Chapter 25

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Allison

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Allison

"Is love a paradox, simultaneously offering warmth and pain?"

I stopped whatever I'm doing at napatingin sa taong kaharap ko ngayon.

"Sagutin mo na lang, wag mo na ko tignan nang ganyan."

I let out a sigh at lumabas mg counter para lapitan siya.

"Bakit kasi yan pa yung napili mong topic para sa Social Culture niyo na subject eh wala ka naman experience sa love love na yan."

Pagalit ko dito ng kaunti. She just shrugged at tinitigan ako ng matalim.

"Ate tutulungan mo ba ko oh ano? Andami mong reklamo pwede mo naman sabihin na wala kang experience. Di naman kita ijujudge."

Sabunutan ko kaya tong batang to? 🙂

"Sa lahat ng nagpapatulong ikaw pa tong maldita Zenaiah."

"Ang tagal mo kasi sumagot, matatapos na time ko ohhh."

"Edi mag-extend ka."

"Budol ka ate, pinagkakakitaan mo ko. Palugi ka na ba at nanlalamang ka na?"

"Oo, wala na nga akong makain."

She looked at me with an "are you serious look?" na ikinatawa ko. Zenaiah is a college student na regular customer ko dito sa Internet Cafe.

"Joke lang. Pero to answer your question, Love is indeed a paradox. It offers you warmth through your connections to other people. It can be in the form of emotional warmth or physical warmth. With that being said, Love can also bring us pain through inevitable challenges, uncertainties and heartbreak. Sabi nga nila hindi ka nagmamahal kung hindi ka nasasaktan at hindi rin pagmamahal ang isang relasyong puro sakit lang ang hatid sa atin. You can call it love when two of these contradictiong things coexist."

I said as I picture her face.

"That's...I want to experience it."

"Experience what?"

"Being in love."

"Bata ka pa, don't rush things. Potential love will come in the most unexpected way. It's the best kind of love for me, not forced but free."

Sabi ko rito as I patted her head gently bago bumalik sa pwesto ko kanina para iassist yung mga customers. I had to serve their drinks and food din.

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