Love is not finding your perfect half. It's the trying and reaching and failing.
~Ellie(The Half of it)
Chapter 24: My other half
Akaizha's Point of View
Everyone around me seems so busy. Ngayon ang evaluation day para sa mga Accounting students. Kanina pa ako nagmamasid sa mga kaklase kong hindi malaman kung excited ba o kinakabahan dahil in 30 minutes, magsisimula na. Out of all departments here, kami lang ang natatanging may evaluation that you have to pass three times. The purpose of doing it is to search for qualifying students for outgoers, which will be given a high guaranteed job on one of the well-known company in the world. A good opportunity for everybody, indeed. However, since I will be handling our own company once I graduated, I'm not sure if passing this evaluation will be okay even though you won't go for it.
"Akaizha, girl. Someone is looking for you," someone snapped his finger. That's Nico, my gay batchmate.
"Sino?" Nakangiting tanong ko.
"Asus! Nagtanong pa. Sa ngiti mong yan mukhang alam mo na kung sino. May iba pa ba?" Tumaas-baba ang kilay niya. May iba pa nga ba? Ang Gwen Chloe ko lang naman ang madalas pumunta rito para lang mag-hi or check how am I doing. "Your girl, si Ms. BSBA." Lalo naman akong napangiti. Ugh, her strong effect. "Hindi pa rin talaga ako sanay sa close-up beauty niya. Pakitanong nga girl kung anong skincare niya," dagdag ni Nico.
I chuckled. Tumayo ako. "Believe me or not, she only use face powder or foundation. Natural beauty niya yung nakikita mo without the help of any beauty products, Nico." I will always be proud to say that, though.
"Sana all huhu," komento ni Krystal habang papalabas ako. "How to find someone like her? Sobrang sweet niya sayo. Nakakainggit."
Nakangiti akong lumingon bago pa tuluyang lumabas, "Marami naman diyan basta h'wag lang siya."
Krystal is right. Sobrang sweet ni Gwen Chloe, and of course, I can live for it every single day. Sweet siya hindi lang sa lahat ng bagay pati na rin sa lahat ng paraan. Isa na doon ang lagi niyang pagdala ng pagkain or milk coffee for me instead of chocolates or flowers dahil alam niyang hindi naman ako mahilig doon. Kung may binibigyan man siya ng bulaklak, si mommy yun at chocolate naman kay Akihiro dahil mahilig ang kapatid ko sa matamis. Sino ba namang hindi matutuwa? Sinong hindi kikiligin? I'm not expecting her to be this persistent and I didn't know I will love the way she courts me. Her consistency is one of the best thing I'm looking for, she had that. Lolokohin ko lang ang sarili ko kapag sinabi kong hindi ko na siya mahal. Wala namang nagbago, in fact...mas lumala pa nga ang nararamdaman ko at hindi ako magsasawang mahulog sa kanya ng paulit-ulit. It's just that...we need to wait a perfect time for the both of us.
I remember, few days ago...Brent asked, why Gwen Chloe? Why her? That's a good question that can't be skipped to answer. I simply replied, why not? If you may not see, may mga bagay man na wala sa kanya pero sapat na ang mga meron siya para makontento ako at mahalin siya. She respects me, my time, and everything I do. My parents love her, and that's the most gratifying thing ever. They easily accepted her because they know that there is something about her that I can't see with someone else. Plus, the love and support of her parents just completely filled the empty space between us. Last but not the least, Gwen and my brother are now friends. She even convinced him to go to school na hindi namin nagawa. Mag-eenroll na next school year ang kapatid ko dahil sa kanya. So, how can I unloved her? How can I not love her kung ang mga mahal ko nga sa buhay ay mahal din siya.
