko..a
nd..for..a..sec,..my..heart..skipped..a..beat...
"may..sauce..near..your..lips."..I..can..feel..her..breath,..kahit..kumain..siya
,..still..maba
ngo..pa..rin..ang..hininga..niya...Pinunasan..nya..with..her..thumb..yung..amos.
.ko..sa..mukha.
..Ang..pula..ng..lips..nya,..ang..lapit..nito..sa..lips..ko,..mga..half..an..inc
h..lang..ang..layo
...Gusto..kong..halikan..ang..labi..niya...
..huh?!..no!..hindi...ano..ba..tong..pinag-iisip..ko...
"ayan...ok..na."..hindi..ko..napansin..nakabalik..na..pala..siya..sa..upo..nya.
~~~
"wag..mo..na..ulit..ipamimigay..yang..cellphone..ha."
"okie."..ibinili..ko..ULIT..ng..cellphone..itong..si..Sachiko.
*flashback*
lumabas..na..kami..ng..resto..at..naglakad..lakad.
"Sachiko....alam..mo..pag..minsan..iniisip..ko..kung..kabute..ka..kasi..palagi..
ka..na..lang..bi
glang..susulpot..sa..harapan..ko...May..cellphone..ka..ba?"
no..answer...
"Sachiko....hui....ano..na.....bakit..h..."..paglingon..ko..sa..tabi..ko..wala..
na..si..Sachik
o...tumigil..ako..sa..paglalakad..at..tumingin..sa..kaliwa....wala....sa..kanan.
...nope.....a
t..sa..likod...
Ayun..ang..bruha!
Nakatayo..si..Sachiko..sa..harap..ng..isang..bookstore...Mukhang..may..tinitingn
an..sa..mga..
display..books..sa..salamin...Nilapitan..ko..siya.
"Sachiko..."..hindi..tumingin,.."Sachiko?"..no..response..pa..din..kaya..tinapik
..ko..siya..
sa..balikat..at..mukhang..nabigla..siya...Malalim..siguro..ang..iniisip?
"oh..Ron...anong..ginagawa..mo..dito?"
"sira...magkasama..kaya..tayo."
"oo..nga..pala."

"bigla-bigla..ka..na..lang..nawawala..eh."
"hehe...tara...lakad..na..ulit..tayo."..humawak..siya..sa..may..braso..ko,..nabi
gla..ako..at..m
edyo..nailang,..ambango..niya..."tara...hindi..na..ako..mawawala."
lumakad..na..kame.
"Sachiko...May..cellphone..ka..ba?"
"ano..yun?"
"hindi..mo..alam..yun?!"
"itatanong..ko..ba..kung..alam..ko...nakakain..ba..yun?"..taga..sang..planeta..b
a..tong..babae
ng..to?
"Eto.....Ganto..ang..cellphone."..pinakita..ko..sa..kanya..cellphone..ko.
"ahh,......wala..ako..nan."
"halika."
"saan..tayo..pupunta?"
"Smart..wireless..center??"
"yep."
"hindi..ka..pede..dito."
"at..bakit?"
"haay....hindi..ka..talaga..pede..dito...Can't..you..read...Smart..wireless..Cen
ter...matata
lino..lang..pede..dito."
"har-har...Funny."
"Wala..naman..si..Bugs..bunny."
"ha?..ano?"....
"Wala...ang..sabi..ko..ang..kyut..mo."
"buti..alam..mo..."....
*murmur*.."Buti..alam..kong..kyut..kang..alien."....
"ano..sabi..mo?"
"wala...tara..na..sa..loob."....
sa..loob...
"ano..ba..tong..lugar..na..ito?"
"wag..kang..mag-alala..nasa..pilipinas..pa..rin..tayo...bibili..kita..ng....cell
phone..para..m
adali..kitang..macontact."..binili..ko..sya..ng..N70.

"oh?..anong..gagawin..ko..dito?"
"gamitin..mo..yan...para..macontact..kita."
naglakad-lakad..ulit..kame...puro..lakad..noh?..hehe...hindi..ko..dali..kotse..k
o..eh.
"sachiko..paheram..ng..phone..mo...ise-save..ko..number..ko."
"anong..phone?"
"yung..cellphone..na..binili..ko..sayo..kanina."
"ahh.."
"oh?..asan..na?"
"wala..na."
"anong.....wala..na?!"
"ang..engot..naman..eh....Gone..in..english...Wala..na...W-A-L-A..na...Gets?..o.
.kelangan..ko..
pa..ng..dictionary..para..i-explain..sayo?"
"teka.....eh..ba't..nawala?"
"binigay..ko..dun..sa..katabi..ko..kanina."
"ha?..bakit?"
"eh..ayoko..naman..nun."
"ansira..mo..naman!"
*end..of..flashback*
at..ayun..na..nga..ang..nangayari...binili..ko..ulit..sya..ng..cellphone..at..pi
nagbilinang..w
ag..na..ulit..ipamimigay...tinuruan..ko..pa..siya..kung..pano..gamitin..yun...gr
abeh!..para..a
kong..nagtuturo..ng..pagsusulat..sa..isang..3yrs..old...ang..kulet!..nakakasira.
.ng..ulo!
nandito..kame..ngayon..sa..may..playground...nakaupo..ulit..sa..swing.
pinagmasdan..ko..si..Sachiko,..nakatingin..sya..sa..mga..ulap..at..mukhang..mala
lim..ang..ini
isip...may..problema..kaya..siya?..nung..isang..araw..ganto..din..yung..expressi
on..niya,..bl
anko..habang..nakatingin..sa..mga..ulap.
"Sachiko..."
"hmm?"..tumingin..siya..sa..akin..ng..nakangiti.
"nanliligaw..nga..sa..iyo..si..Kyle?"
"yep."
"may..gusto..ka..ba..sa..kanya?"
"hindi..ko..alam..."
"hindi..mo..alam?..eh..ano..bang..nararamdaman..mo..sa..kanya?"

"hmm.....pag..kasama..ko..siya,..magaan..ang..pakiramdam..ko,..masaya..ako.....t
apos..alam..m
o..ba,..hindi..ko..alam..kung..bakit..pero..kahapon..nung..nagkalapit..ang..mukh
a..namin,..nag
skip..ng..beat..ang..heart..ko...bakit..kaya..ganun?..tapos..last..night,..napan
aginipan..ko..
siya...Ang..weird...bakit..ganon?"
"hmm.....may..meaning..yan..Sachiko."
"ano?"
"malalaman..mo..din."..Inlove..ka..din..sa..kanya...
nakakatuwa..namn..pero..bakit..parang.....may.....ano..yun?
~~~
tumayo..bigla..si..Sachiko..at..hinalikan..ang..noo..ko,.."bye..alis..na..ako."
tumakbo....na..siya..palayo,.."sachiko.."
*boogsh*
"oops...sorry."..napaupo..si..sachiko...may..nabangga..siyang..babae..nung..paal
is..na..sya..
ng..playground...tumayo..siya..tapos..tumakbo..paalis..agad.
Napatingin..ako..sa..nabangga..ni..Sachiko...
"Ron...."
--??-CHAPTER..9
"Ron....."
OMG...yikes...Ambading...Shockings..na..lang....eh..eh...pang-girlush..pa..din..
eh...ano..ba..
yan,..nahahawa..na..ako..sa..kabadingan..ni..Kyle.
"Stephanie?"..
"I'm..back..Ron."..tumakbo..siya..palapit..sa..akin..at..niyakap..ako.
"oh..ano?..bakit..parang..nabato..ka..dyan?..hehe."
"is..that..really..you..Steph..o..nanaginip..lang..ako???"
kinurot..ko..ang..pisngi..ko,.."Ouch!"
"Silly...I'm..for..real."
"I..missed..you..so..much,..Steph."
"me..too,..Ron."
~~~
Sa..bahay..ko..nagdinner..si..Steph.

*author..murmurs..to..readers:.."ang..kapal..nuh?..nakikain..pa?"
Pinagmasdan..ko..si..Steph...Ang..laki..ng..iginanda..nya.
Ang..lakas..ng..tibok..ng..puso..ko,..abnormal..na..ang..tibok...Si..Steph..lang
..ang..nakakaga
wa..nito...Mahal..ko..pa..rin..talaga..siya..hanggang..ngayon.
"What..are..you..looking..at?"..oops...nahuli..nya..ako..na..nakatingin...I..thi
nk..I..turned..
red...Wag..naman..sana.
"Nothing...You..look..beautiful..as..ever."
"Thank..you...ikaw..naman..gumagwapo..ka..lil..bro..."..
ganda..na..sana..ng..sinabi..may..lil..bro..pang..kasama...bixet..naman..oh.
~~~
after..dinner,..nagstay..kame..sa..room..ko...Ginagala..ni..Steph..ang..kwarto..
ko..habang..ak
o..nakahiga..sa..kama..habang..pinagmamasdan..siya.
"so....Kamusta..ka..na..Ron?"
"ayos..naman....ikaw?"
"ayus..na.."
"na?..what..do..you..mean..by..that?"
"Hmm....basta....Hey..lil..bro..bakit..hindi..ka..na..nagkeep..in..touch..sa..ak
in..ha?"
"Basta..din."
"pede..ba..naman..yun?"
"..Ikaw..nga,..basta..din..sagot..mo."
"Hehe...Sabagay,..hindi..na..tayo..mga..bata,..may..mga..lihim..na..tayo..ngayon
..na..hindi..pe
deng..sabihin..di..tulad..nung..mga..bata..tayo,..walang..sekre-sekreto..sa..ati
n."..kala..mo
..lang..yun,..ang..nararamdaman..ko..sayo..ay..matagal..ng..sekreto..kahit..nung
..mga..bata..pa
..tayo...
"Bakit..nga..pala..napaaga..ka..ng..1year..sa..pag-uwi?"
"bakit..hindi..ka..ba..natutuwa..na..umuwi..agad..ako?"
"of..course..natutuwa..ako...i'm..just..curious."
"ahmm....lets..just..say..nabored..na..ako..sa..New..York."
?..?..?
Turn..Around
Turn..Around..and..fix..your..eye..in..my..direction
So..there..is..a..connection
I..can't..speak
I..can't..make..a..sound..to..somehow
capture..your..attention
I'm..staring..at..perfection
Take..a..look..at..me..so..you..can----

?..?..?
Kukunin..ko..sana..ang..cellphone..ko..para..tingnan..yung..text..ko..kaso..naun
a..si..Steph..n
a..makuha..cellphone..ko.
"hmm....FromSachiko..."..Si..Sachiko?..Ano..naman..kaya..tinext..nun?
"Message....'shing-shing'..anong..shing-shing?"
"shing-shing?!..Ewan..ko..din...Hanla,..yaan..mo..na..yan..si..Sachiko,..may..pa
gka-alien..ya
n."
"hmm.."..may..tinatype..sya..sa..cellphone..ko.
"What..are..you..typing?"
"nothing."..binalik..na..nya..ang..phone..ko..sa..tabi..ng..lamp..shade.
tapos..nag-gala..gala..ulit..siya..sa..room..ko...
May..kinuha..siyang..red..na..photo..album...
Shete!!..Yun..yung..photo..album..na..puro..picture..nya!..shete!..mabubuking..a
ko!!
Tumayo..agad..ako..sa..higaan..at..pinuntahan..siya,.."Huwag..yan,..Steph!"
Umilag..siya..ng..kukunin..ko,..bubuklatin..nya..na..kaya..pilit..kong..inaagaw,
..nasa..likod
..niya..ako..at..inaagaw..ko..yung..album...Paikot-ikot..siya..para..hindi..ko..
makuha...Nag-a
agawan..kami..ng....
"Aaaahhh!!!!"
*Dug-dug!..Dug-dug!*
Anlakas..ng..tibok..ng..puso..ko...Natalisod..si..Steph..at..saktong..napahiga..
sa..kama..ko..a
t..dahil..inaagaw..ko..sa..kanya..yung..album,..napahiga..din..ako..at..ang..mal
ala..pa.....I'm
..above..her,..my..hands..in..between..her..head..at..anlapit..lang..ng..mukha..
namen..sa..isa't
-isa...Nagkatitigan..kame...
Parang..tumigil..ang..mundo..ko...
Katahimikan...
Walang..imikan....Sobrang..tahimik,..rinig..na..rinig..ko..ang..tibok..ng..puso.
.ko,..ang..lak
as.....rinig..rin..kaya..niya?
"Ron..."
suddenly..she..kissed..me!!!!!!

--??-CHAPTER..10
She..kissed..me..
*BOOGSH!*
Ay..bruha..ka!..Araykupo!..Matapos..akong..halikan..itulak..ba..naman..ako,..nah
ulog..tuloy..
ako..sa..kama!
*tomp!..tomp!*
*bang!*
Bumangon..ako..sa..pagkakahulog..ko,..tumakbo..ako..sa..pagkakahulog..ko,..tumak
bo..na..pala
bas..si..Steph.
"Steph!!"..tinry..kong..habulin..siya...Pero..pagkalabas..ko..ng..room..ko..at..
nung..bababa..
na..ako..ng..hagdan..nakita..ko..si..mommy..na..nakafold..ang..kamay..sa..chest.
.habang..nakata
yo..sa..tabi..ng..hagdan.
"Did..something..happened..between..you..and..Steph?"..muntik..na..po..akong..ra
pe-in..ni..St
eph...Sayang!
"Nothing..ma."
"Eh..bakit..siya..biglang..umalis?"
"I..dunno..Ma...Baka..may..naalalang..na..dapat..asikasuhin..kaya..nagmadali."..
Wow!..galing
..magsinungaling!..Bravo!
"oh..is..that..so.....Invite..her..next..time..again..ha?"
"Sure..ma."..*lunok-lunok*..nakupo...Si..mameh..aman,..pano..ko..iimbitahan..uli
..yun,..ni-r
ape..nga..ako.
Pero..seriously(wow!..serious!)...serious..na..talaga,..pano..ko..kaya..iimbitah
in..si..Ste
ph..uli?..Paano..ko..sya..haharapin..ulit?..Bakit..niya..ako..hinalkan..at..bigl
ang..iniwan?..
Hindi..ko..alam..ang..gagawin..ko...>.<
Sa..room..ko...
2am..na...Hindi..pa..rin..ako..makatulog...Waaaa!!!..Ansarap..pala..marape...gra
beh...Pero..
...May..gusto..din..kaya..sa..akin..si..Steph?..Bakit..kaya..niya..ako..kiniss?.
.huwaaa.....Hir
ap..mag-isip..lalo..na..pag..walang..isip...waa...
Kinabukasan...
*Tiktilaok!..Tiktilaok!*
Ano..ba..yun!..ke-aga..aga!..Shuddup..manok!..Sarap..ng..tulog..ng..tao..dine..e
h!
*tiktilaok!*
"Hmm.....ano..ba.....tutulog..tao..dine..eh..."..medyo..namulat..mata..ko..and..
..
"Waaaa!!!"

*BOOGSH!*
Aray!..Nalaglag..nanaman..sa..kama...Ano..bang..ginagawa..ng..manok..sa..kama..k
o?!!
*tiktilaok~!*
"Hoy..manok!..tiktilaok..ka..dyan...Anong..ginagawa..mo..sa..kama..ko?"
*tiktilaok*
"aba!..aba!..nakikitulog..ka?..hoy!..hindi..to..boardinghouse!"
...
"Hoy!..Bakit..hindi..ka..na..sumagot?!..Hoi!..sumagot..ka..pag..kinakausap..ka,.
.wag..kang..ba
stos!"
Teka.....bakit..ko..ba..kinakausap..tong..manok?..As..if..naman..nagkakaintindih
an..kami!..k
e-aga..aga..inaatake..ako..ng..baliw..syndrome!
Ano..ba..kasi't..merong..manok..sa..kwarto..ko?!
"MAMEEHHHHHHHH!!"
Lumabas..ako..ng..kwarto..dala..ang..manok...Nagpunta..ako..sa..kitchen..at..nak
ita..ko..si..Mo
mmy..dun.
"Mame!!!..bakit..may..manok..sa..room..ko???"
Natatawa..si..mommy,.."Baka..nangitlog..ka..nung..tulog..ka..tapos..napisa..and.
.*tenen!*..ya
n..na..ang..anak..mo."
*serious..tone..and..face*
"Ha-ha..mameh."
"Ahaha...Kaw..naman..anak,..nagbibiro..lang..si..mameh..mo...Si..Samantha..."
"Figures."..Si..Samantha..kasi..ang..malditang..imprimitidang..lukang..may..saya
d..na..taka
s..sa..mental..na..makulit..na..salbahe..na..may..sungay,..buntot..na..bruha..(h
oo.....kahapo..
ah.)..kong..pinsan!!!
Gusto..nyo..example?
*flashback*
2years..ago...
Once..upon..a..time..there..lived..a..bruhang..witch..named..Samantha..and..a..s
uper..duper..ha
ndsome..guy..named..Ron.
Yung..witch..kinakawawa..si..Handsome..guy.
"Ron,..meet..your..cousin..Samantha."..my..mom..introduced..the..bruha...She..lo
oks..like..an
..angel..with..an..innocent..but..sweet..smile....look..lang..naman....Deception
...super..pow
er..ng..bruhang..yan.
"Hi..Samantha."..smile..naman..ako..kala..ko..kasi..mabait..yung..bruhang..yun..
that..time.

"Hi..kuya..pogi."..buti..alam..nitong..batang..to.
"Ok..Ron...me..and..your..tita..cecille..needs..to..go..already...Take..care..of
..Samantha...Ti
ta..Cecille..of..yours..will..fetch..her..at..6pm...Bye!"..Ayan..umalis..na..si.
.mameh..at..si..t
ita..cecille...Ako..na..ngayon..ay..isang..dakilang..babysitter..or..should..I..
say....
BRUHA-SITTER!!!
"Hoy..panget!..gandahan..mo..pose..mo!"..nagpose..naman..ako...Lam..nyu..ginawa.
.nya?..Simple
..lang..naman..kinukuhanan..nya..ako..ng..pictures..na..ako'y..nakabihis..pambab
ae..at..nakamake-up!!!..Bakit?..Kase..tong..bruhang..to..inayusan..ako!!..hindi..ako..nakapa
lag..kasi..i
iyak..daw..sya..at..magsusumbong..tapos..papasagasa..daw..sya..pag..hindi..ako..
sumunod!..agg
h!!
You..know..what's..worse?
Pi-nost..nya..sa..internet!..And..maraming..nakakita..even..my..schoolmates!..Su
per..humili
ation!..Na-issue..nga..akong..bakla,..napublicised..pa..sa..school..paper!..Buti
..na..lang..s
inabi..kong..it..was..photoshopped..by..some..freakin..guy..and..they..believed.
.me..naman...
*end..of..flashback*
Ayun..ang..isa..lamang..sa..napakaraming..kabruhahan..ng..Samantha..na..yun...
"She..is..so..sweet!"
"Ano..pong..sweet..sa..paglalagay..ng..manok..sa..kama..ko..ma?"
"Hmmm.....She..said..para..magising..ka..daw,..she'll..put..a..chicken..in..your
..bed..kasi..da
w..hapon..na..tulog..ka..pa..and..she's..worried..sa..yo..kasi..bad..daw..yung..
sobra-sobra..ang
..tulog...Isn't..that..sweet?"
"Sweet..nga....nakakaumay."..btw,..asan..na..yung..bruhang..yun?
"Hiya..kuya..Ron!"..speaking..of..the..devil!
"oh..manok..mo"..binigay..ko..na..yung..manok..nya..."Bye..gotta..go."
umalis..na..agad..ako...Naligo...Nagbihis...At..lumabas..ng..bahay...Kelangan..k
o..makaalis..
ng..bahay..kung..gusto..ko..pang..mabuhay!
~~~
Sunday..naman..ngayon,..mabuti..pang..magsimba..na..lang..ako.
~~~
After..the..mass,..nagpunta..na..ako..sa..parking..lot...
"Ron!"
"Oi..Kyle!"..may..katabing..girl..si..Kyle.....oh!..si..Sachiko!
"hmm.."
"Nagdedate..kame..pare..."..bulong..ni..Kyle...So..it..figures.

"Where's..your..car..Kyle?"
"Ai....Sira..eh....Bruhang..car."
"haha...Wawa..ka..naman...So..san..next..stop..niyo?"
"Sa..house..ko."
"Really?..Pedeng..sama?..pa-epal..ako..noh?"
"OO...epal..eh...Sige..na..nga."
"Pasensya..na..talaga...hindi..pa..ako..pedeng..bumalik..sa..amin...Bruha..alert
."
"Hahahah!..Ganun!..sige...basta..free..ride..ha?"..alam..ni..Kyle..and..tungkol.
.sa..bruha...S
inabi..nya..nga..sa..akin..na..buhusan..ko..daw..ng..holy..water..si..Samantha..
para..bumait-ba
it..daw...Tatalab..kaya?..
"sure."
~~~
Sa..loob..ng..car...
pareho..silang..sa..backseat..nakaupo...Walang..nagsasalita...I..noticed,..kanin
a..pang..wa
lang..imik..si..Sachiko..ah,..I..look..at..her..at..the..rearview..mirror..and..
...huh?..Why..is
..she..glaring..at..me?
What..did..i..do..to..her?..Dahil..ba..sinira..ko..moment..nila..ni..Kyle?
When..we..reached..Kyle's..house..
Ayun....Medyo..OP..ako...haha...Ang..sweet..nung..dalwa..eh...Nilalanggam..na...
Bilis..ni..Kyl
e!
Siguro..bukas..ko..na..ichichika..ke..mareng..este..pareng..Kyle..yung..tungkol.
.kay..Steph..a
nd..yung..kiss...Let..them..have..their..moment...Dakilang..epal..ako.
Mga..9pm..na...
"uuwi..na..ako."..paalam..ni..sachiko.
"Pasundo..kita..sa..driver..ko."
"wag..na..lang."
"Sachiko,..I'll..drive..you..home..na..lang...Pauwi..na..din..ako..eh."
"oo..nga..Ron...take..care..of..my..sachiko..ha."..
"sure..pare."
"Tara..Sachiko,"..She..glared..at..me..again..then..faced..Kyle,..
"Thanks..for..the..day..Kyle."
"Welcome...Ingat..ka...Love..you!"
"Thanks."

