Conveniently Married

Prologue

Patrick's POV

"I'm sorry Pat. Pero may mahal na akong iba. Alam mo yun." It hurt. I knew it would, but I didn't know it would hurt this much. Alam ko naman talaga dati pa na may mahal siyang iba. I tried to stop myself from feeling anything other than friendship towards her but damn, it just didn't work.

I smiled at her bitterly. Di ko kayang magpakaplastik. I wasn't new to rejection. I thought I was immune to it. Maling mali pala ako. Akala ko lang pala. "It's okay. Kasalanan ko naman eh. Don't worry, this is the first and last time you'll hear of me talking about this. Tsaka, kakagraduate lang natin. I'll move on for sure. Gusto ko lang naman malaman mo," nakangiti ko pa ring sabi.

Ngumiti rin siya ng alanganin. I valued our friendship but we're going to different colleges anyway. It's doubtful if we ever see each other again after this. Di ko nga alam ba't nasabi ko pa sa kanya. "We're still friends after this right? We'll still keep in touch?" Fuck! Di ba niya alam na torture ang pinapagawa niya? Di naman ako masokista, pucha! I may seem like the typical bad boy but I still have feelings too. Kakasabi ko lang sa kanya na mahal ko siya. Paano ako makakamove-on kung may komunikasyon pa rin kami. Sa malayo siya magcocollege tapos ako dito lang sa amin. Di naman kami kaya di uso LDR.

"Of course. Baka ikaw diyan ang di magparamdam," pagbibiro na para bang di ako nasasaktan. Lumapit ako sa kanya at hinalikan siya sa noo, like always did. Like we were still bestfriends.

Camille's POV

Di ko alam ba't parang pinipiga ang puso ko at parang tinutusok ng libo libong karayom nang makita kong naglakad palayo sa akin si Patrick. I he just told me he loves and I told him I love someone else. I saw how hurt he was but I chose not to mind it. He told me we were still friends but I sensed that he was lying somehow. And why did it hurt to hear him say he's going to move on. Ganun ba ako kaselfish para di yun gustuhin para sa kanya?

Gusto ko siyang habulin pero para akong natuod sa kinatatyuan ko. He's my first friend here in this school. Kahit may iba iba kaming barkada, we still consider each other best friends. It hurt to think I put an end to that friendship. Is it too much to ask that we remain friends after I broke his heart?

Parang baliw lang ako dito. Nag-eemote tapos yung iba kong friends at classmates ay nagsasaya dahil last day na ng klase.

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