Dear Future Boyfriend

Chapter 19

"May lakad kaba ngayon anak?"

Binitawan ko ang hawak kong damit.

"Lalabas lang po para bumili ng gamit na dadalhin ko sa Friday. Bakit po mommy?"

She smiled. "Wala lang, pansin ko lang ay parang lagi kang masaya nitong mga nakaraang araw"

Nahihiya akong tumingin kay mommy. Masyado ba akong halata?

"Sorry mommy. Papakilala ko din sya sainyo"

Mommy pinch my cheeks. "Yung guy ba sa birthday party ng tito juaqin mo last time?"

I bit my lower lips and nod my head. Feeling ko pulang pula ang mukha ko ngayon.

"He's a nice guy sabi ng Tita Amara mo."

He is. Kahit sinong tanungin mo they will probably say na sobrang bait ni Kiyo.

"How long have you been dating?"

Grabe mag tanong talaga si mommy. Lahat lahat kailangan dapat sabihin sakanya.

"Its been a month mom"

Umupo si mommy sa higaan ko. "I thought si Asher ang magiging boyfriend mo"

Nanlaki ang mga mata kong tumingin kay mommy. "Who told you that mommy?"

She chuckled. "Pansin ko lang, he always stare at you kapag nasa bahay sya so I thought he likes you"

Manhid nga siguro ako. Alam lahat ng tao na nasa paligid namin na may gusto saakin si Asher. Tanging ako lang ang nag bulaglagan.

Tama nga siguro si Asher. Hindi dahil sa hindi ko alam, hindi ko lang talaga inalam.

"He said he likes me, but I already rejected him mom because I like kiyo"

Mom gently tap my back. "Are you sure?"

"Boyfriend ko na po si Kiyo"

She sigh. "Basta make sure na you choose someone kind, someone who's respectful not only in the begging but also when things get hard. I hope you'll find someone who respect your boundaries and won't force you to do things you don't want to do and of course he should be consistent"

I heard that when my mom and dad met they didn't really like each other. They are from a arrange marriage and things was not really good at first. They both went through a lot lalo na nung nag kasakit di daddy.

Dad was so mean sabi ni mommy. Pero look at them now.

Kaya I really believe na what's meant for you will always find a way back.

"I'll remember everything mommy."

Sasamahan ako ni Kiyo na mamili ng gamit ko dahil aalis na ako the day after tomorrow. Hindi pa ako ready pero wala naman din akong choice dahil nandito na ito at kailangan ko nalang tapusin.

Saglit lang naman ng isang buwan.

Palabas na sana ako ng room ko bigla nalang nag vibrate yung phone ko.

Penelope is calling

"Hello?"

I can hear her deep breath kahit sa phone lang and I don't know why bigla nalang akong kinabahan.

"Hey is there something wrong?" I asked.

"Have you seen, Asher? Pumunta ba sya sainyo kanina or ngayon?"

Sa tono palang ng pananalita ni Penelope, I know something was wrong.

"No, pero nasa bahay si Kuya. I asked him awhile ago wala daw syang lakad today. Something happend to him?"