~~~
Sa..car...
Sa..passenger..seat..nakaupo..si..sachiko...
Nakakapanibago,..ang..tahimik..ni..Sachiko...When..I..looked..at..her...
*SCREEEEEEEEEEEECH!!!*
Waa.....Napapreno..ako..dun..ng..madiin..ah...She..is..glaring..at..me!..bakit..
ba?!..kanina..p
a..to..ah!
"bakit..ganan..ka..makatingin?..parang..kakainin..mo..ako..eh....hindi..ako..cak
e..ah."
No..response...Still..glaring.
"Hui..Galit..ka..ba..sa..akin?..What..did..I..do..ba?"
"You..told..me..to..go..'!@#$..off..and..die'!"..sinabi..ko..yun?
"What?!..wala..akong..sinabing..ganun!"
..Meron."
"when?"
"yesterday."
"Kahapon?..Look..Sachiko,..I..dont..remember..saying..something..like..that...An
d..I..dont..s
ee..a..reason..to..say..that..to..you."..she..closed..her..eys..and..inhale..dee
ply,.."Whatever
...Ayoko..na..ngang..magtanim..ng..galit...it's..just..a..word."
"Wala..naman..talaga..akong..sinabing..ganun."
"Whatever..ok?"
"..oh.....ok.....Friends..pa..rin..tayo..ah?"..para..akong..bata..nung..sabihin.
.ko..yun...Pat
i..pala..pagiging..isip-bata..nakakahawa...
Mula..sa..grim..face..nya....biglang..nagsmile..uli..siya,.."Of..course."
She's..back..to..her..cheerful..self!..That's..my..Sachiko!
"So.....Kamusta..date..nyu..ni..Kyle?"
"ayun....Masaya."
"Sagutin..mo..na..siya."
"Ambilis..naman."
"Sachiko,..wala..naman..yun..sa..bilis..o..tagal...Kung..mahal..nyo..naman..tala
ga..ang..isa't
-isa,..then..go...Yung..iba..nga..anatagal,..umaabot..ng..2years..ang..ligawan..
pero..sandali
..lang..itinatagal...Tapos..yung..iba..naman,..5months..pa..lang..magkakilala..p
ero..nagpapa
kasal..na..pero..happily..ever..after..sila."
"....Mahal?"
"Oo....di..ba..mahal..mo..na..si..Kyle?"
"Hindi..ko..alam...nalilito..ako...Pano..ko..ba..malalaman..pag..mahal..ko..tala
ga..siya?..ano

ng..batayan?"
"Sachiko,..walang..batayan...Basta..pakinggan..mo..lang..ang..heart..mo...Make..
sure..makiki
nag..kang..mabuti."
"eh..'dug-dug'..lang..naririnig..ko..eh."
"hahaha!..basta,..sachiko..malalaman..mo..din..ang..ibig..kong..sabihin...Just..
listen..to..y
our..heart...Just..listen."
"Hmm....Okiedokie."..nakakatuwa..talaga..tong..si..Sachiko...nakakaaliw.
"Nga..pala.....Kelan..mo..balak..mag-wish..ulet?"..oo..nga..noh.....nalimutan..k
o..na..yun..ah
...Wala..kasing..ma-wish.
"Hmm...8wishes..pa..ano?..2..pa..la---"
"Hep~!..anong..8,..six..na..lang..kaya!"..What?!..6..na..lang?!..Panong..nangyar
e..yun?
Lets..remember..nga..ang..mga..wishes..ko..na..
#10-Yung..kay..Mimi
#9-Yung..sa..arcade..game(speaking..of..that...Ang..bruhong..Kyle..nalimutan..na
..ata..ang..p
ustahan..namen..ah.)
#8-meron..na..ba?
#7-Wala..naman..ah?
#6-so..
#5-Pano..naging..six?
#4-eh..2..pa..lang..nawiwish..ko.
#3-anggulo..ah?
#2-Tama..naman..bilang..ko..ah.
#1-..two..pa..lang..naman..talaga..nawiwish..ko..ah.
Ang..labo..naman!..Maalam..bang..mag-math..tong..si..Sachiko?
10..-..2..=..8
Ang..10..-..2..=..6..ay..mali..di..ba?..Kahit..bali-baliktarin..pa..yan.
Anggulo-gulo.
Nabago..na..ba..ang..math..system..ngayon?
--??-CHAPTER..11
..Yep...6wishes..na..lang...
..Pano..nangyari..yun?..Eh..di..ba..2..pa..lang..nawiwish..ko?..
..2..ka..dyan...Four..na..kaya...

..4?..Pano..nangyari..yun?..San..naggaling..yung..2?..
..Hmm.....Ikaw..dyan..ang..nagwiwish..hindi..mo..alam...
..Eh..hindi..ko..talaga..alam..eh...
..Sige...Let..me..enumerate..sa..iyo..ang..wishes..mo...
Yung..second..wish..mo..muna---..Yung..sa..arcade...
..Mali!..
..Huh?!..Eh..ano?..
..Ano..ba..ang..lagi..mong..winiwish..before..I..even..came..in..your..life?..
Ano..nga..ba?..Ahmm....I..think......Yung..bumalik..na..si..Stephanie?..
..Tama!..
..Teka....you..know..Steph?..
..Hindi..eh...
..Eh..pano..mo..nalamang..wish..ko..yun...
..Ahmm....Basta....Kasi,..before..you..even..wished..for..it,..alam..ko..na..ang
..wish..mo...
..Waa....eh..bakit..hindi..mo..na..i-grant..lahat..ngayon?..
..Hindi..pede...Kelangan..i-voice..out..mo..muna..lahat..ng..wishes..mo...
..Ganun....teka....na-voice..out..ko..ba..yung..wish..ko..kay..Steph?..I..don..t
..even..remember..saying
..or..wishing..that..to..you...Sa..isip..ko..lang..lagi..yun...
..I..ve..heard..it..in..your..sleeptalk...
..Oh...Kaya..pala..biglang..dumating..si..Steph..because..of..my..wish...
..Yep...So...Your..first..wish..is---..
..Yung..kay..Mimi...
..ihh!!....Ang..epal..naman..lagi..ihh...Ayaw..bagang..patatapusin..muna..ako...
Mali..ka!..Ahmp!..
..Mali?..Eh..yun..yung..first..kong..wish..eh....
..Hindi..yun...Masyado..ka..naming..malilimutin..eh.....
..Ppa..no....Teka?..Ano?..
..Ahahah...Natatawa..naman..ako..sa..iyo..eh....Alalahanin..mo..yung..araw..na..
sinagip..mo..ako,
..may..winish..ka..nun...Yun..yung..1stwish..mo.....
..Hmm.......nung..araw..na..sinagip..ko..sya?..May..winish..ako?..Ano..kaya?..*i
sip-isip*
*flashback*

..Shet!..Yung..babae..masasagasaan!....tumakbo..ako..papunta..sa..babae..upang..
iligtas..siya.
Katapusan..ko..na..ata..to...Napakabait..ko..naman..kasing..nilalang,..sinasagip
..ko..tong..b
abaeng..to,..yan..tuloy..ako..ang..mabubura..sa..mundong..to.
Waa....Lord..naman,..yoko..pa..mamatay,..hindi..pa..ako..nakakapag-asawa...Hindi
..ko..pa..nar
aranasan..yung..pag-aano..
Anla...Bahala..na..nga.
..i..wish..mabuhay..pa..ako..na..gwapo..pa..rin..after..this.....Imposible..nama
n..kasi...Truck..tong
..babangga..ehh.
Huh?..Masasagasaan..na..tong..babaeng..to..e..nakangiti..pa..rin?..Problema..nit
o?
Ewan...Tinulak..ko..sya..palayo.
..As..you..wish......ano..daw?
*BOOGSSSH!*
*end..of..flashback*
..hihi.....Remember..mo..na?..
..Yun..ba..yun?..
..Oo...You..wished..na..mabuhay..ka..na..gwapo..pa..rin...For..short,..you..wish
ed..that..nothing..
would..happen..to..you...
..Oh!..So..that..s..why,..wala..akong..mga..sugat..at..puro..galos..lang..noon..
.
..Yep...
..Teka.....Ikaw..ba..yung..nagsabing....salamat....nung..time..na..paalis..na..a
ko..sa..hospital?..
Biglang..binuksan..nya..yung..pinto,....Bye!..Alis..na..ako...Thanks..na..lang..
sa..ride...Malapi
t..na..dyan..bahay..ko...
..Pero..Sa---....Sya..sige...Tumakbo..ka..na..palayo..ulit...Hindi..na..ako..nas
anay..eh-eh...
~~~
I..entered..a..white..room,..I..think..I..m..in..a..hospital...
In..the..room..there..was..a..guy..crying...He..was..sitting..beside..the..bed.
I..noticed..the..girl..lying..unconscious..in..the..bed...Apparatus..attached..t
o..her...I..we
nt..to..her...
When..I..look..at..her..face...
My..heart..raced..so..fast.....She..was..so..beautiful.....like..a..goddess...
I..held..her..hand..and..kissed..it.
pa-epal..si..ms...Author..ha...Haha...Sya,..sya,..may....sisingit..daw..na..soun
ds..habang..pin
apanood..ni..Ron..yung..face..nung..girl..sa..bed,..parang..tulad..nung..sa..mga
..tv?..Di..ba?..H
aha...Eto..yung..music..kung..saka-sakaling..unfamiliar..sa..inyo:..
Stranger..by..Secondhand..serenade
Hindi..po..ako..fanatics..ng..secondhand..pero..nagkataong..bumagay..lang..yung.
.kanta..sa..s

tory..ko..kaya..yan....sige...Eexit..na..ako...
*ms...Author..exitssssss.!..Shing!*
?..?..?
Turn..around
Turn..around..and..fix..your..eye..in..my..direction
So..there..is..a..connection
I..can..speak
I..can..make..a..sound..to..somehow..capture..your..attention
I..m..staring..at..perfection
Take..a..look..at..me..so..you..can..see..me(how..beautiful..you..are)
?..?..?
The..first..time..I..saw..you...I..saw..perfection..I..thought..would..never..ex
ist...You..were
..so..beautiful..like..the..most..beautiful..crystal...And..when..our..eyes..met
..for..the..fir
st..time,..I..know..that..we..are..somehow..connected....connected..in..our..hea
rts.
?..?..?
You..call..me..a..stranger
You..say..I..m..a..danger
But..all..these..thoughts..are..leaving..you..tonight
I..m..broken..and..bende
You..are..an..angel
Making..all..my..dreams..come..true..tonight
?..?..?
We..met..and..doesn..t..have..a..single..idea..about..each..other..only..our..co
nnection..brought
..us..together...Hindi..ko..akalain..na..ang..buhay..ko..ay..magiging..napakasay
a..until..I..me
t..you...Wala..na..akong..mahihiling..pa..makasama..ka..lang....so..don..t..leav
e..me..please?..Hindi
..ko..kakayanin...
?..?..?
I..m..confident
But..I..can..t..pretend
I..wasn..t..terrified..to..meet..you
I..knew..you..could..see..right..through..me
I..saw..my..light..flash..right..before..my..very..eyes
And..I..need..just..what..we..turn..into..
I..was..hoping..that..you..could..see..me
Take..a..look..at..me..so..you..can..see..me
?..?..?
The..connection....made..me..feel..that..even..I..don..t..know..you..that..time.
.yet,..a..part..of..me..
felt..that..you..are..somehow..special..to..me...That..somehow,..someday..I..wou
ld..take..care
..of..you..more..than..I..would..care..for..myself...And..that..someday..has..co
me...I..would..ta
ke..care..of..you..for..you..are..not..special..but..more..than..it...You..are..
someone..whom..wo
uld..cut..the..reason..of..my..heart..s..beating..when..you..would..leave..me...
When..youre..gone.
...so..please,..I..m..begging..you,..stay..with..me.
?..?..?
Your..beauty..seems..so..far..away
I'd..have..to..write..a..thousand..songs
To..make..you..comprehend..how..beautiful..you..are.
I..know..that..I..can't..make..you..stay
But..I..would..give..my..final..breath

To..make..you..understand..how..beautiful..you..are.
Understand..how..beautiful..you..are.

You..call..me..a..stranger,..you..say..I'm..a..danger
But..all..these..thoughts..are..leaving..you..tonight.
I'm..broke..and..abandoned..you..are..an..angel
Making..all..my..dreams..come..true..tonight.
You..call..me..a..stranger.....
You..say..I'm..a..danger.....
You..call..me..a..stranger...
?..?..?
If..I..can..t..make..you..stay,..I..might..as..well..follow..you...I..want..to..
be..with..you..foreve
r....More..than..forever.
?..?..?
Ron!!!..Gising..na!
?..?..?
~~~
*BOOOOGSH!*
..Aray..ko!..Bwisit..na..alarm..clock!....humiga..ulit..ako..sa..kama..at..tumin
gin..sa..kisame..haba
ng..ang..mga..kamay..ko..ay..unan..ng..ulo..ko...Nag-iisip..
Inaalala..kung..sino..yung..babae..sa..panaginip..ko....alam..ko..sa..panaginip.
.ko..nakita..ko..y
ung..mukha..ng..babae..pero..bakit..ngayon..hindi..ko..maalala..ang..mukha..niya
?!!..Sino..sya
?..At..bakit..parang..espesyal..sya..sa..akin?
..Ron.....what?!..Si..Steph?!..Anong..ginagawa..niya..dito?!
..Hoy..Ron,..bumagon..ka..na..dyan...May..pasok..ka..pa...hurry,hurry...
....waaa....teka,..teka..Steph...
..Walang..teka,..teka...Go!..Take..your..bath..na.....tinutulak..nya..ako..papun
tang..bathroom...If
..I..know..bobosohan..mo..lang..me...Haha...Kapal..ko..din..eh...Na-rape..lamang
..ai,..lumalaka
s..na..ang..loob..eh.
*blam!*
At..ayan..na..nga..andito..na..ako..sa..bathroom...Nakakabigla..naman..si..steph
..eh...Bakit..g
anun?..Parang..nalimutan..nya..na..yung..kiss...Parang..she..doesn..t..even..fee
l..awkward..unli
ke..what..I..feel..
After..my..bath,..nagbihis..na..ako..ng..uniform..ko...Buti..na..lang..na-set..k
o..na..kagabi..a
ng..uniform..ko..sa..bathroom..kasi..kung..hindi,..hindi..ko..alam..kung..pano..
ako..lalabas..n
g..c.r...kung..nasa..kwarto..ko..si..Steph...Yah,..the..bathroom..is..inside..my
..room...
When..I..was..finish,..syempre..lumabas..na..ako...Ano..pa..gagawin..ko..sa..loo
b..ng..bathroom
,..eh..wala..na..diba?..Kaya..lalabas..na..talaga..ako...Common..sense.
There..she..is,..standing..in..front..of..the..window..while..looking..outside..
.Her..face..he
ld..sadness...Then..she..turn..to..me..when..she..felt..my..presence..and..in..a
n..instance..her
..sadness..were..washed..away..and..a..smile..occupied..her..face...May..problem
a..kaya..si..St
eph?..And..why..do..I..have..the..feeling..that..she..doesn..t..want..me..to..kn
ow..it.
..Yan...Finish..ka..na..Ron...Tara..na..pasok..na..tayo...
..Tayo?....bakit,..sasama..sya?
..Oo,..tayo...I..m..in..third..year..college..Ron...And..I..left..my..course..in
..New..York..so..I..need

ed..to..continue..studying..here...I..enrolled..for..BS..nursing...
..Really?!..
..Yep...So..let..s..go..na...late..na..late..na..tayo!....hinila..niya..ang..kam
ay..ko..hanggang..sa..kots
e..ko..so..I..have..no..choice..kundi..magdrive..na.
*Gruuu!*
..hihi......oops...Nakakhiya..naman,..nagreklamo..yung..tyan..ko.
..Nakalimutan..ko..hindi..ka..pa..nga..pala..nagbe-breakfast...Sorry..for..dragg
ing..you..out..i
n..such..a..haste...Kasi..naman,..tanghale..ka..na,..didn..t..you..set..your..al
arm..clock,..the..o
ne..with..my..ear-splitting..shout?..Anyway,..I..have..a..sandwich..here,..you..
can..eat..it...
..Err....Steph,..I..cant..eat...I..m..driving...
..Oh..yah...Sorry..for..that...Well,..susubuan..na..lang..kita..while..your..dri
ving.....what?!!..Na
ku...Naku,..kakahiya..aman...>.<
..a....e....Steph....wag..na,..kakahiya..aman..sayo...
..Nako..nahihiya..ka..pa..sa..akin..oh...Sige..na,..say....ah.......she..placed.
.the..sandwich..near..my..mou
th...Well,..she..left..me..no..option..kaya..I..opened..my..mouth..and..bite..on
..the..sandwich.
All..through..out,..sinubuan..niya..ako...Answeet..nya...Nikikilig..ako...>,<
~~~
We..reached..school..and..hinatid..ko..sya..sa..classroom..nya..
After..that,..umalis..na..ako..sa..building..nya..at..nagpatungo..sa..building..
ko..
But..on..my..way....
*kring!..Kring!*
I..searched..the..place..for..that..cat....I..know..that..sound....its..that..ca
t..s..bell..on..her..ri
ght..leg...I..m..sure..of..it...I..searched..the..place..and..
..Aha!....there..s..that..cat,..standing..beside..a..tree..and..looking..intentl
y..at..me.
Hindi..ko..inalis..ang..tingin..ko..sa..mata..ng..pusa..habang..humahakbang..ako
..palapit.
..Gotcha!....ng..makalapit..ako..agad..kong..hinawakan..ito..upang..hindi..makat
akbo.....Kala..mo..mak
akatakbo..ka..nanaman..ha...
..Meow.....mukhang..pagsuko..ng..pusa.
Dinala..ko..sa..classroom..ang..pusa...Syempre,..ipinasok..ko..sa..backpack..ko.
..
..Ming-ming...Wag..kang..maingay..ha.....Bilin..ko..sa..pusa..bago..ipasok..sa..
loob..ng..bag..ko.
Pagpasok..ko..ng..room..
..MR...ESGUIERRA!..YOU..RE..LATE..AGAIN!....bonggang-bonggang..pagbati..sa..akin
..ni..Mr...Imbyerna..
este..Mr...Imberra..ang..aking..chemistry..teacher.
..nag-quiz..na..kame..and..dahil..late..ka,..your..50!....tinatanong?
..eh..kahit..naman..late..or..hindi,..makapg-take..or..not,..50..pa..rin..ako..d
un..sir..eh.....Nagtaw
anan..mga..classmates..ko...Totoo..naman..eh,..araw-araw..na..ginawa..ng..Diyos.
.eh..nagpapaquiz..tong..si..mr...Imberra..kahit..walang..nilelesson...Saka..lang..maglelesso
n..after..th

e..quiz...Pano..ka..ba..naman..papasa..ng..ganon.
..Go..to..your..seat..Mr...Esguierra!..NOW!......eto..na..nga...Ano..bagang..gin
agawa.
Pagkaupo..ko,..inilapag..ko..ng..dahan-dahan..ang..bag..ko..sa..sahig.
Ayun,..dumada..na..lang..ng..dumada..si..sir...Wala..naman..akong..maintindihan,
..pasok..dito
..labas..doon..method..na..naman..ako.
Medyo..inaantok..na..ako..sa..lesson..ni..sir...Pumipikit-pikit..na..ang..mata..
ko..pero..
Nawala..ang..antok..ko..ng..
*commotions*
..aaahh!!!..Yung..bag..gumagalaw!..
..uu..nga!..Buhay..yung..bag!..
..What?!..Alien..kaya..yung..bag?..
shet!..Bag..ko..yun!..Bakit..nakarating..sa..may..unahan?!..Pusang..gala!!!..Yun
g..pusa!!
..Sir!..May..living..bag!..
..Where?..
..yan..na..sir..sa..unahan..niyo!..
..where?..
..There..oh!..Duling!..
..ANO?!..
..wwa..wala..po...Yun..po!..
..Oh..this.....itinaas..nya..yung..bag..ko.
..Shet!..Bag..ko..yan!..
..Did..you..just..call..me..shet?..
..hindi..po..sir...Hindi..kayo..shet..kasi..imbyerna..tawag..ko..sa..inyo..eh..
..WHAT?!!....patay!..Dumulas!
..w-w-wala..po...Sabi..ko..po..bag..ko..yan...
..Ano..ba..laman..nito..at..bakit..gumagalaw?....binuksan..niya..ito..at..ng..ma
buksan..ay..hinimata
y.
Agad..dinala..sa..clinic..si..sir...May..phobia..nga..pala..si..sir..sa..pusa..k
aya..ayun..hinim
atay.
Kinuha..ko..yung..bag..ko..at..ang..pusa...Nagsilapitan..ang..mga..classmates..k
ong..girls...
..Wow..Ron...Ankyut..naman..ng..pusa..mo...
..syempre..cute..may-ari..eh...

..Anong..pangalan?....ano..nga..ba?
..A..e....
..A-e..ang..pangalan?..
..hindi!..Ano....ang..name..niya..ay......ano..ba..maganda?
..Ay..?..
..ay....Chiko!..
..What..a..cute..naman...Bakit..chiko?....andami..namang..tanong..ng..mga..to,..
mga..ngpapakyut..lan
g..naman..halatang-halata..eh...Pero..sinasayang..lang..nila..efforts..nila..sa.
.pagpapakyu
t..kasi..para..sa..akin..ang..kyut..lang..sa..mundong..to..ay..si..Steph..at..si
..Sachiko.
What?!..Did..I..just..said..Sachiko?!..Waa....erase...Erase...Nevermind...
..ui....bakit..Chiko?..
..Kasi....I..have..a..friend..named..Sachiko....eh..yun,..ito..kasing..si..Chiko
..at..Sachiko..may..si
milarities..kaya..ginamit..ko..yung..Chiko..sa..Sachiko..nya,....well..that..was
..true...Chiko..r
eally..reminds..me..of..Sachiko,..pareho..silang..kabute..at..kyut.
What?!..Did..I..just..said..something..like..that..again?!..Erase...Erase..ulit!
!!..>.<
..really?..Friend..lang..ba?....ano..ba..tong..mga..to,..interviewer?
..oo....friend..ko..lang..si..Sachiko...
..pero..balak..mong..ligawan?....ano..naming..pumasok..sa..mga..kokote..ng..mga.
.to..at..itinanong..y
un.
..nako...Hindi...Friend..lang..talaga...At..saka..nililigawan..iyon..ni..Kyle...
..Si..Kyle..Garcia?..Yung..sa..kabilang..section?..
..yep...
FASTFORWARD
Lunch,..nagmeet..kame..ni..Kyle,..as..usual...I..told..him..about..sa..chemistry
..class..ko..at
..sa..cat...Alam..nya..rin..na..Chiko..name..ng..cat..at..from..where..I..got..t
he..name..pero..hin
di..sya..nagalit..hindi..naman..kasi..makitid..ang..utak..ni..Kyle,..may..sayad.
.lang.
FASTFORWARD..ulit
hahaha...Ayon..nasa..bahay..na..ako...I..placed..the..cat..in..my..bed...I..took
..off..my..shirt..
and..what..a..funny..thing..when..I..faced..Chiko,..biglang..tumalikod..ito...Sh
e..looks..like
..embarrassed..or..something.
I..pet..Chiko..and..she..purr..playfully,....your..mine..now..you..silly..cat...
Pinangalanan..na..
kita..kaya..if..ever..na..tatakbo..ka..ulit..make..sure..na..babalik..ha...
..Meow.....nakakatuwa..parang..naiintindihan..ako..ni..Chiko.
Around..3:40am..nagising..ako...Kinapa..ko..si..Chiko..sa..kama..ko..pero..wala.

She..left..me..again.
Kinuha..ko..ang..phone..ko..and..dialled..Sachiko..s..number...When..she..picked
..it..up..she..gav
e..me..a..sleepy....hello...
..hello..Sachiko...
..who..might..you..be?..Ikaw..ba..ang..nagbabantay..sa..pinto..ng..cake..heaven?
..Promise..po,..na
ging..good..ako...Please..let..me..enter...I..wanna..eat..cake...
*pff*....sige...Sige...I..ll..treat..you..a..cake..tomorrow..basta..grant..me..a
..wish...
..I..wish..to..eat..cake...Please..let..me..have..that..piece!....nanaginip..ata
..tong..si..Sachiko..e
h.
..Look...Tomorrow..ok?..I..m..the..one..to..be..wishing..Sachiko...I..wish..for.
.chiko..to..come..back
..again...
..my..cake...Thank..you.....haay....igagrant..niya..na..siguro..yun.
..sige...Goodnight..Sachiko...Sleep..tight...
..Bye...I..love..you.....
Ano..daw?!!!!
..Kyle...
..End..of..call--aaahh....si..Kyle..naman..pala.
Whaa?!!..She..said....I..love..you......does..that..mean?!..Oh..my..gulay!
Good..news..to..kay..bestfriend!
*kring*
wow!..Bumalik..si..Chiko...Pumunta..sya..sa..kama..ko..at..agad..na..natulog...S
omehow,..I..fee
l..comfortable..and..relax..when..I..touch..this..cat.
~~~
Huh?..Si..Sachiko?
Nasa..may..cliff..kame,..si..Sachiko..nakatayo..sa..tabi..ng..puno..na..nakatani
m..sa..dulo..ng
..cliff...Nakatalikod..sa..akin..si..Sachiko.
..Sachiko?....lumingon..siya..at..ngumiti...That..sweet..smile,..my..favourite..
smile...
Humakbang..ako..palapit..sa..kanya.....Ron...Don..t..stay..close..to..me...
..Sachiko..pero......humakbang..pa..din..ako..palapit.
..Lalo..lang..akong..mahihirapan..pag..lumapit..ka..pa.....tears..started..to..r
oll..down..on..Sachi
ko..s..cheeks...Humakbang..ako..hanggang..makalapit..ako..sa..kanya,..I..held..h
er..crying..face
..and..kissed..her..on..the..lips.....Sachiko....I..want..to..be..with..you....I
..love..you....

