𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐈𝐧 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐬𝐭 𝐎𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐨𝐬

CHAPTER 01

CHAPTER ONE

Suitor

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Sometimes, loving someone can hurt us so bad. Iyon bang ginawa mo naman ang lahat, ibinigay mo ang lahat ng makakaya mo just to make this person stay, but still you weren't enough and will never be enough with the wrong person.

At the age of twenty, isang beses lang ako nagmahal ng sobra. But unfortunately, hindi naging maganda ang ending naming dalawa. Our nine-month relationship ended when she cheated on me. Lahat ng effort ko'y binasura niya.

Since then, I haven't entered into another relationship. I don't know if it's because of the trauma kaya nawalan na ako ng ganang muling magmahal pa.

Matagal na rin namang nangyari iyon, mag-aapat na taon na rin. I've moved on but the trauma Yvonne inflicted on me still lingers. I loved her deeply but in the end, I was just played by the girl I thought would love me.

She's my first love, so moving on from her wasn't easy. I loved her so much but I'm not stupid enough to take her back, kahit pa ilang beses rin siyang nagmakaawa sa akin na patawarin at balikan ko siya.

Marahan kong binuksan ang locker ko at kagaya ng inaasahan ko ay unang bumungad sa'kin ang tambak at makukulay na mga love letters mula sa iba't-ibang babae, some even fell to the floor which I didn't bother to pick up.

Kinuha ko ang mga iyon gamit ang dalawang kamay ko at walang pagdadalawang isip na itinapon sa malapit na trash bin. I don't want to waste my time reading these love letters.

Dumako ang aking paningin sa lalakeng kasama ko rito sa locker room ng matunog itong ngumisi. May kinukuha ito sa loob ng kaniyang locker, ngunit ang singkit at matatalim na mga mata ay nakatutok sa akin.

Unang umagaw ng atensiyon ko ay ang kumikinang nitong mga piercing sa taenga. His somewhat long, messy hair fell loosely over his forehead, and he was wearing a basketball uniform.

Sandali lamang nagtama ang aming mga mata at mabilis rin itong nag-iwas ng tingin. Walang pakialam na iniiwas ko ang aking paningin at inilagay ang mga gamit ko sa loob ng locker.

I know him. Mark Jaevier Laurent. How could I not, when he was the one who stole my girlfriend four years ago? He's not just a womanizer, he's a fucking stealer too.

Matagal na ring nangyari 'yon ngunit sa tuwing maaalala ko,hindi ko parin maiwasang makaramdam ng galit. Hindi lang kasi ako niloko ni Yvonne, tinapakan rin nila ng lalakeng ito ang pagkalalake ko. Though hindi rin naman sila nagtagal ng ex-girlfriend ko.

Just a few months after Yvonne and I broke up, news spread throughout our campus that they had broken up and Jaevier had replaced Yvonne with another girl. Hindi naman iyon nakakagulat since alam naman ng lahat ng estudyante sa blue danube kung gaano kagago si Jaevier. He's a notorious playboy and it seems like making girls cry is his fucking hobby.

Pagkatapos kong ilagay ang mga gamit ko sa locker ay isinarado ko na iyon. Inayos ko muna ang salamin ko sa mata saka ako dire-diretsong lumabas ng locker room. Hindi ko na muli pang tinapunan ng tingin si Jaevier kahit ramdam kong nakatingin ito sa akin.