Dear Future Me Novels & Stories

"Alam mo maki, mabilis lang ang panahon...may naiisip ka na ba na i-pe-present mo sa finals natin if ever sa fourth year? Only one picture...parang ang hirap no'n." "As of now, may napupusuan akong muse, pero wala pa akong pic niya. Pero masyado pa naman maaga para isipin 'yon 'di ba?" "You should capture pictures as many as you can now, bawat panahon may pagbabagong nangyayari, noh." "Correct ka r'yan, xowie! What changes would happen kaya sa atin? I want time to speed up or let us see a glimpse of the future! Ano kaya future natin, noh?"

Life is not a rehearsal. Each day is a new show, new challenges, new audience, new participants, new characters. No-repeat, no rewind, no retake. Perform carefully, live the best, choose the best and do the best. We cannot do anything about what happened in the past but we can do something about our future. My past is not as important as what's ahead, I cannot let it poison my future...our future. But I have to do something to correct what's done wrong that almost cost me my life.

"Get lost." "What?" "This place is my property." "And I'm your girlfriend." "Ex-girlfriend," pagtutuwid ni Miko na hindi na naikubli ang pagkairita dahil na rin sa desperasyon na mahanap ang babaing nabura sa kanyang memorya. "You're just my past. Nothing more, nothing less." "No. Hindi ako papayag. I will be your future. At nangako ako na hindi na tayo kailaman maghihiwalay pa. Bear that in mind."

irap ko sa kanya sabay bunot ng phone sa bulsa ko para i-message si Ariesa. ​Message to Ariesa: "Hoy loka! Pumayag na si Declan the Great mo. Pwede ka nang pumunta rito sa resort. Mag-ayos ka ng mukha mo, baka ma-turn off 'yung future husband mo!"

"Maniniwala ka ba kung... Nakakulong ako ngayon sa hinaharap?" Bata naman s'ya, alam kong makakapaglabas ako ng aking nararamdaman. "Po?" Napatingin s'ya sa akin at mukhang nagugulumihanan. "Sabi ni nanay, okay na ho yung mastuck sa future kaysa sa past." Kumunot ang aking noo. Ano ba ang tinutukoy n'ya? "Ano bang ibig mong--"

No'ng malalaman at halata na kung anong mangyayari sa atin sa piniling daan? "It's not that we can have a sin if we choose to think for our present. Happiness is more way better than to think of negative things. So Aishia, don't be so over advance, we can't know about our future. Future means to be wrote on, while present is the chapter where we write for our past. We should think for our present more often because I do believe that every letter that we write to our present can affect to our future." Mahaba-habang sabi niya.

'I need to work hard for our future....' 'for our future...for our future....' whooaahhhhhh... Tinabunan ko nalang ng unan yung mukha ko... sht..bat pa ulit ulit kong naririnig yung sinabi nya..at bat iba yung dating sakin nyon... para sa future namin...damn it... bat sigurado naba sya na kami talaga?..na ako talaga yung future nya...wtf.....

Thank you sa lahat. I won't delete our messages kasi feeling ko babalikan ko rin 'to whenever I need to or feel it. So ayun? Sana sa future makilala kita personally kahit as a friend. If ever magkita tayo, kwentuhan mo ko sa magiging lovelife and career mo ha? Fighting palagi! Study hard and I hope you'll have a great future ahead! I won't forget you and your fast replies. You'll always be the 6'3 cutie bebi that I met on the internet. Hart hart! Sincerely,

Mahiya ka naman kahit ten percent lang. "Ano bang iniisip mo at parang ang lalim naman ata?" Tanong niya at mahina pang tumawa. "Future natin." Bigla kong nasambit. "Ano?" Sabi niya at nilingon ako saglit saka muling humarap sa kalsada. "Sabi ko iniisip ko kung anong magiging future ng exam ko." Pagpapalusot ko. "Papasa ka niyan tiwala lang." Sabi niya at ngumiti.

Gusto kong sabihin sa kanya yun pero gusto ko munang matapos lahat. I made up my decision, whatever happened hinding hindi ako babalik sa nakaraan ko. Kung babalik man ako doon ay para lang ayusin ang mga ala-alang hindi pa naaalis at gagawin ko yun para sa hinaharap. I'll fix my past for my future. And that future is him. "Let's get this thing done, Chase. Okay?" Bumuntong hininga ito. "Okay. I love you."