..Ganun..din..ako..Ron..pero.....alam..ko..at..alam..mo..na..hindi..pede.....I..
hugged..her.
..Can..I..wish..for..it?..
..ron....how..many..times..to..I..have..to..tell..you..that..not..all..wishes..c
an..be..granted?..
..Till..this..wish..of..mine..is..granted...Don..t..leave..me..please...Sachiko.
..
..This..love..is..not..for..us...All..of..it..was..just..a..beautiful..dream,..R
on...Pero..it..s..time..
to..wake..up...The..dream..is..over..Ron....Over...
..No!..I..ll..rather..have..nightmares..just..to..be..with..you..than..waking..u
p..and..losing..you...
..Sorry..Ron...Things..aren..t..meant..to..be..as..we..have..wished..for...I..lo
ve..you..
Goodbye...:..(..
she..pushed..off..from..my..hug..which..tends..to..make..her..fall..from..the..c
liff...I..tried..
to..reach..her..hand..but..it..was..too..late.
..SACHIKOOOOOOOOOOOO!!..
--??-CHAPTER..12
"SACHIIIIKOOOOOO!!!"
*bOoGsH!*
Ohmygolly-gulay!..Waddaheck..is..that..all..about?!..Me..and..Sachiko?!..Isang..
malaking-WOAH--..Pati..baga..naman..sa..panaginip,..dinadalaw..ako..ng..kabuteng..yon?!..
Atsaka,..wha
t's..with..the.."I..love..you"..pa..ha?!..Ano..namana..epek..yun?!
Hindi..ko..mahal..yun!..no,..no..and..'NO'!..Si..Steph..ang..mahal..ko!
Other..self:.."Eh..yun..naman..pala..eh...Bakit..nagpapa-apekto..ka..sa..panagin
ip..mo?..Si..S
teph..naman..ang..mahal..mo.
Nagpapaapekto..ka..dyan!..Hindi..kaya!..No..way!!
Yes..way!..Nagpapa-apekto..ka...Obvious..naman..eh.
At..pano..naman..aber?
Obvious..kasi..masyado..ka..nagpapanic..eh..napanaginipan..mo..lang..naman..kayo
ng..dalawa..
ni..Sachi..na..may..weird..kilig..moments...
Panic?..Hindi..ah.
Deny..pa..eh.
Hindi..naman..ako..nagdedeny...Manahimik..ka..na..nga..lang.
pano..kung..ayaw..ko?
Aggh!!..shut..up!

Relax...haha...Ako..ay..ikaw!..pede..mo..akong..mapatahimik..anytime..noh.
Aii.....Oo..nga..noh.
Bakit..ko..ba..kinakausap..ng..self..ko.
"Mahal..mo..si..Sachiko."
heh!..Ron!..shut..up..na!..Hindi!..no!..Si..steph..mahal..ko!..weird..dream..lan
g..yun.
Asanezz..boy!!!
OO..nga!..patunayan..ko..pa..sa..iyo..na..mahal..ko..si..Steph.
At..pano..naman?
Abangan..mo..na..lang.
~~~
"Ok...It's..now..or..never."
hakbang..pauna.
"It's..now..or..never..na..talaga."
hakbang..pauna..ulit.
Kala..ko..ba..mahal..mo?
Mahal..ko..nga..aba!
Eh..ba't..nachi-chiken..ka..dyan?
hindi..ah.
So.....kaya..pala..nangangatog..ang..tuhod..mo.
Gutom..lang..ako.
Sige...Palusot..lang..boy!!.
Arggh...bahala..na..nga,.."Stephanie!!!"
Lumingon..siya..medyo..hinangin..buhok..nya..kaya..inipit..nya..yung..mga..hinan
gin..na..buho
k..sa..unahan..nya..at..inipit..sa..likod..ng..tenga...Aww.....I..really..do..lo
ve..this..girl.
"Hey..there..Ron!..What..are..you..doing..here?"
"At..bakit?..Masama..na..bang..pumunta..dito?..hehe...Just..kidding...Wala..lang
...tatambay..
lang..sana..ng..makita..kita...What..are..you..doing..here..too?"..nasa..may..cl
iff..kami...Ang
..madalas..na..tambayan..namen..nung..mga..bata..pa..kami.
"Tambay..lang..din...I..remembered..our..childhood..times..kasi."
"hehe...kakamiss..noh?"

"yah...Sana..bata..na..lang..ulit..tayo..kasi..nung..mga..bata..tayo..ansaya-say
a..natin...wal
ang..pinoproblema."
"Bakit..ngayon..ba?..hindi..na..tayo..masaya."
"hmmm..."..hindi..nya..sinagot..tanong..ko,.."Look..at..this..tree....hanggang..
ngayon..buha
y..pa..din...hehe...Antatag..naman..nitong..puno."..tinutukoy..nya..yung..puno..
near..sa..edge
..ng..cliff...Mga..bata..pa..lang..kami..nandun..na..yun...
"Yah..."..it's..time...."Steph.."
"Hmmm?"..kaya..ko..to!..aja!
"I.....i.....Love..you..Steph!!!"..she..smiled...Unti-unti..akong..lumapit..sa..
kanya..at..ng
..makalapit..ako,..hinawakan..ko..ang..magkabilang..pisngi..nya..at..nagtitigan.
.kami,.."can
..I..court..you?"
she..smiled..again,.."Why..court..me?..Pedeng..tayo..na..naman..agad."..she..kis
sed..me.
The..cliff...the..tree....the..girl.....the..kiss...
I..noticed..tears..rolling..in..her..cheeks...."Steph?"..I..manage..to..say..aft
er..the..kiss.
.
the..cliff.....the..tree....the..girl....the..kiss....the..tears..
"It's..nothing,..I'm..just..happy."..she..hugged..me..
the..cliff....the..tree....the..girl....the..kiss.....the..tears....the..hug...
*FLICK!*
Oh!..It..was..like,..everything..came..into..pieces....This..scene..is..familiar
.....my..drea
m!..It's..just..the..same..in..my..dream....the..only..difference..is..that..it.
.was..supposed..
to..be..Sachi..and..a..sad..ending..
"Ron?..are..you..ok?"
"Oh...I'm..just..fine...Let's..go..Sachiko."
"Sachiko?..Why..did..you..call..me..Sachiko?"
huh?..sinabi..ko..yun?.."Sorry,..my..bad...I..mean..Steph."
"Who..is..Sachiko?....patay!..hoi..brain!..It's..time..na..magisip-isp!..maghagi
lap..ng..paluso
t!
"A..e....Si..Sachiko?..Ah!..Favorite..cosplayer..ko..yun.....napanuod..ko..sa..t
.v..kanina,..
eh..may..hang-over..pa..siguro..ako..sa..napanuod..ko..kanina...Astig..kasi..ng.
.costume..nya.
"..buti..na..lang..may..pagka-japanese..name..ni..Sachi...pwew.
"At..sinong..anime..kinosplay..nya?"..nakupo...may..pagkahilig..nga..pala..si..S
teph..sa..ani
me,..pano..ko..pa..malilipat..ang..topic..kung..napukaw..ko..na..ang..interest..
nya...Cornered
...
"Yung..sa..sailormoon."
"Sino..dun?"
"Basta..yung..nakapalda.."..Walahnjo!..hindi..ko..alam..isasagot..ko.

"Eh..mga..nakapalda..naman..talaga..ang..mga..sailormoons..eh...anong..name..nun
g..character
?"
"ah....eh..."..anime..name,..sailormonn..character....waa....wala..ako..maisip,.
."Si..shizu
ka."
"Huh?..sa..doraemon..yun..ah?..
"ah..eh....oops!!..i'm..hungry..na...tara,..eat..na..tayo...treat..kita...our..f
irst..date."..
buti..na..lang..hindi..na..niya..ako..kinulit..pa...kumagat..sya..sa..pag-iiba..
ko..ng..usapan.
..xD
Bakit..kasi..ang..engot..ko,..bakit..name..ni..Sachi..ang..sinabi..ko?!
~~~
After..our..first..date,..nahiga..na..ako..sa..kama..ko...Matagal..ko..ng..minam
ahal..si..Steph
..at..ngayon,..mag-on..na..kami.
Teka....kelangan..masabi..ko..ito..kay..Kyle.
To:..Kyle_baliw-mate.
oi..pare!..Ang..gwapo..q..este..mgndang..gv!..ui!..kame..na..ni..Steph!..knina..
lang...ayiee!
-sendpagkapindot..ko..ng..send..button,..saka..biglang..may..nagtext.
From:..Kyle_baliw-mate
Hoi..bakla!..Maganda..ako..este..ang..gv!..nyahahahaha...xD..ok-ok...nd..n..aq..
mgpapaka-gayi
sh,..nd..bagay..sa..gwapo..qng..face...saka..alam..mo..ba..pre,..ansaya2x..ko!..
kame..na..ng..pri
nsesa..Sachiko..q!!!!
What?!..Sabay..lang..pala..kame.
~~~
gusto..ko..ng..matulog..pero..hindi..ako..makatulog....Asan..kaya..si..Chiko?..M
y..sleeping..c
harm.
"meow"
mukhang..nabasa..ni..Chiko..ang..aking..isip..ah.
bigla..syang..pumasok..ng..kwarto..ko..mula..sa..labas..sa..pamamagitan..ng..buk
as..kong..bint
ana.
Kinuwento..ko..kay..Chiko..ang..araw..ko..at..after..that..nakatulog..na..ako...
Ito..lang..pusa
ng..to..ang..nakakapagpatulog..sa..akin..eh.
~~~
I..woke..up..because..of..a..very..terrible..dream..
I..was..like..a..kid,..looking..for..comfort..so..I..can..go..back..to..my..slee
p..again...Kinuha
..ko..ang..phone..ko..and..dialed..her..number...
"Hello..."..she..said..in..a..sleepy..voice.

"Hello..too.."
"Why..did..you..call?"
"I..had..a..nightmare."
"About..what?"
"About..you..."
"Raally?..so..i'm..a..nightmare.."
"No....Actually,..dreaming..of..you..is..the..best..pero..in..my..dream..I..was.
.losing..you..an
d..it..scares..me..so..much.....the..worst..nightmare.."
"Don't..worry,..I..won't..leave..you."
"Really?"
"Really...I'll..always..be..with..you."
"Forever?"
"Forever."
"Thanks...Goodnight."
"Goodnight."..she..yawned.
"I..love..you,..Steph."
"I..love..you..too,..Kyle."
~end..of..call~
and..i..fell..back..to..sleep.
~~~
"Oh....So..you're..Sachiko."
"Yes...I..am."
"Nice..to..meet..you..then...I'm..Steph,..btw...And..Ron's..girlfriend."..waa...
.patay..akong
..bata..ako...
"Is..that..so,..Ron?"..tiningnan..ako..ni..Steph..ng..masama...Mamamiyah!!
naguguluhan..ba..kayo??..oh-kayy.....let's..start..from..the..start?..ok?
*flashback*
ganto..yun...Nagdedate..kami..ni..Steph..sa..may..mall...HHWW.
When...
"Babe.."..endearment..namen..ni..Steph..ko.
"Hmmm?"

"Is..that..Kyle.....and..err....who's..that..girl..with..him?..I..think..i've..s
een..her..befor
e....hmm....ah!..yung..girl..na..nakabangga..ko..sa..playground..dati..when..I..
came..back."
nilingon..ko..yung..direction..na..tinitingnan..nya..and...
"Yah....sina..Kyle..nga."..tinawag..ko..si..Kyle,.."HOY..PARENG..KYLE!"
hindi..lumingon...Hindi..ata..ako..narinig...
"KYLE!"..still..hindi..rinig.
"Maybe...he..doesnt..hear..you...lapitan..natin."
hindi..rinig..ha...tingnan..natin...
"BALIWWWW!"
andaming..nagtinginan..pero..care..ko,..sikat..naman.
pero..bulls-eye!..tumingin..ang..baliw..na..si..Kyle.
"Oi!..Ron..my..labbs!!..kaw..pala..yan."..lumapit..sila..sa..amin.
"Loves..mo..your..face...My..gf..na't..lahat..eh."
"hehe...juks..lamang...hindi..me..baklush..noh...Kitams..mo..nga,..napakaganda..
ng..gf..ko."..
oo..nga.
"Hi..ron!..sino..sya?"
"maya..na..ang..pakilalanan,..nahuhunger..na..ako...Let's..eat..mga..perks!"..su
mang-ayon..n
a..kami...magagawa..pa..namen,..takot..na..lang..namen..kay..Kyle..na..kainin..k
ame..eh...on..th
e..way..sa..resto,..holding..hands..sina..Kyle..at..Sachi...HHWWPSSP--..holding.
.hands..while
..walking,..pa-sway..sway..pa.
*end..of..flashback*
so..here..we..are..sa.."ang..kyut..ng..author..restaurant"..having..chitchats..w
hile..waiting
..sa..order..amen.
"No....yes....este....no....yes....anla."
"Explain..Ron."
"haha!!..LQ..pa..kayo..as..in..lugaw..queen...ako..na..nga..mag-e-explain..Steph
."..salamat..n
aman..at..to..the..rescue..si..bestfriend...Inexplain..ni..Kyle..ang..kaengotan.
.ni..Sachi...S
alamat..talaga..Kyle...Hinulog..ka..ng..langit!!
~~~
"Oh..my..gosh!..i'm..so..sorry,..Sachi!"..nakow...natabig..bigla..ni..Steph..ang
..wine..nya..ka
ya..natapunan..yung..nasa..katapat..nya..which..is....Sachi.
"It's..okie."
"Mabuti..pa,..let's..dry..it..up..sa..c.r."
"yah...mabuti..pa..nga...Go..on..Sachi."
"okie."
~~~

while..nasa..c.r...ang..mga..girlash...Chika..muna..kami..ni..Kyle.
"hoi..bakla."
"bakla..ka..dyan."
"Trouble..ka..sana..doon..kanina..ah."
"haha...oo..nga...ayusin..mo..nga..yang..gf..mo."
"aayusan?..I..like..the..idea."..
"Sira!..ayusin..hindi..ayusan!..manyak."
"tamo..to,..sya..na..nga..ang..niligtas..sa..kapahamakan,..sya..pa..ang..nang-aa
sar."
"sorry..naman...sya,..sya...salamat...talagang..hinulog..ka..ng..langit."
"Baka..'hulog'..hindi..'hinulog'."
"hinulog..ka..talaga..ng..langit..kasi..sukang..suka..na..sila..sa..iyo..doon."
"masyado..kasi..akong..gwapo."
"sige..lang...kapalan..mo..pa,..hahanap..lang..ako..ng..pangkiskis..ng..mukha..m
o..para..numip
is."
"wow!..salamat..Ron...Kabait..mo."
"Welcome...Mabait..talaga..ako..gwapo..pa..."
"Remove..the..gwapo..pero..mabait..ka..nga..kasi..balita..ko..maagang..kinukuha.
.ni..Lord..ang
..mababait..eh."
"Sira..kang..talaga!..nakadalaw..ka..na..ba..ulit..sa..mental?"
"naku.hindi..nga..eh,..dadalawin..pa..man..din..sana..kita..doon."
naudlot..na..ang..pag-aasaran..na..lambingan..namin..ni..Kyle..ng..dumating..na.
.sina..Steph..
at..Sachi.
"Sorry,..natagalan..kami."
"it's..ok...Let's..eat."
kumain..na..kami....daldalan..dito..daldalan..doon...
pero.....kanina..ko..pa..napapansin..na..simula..ng..pagbalik..nila..ng..c.r...a
y..wala..ng..im
ik..si..Sachi...Ano..kaya..problema..non?..inis..ba..sya..kay..Steph..dahil..nat
apunan..siya?..
Ambabaw..naman..nun.
--??-CHAPTER..13
"Ron..Esguierra,..Stephanie..Rodriguez,..Kyle..Garcia..and..Sachiko."
"Sachiko..what,..sir?"
"A..e.."..Ano..nga..bang..apelyido..ni..Sachiko?..Come..to..think..of..it,..neve
r..nyang..naba

nggit..ang..surname..nito.
Hinarap..ko..si..Kyle...O,..bakit..seryoso..ang..mukha..nito..at..parang..ang..l
alim..ng..iniis
ip?..Nag-e-emo..emohan..ba..tong..emongoloid..na..ito?
"Kyle..."
"Hmm?"
"Si..Sachi?"
"Nasa..van..natutulog."..biglang..tumakbo..si..Kyle..pabalik..sa..sasakyan..ata.
..
"wa.."..waaa....tumakbo..ba..naman..bigla,..itatanong..ko..sana..ang..surname..n
i..Sachi..eh.
..Problema..kaya..nun...
"Sir.....excuse..me?..May..I..have..the..surname?"
"Ahmm..."..hindi..ko..alam...."Esguierra."..no..choice..na.
"Sachiko..Esguierra?"
"Yes."
"Sige..po..sir...Pasok..na..po..kayo,..nalista..ko..na..po..names..nyo..sa..V.I.
P...pass...Ms...S
amantha..is..waiting..for..you."
Yep,..ya..heard..it..right...Ang..bruha..kong..pinsan..nga...Were..here..sa..tow
nhouse..nina..S
am...Humingi..kasi..ng..favor..si..tita..na..bantayan..muna..ang..anghel..DAW..n
iya...For..she..
and..sam's..dad..has..business..to..do...Ayun,..pumayag..na..ako...No..choice..e
h,..pinilit..ak
o..ng..minamahal..kong..ina..ee...Kaya..sinama..ko..na..tong..mga..to..para..enj
oy..na..din...
Upon..entering..the..townhouse...
Wow!..Grabeh,..anggara..ng..pambungad..ng..townhouse.."BRUHA"
"Kuya..Ron!"..oh..no,..why..do..I..have..the..feeling..na..abot..hanggang..sunga
y..ang..ngiti..n
itong..batang..to.
"Hello..dear..cousin."..*sarcastic..smile*
"Hiya..there..too,..kuya..Kyle!"..biglang..nagtago..si..kyle..sa..likod..ko.
"Hello..sam."
*whispers*
"Pre,..my..holy..water..tayo?"
"Check."
"Good...Tablan..kaya?"
"Sana..nawa."
"Amen."
"Waddya..whispering?"..
"Wala..naman..Sam."..
"Hmm.....Kuya..Ron,..sino..dyan..girlfriend..mo?"
"Si--"

"Hep!..I..think..I..know."..tiningnan..nya..mula..ulo..hanggang..paa..sina..Step
h..at..Sachi.
"You..must..be..kuya..Ron's..girlfriend."..
"What's..your..name?"
"I'm..Sachiko,..but..I'm..just..your..kuya..Ron's..friend...Steph..here..is..his
..girlfriend.
"
"Hello..Sam."
Nilingon..ni..Sam..si..Steph..na..nakataas..ang..kilay,..tumaas..din..kilay..ni.
.Steph.
"Your..kuya..ron's..girlfriend?"..~_^
"Oo,..sya..girlfriend..ko,..angal?!"..ako..na..ang..sumagot,..hindi..ko..gusto..
ang..tabas..ng
..tanong..nitong..batang..to..eh.
"Angal..talaga..kuya..Ron...Yuck..taste..mo..ah...Hamak..na..mas..maganda..si..a
te..Sachi...Muk
hang..maldita..yan..ee."
"SAMANTHA!"..nagsalita..ang..hindi..maldita.
"Behlat!"..sabay..takbo..palayo..ng..bruhang..bata.
~~~
Roommates..kami..ni..Kyle,..sina..Steph..at..Sachi..naman..ay..hiwalay...Nagrequ
est..si..Sach
i..na..humiwalay..ng..room...Bakit..kaya?
napapansin..ko..parang..hindi..masyadong..nagpapansinan..yung..dalwa,..nagaway..
ba..sila?..
hindi..naman..siguro,..nagkakailangan..lang..yun...
Tapos,..ambruha..talaga..ng..pinsan..ko!..Kung..kuto..lang..yun..eh..matagal..ko
..ng..tiniris!
..aba!..ang..stephanie..ko..lagi..ang..pinagdidiskitahan..pero..bakit..pag..si..
Sachiko..mist
ulang..anghel..yung..batang..yun?..Ambait-bait..nya..kay..Sachi,..magkasundong-m
agkasundo
..sila.
Hindi..kaya..dahil..sa..parehas..ang..level..ng..utak..nila---isip..bata?
~~~
"IT..WAS..YOUR..FAULT!"
It..was..Samantha..shouting?..pero..sino..sinisigawan..ng..bruhang..to?..lumabas
..ako..to..se
e..her..and..shock..ng..makita..kong..si..Stephanie..ang..sinisigawan..nya.
"SAM!"
"Kuya..Ron!"..what?!..Umiiyak..si..Samantha?..But..why?
"Si..Ate..Sachi..."
"Oh?!..what's..with..Sachi?"
"Tinulak..sya..ng..bruhang..yan..sa..bangin!"
"But..it..was..an..accident..Ron."

"No,..it's..not...you..did..it..in..purpose!"
Si..sachi...
"Where?!..Saan..yung..bangin?!"
"Kuya,..sa..banda..doon!"
"San..banda?"
"Sa..may..forest."
"Ron...We..can't..remember..the..exact..place."..I..went..back..to..the..house..
to..get..a..rope
..then,..tumakbo..ako..papunta..sa..forest..na..sinasabi..nila...
What..if..something..bad..happened..to..Sachiko?..
I..gotta..run..as..fast..as..I..can...Hang..on..Sachi.
"SACHIKO!"..I..kept..on..shouting..while..running..in..search..of..her.
*drops..drops*
"Shet!..ngayon..pa..umulan!"..hinanap..ko..pa..rin..sya...Palakas..ng..palakas..
ang..ulan...Sh
et..talaga!
May..nakita..akong..mababaw..na..bangin...Baka..dito..na..yun.
"SACHIKO!"
"mmm."
Si..sachi!..nandon..sya..sa..baba!
"Sachiko,..antayin..mo..lang..ako."
itinali..ko..yung..rope..na..dala..ko..sa..may..pinakamalapit..na..puno..at..pag
katapos..ay..bu
maba.
pagkababa...
"Sachiko!"
"r..ron....ow!"
Her..leg..is..bleeding...nabalian..sya...Thank..god,..bali..lang.
*screeck*
Itinali..ko..yung..pinunit..kong..tela..sa..shirt..ko..sa..may..duguang..binti..
niya..to..stop..
the..bleeding.
"s..sa-lamat.."..nangangatal..ang..boses..nya...Hinipo..ko..ang..noo..at..leeg..
nya..and..d@m
n!..Ang..init!..taas..ng..lagnat..nya!
"Shet!..ang..init..mo!..Kelangan..natin..ng..masisilungan."
Bwisit..naman..kasi..tong..ulan.

Saan..ba?..ah!..ayun!..may..maliit..na..kweba..doon..na..pedeng..masilungan.
Maingat..na..binuhat..ko..si..Sachi,..nakakapit..sya..sa..leeg..ko,..mukhang..hi
nang-hina..sy
a...
Pagkarating..sa..loob..ng..maliit..na..kweba..ay..nilapag..ko..sya.
halatang..lamig..na..lamig..na..si..Sachiko...Wala..kameng..apoy?!..putakte!..hi
ndi..ko..kaya
..magmagic...ano..ba..gagawin..ko..para..hindi..malamigan..si..Sachi?
*flashback*
"Pag..ang..isang..tao..ay..nilalagnat..at..nilalamig..ang..pinakamadalia..at..pi
nakamabisan
g..paraan..ay..ang..tinatawag..na..body..heat..at..blah..blah..blah.."
nakakatamad..naman..makinig..dito..kay..ma'am.
*end..of..flashback*
Waa!..body..heat??!
Tiningnan..ko..si..Sachi,..talagang..nanginginig..na..sya..sa..lamig.....Aaggh!!
..No..choice
!
Hinubad..ko..shirt..ko,..basa..kasi..yun..alangang..yakapin..ko..sya..na..basa..
yung..damit..ko
.
Ayun..nga,..I..remove..my..shirt..and..I..hugged..her..
Nabigla..si..Sachiko.
"You..need..this..body..heat..para..hindi..ka..mamatay..sa..lamig...Antaas..ng..
lagnat..mo..eh.
"
Hindi..na..sya..umimik.
Ganun..lang..kami,..walang..imikan..habang..yakap..ko..sya...Bakit..parang..nagu
unahan..ang..
tibok..ng..puso..ko?
Aggh!..my..wishes..nga..pala..ako!..pede..kong..iwish..na..may..makahanap..sa..a
min..at..tulung
an..kami.
"Sachi.."
"hmmm?"
"...nothing."..huh?!..bakit..ganon,..bakit..parang..ayokong..magwish...Bakit..pa
rang..ayaw
..kong..makaalis..kami..sa..estado..naming..to...Bakit..gusto..kong..ganto..lang
..kami?
Ano..ba..nangyayari..sa..akin?
"Magwiwish..ka..ano?"..nabigla..ako.
"A..e....oo..sana.."
"Kahit..naman..nilalagnat..ako,..I..can..still..grant..your..wishes.."
"Ah..eh.."..hindi..naman..dahil..doon..kaya..ayoko..sabihin..wish..ko....kasi..a
ng..totoo,..gu
sto..ko..pang..magtagal..tayo..ng..ganto...

Why..do..I..feel..happy..when..I'm..hugging..you..like..this..Sachi?
no!..what's..happening..to..me?!..hindi..pede..to....ano..ba..pinagiisip..ko...M
abuti..pa,..ma
gwish..na..ako.
"Sige....I..wish..na..sana..may..makakita..sa..atin..dito..at..tulungan..tayo."
"As..you..wish.."..inangat..niya..ulo..niya..at..humalik..sa..noo..ko.
~~~
Author's..Pakisingit..este..P.O.V...--<oo!..point..of..view..ko..to!..exposure..
ko..to..kaya..
wala..na..kayong..magagawa.>
"We..are..now..here..in..Philippine..Airlines."..haha...basta,..hindi..ko..alam.
.yung..sinasa
bi..sa..airport..pag..nakaland..na...basta..yun..na..yun..ha...
"Kyle.....Naaalala..ko..na.....Sana..mapatawad..mo..ako..kung..nalimutan..ko....
.Hindi..ko..s
inasadya....Mahal..kita..Kyle....mahal..na..mahal.....Sana..hindi..ko..na..ulit.
.malimutan..a
ng..bagay..na..iyon....Nangangamba..ako..."
--??-CHAPTER..14
"Huh?..Excuse..me?"
"Ay!..Kapre!"
"Aba!..tinamaan..ka..nga..naman..ng..teteng...sa..gwapo..kong..to..tawagin..ka..
ba..namang..kap
re."..tinamaan..ka..din..ng..teteng,..aba'y..talaga..namang..mahangin..dine...
"Ai...sorry..po."..pahumble..effect...Pero..who..the..heck..is..this..mahanging.
.mama?..Ah!..b
aka..ito..yung..tulong..na..winish..ko!..suskopo..naman..tong..si..Sachi,..mahan
gin..pa..ang..i
pinapadala...tsk.
"O..sya,..sya...anong..ginagawa..nyo..dyan..at..anong..pangalan..niyo?"
"Nahulog..po..sya,..sinundan..ko...Ako..si..Ron,..sya..si..Sachiko.
Lumapit..ang..mama,.."Ako..si..Gary...May..bali..ba..sya?"
Kaw..kaya..mahulog..sa..bangin,..hindi..ka..kaya..mabalian?..Nagtanong..pa..ai,.
."Opo."
"Patingin..nga?"..nilapitan..niya..si..Sachiko..at..tiningnan..ang..bali..nito.
"Worker..ako..dito...May..entrance..kayo..dito..sa..townhouse?"
"Yep."..tingin..mo..sa..amin,..namamakod?..taas-taas..din..kaya..ng..bakod..ng..
townhouse..na
..to...hindi..naman..kami..nakakalipad..para..makapasok..dito..ng..walang..entra
nce..noh.
"Wait...Call..ko..lang..information..desk."..kinuha..nya..cellphone..niya.
"Hello..Annie...Pakicheck..nga..kung..may..guest..tayo..na..ang..pangalan..ay..R
on..at..Sachik
o."
"Ah....Ok...Sige,..thanks...padala..ka..rin..ng..mens..dito..sa..route..4...mayr
oong..nabalian
..dito...Sige,..sige...Salamat...Bye."
Tinago..na..niya..ang..phone..at..humarap..sa..amin,..ang..kamay..ay..nasa..kany
ang..baba,..war

