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Maddix:

Busy?

I stared at my phone. It's been many days since that day that me and Tito Alfredo talked. I was busy the next few days because of our graduation. Maddix knew about it, so he said that we just keep texting and calling in the night.

He said that I should focus on my graduation, marami kasing inaasikaso dahil nga malapit na. Yes, we did that for weeks, calling and texting, but I'm not the one who texted first. I did my best not to text him first, not to be thirsty for his attention.

I tried my best to wake up from my illusion that everything was alright, na ayos lamg kung mahalin ko siya because I knew it wouldn't be okay. Kahit kailan hindi magiging maayos na nagkakagusto ako sa taong dapat ay kinamumuhian ko.

Mahalin? Napabuntong hininga ako sa naisip na iyon. Hirap akong aminin iyon, But every time I'm with him these past few days, every time I talk to him through phone calls, I know, alam ko kung ano ang nararamdaman ko.

Some days, we meet. We just ate, and that's i