FINAL CHAPTER
( TROY’s POV )
“♪♫
No matter which day it is
Everyday... ♪♫ ”
I heard
something opened.
“♪♫
Every minute you will be a song in my
heart…♪♫ ”
I stopped
singing. Nagulat ako sa nakita ko.
Si Aleli!
Nakatayo siya sa may pintuan! Anong ginagawa niya dito? Paanong… Binuko ba ko
nila Richie?
Ngumiti
siya. “Hi.” Pumasok siya at lumapit
sakin.
Nawala na
tuloy sa isip ko kung pa’no niya nalaman na nandito ako. Kung may alam na ba
siya o ano. Ni hindi nga ako makatingin sa kaniya ng deretso.
“Ba’t huminto ka? Hindi pa ko tapos magsayaw, ah.”
She started
to dance.
At kapag
nakikita ko siyang sumasayaw, parang may sariling isip ang mga daliri ko na
kumilos na lang. It started strumming again. And I started singing, too.
“♪♫
I want you to listen until the end...
♪♫ ”
I smiled
when I saw her smiled.
“♪♫
Even though it won't make us together…♪♫
”
I love
singing. Pati ang paggigitara ko. But I never dared myself to sing in front of
people. Nahihiya kasi ako. Mas lalo na sa harap ng taong gusto ko. Kaya nga
nang alukin ako nina Richie na sumali sa banda nila. Pumayag ako.
“♪♫ I am
happy that my heart has nothing left to say... ♪♫ ”
Pero may
twist. Kumbaga sa mga artista, may ka-double sila. At sa pagkanta ni Richie,
ako ang ka-double niya. He used my voice for our band. Walang kaso sakin ‘yon
dahil ayoko naman talagang kumanta sa harap ng maraming tao.
But this
girl…
“♪♫
And this song is for you, only you…♪♫
”
She made me
sing in front of her without any doubts.
She made me
sing the song I wrote for her knowing that she knows that I am the one who was
singing it.
“♪♫ No
matter which day it is…♪♫
”
And seeing
her dancing in front of me.
Seeing her
smiling at me.
I am happy…
“♪♫ Everyday,
every minute you will be a song in my heart…♪♫ ”
That finally
I got the courage to say my feelings to her without having any nosebleed.
“♪♫
Yeah, yeah… Yeah, yeah…♪♫
”
The song
ended. She was still smiling at me.
Unti-unting
nawala ang ngiti ko. Napalunok ako. Bumalik na naman kasi ang kaba ko.
She leaned
to me and said, “Ang ganda nung kanta.
Nagustuhan ko siya.” And then she left.
Napangiti
ako nang malapad. Nang…
“May nakalimutan akong sabihin—Oh, yung ilong mo.”
Napatakip
ako sa ilong ko. Shit naman! Akala ko…
Lumapit
siya sakin. “Eto o, bulak.”
Ayoko pang
kunin ‘yon kaya lang…
Siya na ang
kusang nag-alis ng kamay kong nakatakip sa ilong ko at naglagay ng bulak sa
ilong ko. “Lagi akong may dalang bulak,
alam mo ba ‘yon?”
“Hah?” Hindi ako makatingin ng deretso sa kaniya.
“Para dito sa ilong mo.”
“A-alam… mo?”
Nakangiting
tumango siya. Kailan niya pa nalaman?
“Pwede bang tumingin ka sakin. May gusto lang akong sabihin.
Don’t worry, marami pa kong bulak sa bulsa ko.”
I looked at her.
She smiled. “Thanks for everything, Troy.”
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
“Congratulations, Aleli.”
“Congratulations din, Troy.”
She hugged me. I hugged her back.
Graduate na kami ngayon ng college.
It’s been almost two years since that day that I almost confessed my feelings
to her through my song. We became good close friends after that. Hindi ko siya
niligawan dahil nasabi niya saking sa pag-aaral siya naka-focus. Hindi rin
naman siya nagpaligaw sa iba.
And one more thing, hindi na rin ako
nagno-nosebleed pag nakakaharap ko siya. Sa tagal rin naman ng panahon na naging
kaibigan ko siya, nasanay na ang ilong ko sa kaniya.
Ang saya lang isipin na sa paglipas
ng taon, nanatili pa rin yung nararamdaman ko sa kaniya. Hindi lang nanatili,
mas lalo pang lumalim sa bawat araw na dumadaan na nakakasama ko siya. Pero kung
si Aleli ang tatanungin ninyo, kung may nararamdaman ba siya sakin? Hindi ko
alam.
“Troy, kung may gusto kang sabihin sakin ngayon at idadaan mo sa kanta,
anong kanta ‘yon?”
I smiled at her. “A song from my heart.”
She smiled.
“Ikaw, Aleli? Kung may gusto kang sabihin sakin, ano ‘yon?”
“Pusong bato.”
natatawang sagot niya.
“Baliw ka talaga.”
“Seriously?”
Tumango ako. Kinuha niya ang gitarang hawak ko. Sanay siyang maggitara. I
taught her how to. Nagsimula siyang magstrum hanggang sa…
Napangiti na lang ako.
“♪♫ I
want to let you know that this song is written from what I have for you…♪♫
”
She was singing my song I wrote for
her years ago.
“♪♫ It
might not be beautiful and great, but I give it to you... Each word
might be meaningless, simple and worthless… It might be just another song, but I have written it from my
heart…♪♫ ”
~THE END~
Disclaimer: This
is a short story based on a music video. The characters and the plot are just
an adaptation from the song's MV and/or are used as it is. Photos and some of
the song's lyrics are also used in some parts of the story. (Bold-Italic
type is used if the line is from the lyrics of the song) No
copyright infringement intended!!!
Meanwhile, the whole script/dialog is from the
author's pure imagination.
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