ing..nagiisip.
"Magkapatid..kaya?..o..magpinsan?"..mahinang..sabi..niya...mukhang..sarili..ang.
.kausap.
"Hindi..naman....hindi..magkamukha..ihh.."
"Mr...Gary,..excuse..me?..ano..pong..sinasabi..nyo?"
"Ah...wala..naman...iniisip..ko..lang..kung..magka-anu..ano..kayo...Hindi..kaya,
..mag-asawa..
kayo?"
"Waaa?!"..tiningnan..ko..ang..tulog..na..si..Sachi..."Hindi..ah!..Bakit..nyo..na
man..po..nasab
i?"..
"Wala..lang...Parehas..kasi..kayo..ng..apelyido...hindi..naman..kayo..mukhang..m
agkapatid..o
..pinsan...tapos,..naabutan..ko..pa..kayong..magkayakap..kaya..may..theory..akon
g..mag-asawa
..kayo...Saka..bagay..naman..kayo."
"Mr...Gary,..tao..kami...hindi..bagay."
nang..makabalik..na..kami,..alalang..alala..si..Kyle..kay..Sachi.
ako..naman..ay..nagpahinga..na,..bukas..ko..na..lang..kakausapin..sina..Steph,..
Sam..at..Sachi
.
kinabukasan,..sa..hapag-kainan...magaling..na..si..Sachi..kaya..pede..na..syang.
.sumalo..sa..
amin..sa..hapag..pero..may..bali..pa..rin..ang..paa..nya..kaya..nakasaklay..siya
.
"What..happened..yesterday?..Mag-explain..nga..kayo."
"It..was..her..fault,..kuya..Ron!"..pagdidiin..ni..Sam.
"Pero..it..was..just---"
"It..was..my..own..fault...Hindi..kasi..ako..nag-iingat,..nahulog..tuloy..ako."
"no!..ate..sachi...I..saw..it..with..my..own..eyes,..tinulak..ka..ni..ate..steph
!"
"No,..Sam...Hindi..niya..ako..tinulak."
"Ganon..naman..pala..Sam..eh...Wag..kang..magiimbento..ng..storya...That's..bad.
..This..is..se
rious..stuff."
"Nakakainis..ka..naman..ate..Sachi!..Your..a..liar!"..galit..na..tumayo..ng..upu
an..si..Samant
ha..at..tumakbo..papunta..sa..kwarto..nya.
Tumayo..si..Sam..para..sundan..sya,.."No,..Sachi...Let..her..be...Maldita..lang.
.talaga..yung..
batang..yun."
"No,..i..don't..believe..na..maldita..sya...Let..me..talk..to..her."..nagdire-di
retso..na..sa..
paglalakad..si..Sachi..ng..nakasaklay..papunta..sa..kwarto..ni..Sam.
after..20minutes,..lumabas..na..si..Samantha..ng..room..nya..kasama..si..Sachi..
.Mukhang..mas
ayang..masaya..na..si..Samantha...Ano..kaya..pinag-usapan..nung..dalwa?
~~~
That..night,..naglalakad..lakad..ako..sa..veranda..when..I..saw..Kyle,..nakaupo.
.sa..may..damu
han..at..nakatingin..lang..sa..kalawakan...Nage-emo..emohan..na..naman..ba..to?

"Hoi..emongoloid!"..tumingin..si..Kyle..at..ngumiti..pero..malungkot...Teka,..pa
milyar..sa..
akin..ang..ngiting..yun..ah...Shet!..wag..mong..sabihin..yung..babaeng..yun..ang
..iniisip..ng..
unggoy..na..to?!..Shet..ka..kyle!..tae..ka!
Umupo..ako..sa..tabi..nya.
"Siya..nanaman..ba?"
"Oo."
"Kyle!..tae..ka!..kala..ko..ba..move-on..ka..na..sa..kanya?..Pano..na..si..Sachi
ko?..Hindi..mo..b
a..sya..mahal?!"
"Pare,..mahal..ko..si..Sachiko...Pero..bakit..ganun,..hindi..ko..makalimutan..an
g..babaeng..y
un?!..kala..ko..nga..move..on..na..ako....pero..."
"Pero?"
"Tae..ron!..bigla..siyang..tumawag..nung..isang..araw!"
"WHAT..THE..f***?!
"tumawag..siya...nung..una,..unknown..number..tapos..pagkasagot..ko..at..marinig
..ko..ang..ka
nyang..'hello',..nakilala..ko..agad...Lahat..ng..ginawa..kong..paglimot..nasayan
g,..mahal..k
o..pa..sya..pare!..alam..ko..pa..rin..ang..boses..nya...Isip..ko..lang..pala..an
g..nakalimot..sa..
kanya..pero..hindi..ang..puso..ko...Shet..naman!"
umiiyak..na..si..Kyle...Siguro..kung..normal..na..usapan..lang....to..baka..pina
gtatawanan..ko
..na..tong..si..Kyle..at..tinawag..na..bakla..sa..pag-iyak..nito..pero..ibang..u
sapan..to...May..
dahilan..para..umiyak..si..Kyle,..masakit..kasi..yun.
Masakit..yung..makalimutan..ka..ng..taong..mahal..mo...Masakit..yung..hindi..ka.
.kilalanin..a
t..pagtakwilan..ka..ng..taong..mahal..mo.
Masakit..yung..ginawa..sa..kanya..ni..Erinn.
"Pero..Kyle,..pano..na..si..Sachiko?"
"Si..Sachi..."
"Kyle,..mahal..ka..nung..tao...Wag..mo..naman..sanang..saktan...Wag..mo..syang..
gawing..panaki
p..butas."
"Ron...Ayoko..din..syang..saktan...Pero..Ron..sabi..sa..akin..ni..Erinn,..babali
k..daw..sya..di
to..sa..Pinas."
"Anak..ng..tinapa!"
"Oo,..anak..ng..tinapa..nga...pare,..pag..nagpakita..siya..sa..akin,..hindi..ko.
.alam..ang..gag
awin..ko..baka..matuluyan..na..akong..mabaliw..at..mahumaling..nanaman..sa..kany
a...Pare,..ay
oko..talagang..saktan..si..Sachiko."
"So..anong..plano..mo..Kyle?"
"Ewan..ko,..baka..kahit..mahal..ko..pa..si..Erinn..ay..si..Sachiko..na..lang..an
g..pagtutuunan..
ko."
"Bahala..ka..kung..anong..desisyon..mo,..pero..Kyle,..tandaan..mo,..wag..na..wag
..mong..sasakt
an..si..Sachiko."

--??-CHAPTER..15
Kyle's..P.O.V...<Yah...POV..nya...hindi..kasi..pede..si..Ron..ang..magnarrate..e
h..wala..naman
..sya..sa..panahon..ng..past..ni..Kyle..eh...hindi..nya..mananarrate..ang..bagay
..na..hingi..nya
..kita...ok?..hahah...>
"Ayiee...Magkikita..kami..ng..fairy..princess..ko."..Date..namen..ngayon..ng..gi
rlfriend..an
d..wife-to-be..kong..si..Erinn....hahaha...kakilig...>.<
Ayan...Dito..na..ako..sa..hintayan...Napaaga..ako..kasi..excited..ihh.
Well,..kanina..pa..naman..ako..nag-aantay..pero..ok..lang,..parating..na..rin..y
un...hmm....ba
kit..kaya..parang..ako'y..may..nararamdamang..kakaba-kaba?..hmm.....
*flashback*
"Nako,..nako....Bilis,..bilis....san..na..yung..cellphone..ko?..kalat-kalat..nam
an..kasi..ni
tong..kwarto..ko?"
"Ah!..iyon!"..kinuha..ka..ng..bara-bara..yung..cellphone..ko..nang...
*plakk*..<ok?..panget..ng..soundepek...yae..na>
"Shet!..nabasag..tong..photo..namen..ni..Erinn....nako."..tinapon..ko..yung..nab
asag..na..fra
me..pero..tinago..ko..yung..picture..at..saka..nagmadaling..lumabas..ng..bahay..
para..pumunta
..sa..tagpuan..namen..ni..Erinn.
*end..of..flashback*
eh!..pamahiin..lang..yun...sus!..takutin..ba..naman..ang..sarili.
"Kyle!"..oh!..there's..the..love..of..my..life...
"Hey..beautiful!"
"Beautiful..ka..dyan,..spell..beautiful!"
"Pede..cute..na..lang?"
"timang..ka..talaga..kahit..kailan."..
"At..gwapo."
"OO..na...ako..lang..naman..ang..napayag..na..gwapo..ka...Naawa..kasi..ako..sa..
iyo,..may..viole
nt..reaction..kasi..lagi..yung..mga..tao..sa..iyo..pag..sinasabi..mong..gwapo..k
a."
"Naman..ihh...Tong..si..ganda,..niaaway..ako."..*pakyut..epek*
"Aishuu....Bolahin..pa..daw..ako."
"ihh....kilig..ka..naman."
"Aba'y..oo...Guilty..ako..dyan."
Naggala-gala..na..kami..sa..mall,..kung..saan..saan..nakapunta..at..ng..mapagod.
.ay..dinala..k
o..sya..sa..isang..restaurant..na..ang..pangalan..ay.."oh-kaykyut-kyut-ng-author
"...magand
a..daw..dito..sa..restaurant..na..ito..eh,..sa..pangalan..pa..lang..ihh.

Masaya..kaming..nagkekwentuhan..habang..kumakain...
Nagexcuse..sandali..si..Erinn..na..magre-restroom..lang..daw...
Pagbalik..nya.....Nagtataka..ako..kasi..bakit..para..atang..tumahimik..ito..at..
parang..ang..
lalim..ng..iniisip?
"Erinn?"
hindi..sumasagot.
"Erinn?"..mula..sa..pagkakatungo..ay..tumingala..sya..para..tumingin..sa..akin..
ng..may..pagt
ataka.
"Excuse..me..lang,..do..i..know..you?"..ha?!..she..doesn't..know..me?..ano..ba..
to?..joke?!
"Haha!..loves..naman,..nakakabigla..ka..eh.Bigla-bigla..kang..dadale..ng..joke..
dyan..ee."
kumunot..lang..ang..noo..ni..Erinn.
"Huh?..loves?..Excuse..me,..I'm..not..joking...I..don't..know..you."..tumayo..si
..Erinn..at..hu
makang..palayo,..hinawakan..ko..ang..kamay..nya..para..pigilan...What's..with..h
er?!..
"Ui..Erinn,..wag..ka..naman..magbiro..ng..ganto."
"Hey...I..dont'..really..know..you..and..i'm..serious...And..how..d..ya..know..m
y..name?"
Bumitaw..sya..sa..pagkakahawak..ko...I..followed..wherever..she..go.,..I..tried.
.to..pursuade
..her..to..stop..joking..but..she..insist..na..she's..not..joking..around.
"Erinn..my..labss..naman."..she..stop..walking..and..faced..me,..anger..clouded.
.her..face.
"LOOK!..i..don't..know..you..and..stop..calling..me..your..'loves'..coz..I..don'
t..love..you...P
lease..just..shoo..away..stranger!!!"..
Ako..naman..ay..nabato..sa..pwesto..ko...Para..akong..binagsakan..ng..meteor..ga
rden..comet.
She..called..me..stranger?!..She..denied..her..love..to..me?!
[author's..pang-asar.]
????
aray!..aray..nakuuuu!!..oh-oh!
kaysakit..naman..ng..ginawa..mo!
aray!..aray..nakuuu!!..oh-oh!
????
The..next..day,..I..went..to..Erinn's..house...I..want..to..clear..things,..anla
bo..naman..kasi
..ng..nangyari..kahapon.
Pagkarating..ko..sa..bahay..ni..Erinn,..isang..matandang..babae..and..sumalubong
..sa..akin..s
a..gate.
"Si..Ms...Erinn..po?..Ay..sorry..po...Kanina..pa..po..syang..umalis."
"ah..ganun..po..ba,..sige..aantayin..ko..na..lang..sya."
naku....Aantayin..mo?..eh..magtayo..ka..na..dyan..ng..bahay..sa..tabi."
"Huh?"

"Eh..kasi..kung..aantayin..mo..si..Ms...Erinn..ay..hindi..ako..nakakasiguro..kun
g..kelan..ang..
balik..nya."
"Huh?..bakit?"
"Eh..lumipad..na..kasi..si..Ms...Erinn..eh."
"Lumipad?!..Wala..namang..pakpak..yun..ah."
"Tange...I..mean..nagpunta..na..po..sa..syang..Canada,..unknown..po..ang..balik.
.kaya..nga..ako
..nandito...housekeeper."
"What?!..bakit?"
"Ano..kanyo?..Bakit..ako..naging..housekeeper?..syempre,..ano..gang..ginagawa..n
g..isang..ho
usekeeper...tsk."
"Tungag!..hind..iyon...bakit..siya..umalis?"
"Aba..ewan..ko...mukha..baga..akong..chismosa...malay..ko..sa..kanila..kung..bak
it..sila..umal
is."
I..was..shocked..ng..pagkatapos..nya..akong..pagtakwilan,..then..I..would..learn
..the..next..d
ay..na..umalis..na..sya..ng..wala..man..lang..pasabi...First..time..kong..nagino
m..non..kasama..
si..Ron...
Iniyakan..ko..yun.
Pero..that..was..2years..ago..
Now,..I..have..Sachiko...Move..na..ako.....nga..ba?
"Hello!..pluto..to..kyle?!"
saka..lang..ako..parang..bumalik..sa..kasalukuyan..ng..alugin..ako..ni..Ron..sa.
.balikat.
"Ha?!"
"Halleluja..pluto!"
"Anong..meron..sa..pluto?"
"Wala,..kainin..mo..daw..yung..pluto."
"Masarap..ba..yun?"
"Tungag!"
andito..kami..nina..Ron..at..Sachiko..sa..bahay..ko...Kwento..dito..kwento..doon
.
*ding-dong*
"Ai....ako..na..ang..sasagot..Kyle."
"Wag..na..andyan..naman..si..manang,..sya..na..bahala..dun..sa..tao..sa..labas."
"Hindi..ako..na."
ayun,..dahil..makulit..ang..aking..kyut..na..girlfriend,..sya..na..nga..ang..nag
bukas..ng..gat
e.

Pagbalik..nya...
"Kyle,..kaibigan..mo..daw."....
Lumabas..sa..likod..ni..Sachi..ang..isang..babae..
..ang..babaeng..minsang..minahal..ko..at..sinaktan..ako....na..hanggang..ngayon.
.ay......maha
l..ko..pa..din?....
"Kyle..."
"Erinn.."
--??-CHAPTER..16
Kyle's..P.O.V.
"Kyle..."
"Erinn..."
Xanggelay!..Si..Erinn.
~Author's..panggu-gulo.
Sige,..dahil..napakaatat..ng..readers,..gusto'y..ron..and..sachi..moment..na,..f
afastforwar
d..ko..na..ang..mga..mangyayari...mamadaliin..na..natin..tanggalin..ang..mga..ep
als...x]]~
Nabigla..rin..si..Ron..sa..pagdating..ni..Erinn...Pinakilala..ko..si..sachi..at.
.erinn..sa..isa
't..isa...Sinabi..ko..dn..ang..relasyon..ko..sa..kanilang..dalawa...Si..sachi..b
ilang..girlfri
end..ko,..at..si..erinn..na..ex..ko...Ok..lang..sa..kanilang..dalwang..babae.
Naging..friends..kami..ni..Erinn..at..sila..na..rin..ni..Sachi.
Super..fastforward.
2weeks..after.
"Hmm....napaaga..ata..ako."..yah..sobrang..aga...may..date..kasi..kami..ni..Sach
i..ngayon..eh..
3pm..usapan..eh..2pm..pa..lang...Advance..ng..1hr...excited..much...important..d
ay..kasi..to..n
i..Sachi..ee.
Maya-maya,..may..biglang..tumapik..sa..likod..ko,.."Sachik--"..pero..paglingon..
ko,.."erinn
?"
Ngumit..lang..ito.
"Hello..Kyle."..at..ayon,..bigla..ng..tumulo..ang..mga..luha..sa..mata..nya.

Anak..ng..pitumpung..walong..tupa!..bakit..ito..umiiyak?
"Erinn,..bakit..ka..umiiyak?"
"Kyle...Mahal..kita."
tumungo..ako,.."Mahal..mo..ako?..Why..are..you..saying..that?..Minsan..mo..ng..i
tinangging..ma
hal..mo..ako..at..iniwan,..nasaktan..ako..ng..sobra..noon..erinn...Nagmove..on..
na..ako...Si..sa
chiko..na..mahal..ko...Please,..wag..mo..kong..pahirapan...Masaya..na..ako..kay.
.sachiko...Hin
di..na..kita..mahal..Erinn."..
The..last..line..was..a..big..lie...I..admit..na..mahal..ko..pa..rin..sya..hangg
ang..ngayon,..nit
ong..mga..nagdaang..araw..ko..lang..napagtanto...Itinago..lang..ng..puso..ko..an
g..nararamdam
an..ko..sa..kanya..but..my..heart..never..threw..my..feelings..for..her...I..sti
ll..love..her..bu
t..i..shouldnt...
"Kyle.....I'm..sorry..about..that..time."
"It's..ok...I..understand...Past..is..past."
"maybe..past..is..past..for..you..but..still..it's..present..for..me...Kyle,..yo
u..don't..under
stand..a..thing!"
"What..the?!..I..understand..ok?"
"No..you..don't!..Hindi..ko..sinasadya..ng..mga..panahong..iyon..na..itanggi..an
g..pagmamahal
..ko..sa..iyo!..Nakalimutan..ko..lang!"
"Nakalimutan?!..now,..i..don't..understand."
"I..forgot..that..i..love..you,..i..forgot..who..you..are..that..time...And..i..
hated..myself..fo
r..that...Kyle,..I..have..alezheimers!..lumala..na..yung..alzheimers..ko...Yun..
ang..unang..si
numpong..ang..sakit..ko..at..that..stage..and..i..hated..my..illness..kasi..ikaw
..pa..yung..ipin
alimot..nya..sa..akin!..Kyle,..I..left..the..country..the..next..day..para..magp
agamot,..unfor
tunately..my..disease..cant..be..healed..anymore...Nung..nasa..Canada..ako..hind
i..bumalik..p
a..ang..alaala..mo..sa..isip..ko...then,..nung..araw..na..tumawag..ako,..that..w
as..the..time..I..
remembered..you..again...Nagmadali..akong..bumalik..dito,..I'm..afraid..kasi..na
..baka..sumu
mpong..ang..sakit..ko...Kyle,..dapat..nung..pagkarating..ko..pa..lang..ay..sasab
ihin..ko..na..a
ng..lahat..ng..to..kaso..I..learned..that..sachi..is..your..girlfriend...Nasakta
n..ako..at..naw
alan..ng..lakas..ng..loob...Pero..hindi..ko..na..kaya..Kyle,..gustong-gusto..ko.
.ng..sabihin..a
ng..mga..ito..sa..iyo...I..wanted..to..tell..you..that..I..always..loved..you...
I..don't..care..if
..you..don't..love..me..anymore,..hindi..kita..masisisi...Basta..Kyle,..I..love.
.you."..she..bu
rst..into..tears.
Hindi..ko..alam..pero..biglang..niyakap..ko..sya,.."Kahit..kelan..hindi..nawala.
.ang..pag-ibi
g..ko..sa..iyo..Erinn...I..still..love..you."
"Pano..na..si..Sachiko?"..
I..love..you..Erinn..but..I..shouldn't..because..of..Sachiko.....I..don't..want.
.to..hurt..her.
....Pero..hindi..ko..na..kaya,..mahal..talaga..kita..Erinn....I'm..so..sorry..Sa

chiko..
"I..love..her..too..pero..mas..mahal..kita..Erinn.....Siguro..ginawa..ko..lang..
panakip..butas
..si..Sachiko.....Ewan..ko..pero..basta..Erinn,..mahal..kita."
*tugsh!*

Napatingin..ako..sa..direksyon..ng..tunog..ng..isang..bagay..na..nalaglag...Isan
g..payong..an
g..nalaglag..at..ng..tingnan..ko..kung..sinong..nakalaglag...
"Sachiko..."
Nakatitig..lang..sya..sa..amin...Wala..akong..mabasang..emosyon.
Biglang..bumuhos..ang..ulan.
Nabigla..ako..ng..magsmile..sya,..a..sad..smile,.."s..sige...I..understand."..th
en..she..ran..
away.
"Sachiko!"..I..called..her..pero..hindi..na..sya..bumalik.
"It's..my..fault."
"No..erinn...Ako..ang..may..kasalanan,..kung..hindi..ko..sana..sya..ginamit..san
a..hindi..ko..s
ya..nasaktan."
Bakit..sachiko?..Bakit..ngumiti..ka?..You..could..have..cried...You..should..hav
e..shouted..a
t..me,..you..should..have..slap..me,..you..should..be..mad..at..me..for..being..
such..a..jerk...pe
ro,..why..did..you..just..smiled?..I..know..I..hurt..your..feelings..pero..bakit
..ang..bait..mo,
..inintindi..mo..lang..yun..and..accepted..it..kahit..sinaktan..kita?
Sachiko,..mas..lalo..akong..naguguilty...You're..punishing..me..through..my..gui
lt.
Ron's..POV<yehey!..balik..na..tayo..kay..Ron!>
?..?..?
turn..around,..turn..around
and..fix..your..eye..in..my..direction
there..is..a..connection
i..can't..speak..
i..can't..make..a..sound
to..somehow..cap--?..?..?
sino..kaya..natawag
Calling...
................My..genie^^,
Si..Sachi?..Bakit..kaya?
"Ron?"..ai..bumalik..na..si..Steph..mula..sa..C.r...Patayin..ko..na..muna..tong.
.phone,..mamaya
..na..Sachi...Nagdedate..pa..kami..ng..Steph..ko..eh.
It..was..5pm..ng..makauwi..na..ako..sa..bahay,..I..opened..my..cellphone.
?..?..?
Turn..around..turn..around
and..fix..you-?..?..?
From:..My..genie^^,

Message:
Ron,..I'm..sad...I..need..you...T.T
Meet..me..in..the..playground.
I'll..be..waiting..for..you...T.T
Huh?..Ano..naman..kayang..problema..nito?..Time..recieved,..4:05pm.
"Nako....baka..wala..na..yun...tanungin..ko..na..lang..bukas...Gaa....I'm..tired
,..makatulog..
na..nga."
*wshhwshh*..<sound..epek..daw..ng..ulan...hahaha.>
Nagising..ako..sa..lakas..ng..ulan...Biglang..lumakas..ihh...Naalimpungatan..tul
oy..ako...Na
knang,..kung..ayaw..mong..matulog,..magpatulog..ka..naman!
Babalik..na..sana..ako..ng..tulog..nang...
I'll..be..waiting..for..you...
--??-CHAPTER..17
"sshh..."..yakap..yakap..ko..sya..."Tama..na,..andito..lang..ako."
Antanga-tanga..ko...Dapat..kanina..ko..pa..syang..pinuntahan..dito,..hindi..sana
..sya..nahir
apan..ng..ganto...Sabi..ko..sayo..Kyle,..wag..mong..sasaktan..si..Sachiko!
"Salamat..Ron."..medyo..maayos..na..sya..ngayon..sa..tingin..ko...nandito..na..k
ami..sa..loob..
ng..kotse..ko,..nagdala..ako..ng..extrang..t-shirts..at..may..towel..din...pinag
palit..ko..na..
sya..ng..pang-itaas...hoy!..hindi..ako..nanilip..no...syempre..nakapikit..ako...
gentleman..a
ta..to.
Syempre,..nagpalit..din..ako..noh...magkasakit..pa..ako.
"Dapat..magcecelebrate..kami..ngayon..ng..birthday..ko..ehh..."
"waa?..birthday..mo?!"
nagnod..lang..sya...matamlay.
Sinimulan..ko..ng..magdrive...11:45pm...May..time..pa.
"Where..are..we..going?"
"7..eleven"
"anung..gagawin..natin..dun?"
"ise-celebrate..birthday..mo."
"Nah....tapos..na..ang..birthday..ko."
"Hindi..pa..noh...may..15minutes..to..go..pa."..binilisan..ko..na..ang..pagpapal
ipad..pagpapa
harurot..ng..kotse..ko..papuntang..7-eleven...medyo..malayo..ng..konti..sa..play
ground..yun..
ee...
after..5minutes...

7-ELEVEN
"Tara..na,"..hinawakan..ko..kamay..nya..at..pumasok..na..kami..sa..7-eleven.
Bumili..kami..ng..ice-cream,..ng..hany..bar,..ng..choco..stiks,..ng..nips..at..n
g..maliit..na..k
andila.
"Ron?..para..san..yang..mga..yan"
"Basta...it's..a..surprise."
humiram..ako..ng..plate..sa..cashier...then..yun,..binuksan..ko..yung..hany,..ni
lagay..ko..dun
..yung..mga..pieces..ng..hany..sa..may..plate...pinuno..ko..yung..plate..ng..han
y..bars..into..a..
rectangle...Then..after..that,..nilagyan..ko..ng..choco..stiks..ang..tabihan..ng
..hany..at..pa
ti..ilalim..nito...then..naglagay..ako..ng..mga..nips..sa..4corner...shinape..ko
..into..flower
s...then..put..a..choco..stiks..on..the..top..of..the..nips,..then..place..anoth
er..nips...tapos
..naglettering..ako..sa..gitna..ng..hany..bars..using..the..choco..stiks....eto.
.yung..nilette
ring..ko:
HAPPY..BIRTHDAY..SACHIKO!..:]
then..I..placed..the..candle..in..the..middle..and..nilight..ko..na..yung..candl
e...
nagets..nyo..ba?..basta,..naggawa..ako..ng..cake..through..hany..bars..and..othe
r..candys.
"Surprise!..Happy..birthday..Sachiko!"
"Wow!!..ang..cute..Ron!!..thank..you!"
"your..welcome...Sige..wish..ka..na..before..you..blow..the..candle."
"Sige,..wish..na..ako."
"Wait..pala...Dapat,..10..wishes..ang..gawin..mo...ngayon..naman..ikaw..ang..mag
wish..ng..samp
o."
"Pero..hindi..mo..a..nga..ubos..yung..iyo..eh."
"Nah....saka..na..yun...Kelangan..ay..ikaw..ay..magwish..din..ng..sampo,..i'll..
return..the..fa
vor..naman..sa..iyo..ngayon...sige..na,..for..your..birthday,..give..me..your..1
0wishes."
"Hmm....sige.....Here..goes..my..10wishes....
--??-CHAPTER..18
*BOOGSH!*
"Shet!..para..san..yun..Ron?!"..
nandito..kami..ngayon..sa..may..veranda..nina..kyle,..pinuntahan..ko..sya...inin
tay..ko..muna
ng..mapag-isa..kami..ni..Kyle..dito..sa..veranda..nya..saka..ko..sya..inumbagan.
.ng..suntok.
"Para..yun..kay..sachiko!"
"...."

"I..told..you..not..to..hurt..her!"
Sinuntok..ko..ulit..sya,..hanggang..sa..nagpanuntukan..na..kami...Suntok..dito,.
.suntok..doo
n...Walang..umaawat..sa..amin..kasi..wala..naman..ang..mga..maids..ni..Kyle,..bu
sy..sa..kusina..
para..marinig..ang..away..namen,..ang..parents..ni..Kyle..ay..nasa..work...
Ng..parehas..na..kameng..napagod..sa..panuntukan..ay..napahiga..na..lang..kaming
..parehas..ni
..Kyle..sa..bermuda..grass...at..nakatingin..lang..sa..ulap.
"T@ngna..mo..Ron,..masakit..yun..ah."
"G@go..ka..eh...Sabing..wag..mong..sasaktan..si..Sachiko..eh..."
"oo..nga..eh...ang..g@go..ko...Sa..mismong..importanteng..araw..pa..nya..ko..pa.
.sya..sinaktan.
..I'm..sorry..Ron."
"Wag..ka..sa..akin..magsorry,..kay..Sachiko..ka..humingi..ng..tawad."
"Mapatawad..kaya..nya..ako?"
"Mapapatawad..ka..nun..sigurado...Mabait..naman..si..Sachiko."
"oo..nga,..ang..bait..nya...Hindi..ko..talaga..dapat..sya..sinaktan..kasi..hindi
..dapat..sinas
aktan..ang..isang..taong..mabait..na..tulad..nya."
"Dapat..pinapahalagahan..ang..isang..taong..tulad..ni..Sachiko."
"oo..nga...pero..pare,..wala..eh,..talagang..mahal..ko..si..Erinn..eh...Hihingi.
.na..lang..tala
ga..ako..ng..tawad..kay..Sachiko,..kung..kelangan..ko..pang..lumuhod..sa..harap.
.nya..para..map
atawad..nya..ay..gagawin..ko."
"Nah....hindi..nun..ipapagawa..iyon..sa..iyo...Alam..mo..ba..may..hiniling..sya?
"
"Hiniling...?..di..ba..dapat..ikaw..ang..nahiling?"
"Kasi..di..ba..birthday..nya..nun,..binigyan..ko..sya..ng..10wishes..para..naman
..masuklian..k
o..yung..favors..na..nagawa..nya..sa..akin..and..you..know..what,..one..of..her.
.10wishes..inclu
des..you..and..erinn."
"What?!"
"She..wished..for..the..happiness..of..the..two..of..you..forever."
"waaa?!..Grabeh....ambait..nya...nakakaguilty..."
"Sadyang..ganun..talaga..si..Sachiko,..she's..not..selfish...Tingnan..mo..pati..
wish..nya,..k
asali..pa..rin..ikaw..kahit..sinaktan..mo..na..sya."
"oo..na,..giniguilty..mo..pa..ako..eh."
"Hehe...syempre,..para..mapagsisihan..mo..yang..kag@guhan..mo."
"sising..sisi..na..nga..eh...pinipiga..mo..pa..e."
"hehe....hmm.....tutupadin..ko..yung..wish..nyang..yun."
"..huh?..pano?"

"Eh..di,..through..my..wish."
"Huh?..naguguluhan..ako?"
"Basta..Kyle,..magiging..masaya..na..kayo..ni..Erinn...Wag..ka..ng..mag-alala."
"Ahmm.....salamat....hihingi..na..talaga..ako..ng..tawad..kay..sachiko..bukas..a
t..magpapasa
lamat..na..din..ako."
"Dapat..lang."
"Tell..me..Ron....
..Mahal..mo..ba..si..Sachiko?"
--??-CHAPTER..19
"Sachiko!"
Andito..ako..ngayon..sa..may..school..ni..Sachiko,..sakto..namang..pagkadaan..ko
..ay..nasa..ta
pat..sya..ng..gate..ng..school..nila.
"Oh..ron?..anong..ginagawa..mo..dito?"
"Wala..lang...hahaha...Ang..gwapo..ko..kasi."
"Huh?..anong..konek?"
"Wala!..hahaha...ganun..talaga..pag..gwapo,..ikinokonek..sa..lahat."
*bulong-bulong*.."gwapo..kamo?..baka..desperado."
"Anong..sabi..mo?"
"ayy..wala...sabi..ko..dumaan..si..superman."
"waa??..saan?..where?!"
"Wala..na,..nakalagpas..na."
"ay..ganun..ba,..sayang..hindi..mo..sinabi..agad...hindi..ko..tuloy..nakita."
"Bayaan..mo,..pag..dumaan..ulit..si..superman..sasabihin..ko..sa..iyo."
"Salamat!"
*bulong..bulong*.."Adik..ba..tong..si..Ron?"
"Ha?..ano..yun?"
"Ah!..sabi..ko,..sana..dumaan..din..si..batman."

"Ah...sana..nga...ui...take..a..lift..na."
"huh?..saan..mo..ko..dadalhin?"
"kikidnapin..kita."
"Waa!..wag..po!..maawa..ka,..poorness..lang..kami."
"Eh..di..ipapatapon..na..lang..kita..sa..ilog..pasig!"
"Uunahan..kita,..ikaw..muna..matitilapon..sa..ilog..pasig..bago..ako."
"haha...sakay..na...wag..ka..magalala,..hindi..kita..kikidnapin,..sa..gwapo..kon
g..to..kidnap
per?..nah."
sumakay..na..sya,
"Haha!..oo..nga,..sa..gwapo..mong..yan....nah....kidnapper..won..t..do...pero..s
erial..killer,..O
O!!.."
at..ayun,..nagkulitan..na..nga..kami..sa..daan...Nagdinner..muna..kami..sa..isan
g..restaurant
..na..ang..pangalan..ay---..
ANG..KYUT..NG..READERS..PERO..MAS..KYUT..SI..AUTHOR..RESTAURANT--..
Tapos,..after..the..dinner..eh..nagpunta..na..ulit..kami..sa..kotse..ko.
"Teka.....saan..ba..talaga..tayo..pupunta?"
"Well.....may..gusto..lang..naman..kasi..akong..sabihin..sa..iyo..eh....pero..du
n..na..sa..plac
e..na..yun..ko..sasabihin....wait..ka..na..lang."
"WOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWW!!"
"Ang..ganda..di..ba?"..nandito..kami..ngayon..sa..may..puno,..oo,..sa..puno,..na
katayo..kami..s
a..sangay..ng..puno,..matibay..naman..to...hehe...pero..alam..nyo..kung..saang..
puno?..dun..sa..
may..cliff...eh..di..pag..nakatayo..kaming..ganto..sa..may..puno,..kitang-kita..
namen..ang..ma
iilaw..na..city..at..tuwang..tuwa..naman..si..Sachiko..sa..nakikita..nya..."This
..is..one..of..y
our..wish."
"oo..nga!..I..really..wanted..to..see..the..whole..city...salamat..Ron!"
"Welcome...9wishes..to..go."
"oo..nga...hehe....teka....ano..nga..ba..yung..sasabihin..mo?"
"Err.....its..more..like..a..wish..eh.."
"oh...sige,..wish..ka..na."
"I..wish..na..sana..gumaling..na..ang..sakit..ni..Erinn."
"Wait?..that..sounds..like..my..wish..ah."
"hehe...syempre,..di..ba..sabi..ko,..igagrant..ko..wish..mo..di..ba?..eh..yun..l
ang..yung..wish..
mo..na..hindi..ko..kayang..igrant..eh..kaya..i'll..just..use..my..wish..to..gran
t..it."..
"Oh....ganun..ba."

she..kissed..my..forehead...pero..kahit..expected..ko..na..yun..ay..medyo..nabig
la..pa..rin..ak
o.
"as..you..wish...3..wishes..na..lang."
"Thanks...and..8..wishes..pa..sa..iyo."
"hehe...oo..nga,..Thank..you..too...i'm..sure,..magiging..masaya..na..sina..kyle
..at..erinn...i
'm..glad..for..them...Lam..mo..ba..nagsorry..si..Kyle..kanina?"
"Really?"
"Yep...At..nagpaalam..na..din..sya..sa..akin..na..aalis..na..daw..sya..ng..bansa
,..susunod..na..s
ya..kay..erinn..to..be..with..her..side..forever."
nasabi..na..rin..sa..akin..yun..ni..kyle...sasamahan..nya..na..si..Erinn..sa..Ca
nada.
"I'm..glad,..magiging..maayos..na..ang..lahat..sa..kanila...sigurado,..hindi..na
..kailanman..
malilimutan..ni..Erinn..si..kyle."
"Oo..nga...I'm..glad..din..kasi..ayos..ka..na."
"Well..yeah.....Ang..weird..nga..eh.....na-overcome..ko..na..agad.....siguro,..h
indi..din..ta
laga..si..kyle..ang..mahal..ko..."
"Huh?"
"Kasi.....may..isang..taong..parang..napakaimportante..sa..akin.....sa..totoo..l
ang,..mas..i
mportante..pa..nga..kay..kyle..eh.....yun..nga..ata..ang..mahal..ko.....kahapon.
.ko..lang..nare
alize..."
"Sino..sya?"
"Behlat!..secret..yun!!"
"Andaya..mo..ah."
"Hehe....tara,..baba..na..tayo."
biglang..talon..nya..sa..puno...anggaling,..hindi..nya..na..ginamit..yung..ladde
r..na..ginami
t..namin..sa..pagakyat..samantalang..ako..naglaladder..pa.
"Anggaling..mo..ah...natalon..mo..yung..puno...para..kang..pusa."
"Hehe."..
"You..remind..me..of..my..cat..Chiko."
she..just..smiled.
"Gusto..mo..makita..si..Chiko?..she's..cute...I..think..you..would..like..her."
"And..why..would..I..want..to..see..myself?"....


teka......ano..daw?!..english..yun..ah!..patranslate..nga!..hindi..ko..naintindi
han!
--??-CHAPTER..20
"And..why..would..I..want..to..see..myself?"
Tokneneng!..ano..daw..ga..yun?..me..is..not..understood..any..of..the..english..
english..she..s
aid...me..brain..is..functioning..not..properly.
"Ha?"
"I..said,..bakit..ko..naman..gugustuhin..makita..ang..sarili..ko?"
"Eh?"
"Hindi..mo..pa..din..naintindihan?..Alien..languange..gusto..mo?"
"Hindi...hindi...Ano.....teka.....ano..ba..ibig..mong..sabihin?..Ikaw.....si..Ch
iko...
..IISA?"
"Oo."
"Ah....
..HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH!"
"Huh?"
"hhahaha!!..sachiko!..hahaha...Ayus..yung..joke..mo!!..hahahah!..Napautot..ako..
dun..ah!..ka
la..ko..totoo!..hahahaha...nakakatawa!"
"Ron.....I'm..not..kidding.....I'm..really..Chiko..."
"Eh?..Spell..kidding!..hahahhaha!"
"I'm..serious...:l.."
oh-kayy....seryoso..nga.....pero?..Pusa?..si..Sachi?..ano..daw..yun?..waa?..pero
....bakit..ba
..ako..nabibigla.....Sachiko..is..a..fantasy..already..from..the..start....kaya.
.everything..
is..like..possible..na.....geez...

"P-pero..."
"Ok...Para..maniwala..ka..na."
*shingggggggggg~!*
waaa?

ayus..sa..alright!..nagtatransform..si..Sachiko!..parang..yung..sa..cartoons!!..
astigg!!
*tenen*
"Ngiyyaw..."..
"pusa.....ng..gala."
*shinggggggggg~!*
Nagtransform..back..ulit..sya..sa..human..form...walandyek?!..parang..cartoons..
na..ee.
"Oh..see?..I'm..Chiko."
"Panong...?"
"Time..to..tell..some..things..to..you..."
"What..things?"
"Mga..bagay-bagay.....kaya..just..listen."..tagalugin..ba..naman?..ginagawa..nam
an..akong..
timang..nito?..
"A--"
"Hep!..makinig..ka..na..lang...Dont..speak..para..madali..akong..makapagexplain.
"
"Okie...sureness."
"So..ganto..nga....ako..si..Chiko---"
"Eh..bakit--"
"Eto..na..nageexplain..kaya..just..listen...As..I..was..saying,..ako..si..Chiko.
..I..can..turn..
into..cat--"
"Ka--"
"Hush!..i'm..speaking...listen..na..lang...Ayun..na..nga,..I..can..turn..into..a
..cat..pero..I'm
..not..a..cat--"
"ha--"
"SHUT..UP..RON!"
"ok."..makikinig..na..nga.

"Ok...Ako..nga..si..Chiko...Im..not..really..a..cat...I'm..a..soul...But..i'm..n
ot..a..ghost...Nap
ahiwalay..lang..ako..sa..body..ko....Its..like..this....One..day..I..woke..up..i
n..the..middle..o
f..the..city..and..no..one..can..see..me..and..it..seems..that..I..lost..my..mem
ory,..all..I..can..r
emember..is..I..have..a..comatosed..body..lying..somewhere...somewhere..I..dont.
.know.....Th
en..I..have..this..weird..feeling..that..I..should..grant..someone's..10wishes..
but..unfortun
ately,..almost..1year..akong..nagwawonder..sa..place..na..to..without..people..n
oticing..me..
so..i..dont..know..how..i..could..grant..someone..a..wish..and..then......that..
day....you..fou
nd..me....the..weird..thing..is,..ikaw..lang..yung..nakakakita..sa..akin....the.
.only..person..
who..had..ever..seen..me..after..a..year..of..searching.....so..i..chose..you..t
o..have..the..10w
ishes..and..ang..weird..pa,..after..i..chose..you..to..have..the..10wishe,..peop
le..started..to
..see..me...And..i..was..glad..of..it...Ayun..na..nga..."
"hmffmmffppmmffmmm.."..bawal..daw..magsalita..eh.......
"Ok...pede..ka..ng..magsalita."
"Sureness?"
"Sureness."
"Ahm.....so..ganun..pala.....teka.....ano..nangyari..sa..kwento..sa..cat..thingy
?"
"Ah....ayun..nga....I..really..cant..remember..anything..pero..my..mind..tells..
me..na..I..have
..to..go..to..a..body..after..12hours..everyday...hindi..ako..pede..magstay..her
e..sa..earth..wi
thout..a..body..for..12hours..up..kaya..ayun,..i..saw..that..cat..at..nagshing-s
hing..ako..dun.
"
"Anong..shing-shing?"
"I..entered..the..body's..cat."
"Ah..."
"Ayun....every..12hours..i..need..to..go..back..to..that..kitty's..body."
"Eh..pag..lumampas..ka..dito..ng..12hours?..What..will..happen?"
"Simple...I'll..dissappear..permanently."
"Oh.....San..ba..ang..katawan..mo?"
"I..cant..remember."
"Bakit..hindi..mo..maremember?"
"Aba..malay..ko...wala..nga..akong..matandaan..eh."
"Ganun..pala.....ang..weird...whew....pasampal..nga..kung..gising..ako.."
*PAAAKKK!*
"Aray!"
"Sabi..mo..sampalin..kita.."
"Abay..tinotoo..nga."
"Sabi..mo..eeh."

"Hmm...This..isnt..a..dream..after..all.."
Nakauwi..na..ako..sa..bahay....I..still..kept..on..thinking..about..the..discuss
ion..we..had..
.
Andaming..gumugulo..sa..utak..ko.....teka?..may..utak..ba..ako?..basta.....may..
gumugulo..hin
di..lang..ako..sure..kung..saan..gumugulo,..wala..naman..akong..utak..ee.
hmm..
pero..talaga...
may..isang..question..na..gumugulo..sa..isip..ko...
Yung..isang..tinanong..ko..kanina..sa..kanya....
..Ano..mangyayari..pag..naubos..na..ang..10wishes?
--??-CHAPTER..21
"Sam?..Ok..ka..na..ba?"
"I'm..fine..now..Kuya..Ron."
"I'm..glad;..go..thank..your..Ate..Sachi."
"And..why..should..she..thank..Sachi,..Ron?"
"Sam..needs..to..thank..Sachi,..Steph."
"Huh?..Di..ba,..Sam..should..thank..the..doctor..not..Sachiko...Wala..namang..gi
nagawa..si..Sa
chiko..ee."..~.^
"Basta....Samantha,..go..thank..your..ate..Sachi."
"Okie...Ate..Sachi,..Thankyou..vellyyy..mats!"
Sabay..kiss..ni..Sam..kay..Sachi..sa..pisngi...Pedeng..pakiss..din..ako?..haha!
Teka.....nasan..kami?..well.....nasa..planet..mars..na..kami!!!..yehey!..haha...
joke...nandi
to..kami..sa.....hulaan..nyu!..haha...hindi,..serious..na,..nasa..hospital..kami
..ng..St...Cla
ire...Why?..kasi..si..Samantha..dahil..sa..kalikutan..nakainom..ng..lason...Aba,
..akalain..ba
..namang..gatas..yung..pintura?!..eh..engot..din..pala..tong..batang..to..ee,..m
ay..pinagmanah
an.
At..bakit..nagte-thankyou..si..Sam..kay..Sachi?..eh..kasi,..ginamit..ko..wish..k
o...Nagwish..a
ko..kay..Sachi..na..maging..maayus..na..ang..lagay..ni..Sam,..fifty..fifty..na..
kasi..si..Sam..ka
nina...kaw..ba..naman..uminom..ng..pintura...kaya..kayo..ha,..wag..nyong..iinumi
n..ang..pintur
a,..tandaan..nyo..pag..nagfifty..fifty..kayo..wala..kayong..Sachiko..na..pedeng.
.hilingan..na
..gumaling...kaya..be..careful..mga..bata.
"Hay..naku...Whatever..Ron."
"Naman..oh..babes,..tampo..ka..na..dyan,..kelangan..lang..talaga..ithank..ni..Sa
m..si..Sachi."

"And..why?!"
"Eh..kasi..andito..si..Sachi,..di..ba..gustong..gusto..ni..Sam..si..Sachi..kaya.
.ayan,..kaya..si
guro..gumaling..si..Sam..gawa..ni..Sachi."
"Huh?..ay..ewan..ko..sa..iyo..Ron."
"Naman..oh...wag..na..you..tampo..ha."..sabay..kiss..ko..sa..kanya...Hayun,..hul
i..na..ang..kili
ti.
"Oo..na..nga..babes."
"Ahmm....kuha..lang..ako..ng..drinks..natin..sa..malapit..na..vendo..ha.."
"Ohkay...sure...fine...whatever...mabuti..pang..umalis..ka..na..nga."..lumabas..
na..si..Sachi
ko.
"Bakit..ba..parang..ang..init..ng..ulo..mo..kay..Sachiko,..babes?"
"She's..a..flirt."
"Huh?"
"Can't..you..see,..inaagaw..ka..nya..sa..akin..porket..kyle..isnt..here..anymore
."
"Gawdd..Steph,..pinagseselosan..mo..si..Sachi?..Duh!..she's..just..like..Kyle..t
o..me,..a..bes
tfriend."
"It..doesnt..seems..like..that..to..me."
"Wag..ka..ng..magselos..baby..ha?..Lam..mo..naman..na..loves..na..loves..kita..e
e."
After..15minutes...Aba!..nilamon..na..ata..ng..Vendo..machine..si..Sachiko,..ang
..tagal..taga
l..naman..nun.
"I..think..I..better..check..on..Sachiko...kanina..pa..yun."
"aggh....she's..too..old..enough...let..her..be."
"Steph,..almost..15minutes..na..sya..sa..labas..ng..room..na..to,..eh..anlapit..
lang..ng..vendo
..machine..para..tumagal..sya..ng..ganun."..lumabas..na..ako...Sumunod..si..Step
h.
Near..a..room..in..the..vendo..machine,..I..saw..Sachiko..standing..in..front..o
f..that..room...
Nakatitig..lang..sya..sa..harap..ng..room..na..yun..habang..hawak..ang..mga..dri
nks..na..binili
..sa..vendo.
*sound..epeks..ng..naglaglagang..mga..bote*
Nalaglag..ang..mga..hawak..na..inumin..ni..Sachiko..at..bigla..syang..tumakbo..p
alayo....pala
bas..ata..ng..hospital.
"Sachiko--!"..susundan..ko..sana..si..Sachiko..pero..pinigilan..ako..ni..Steph.
"Ron!..dont..tell..me..you'll..follow..that..girl?..Gawd...she's..too..old..enou
gh."
"Pero..kita..mo..naman..reaction..nya..Steph?..Parang..may..bumagabag..sa..kanya
."
"I..dont..care...Stay..here..or..magbebreak..tayo."
"Ok...Fine...I'll..stay."

"Good."
Uuwi..na..si..Steph...So..hinatid..ko..na..sya...Visiting..hours..is..over..na..
kasi.
Then..bumalik..ako..sa..hospital..after,..ako..kasi..bantay..kay..Sam...Her..par
ents..is..at..w
ork..kasi...Nung..pabalik..na..ako..sa..room..ni..Samantha,..nadaanan..ko..yung.
.room..na..tini
gnan..kanina..ni..Sachiko...
ROOM..107
what's..with..room..107?
*the..door..opens*
"Ahmm....excuse..me?..may..I..help..you?"..
isang..lalaki..ang..iniluwa..nung..room107..."Ah..eh....ano....sinong..pasyente.
.dyan?"
"My..sister..."
"Ahh.....anong..case?"
"Excuse..me?..bakit..tinatanong..mo..ang..mga..yan?"
"Err.....i..have..a..friend..kasi..na..tumingin..dito..kanina....In..any..case,.
.may..kilala..k
a..bang..Sachiko??"
I..dont..know..kung..imagination..ko..lang..or..what..pero..parang..biglang..nag
tagis..yung..m
ga..bagang..nya..for..a..sec..tapos..kumalma..ulit,.."Nope...Sorry...I..dont..kn
ow..someone..wi
th..that..name...Sige...I..gotta..go...May..bibilhin..pa..ako."
Nandito..ako..sa..room..ni..Sam...Tulog..na..si..Sam..kaya..tinawagan..ko..si..S
achiko...
*kring..kring*
grabehnezz...bakit..antagal..nyang..sagutin..ha...
*kring..kr--*
"h-hello..."
"Are..you..crying?"
Sachiko's..P.O.V.
*flashbacks*
Naku....bilis....bilis....anobeer..ba..kasi,..andami..pang..pinagawa..sa..akin..
ni..maam,..ay
an..tuloy,..ngayon..pa..lang..ako..makakalabas..ng..school.....bilis,..bilis...b
aka..maabuta
n..ko..pa..sya...

ANG..AKING..PRINCE..CHARMING.
*another..flashback*
..ok..ka..lang..ba..bata?..
lumapit..sya..sa..akin..at..lumuhod..para..masipat..nya..ang..dumudugo..kong..tu
hod,..kasaluk
uyan..nakaupo..ako..sa..sahig..at..umiiyak..."HINDI!..hindi..ako..okay!!..ansaki
t!..ansakit..
ng..sugat..ko!..huhuhu."
"Halika....hugasan..natin..yang..sugat..mo."
"A-anong..gi--"..sinimulan..nya..na..akong..buhatin,..andun..ako..sa..likod..nya
..habang..buh
at..nya..ako.
"Binubuhat..ka....dadalhin..kita..dun..sa..may..faucet..para..hugasan..yang..sug
at..mo."
--??-CHAPTER..22
Sachiko's..P.O.V.
*flashback*
Naman!..kasi..si..ma'am!..andaming..pinaggawa..sa..akin...bilis,..bilis!..baka..
maabutan..ko
..pa..ang..PRINCE..CHARMING..ko.
Atlast!..andito..na..rin..ako..sa..tapat..ng..school..nya.
Tingin..tingin..sa..mga..nalabas..ng..gate...Tsk!..bakit..wala..sya?..Nakalabas.
.na..ata...
"Hayy.....Wala..akong..inspirasyon..para..bu--"
*boogsh!*
"Oops!..sorry..miss,..ayus..ka..lang?"..sabi..nung..lalaking..nakabunggo..sa..ak
in..at..sabay
..abot..ng..kamay..sa..akin.
Ohmygawd!..totoo..ba..to?..Si..prince..charming..ko!
Inabot..ko..kamay..nya..at..dahan-dahang..tumayo.
"Ah..eh....salamat."
"Ron!..bilis!"..sigaw..ng..kaibigan..nya..sa..di..kalayuan.
"oo...papunta..na!"..sigaw..nya..din..sa..kaibigan..tapos..humarap..ulit..sa..ak
in,.."Sige..mi
ss,..pasensya..na..talaga..ha."
"Ron!!!..Ano..ba!"
"Oo..na..Kyle!"
"Sige..ha.."..sabay..takbo..palayo...Grabeh...ang..gwapo..nya..talaga...>.<
At..ang..bait..pa..rin..nya..hanggang..ngayon.
Hindi..talaga..ako..magsasawang..pagmasdan..sya...Kahit..araw-araw..ko..syang..s
ulyapan..ng
..palihim..ay..ayos..lang...Kahit..makita..ko..pa..syang..may..ibat..ibang..baba
eng..kasama..ay

..ayos..lang...Ayos..lang..kahit..hindi..nya..alam..na..nageexist..ako...Ayus..l
ang.
*end..of..flashback*
Ron's..P.O.V
"Are..you..crying?"
*toot-toot*
Shet!..ibinaba..nya!
Sinubukan..kong..tawagan..ulit..pero..ini-off..na..ata..nya!..pakshemay..naman..
oh!
~~~
kamusta..na..kaya..si..Sachi?..Hindi..ko..na..sya..nakontak..kagabi..eh..
*tunog..ng..bell..pag..awasan..na..(tinamad..ng..magsound..epeks..ang..author..e
h)*
haay..sa..wakas!..Awas..na..din!
Haay....nakakalungkot,..wala..na..si..bestfriend...Hindi..ako..sanay..ng..ganto.
..Haay.....S
ino..naman..kasabay..ko?..Hindi..naman..pede..si..Steph,..half..day..lang..naman
..lagi..yun...B
aka..nasa..bahay..na..yun.....Ayoko..pa..namang..umuwi..pero..wala..naman..akong
..kasama,..haa
y..nako.....Ah!..Si..Sachi!..kakaawas..lang..din..nun...Mapuntahan..sa..school..
nya,..para..na
..rin..makamusta..ko.
Sa..tapat..ng..school..ni..Sachi...
nakita..kong..lumabas..ng..gate..si..Sachi...
"Sachiko!"
tumingin..sya..sa..akin..tapos..ngumiti..ng..matamlay..tapos..naglakad..na..ulit
...bumaba..ak
o..ng..kotse..ko..at..nilapitan..sya,.."Sachi!"
hindi..pa..rin..tumitigil..sa..paglalakad...hindi..ako..pinapansin.
"Sachi....wait..lang.."..hinawakan..ko..kamay..nya..para..pigilan..sya..sa..pagl
alakad...tum
igil..naman..pero..hindi..tumitingin..sa..akin.....ano..kaya..problema..nito?
"Sachi?..Ano..bang..problema?..Kagabi..parang..umiiyak..ka..tapos..bigla..mong..
binaba..yung
..phone..tapos..ini-off..mo..pa.....what..happened..ba..Sachi?"
"Ron.....naalala..ko..ng..lahat..."
"Talaga?..Eh..di..alam..mo..na..kung..nasaan..katawan..mo?..Tara,..balik..ka..na
..sa..katawan..m
o."
"Hindi..pa..ubos..wishes..mo..."
"Huh?..Required..bang..ubusin..wishes..ko..para..bumalik..ka..sa..katawan..mo?"
"Hindi..."
"hindi..naman..pala..ehh....saka..na..lang..ako..magwiwish....tara,..samahan..na
..kita..sa..ka
tawan..mo....nasaan..ba?"

"Hindi..na..muna..ako..babalik..Ron.."
"Bakit..naman?"
"Basta....pede..wag..ka..na..lang..munang..magtanong..ng..kahit..ano..Ron?"
mukhang..upset..talaga..si..Sachiko.....hindi..ko..sya..maintindihan..pero..sabi
..nya..wag..n
a..daw..muna..akong..magtanong....i..gotta..respect..her.....
"Huh..ron?..where..are..you..taking..me?"..hinila..ko..sya..papunta..sa..kotse..
ko.
"Sa..may..peryahan.."
"Huh?..anong..gagawin..natin..dun?"
"Magpapakasaya!..haha...ampanget..mo..na..kasi..eh,..laging..nakasimangot...Pag.
.dun..sa..pe
ryahan,..happy..tayo...Saka,..igagrant..ko..lang..wish..mo...."..
"Wish..ko?..alin..dun?"
"Basta...Peryahan..here..we..come!!"..at..pinaharurot..ko..na..ang..aking..kotse
...*broom..br
oom*..haha...may..soundeffect..pa..eh..noh?
--??-CHAPTER..23
"Wow!..angganda..naman..dito..sa..peryahan...andaming..tao...ang..ingay...andami
ng..ilaw...a
ndaming..rides...ansaya..saya..naman..."..hahaha...nakakatuwa..naman..tong..si..
Sachiko..par
ang..batang..ngayon..lang..nakapunta..sa..peryahan...Pero..infairness,..effectiv
e..sya..ha!
..parang..nakalimutan..na..ni..Sachi..na..may..problema..sya...Grabeh,..ayoko..t
alagang..naki
kita..syang..ganun..kalungkot...Parang..ako..din..kasi..yung..nalulungkot..pag..
ganun..sya..
...bakit..kaya..ganun..nararamdaman..ko?..hmm....siguro,..nagmamalasakit..lang..
ako..kay..Sa
chiko..kasi..sya..na..ngayon..ang..bestfriend..ko..ngayong..wala..na..si..Kyle..
.dont..get..me..
wrong,..bestfriend..ko..pa..rin..si..Kyle,..bestfriend..number..2..si..Sachi...h
ehe...
"Ngayon..ka..lang..ba..nakapunta..sa..peryahan?"
"Yep.....ngayon..lang."..naglalakad-lakad..kami..ngayon..dito..sa..may..peryahan
.....Andam
i..ngang..tao..eh..
"Talaga?..Bakit..ngayon..ka..lang..nakapunta..sa..peryahan?..Ako..nung..bata..pa
..ako,..lagi..
kaming..nandito..ni..Kyle..eh,..lagi..kaming..nasakay..sa..mga..rides...Ang..say
a...Kung..naki
lala..na..kita..nung..mga..bata..pa..tayo..sana..naisama..kita..dito..sa..peryah
an..noon..pa..pa
ra..nalaman..mo..na..agad..kung..gano..kasaya..dito..sa..peryahan."..grabeh,..an
tahimik..ata..
ni..Sachiko?..hindi..man..lang..naiimik..sa..pinagsasabi..ko?..Anyways,..tuloy..
pa..din..ako..
sa..pagimik,..baka..nakikinig..lang..muna..to..kaya..hindi..naimik...
Grabeh....kanina..pa..ako..nagsasalita..ng..nagsasalita..pero..bakit..para..tala
gang..wala..
akong..kausap,..hindi..naimik..si..Sachiko...
"Sachiko?..Nakikinig..ka..pa..ba?"
Walang..sagot.
"Sachiko?"
Walang..imik.
"Sachi---"..pag..baling..ko..sa..right..ko----

TAE!..wala..na..si..Sachiko!..asan..na..yun?!!!..
"Sachiko?!..Sachiko?!!"..hinahanap..ko..sya...punta..dito,..pasok..doon...Asan..
na..ba..si..S
achiko??..Andami..naman..kasing..tao.....Aggh....Nasaan..na..yun?..Baka..nalilig
aw..na..yun?
..Eh..sabi..pa..man..din..nya..ay..hindi..pa..sya..nakakapunta..sa..peryahan....
naman..oh!..asan
..na..ba..yun!
"Sachiko?!!!!"
"Miss,..miss....may..nakita..po..ba..kayong..babaeng..ganto..katangkad..(minuwes
tra..ko..yun
g..tangkad..ni..sachiko),..tapos..maputi,..tapos..may..pagka-cat..eyed,..hanggan
g..dibdib..a
ng..haba..ng..buhok..na..tuwid..at..itim..na..nakataling..ganto..(minuwestra..ko
..din..yung..pa
gkakatali..ng..buhok..nya..na..yung..taling..may..pigtail..sa..magkabila..pero..
hindi..lahat..
ng..buhok..nakapigtail,..meron..pa..ring..nakalugay),..tapos..naka-Seiyyu..unifo
rm?"
nagiisip..yung..babaeng..tinanungan..ko,.."Ai....sorry..po....wala..eh.."
nagtanung..tanong..pa..ako....ano..ba..naman..kasi..yang..si..Sachiko,..hindi..p
a..nga..kami..n
akakatagal..dito..sa..peryahan,..nawala..na..agad..
"May..nakita..po..ba..kayong..ganung..babae?"..pagtatanong..ko..sa..isang..lalak
i..pagkatapo
s..kong..madescribe..si..Sachiko...Nagisip..yung..lalaki...
"Hmmm.....teka.....parang..may..nakita..ako...."
"Talaga..po?!..Saan..po??"
"Kung..hindi..ako..nagkakamali....nakita..ko..sya..kanina-kanina..lang..sa..may.
.bakanteng..
lote..dun..sa..likod..ng..mirror..house..na..may..kasamang..tatlong..lalake...".
.
"Lalaki?!!"
"Oo,..lalaki...."
Takteng..pusa..yun!!!..Sinong..mga..lalaki..yun?!..baka.....oh-no!,.."sige..po,.
.salamat..po
!"..
Sabay..takbo..ko..dun..sa..sinasabing..mirror..house..nung..mama.....naman..Sach
iko....anong
..trouble..tong..pinasukan..mo....kaw..na..pusa..ka..oh....
Nang..marating..ko..na..yung..bakanteng..lote..sa..likod..ng..mirror..house.....
nakita..ko..si
..Sachiko,..pinaliligiran..ng..tatlong..panget..na..lalaki..
"Miss.....Sumama..ka..na..sa..amin.."
"Ayoko..nga.....May..kasama..ako..eh."
"Sino?!..boyfriend..mo?..haha...iniwan..ka..na..nun..miss....samin..ka..na..lang
..sumama.."
"oo..nga....hamak..na..mas..gwapo..naman..kami..sa..boyfriend..mo..miss.."
"Ahmm.....weh....hindi..eh....mas..gwapo..yun..sa..inyo..ehh....ampapangit..nyo.
.kaya!"
"ABA'T!..Babangasan..ko..tong..babaeng..to..mga..pre..eh!"
"SUBUKAN..NYO..LANG..AT..HINDI..NA..NYO..NA..MASISILAYAN..PA..ANG..BUKAS!"

"Ron!"..tumakbo..sya,..lalapit..sana..sa..akin..pero..nahawakan..ng..isa..sa..mg
a..panget..ang
..buhok..nya,.."Aray!"
"Saan..ka..pupuntang..babae..ka?!"
"Dyan..sa..boyfriend..mo?..Nah....sa..amin..ka..na!"
"Uupakan..lang..muna..namen..tong..boyfriend..mo."
"Bitawan..nyo..sya..mga..pwet..ng..kabayo!"..lumapit..ako..sa..kanila..
"Pwet..pala..ng..kabayo..ha....tingnan..natin..kung..sino..magiging..pwet..ng..k
abayo..pagkat
apos..nito.."..
umumbag..ng..suntok..ang..isa..sa..mga..panget...
umilag..ako,..duling..pala..to..eh...sabay..suntok..ko..naman...jackpot!..ayan,.
.pinagtulung
an..na..ako..ng..dalwang..panget,..yung..isa..kasi..hawak..pa..rin..si..Sachiko.
umbagan..dito,..umbagan..doon.
*pooksh*
*boomsh!*
*tooksh*
*bo-goomsh!*
*pakksh*
and..the..winner..is.......ME!!..haha...kala..nila..ha...kaya..ko..silang..dalwa
,..hindi..ko..n
asasabi..sa..inyo,..nagtaekwando..nga..pala..ako..nung..bata..ako,..blackbelter.
.nga..eh.
"Oh..ikaw..naman..panget."..sabi..ko..dun..sa..may..hawak..kay..Sachiko...
"Ai,..papa....ayaw..na..aketch....babuush..na..lang..papa..."..sabay..bitaw..kay
..Sachiko..at
..tumakbo..palay,..sumunod..na..din..yung..dalwang..ugok.
Punyemas..yung..mga..yun!..bading..pala!
Nilapitan..ko..si..Sachiko,.."Ayos..ka..lang..Sachiko?"
"Yep."
pumikit..ako..ng..mariin..tapos,.."ANO..KA..BA..SACHIKO!..BIGLA..BIGLA..KA..NA..
LANG..NAWAWALA
!..ALAM..MO..BANG..SOBRANG..NAPRANING..AKO..AT..NAGALALA..NUNG..HINDI..KITA..NAK
ITA!..HALOS..M
ABALIW..NA..AKO..SA..KAHAHANAP..SA..IYO..DITO..SA..PERYAHAN!..TAPOS..NUNG..MALAM
AN..KO..PANG..M
AY..KASAMA..KANG..TATLONG..LALAKI..PARA..AKONG..ROCKET..NA..NAGMAMADALING..MAKAP
UNTA..DITO..
PARA..MALIGTAS..KA!..SOBRANG..NATAKOT..AKO..KASI..HINDI..KO..ALAM..KUNG..MAABUTA
N..PA..KITA..D
ITO!..BUTI..NA..LANG..HINDI..PA..AKO..NAHULI!..SA..SUSUNOD..SACHIKO..KUNG..ALAM.
.MONG..HINDI..K
A..PA..NAKAKAPUNTA..SA..ISANG..LUGAR..NA..TULAD..NITO,..WAG..KANG..HIHIWALAY..SA
..AKIN!"
nang..matapos..ako,..narinig..ko..na..lang..na..humihikbi..si..Sachiko,..napamul
at..ako.....u
miiyak..sya....nga..pala....tendency..nga..pala..ni..sachiko..na..umiyak..pag..s
inisigawan..
.
"s-sorry....h-hindi..ko..s-sinasadya....ron.."..sinasabi..nya..yun..sa..bawat..p
agitan..ng..

hikbi..nya...
"Sorry...Nakalimutan..ko,..ayaw..mo..nga..palang..sinisigawan..ka."..sabay..higi
t..ko..sa..ka
nya..palapit..sa..akin...Niyakap..ko..sya..ng..mahigpit..."Nadala..lang..kasi..a
ko..sa..emosyo
n..ko,..sobrang..nag-alala..kasi..ako..sa..iyo...Hindi..ko..kasi..alam..ang..gag
awin..ko..pag..m
ay..nangyaring..masama..sa..iyo...Tahan..na..Sachiko..."
nilayo..ko..sya..ng..konti..sa..akin..tapos..pinunasan..ko..yung..luha..nya..na.
.pumatak..sa..pi
sngi..nya,.."Tahan..na..please?"
"a-ayaw..t-tumigil..e-eh.."
naman....bakit..ko..kasi..sinigawan....bakit..kasi..ang..OA..kong..magreact....a
no..ba..kasin
g..nangyayari..sa..akin.....
"Tara....alam..ko..na..kung..pano..ka..patatahanin..ULIT..."..naalala..ko..nung.
.unang..beses
..ko..syang..paiyakin..(see..chapter..ewan....basta..yung..mga..unang..chapter..
nandun..yung..
chapter..na..pinaiyak..ko..sya),..napatahan..ko..sya..dahil..dun.....
hinawakan..ko..kamay..nya,..napatingin..sya..sa..akin,.."Para..hindi..ka..ulit..
maligaw,..mah
irap..na..eh...lalong..dumadami..ang..tao,..mabuti..na..yung..hawak..kita..para.
.alam..kong..an
dyan..ka..pa..sa..tabi..ko."
naglakad..na..kami....sinusundan..nya..lang..kung..saan..ang..pinupuntahan..ko..
sa..isang..bench,.."Dyan..ka..lang..ha....sandali..lang....may..bibilhin..lang..
ako....sandal
i..lang..to.."..
"Okie."..umalis..na..ako...
Sa..isang..cotton..candy..store...
"Kuya,..pede..magrequest?"
"Anong..klaseng..request..bata?"
"Pede..po..bang..bumili..ng..cotton..candy..sa..inyo..na..rainbows..ang..kulay?"
"Ahmm.....hindi..kami..naggawa..ng..ganun..bata..eh.."
"ganun..ba?..pero..kaya..nyo..po..ba..maggawa?"
"Oo..naman....kaya..ko,..specialty..ko..ata..ang..cotton..candy..eh.."
"Talaga..po?..kuya,..request..naman,..gawa..ka..naman..ng..ganun,..babayaran..na
..lang..po..ki
ta..ng..malaki."
"Sorry..talaga..bata."
"Naman..oh....please..na..po,..malaki..po..talaga..ibabayad..ko,..1000pesos,..ig
awa..nyo..lan
g..po..ako..ng..ganun.."
"Teka....bakit..ba..parang..importante..sa..iyong..makagawa..ako..ng..rainbow..c
olored..cott
on..candy?"
"Eh....kasi....po....may..isang..tao.....na..."
"para..sa..girlfriend..mo..ba..bata?"..
"ha?..hindi..po..."

"eh..para..kanino?"
"Sa..isang..kaibigan..ko..po.."
"Ah..ganun..ba....mukhang..ang..espesyal..naman..nyang..kaibigan..mo..na..yan,..
akalain..mo..y
un..magbabayad..ng..isanglibo..para..lang..makabili..ng..cotton..candy.."
"Ehehe....opo,..espesyal..po....igagawa..nyo..po..ba..ako?"
"Hmm.....gagawa..ako..kung..sasabihin..mo..kung..bakit..espesyal..yung..kaibigan
..mong..yun.
."
anchismoso..naman..nitong..tinderong..to.....pero..di..bale..na..nga,.."Ano....a
h..eh....kasi
,..tong..taong..to.....hindi..ko..alam..eh,..pero..napapasaya..nya..ako..lagi..t
apos..ang..gaan
..gaan..pa..ng..loob..ko..sa..kanya..gusto..ko..lagi..syang..nakikita,..tapos..n
apapangiti..ak
o..pag..nakikita..ko..sya,..tapos..pag..nalulungkot..sya,..nalulungkot..din..ako
..tapos..gust
o..kong..gumawa..ng..paraan..para..mapasaya..sya,..tapos..napakaimportante..nya.
.sa..akin....
tapos--"
"Tapos....mahal..mo..sya."
"Waaa.....hindi..po....may..girlfriend..po..ako."
"Itapon..mo..na..girlfriend..mo...haha...peace..tayo...haha...mukha..namang..mas
..mahalaga..t
ong..kaibigan..mong..to..kesa..sa..girlfriend..mo..eh.."
"Ha?..pano..nyo..po..nasabi?"
"Kung..nakikita..mo..lang..kanina..ang..sarili..mo..habang..pinapaliwanag..mo..s
a..akin..kung
..gano..kaespesyal..yung..kaibigan..mong..yun....sobrang..seryoso..ka....para..n
gang..kung..t
itingnan..kita..eh..parang..wala..kang..girlfriend..tapos..nililigawan..mo..pa..
lang..tong..b
abaeng..to...
"Ha....eh....h--"
"anyhoo....gagawa..na..ako...sandali..lang..to..bata,..haha...sige,..habang..nag
gawa..ako,..p
ag-isipan..mo..muna..yung..mga..sinabi..ko..kahit..malabo."
at..nagsimula..na..ngang..maggawa..yung..mama..
naguluhan..naman..ako..dun..sa..sinabi..nung..mama.....kayo..ba..naintindihan..n
yo?
--??-CHAPTER..24
"Waw!!!..Rainbow-colored..cotton..candy.!!!!"..sabi..na..nga..ba..titigil..mga..
luha..nito..
pag..nabigyan..ng..cotton..candy..eh.
"You..wished..for..a..rainbow..colored..cotton..candy...7wishes..to..go."
"OH!..oo..nga...i..wished..for..that...Talaga..tinototoo..mo..yung..wishes..ko..
ah."
"Syempre...Kung..ikaw..tinototoo..mo..yung..mga..wishes..ko..dapat..ganon..din..
yung..sa..iyo.
..Buti..na..lang..mga..wishes..mo..ay..hindi..ganong..mga..impossible."
"Eh..pano,..kinokontra..mo..yung..mga..medyo..impossible..wishes..ko..nun..nung.
.binabanggit
..ko..yung..10..wishes..ko."

"Eh..magwish..ka..ba..naman..na..maging..cotton..candy..ang..clouds..eh!..as..if
..kaya..ko..nama
n..yun,..tsaka..kung..yung..iyo..may..rules,..syempre..akin..din..nuh...Isa..sa.
.rules..ay..yung
..mga..bagay..na..impossible..nuh!"
"hehe...oo..na..lang...Salamat..nga..pala..sa..cotton..candy..na..to...ansarap..
.Gusto..mo?"
"Ha?..eh..binigay..ko..yan..sa..iyo...Ayoko."
"Sige..na,..share..tayo..(kumurot..sya..sa..cotton..candy..nya),..eto..oh,..ahh.
."
"oo..na,..wag..mo..na..akong..subuan."..kinuha..ko..yung..kinurot..nyang..cotton
..candy..at..ki
nain.
"aayaw..ka..pa..dyan...kakainin..mo..rin..pala."
"Eh..makulit..ka..eh...Tara..na..nga(..sabay..hawak..ko..sa..kamay..nya)"
"Saan..tayo..pupunta?"
"Sasakay..sa..rides....Ayaw..mo..ba?"
"Rides?!..of..course..gusto..ko!!..Tara..tara!"
bago..kami..sumakay..ng..rides..ay..inubos..nya..muna..yung..cotton..candy..nya.
.tapos..ayun,..
kung..saan..saang..rides..na..kami..nakasakay...pa-ulit..ulit..na..nga..sinasaky
an..namen..pe
ro..grabeh..tong..si..Sachiko,..hyper..pa..rin.
"Alam..mo..ron.."
"Malay."
"Kanina..pa..tayo..sakay..ng..sakay..sa..mga..rides,..pero..hindi..pa..natin..na
sasakyan..yun.
.."..sinundan..ko..yung..tinuro..nya...
ROLLER..COASTER?!!
"Oh....ayus..ka..lang..Ron?..Bakit..parang..namumutla..ka?"..andito..na..kami..s
a..may..roller
..coaster,..pinilit..ako..ni..Sachiko..kahit..ayaw..ko...Takot..ako..sa..Roller.
.coaster!!!..t
apos..ang..pinili..pa..nitong..si..Sachiko..ay..ang..front..seat....Tae!
"May..namumutla..bang..ayos?!!"
"Ewan....hihi....ayan.....magsisimula..na.....naandar..na..."..naandar..na..nga.
...nateten
se..ako....dahan..dahan..pa..lang..yung..roller..coaster..
tsug....
tsug...
tsug...
"Malapit..ng..bumaba..yung..coaster.....1...2...---"
"WAAAAAAAAA~~~!!..MAMEEEEEEEEEEEE..KOOOOOOO!!!!"..
"Isa..pa,..isa..pa..Ron!!..ang..saya!"..anak..ng..teteng..tong..babaeng..to,..gu
sto..pang..magt

ake..two..sa..coaster?!..
"AYOKO..ko..na!!!..sa..iba..na..lang!"
"Sige..na..."
"maam....sorry..po....stop..na..po..muna..ngayon..ang..roller..coaster..."
"Bakit..po?"..thank..you..Lord!
"May..event..mamaya..maam..eh."
"Ahmps..naman....sige....doon..na..lang..tayo..sa..ferris..wheel..."
"Mabuti..pa!..doon..na..tayo."..at..humulong..na..kami..sa..ferris..wheel...
sa..ferris..wheel...
"waw!!..ganda..naman..dito.....andaming..tao..talaga..sa..baba..."
nakakatuwa..talaga..tong..si..sachiko,..parang..bata.
*tugsh*
waaa?!..nagblack..out?!..andilim...tapos...nagstop..pa..tong..ferris..wheel.
..GOOD..EVENING..EVERYONE...PASENSYA..NA..PO...DAHIL..8PM..NA..PO,..MAGPAPARTICI
PATE..PO..ANG..P
ERYAHANG..TO..SA..EARTH..HOUR...PARA..PO..SA..MGA..NASA..FERRIS..WHEEL,..WAG..PO
..KAYONG..MATAK
OT,..SINADYA..PO..NAMING..MAGPASAKAY..KAHIT..MAY..EVENT..PARA..BIGYAN..NG..SWEET
..MOMENTS..AN
G..COUPLES..KAYA..KUNG..MAPAPANSIN..NYO..PO..KANINA..AY..FOR..TWO'S..LANG..PINAP
ASAKAY..NAMIN
..KANINA...HAHA...SIGE..PO,..WAG..PO..KAYONG..MAG-ALALA,..MAY..FIREWORK..DISPLAY
..NAMAN..KAY..
MALILIWANAGAN..KAYO...
*shing!*
*shing!*
*boom*
*boom*
*shing*
*shing*
*boom*
"Wawwwww!"..out..of..the..darkness,..biglang..nagsulputan..ang..magagandang..fir
eworks....
kitang..kita..namin..ang..fireworks..kasi..sa..tuktok..kami..ng..ferris..wheel..
nagstop...
"Ron!!..angga-ganda..ng..fireworkss!!"
Oo..nga......ang..ganda...."
mo.

--??-CHAPTER..25
Maraming..nangyari..nitong..mga..nagdaang..araw...
Pagkatapos..nung..ferris..wheel..incident,..naging..pusa..na..ulit..si..Sachiko.
.at..iniwan..
ako,..san..kaya..nakatira..yun??..Ah..ewan...Eh..di..umuwi..na..din..ako..pagkat
apos...Umuwi..a
kong..may..baong..kalituhan...Ewan,..basta..may..gumugulo..sa..isip..ko..eh...ha
ay...
Tapos..nung..isang..linggo,..ginrant..ko..yung..4th..and..5th..wish..nya,..dinal
a..ko..sya..sa..
isang..lugar..na..punong..puno..ng..mga..bulaklak..tapos..yung..5th..wish..nya..
may..konek..sa..
4th..wish..nya,..yun..ay..makapagpicnic,..eh..di..nagpicnic..kami...Ang..suot..n
un..ni..Sachi..
ay..isang..yellow..bestida..printed..with..flowers..with..matching..saklob(yung.
.pang-femi
nine..na..saklob..ha...salakot..ba..tawag..dun?)...Tapos..nakasandals...Nakakapa
nibago..si..
Sachiko.....she..looks..prettier...
Tapos,..the..other..day,..dinala..ko..sya..sa..tagaytay..upang..igrant..ang..6th
,..7th..and..8t
h..wish..nya...Isinakay..ko..sya..sa..kabayo..for..her..6th..wish,..nasa..unahan
..ko..sya..haban
g..pinapatakbo..ko..yung..kabayo,..and..she..doesnt..have..any..idea..na..pupunt
a..na..kami..sa
..7th..wish..nya,..sa..may..waterfalls...Gusto..nya..kasi..makakita..ng..waterfa
lls...Tapos..s
a..tabi..ng..waterfalls..ay..isang..bundok,..hinanda..ko..na..yung..gear..na..di
nala..ko..(syem
pre,..prepared..to)..at..sinimulan..na..ang..8th..wish..ni..Sachi,..which..is..u
makyat..ng..bun
dok...Anweweird..ng..wishes..ni..Sachi..noh?..Ayun,..umakyat..kami...Nagkandahul
og..hulog..p
a..kami...Nahulog..pa..nga..sya..sakin....eh..erase..that..part...Basta..ayun..p
agkatapos..uma
kyat..bumalik..na..kami..sa..townhouse..tapos..kinabukasan..umuwi..na..kami...Na
dagdagan..na
..naman..yung..gumugulo..sa..akin.
Nagtataka..siguro..kayo..kung..nasan..si..Steph..noh?..Kahit..ako..nagtataka..eh
,..kasi..nito
ng..mga..nakaraang..araw..eh,..hindi..sya..nagpaparamdam...Hindi..nagtetext..o..
nagpapakita
...Tuwing..tatawagan..ko..eh..laging..naka-off..ang..phone,..pag..naman..pinupun
tahan..ko..sa
..bahay..nyaay..laging..wala...Ano..na..kayang..nangyari..kay..Steph?..Hindi..ka
ya..nakidnap?
..Eh..ron!..Wag..ka..ngang..pessimist!
haay.....andito..ako..ngayon..sa..kwarto..ko,..nakahiga..at..nakatitig..sa..kisa
me.....haay.
....namimiss..ko..na..si..Steph...
tsaka..si..Sachiko..
"I..wish..na..sana..tumawag..naman..si..Steph.."
Calling...
Babes...^_^
?..?..?
turn..around,..turn..around
and..fix..your..eye..in..my..direction
So..there..is..a..connection

I..cant..speak,..i..cant..make..a..sound
to..somehow..capture..your..attention
I'm..staring..at..perfection
take..a..lo-?..?..?
"Hello..babes?"

"Babes?"
"R-ron..."
"Steph?..May..problema..ba?"..
"Magkita..tayo..tomorrow..sa..park...2pm...Bye."
~end..of..call~
Huh?..anggulo.
~~~
Nagpunta..ako..sa..park..na..sinabi..ni..Steph..pero...
Si..Sachiko....sinampal..si..Steph.
"Sachiko!!!"..napatingin..silang..parehas..sa..akin,..lumapit..si..Steph..sa..ak
in..at..umiy
ak.
"I..don't..know..for..whats..her..prob..but..she..just..slapped..me..with..no..r
eason."
"I..have..a..reason!..And..youre..the..first..one..to..slap..me!"
"I..didnt..slap..you!"
"You..slapped..me!"..naguguluhan..ako..sa..kanila.
"Sya..ang..nauna..Ron!"
"Shut..up..Sachiko!"..ewan...gulong-gulo..na..ako...Nabigla..si..Sachiko.
"Pero..Ron..."
"Hindi..ka..dapat..nanampal..ng..walang..reason!"
"Hindi..ko--"
"Wag..mo..ng..pagtakpan..ang..sarili..mo!..nakita..ko..na..sinampal..mo..sya..."
..oo...galit..a
ko...hindi..ko..alam..kung..bakit.
"R-ron..."..nagsimula..ng..pumatak..ang..mga..luha..ni..Sachi.
"Stop..using..your..tears..para..linisin..ang..kasalanan..mo...Just..say..sorry.
.to..Steph,..S
achi."
"Ayoko!"
"Bakit..ba..ang..isip-bata..mo?!..Just..say..sorry!"
"Wala..akong..kasalanan!..I..dont..have..to..say..sorry..to..her."
"Then..tell..me..why..you..slapped..her?"..napakislot..naman..si..Steph...
"R-ron.....ok..na....Tara..na..."
"No..steph...I..want..to..hear..her..out..kung..bakit..ka..nya..sinampal."
"Sinampal..ko..sya..kasi..niloloko..ka..nya..Ron!"

"Anong..sinasabi..mo..Sachiko?!"
"Hindi..ka..mahal..ni..Steph,..Ron!..Niloloko..ka..nya!"
lumapit..ako..kay..sachiko...
*SLAPP!*
sinampal..ko..sya...Ewan...I..dont..wanna..hear..her..out..anymore.
"Stop..saying..those..nonsense..and..lies!"
"Hindi..ako..nagsisinungaling!"..umiiyak..nyang..sabi..habang..hawak..ang..pisng
i..nyang..s
inampal..ko.
"I..dont..believe..you!..Just..get..a..life..Sachiko!..Sobrang..pakikialam..na..
ang..ginagawa
..mo..sa..buhay..ko!"
"R-ron....."
"GET..OUT..OF..MY..LIFE!"
"sige..gusto..mong..mawala..na..ako..sa..buhay..mo?..Sige,..mawawala..na..talaga
..ako..pero..ma
y..isa..ka..pang..wish...Wish..for..it..first."
"I..dont..need..the..wish..anymore!..Ewan..ko..Sachiko,..lagi..ka..na..lang..nak
ikiaalam..sa..b
uhay..ko..eh...Wala..ka..bang..sariling..buhay..na..pedeng..asikasuhin?..lubayan
..mo..na..ako..
please?!"
"Hindi..ako..aalis..hanggat..hindi..mo..hinihiling..ang..last..wish..mo!"
"I..just..wish..that..you..get..out..of..my..life..Sachiko!"
pause.
"Kahit..hindi..pede..yun,..pero..sige,..as..you..wish."..tumingkayad..sya..at..h
inalikan..ang
..noo..ko..at..tumakbo..na..palayo.
Ako..naman,..naiwang..tulala.
Ano..bang..nangyayari..sa..akin?..Bakit..ba..ako..galit?..Kanino..ba..ako..galit
?..Ano..bang..i
kinagagalit..ko?
"Ron..."..nabalik..lang..ako..sa..sarili..ko..ng..hawakan..ni..Steph..ang..balik
at..ko.
"May.....dapat..na..akong..ipagtapat..sa..iyo..."
~~~
"Totoo..lahat..ng..sinabi..ni..Sachiko.....Pinuntahan..ako..dito..kanina..upang.
.komprontah
in...Nung..isang..araw..kasi.....nakita..nyang..kasama..ko..si..Carl..sa..mall..
."
"Sinong..Carl?"
"Ang..ex-fiance..ko..."
"Ex-fiance?!..Eh..college..ka..pa..lang..ah.."

"I'll..explain....Yes,..college..pa..lang..ako..pero..si..Carl,..graduate..na..s
ya..and..he..go
t..a..good..job,..first..boyfriend..ko..sya..Ron,..nagtagal..kami..ng..2..and..a
..half..years..ta
pos..nagpropose..sya..sa..akin,..sabi..nya..magpapakasal..kami..pagkagraduate..k
o..kaya..pum
ayag..ako.....P-pero..Ron..."..nagsimula..ng..magpatakan..ang..luha..ni..Steph,.
.
"Mahal..na..mahal..ko..sya..Ron,..pero..isang..araw..nakita..kong..kahalikan..ny
a..ang..bestfr
iend..ko....nasaktan..ako..ng..sobra..kaya..umuwi..ako..dito..sa..pinas.....Ayun
..nga,..nung..a
raw..na..hinalkan..kita,..naalala..ko..si..Carl..sa..iyo.....Oo,..ginawa..lang..
kitang..panaki
p..butas..Ron,...I..thought..things..would..work..out..between..the..two..of..us
...Pero..hangga
ng..little..brother..lang..talaga..tingin..ko..sa..iyo,..ititigil..ko..na..sana.
.Ron..pero..nun
g..mapansin..kong....nagkakalapit..kayong..dalawa..ni..Sachiko,..nainis..ako..ka
y..Sachiko..k
asi..naalala..ko..yung..ginawa..sa..akin..ng..bestfriend..ko...Natatakot..akong.
.maagawan..ul
it...Tapos.....last..week,..nagpakita..sa..akin..si..Carl,..I..was..so..shocked.
.pero..he..expl
ained..everything..na..nung..araw..na..makita..ko..sila..ng..bestfriend..ko,it..
was..not..his..
fault..daw,..bigla..na..lang..syang..hinigit..ng..bestfriend..ko..according..to.
.him....Hindi
..ko..alam..na..matagal..na..palang..may..pagnanasa..ang..bestfriend..ko..sa..fi
ance..ko.....ay
un,..hindi..ko..na..napigilan..ang..sarili..ko,..mahal..ko..talaga..si..Carl,..R
on...Kaya..hind
i..ako..nagparamdam..sa..iyo,..hindi..ko..kasi..alam..kung..pano..magpapaliwanag
..pero..kagab
i..naisip..ko..ng..ipagtapat..sa..iyo..kaya..tumawag..ako..sa..iyo..kagabi...Bal
ak..ko..na..tala
gang..ipagtapat..sa..iyo..ngayon..pero..hindi..ko..kasi..inaasahan..na..nakita..
pala..kami..ni
..Sachiko...Ron,..I'm..sorry...I'm..sorry..sa..paggamit..sa..iyo...Babalik..na..
ako..kasama..si
..Carl..sa..ibang..bansa..bukas.....Papakasal..na..kasi..kami.....Sorry..talaga.
.Ron..."
Ewan...Bakit..wala..akong..makapang..galit...Yung..galit..ko..nga..kanina..eh..n
awala..na...Ew
an...Para..pa..ngang..may..tinik..na..nabunot..sa..akin.....ewan..ko...ewan.
"Ok..lang..."
napangiti..si..Steph,.."Sabi..na..nga..ba..eh.."
"huh?"
"Ayus..lang..talaga..sa..iyo..kasi..dati..alam..ko..na..ako..ang..mahal..mo,..al
am..kong..ako..an
g..first..love..mo,..nung..mga..bata..pa..tayo,..alam..ko..na..yun...Pero..nung.
.magbalik..ako..d
ito,..oo..ramdam..ko..mahal..mo..pa..ako..pero..parang..nawawala..na..sya...Sabi
..nga..nila..fir
st..love..never..dies..pero..dahil..sa..dumating..ang..true..love..mo..Ron,..eh.
.unti-unting..i
nililibing..ng..buhay..ng..true..love..mo..ang..nararamdaman..mo..para..sa..firs
t..love..mo,..a
ng..nararamdaman..mo..sa..akin."

"hindi..ko..maintindihan..Steph..."
"Ant@nga..mo..kasi..Ron,..pakinggan..mo..puso..mo..."..pinitik..nya..ako..sa..ma
y..dibdib..ko..
kung..saan..nakalocate..ang..puso..ko,.."Para..marinig..mo..kung..sino..isinisig
aw..nito..."
"Steph.....anlabo.....hindi..ko..magets..."
"Ang..hina..mo..talaga..Ron.....O..sige,..para..sa..madaling..salita....
..MAHAL..MO..SI..SACHIKO."
--??-CHAPTER..26
"Ron.....itatanong..ko..lang.....mahal..mo..ba..si..Sachiko?"

"Ron.....alam..mo..ba,..pansin..ko.....may..pagtingin..ka..kay..Sachiko..."
"Kuya..Ron,..baki..ansaya..ng..mga..mata..mo..pag..tinitignan..mo..si..Ate..Chi?
..May..gusto..ka
..sa..kanya..noh?"
Si..Kyle.....Si..Erinn.....Si..Sam...
Napapansin..nila..yun.....Bakit..ako?..Ant@nga..ko!..Bakit..ngayon..ko..lang..na
laman!
Pagkatapos..namin..mag-usap..ni..Steph..eh..umuwi..na..sya..kasi..bukas..aalis..
na..sila..ni..C
arl.....Ako..naman..pinag-isipan..ko..lahat..ng..sinabi..ni..Steph...
Noong..una,..hindi..ko..pa..rin..magetz...
Kinabukasan..noon,..hinanap..ko..si..Sachiko.....Wala..sa..school..nya,..wala..k
ahit..saan..
.
Kahit..si..Chiko.....hindi..ko..makita...Isang..linggo..na..ang..nakalilipas,..w
ala..pa..ring
..Sachiko.
Saka..ko..lang..narealize..na..kung..kelan..wala..na..yung..tao..saka..mo..lang.
.malalaman..ang
..halaga..nya...
ant@nga..ko..kasi!..Why..did..I..say..such..words..to..Sachiko.....Nadala..ako..
ng..galit..ko..
...Ano..ba..ang..ikinagalit..ko..nung..araw..na..yun?..Sa..tingin..ko..nagagalit
..ako..noon..sa..
sarili..ko..at..hindi..kay..Sachi.....naiinis..kasi..ako..sa..sarili..ko..kung..
bakit..ganun..y
ung..nararamdaman..ko,..bakit..lagi..na..lang..nasa..isip..ko..si..Sachi,..naiin
is..ako..kasi..
hindi..ko..maipaliwanag..yung..nararamdaman..ako.....
Araw-araw,..hinahanap..ko..sya..pero..wala.....nagtatanong..rin..ako..sa..mga..e
studyante..s
a..school..nya..pero..hindi..na..daw..napasok..si..Sachi...
Ngayon,..hinanap..ko..sya..sa..buong..syudad..pero..wala..pa..rin.....tumigil..m
una..ako..sa..i
sang..lugar,..ipinark..ko..yung..kotse..ko..at..isubsob..ang..ulo..sa..manibela.
..
bakit..kung..kelan..ko..na..nalaman..kung..ano..ang..talagang..nararamdaman..ko.
.sa..iyo..tsak
a..ka..pa..nawala?..Bakit..nung..nandun..ka..lagi..sa..tabi..ko..dati..eh..isina
santabi..ko..lan
g..tong..nararamdaman..ko...Bakit..kung..kelan..ka..pa..nawala?!..
maya-maya,..inangat..ko..ang..ulo..ko..at..sinuntok..ang..manibela,.."Shet!..Sac
hiko!..Asan..
ka..ba?!"
kring.....kring...
bell?..ang..pamilyar..na..bell!..ayun..ang..tunog..ng..bell..ni..Chiko!..tumingi
n..ako..sa..kal
iwa..kung..saan..nanggaling..ang..tunog...
SH1t!
ST...CLAIRE..HOSPITAL
*flashback*
"Sachiko,..ano..ba..ang..address..mo?"
"St...Claire..107"
*end..of..flashback*

Shet..talaga!..Bakit..ngayon..ko..lang..narealize?!..ang..st...claire..ay..itong
..hospital..a
t..ang..107..ay..room..number.....teka!..yun..yung..room..na..tinitigan..ni..Sac
hiko..nung..ara
w..na..maospital..si..Sam!
Bumaba..ako..ng..kotse..ko..at..pumasok..ng..hospital,..nagdire-diretso..ako..sa
..may..room10
7..
Pagkabukas..ko..ng..pinto...
"Huh?"..asan..si..Sachiko?..Bakit..walang..tao?
"Excuse..me?"..napatingin..ako..sa..isang..nurse..na..tumawag..sa..akin,.."are..
you..looking..
for..the..former..patient..dyan..sa..room..107?"
"Ahmm....opo."
May..tinignan..sya..sa..parang..listboard..ata..nya..yun,.."Teka.....Sachiko..Fe
rrer..ba?"
"Opo,..asan..na..po..sya?"
"Ahmm....comataused..patient..sya....pero..dahil..kaming..lahat..ay..nabigla..ng
..magising..
sya..last..week..ay..inilipat..namin..sya..sa..St...Jude..hospital..para..mas..m
asuri..sya..at..
maalagaan..ng..maigi..kasi..may..theory..ang..doctors..na..sa..sunod..na..attack
,..eh..baka..hi
ndi..na..sya..makasurvive."
"Ano..pong..attack?"
"Heart..attack...May..sakit..sa..puso..si..Ms...Ferrer,..nacoma..sya..because..o
f..her..heart..
attack."
kinuha..ko..lahat..ng..impormasyon..sa..nurse..at..pati..room..number..ni..Sachi
ko..sa..St...Ju
de's..hospital..at..agad..ng..pumunta..doon.
7pm..na..ako..nakarating.
ROOM..72
kumatok..ako..at..ang..lalaki..uling..iyon..ang..nagbukas..ng..pinto.
"Ron..Esguierra."..nabiglang..sabi..ng..lalaki.
"Kilala..mo..ako?"
"Ako..si..Renz,..kuya..ni..Sachi...Oo,..kilala..kita...Nung..magising..si..sachi
..ay..kinuwent
o..nya..ang..lahat..sa..akin."
ang..lahat?
Pumasok..ako..ng..kwarto..at..nakita..ko..si..Sachiko,..tulog..sya...Na-miss..ko
..ang..mala-an
ghel..nyang..mukha.
"Maupo..ka,..marami..kang..dapat..malaman."..tumalima..naman..ako.
"Bata..pa..noon..si..Sachiko..nung..una..ka..nyang..makilala..."
"Ha?"
"Nung..araw..na..iyon,..inaaway..sya..ng..mga..bullies..sa..may..playground,..na
kita..mong..it
inulak..sya..ng..isa..sa..mga..bullies,..binato..mo..sila..ng..bato..para..lumay
o...Tapos..nung
..umalis..na..sila,..nilapitan..mo..ang..umiiyak..na..si..Sachiko..at..binuhat..
ito..at..dinala

..sa..may..malapit..na..faucet..at..nilinis..ang..sugat..nito...Ayon..ang..unang
..araw..na..naki
lala..ka..nya."
Naalala..ko..na.....sya..pala..yun...
"Eh..bakit..hindi..ko..na..sya..nakita..pa..pagkatapos..noon?"
"Hindi..naman..kasi..kami..taga-dito..dati,..nagbabakasyon..lang..kami..dito..no
on..tapos..b
umalik..na..kami..sa..san..pablo...Doon..talaga..kami..nakatira...Nung..nag-grad
e..5..na..si..S
achi,..naging..mapilit..sya..sa..parents..namin..na..dito..sa..manila..mag-aral,
..gusto..ka..k
asi..nya..talagang..makita..ulit...Nag-enrol..kami..sa..Seiyuu..academy,..hinaha
nap..ka..pa..
rin..nya,..ang..alam..nya..lang..sa..iyo..noon..eh..ang..buong..pangalan..mo...I
sang..araw..nari
nig..nya..sa..mga..classmates..nyang..girls..na..pinaguusapan..ka,..di..ba..sika
t..ka..sa..mga..
girls?..kaya..ayun,..nakarating..pangalan..mo..sa..academy..namin...Doon..nya..n
alaman..kung
..saan..ka..napasok...Pumunta..sya..sa..may..tabi..ng..gate..ng..school..nyo..pa
gkaawas..nya,..t
initingnan..nyang..maigi..ang..mga..mukha..ng..lalaking..nalabas..ng..gate..ng..
school..nyo...
hinahanap..ka...Nalaman..nya..lang..na..ikaw..ang..lumabas..ng..may..kaibigan..k
ang..tumuwag..
sa..pangalan..mo..kaya..simula..noon,..tuwing..aawas..sya..ay..pupunta..agad..sy
a..sa..tapat..n
g..school..nyo..para..lang..makita..ka...Kuntento..na..sya..sa..pagtingin..na..l
ang..sa..iyo,..m
asya..na..syang..nakikita..kang..masaya...It..really..takes..one..moment..to..be
..kind..but..th
e..result..can..last..forever,..dahil..sa..pagtulong..mo..lang..noon..sa..kanya,
..hndi..ka..na..
nya..nalimutan...Kaya..nga..nung..isang..araw..ng..makita..ka..nyang..mag-isa..s
a..playground
..na..malungkot..at..narinig..nyang..nagbanggit..ka..na..sana..matupad..ang..wis
h..mo...Isang..
wish..about..sa..girl..na..mahal..mo...Nalungkot..sya..kasi..nakita..ka..nyang..
malungkot..per
o..wala..syang..magawa..para..mapasaya..ka,..gusto..nyang..magrant..ang..wish..m
o..pero..hindi
..nya..alam..kung..papano...Naglakad..lakad..sya,..hindi..muna..sya..umuwi,..gab
i..na..noon,..m
ay..nakita..syang..pusa..at..hinawakan..ito..at..hinimas..himas..ang..pusa,..hab
ang..ginagawa
..yun..eh..tumingin..sya..sa..langit..at..may..biglang..dumaan..na..shooting..st
ar,..humiling..
sya..sa..shooting..star.....Hiniling..nya..magrant..ang..sampung..kahilingan..mo
,..pinikit..
nya..ang..mga..mata..nya..at..narinig..nya..ang..tunog..ng..bell..na..nasa..paa.
.ng..pusa..at..pag
katapos..noon,..hineart-attack..sya..at..nacomatause..na..."
"Pano..mo..nalaman..ang..lahat..ng..yan?"
"Ikinuwento..sa..akin..ni..Sachiko..ang..lahat.....Pati..na..rin..ang..nangyari.
.sa..kanya..ha
bang..nakacomatause..sya.......Noon..pa..man,..mahal..ka..na..ng..kapatid..ko...
..Masaya..ako..
kahit..papano..kasi..nakasalimuha..ka..ng..kapatid..ko..sa..nalalabi..nyang..ora
s...Alam..ko..

hindi..naging..maganda..yung..paghihiwalay..nyo..pero..sana,..magkasundo..na..ka
yo...Please
..Ron,..pasayahin..mo..ang..kapatid..ko...Masama..sa..kanya..ang..maging..emosyo
nal,..makakaa
pekto..sa..puso..nya...Pag..inatake..ulit..sya,..wala..ng..makakapagsabi..ng..ka
ligtasan..nya
."..tumayo..na..sya.
"Sige,..kaw..na..muna..bahala..sa..kapatid..ko...uuwi..muna..ako."..dumiretso..n
a..sya..sa..pin
tuan..at..binuksan..to..pero..bago..tuluyang..umalis....
"Ron,..kahit..anong..mangyari,..please..wag..mong..uubusin..ang..10wishes..dahil
..ang..kapal
it..nun..ay..buhay..ni..Sachiko."
--??-LAST..CHAPTER...27.
Antanga..ko,..I..looked..too..far..to..find..that..one..person..who..I..could..s
hare..my..life..w
ith..without..realizing..that..the..one..I've..been..looking..for..was..always..
just..there..b
eside..me,..loving..me..quietly..all..this..time.
Falling..inlove..with..you..is..the..second..best..thing..in..the..world.....fin
ding..you..is..

the..first...
Nakahiga..silang..dalawa..ni..Sachiko..sa..may..isang..malinis..na..damuhan,..ma
lapit..sa..ho
spital...Pinagpaalam..na..ni..Ron..si..Sachiko..sa..hospital..na..ilalabas..nya.
.ito...It..was
..Sachiko's..9th..wish,..ang..mahiga..sa..isang..grass..to..while..watching..the
..full..moon...
Actually,..right..now,..they..are..looking..on..a..different..moon......They..ar
e..looking..a
t..each..other's..full..moon.....magkatinginan..lang..sila,..tinitingnan..ang..b
awat..isa..s
a..kanilang..mga..mata..habang..nakahiga..sa..damuhan....
Nung..araw..na..magising..si..Sachiko,..nakikipag-ayos..si..Ron..kay..Sachiko..a
t..ipinagtap
at..na..din..nito..ang..damdamin..nya..para..kay..Sachi.
"Ron,..why..does..it..feel..so..great..just..to..be..at..your..side?"
"Kasi..kinakantahan..ka..ng..puso..ko."
"Weh.....ang..korni."..iniunan..ni..Ron..ang..braso..nya..sa..ulo..ni..Sachi..at
..hinalkan..ang
..buhok..nito.
"I..love..you."
"Ron...What's..your..last..wish?"
"Secret."
"Andaya.....Bakit..hindi..mo..na..iwish..ngayon?..May..isa..ka..pang..wish..eh,.
.hindi..counte
d..yung..huli..."
"Pag..winish..ko..yun..sa..iyo..eh..di..hindi..natupad."
"Huh?"
"My..wish..is..against..the..rule...Only..God..can..grant..it...Eh..ikaw?..What'
s..your..last..w
ish?..Di..ba..nung..tinanong..kita..dati..sabi..mo..pag-iisipan..mo..pa..lang,..
naisip..mo..na..
ba?"
"Yes."
"ano..yun?"
"Secret..din...Si..God..lang..din..ang..makakagrant..ng..akin..eh."
"Shooting..star."
"Wish..tayo!"
"Sige."
I..wish..for..it...
please..grant..it...
Kinabukasan...
Graduation..day..ni..Ron...
"Sige..na..ron,..attend..your..graduation."
"Pero..."

"Dont..worry,..magkikita..pa..din..tayo.."
"I'm..afraid..na..baka..iwan..mo..ako..."
"No...I..wont..."
"If..you..leave..me,..I..will..follow..you."
"Go..now..Ron."
pumunta..ng..graduation..si..Ron...Pagkakuha..nya..ng..diploma..nya..eh..saktong
..may..tumawa
g..sa..phone..nya...
It..was..Sachiko's..brother...
"Ron,..si..Sachi..."
"What..happened..to..Sachi?"
"Inaatake..sya..."
pumunta..agad..si..Ron..sa..kotse..nya..at..pinaharurot..na..ang..kotse.
Sachiko,..hang-on...Sabi..mo,..you..wont..leave..me....
*honk!..honk!*
paglingon..nya..sa..kanan..nya......Isang..truck!
*BOOGSHHHH!!!*
"I'm..sorry,..we..did..all..our..best..but..her..heart..stopped..beating..alread
y..."
Sachiko..Ferrer
Apr...1,..2009
Time..of..death:..4:23pm
Ron..Esguierra
Apr...1,..2009
Time..of..death:..4:24pm
nabalitaan..ni..Kyle..ang..nangyari...Bumalik..syang..pilipinas..kasama..si..Eri
nn...Ganun..
din..si..Steph,..bumalik..din..sya...Sama-sama..silang..umattend..ng..libing..ng
..dalwa...Mag
katabi..ang..puntod..nilang..dalwa.
May..nakitang..pusa..si..Kyle..at..nilapitan..ito...
"kung..hindi..ako..nagkakamali,..kaw..ang..pusang..nagdala..sa..landas..ng..dalw
a..upang..mag
meet...Salamat,..sa..tingin..ko,..masaya..na..sila..kung..nasan..sila..ngayon."

Ang..huli..nilang..kahilingan..ay..magkasama..hanggang..sa..tinatawag..na..FOREV
ER.
..WISH..GRANTED..
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