Novel & Cerita This Thing Called Love

Parang ang lalim ng iniisip niya. "Love?" mahinang tawag ko at napatingin siya sa akin. I saw his hand...bakit dumudugo 'yon? "Bakit dumudugo yang kamay mo?" mahinang tanong ko dahil baka marinig kami nila daddy. "W-Wala 'to, love." Sabay tago niya sa kamay niya sa likura niya. Tinignan ko muna ang paligid kung wala bang nakatingin.

sita ni Troy sakanila. “Tito Troy what is loving-loving?” usisa naman ni Jacob kay Troy. “Ayan.. Sa sobrang tabil mo, nag-uusisa na tuloy ang mga bata. Ayusin mo sagot mo kundi lagot ka sakin..” banta ni James kay Troy. Napakamot naman si Troy. “Uhm, Loving-loving is the scientific word of love.” alanganing sagot ni Troy saka ngumisi kay Jacob.

What if love isn’t simply summed up in a two-sentence graphic, in an image of couple holding hands, in a 4 x 4 pixelated screen? What if real love isn’t about finding a perfectperson, or meeting ‘the one’ by a certain time, or discovering someone who totally changes himself/herself to be the person you need? What if that’s all total crap? What if you’re actually missing out on real love by believing these silly lies we take to heart because they’re in pretty script or powerful language or bright colors?

Pagkasabi ko no'y tumalikod agad ako at tahimik na umiyak habang paakyat sa kwarto ko. Doesn't mean I've never been into a relationship, I'm not capable of understanding love. Kahit pa 'yong love na tinutukoy ko ay sa pamilya ko lang din nahanap at naibahagi. I verily believe that love comes in all shapes and sizes, and in all forms and twists. Love is an allegory. It represents something apparent and something abstract at the same time. It's always up to us on how we decide to interpret it. Are we going to see in a way that it's always being seen and known for? Or are we going to read between the lines and discover that there's actually something more profound than that, and that it's not r

Itinulak ko siya papalayo pagkatapos ay mabilis din akong lumabas ng cubicle. “Love,” tawag niya na naman sa akin kaya kaagad ko siyang binalikan, hindi para kausapin kundi para bigwasan at sapakin sa mukha. Tang ina. Huwag niya sabi akong matawag-tawag na love!

Pasimple siyang napahinga nang malalim at ngumiti sa asawa na tila bang walang nangyayari. "Where is your endearment? Just like I call you love or wifey. Kailan ka ba magkukusa na tawagin ako ng “Love” ng hindi ka parang napipilitan lang?” Talagang pinagdiinan nito ang salitang love sa kaniya. “Hindi naman….” Hindi na niya magawang dugtungan ang sasabihin ng sumagot kaagad ito.

Ang kabutihan ng loob niya ngayon ang naging dahilan ng malapad kong ngiti. Lesson in love- love is kind...Kind is love; love is kind. It's being selfless, caring, compassionate, and unconditionally kind. Like love, it takes practice to understand and feel it. We share love with others through kind acts such as a smile, a nice word, an unexpected deed, or a planned surprise.

It's hard when you are in a long distance relationship tapos your love language is physical touch, cuddles. When you want to hug the person you love but you can't because you're far from each other. Internet Love pa nga. Ang Internet Love ay gawa-gawa lamang ng mga illuminati, joke. Internet Love? Kabag lang 'yan. Sa Internet Love, swertihan lang. May mapupunta sa'yo na green flag, kung saan parang may mali kasi almost perfect na kayo e. Ideal relationship or Ideal couple.

Ayiee may gusto ba sya sakin, sabi ko na ngaba eh, wala talagang lalaki ang hindi na-i-inlove sakin. "Stop staring at me." Nag susungit nyang sabi. Ano daw? Serch ko kaya sa totoli ko, diko maintindihan eh, dudugo yata ilong ko nito mygad! Weytss!! Ano sabi ko totoli? Heheh, goggles pala ibig kong sabihin, hindi nyo ba alam kong ano ang goggles? Maygad yan yong sa internet-- basta yon na yon ang hirap mag esplen... explen.

Napakuyom ako ng kamao. “He’s already coming.” “Of course he is,” sagot ko. “Because of you.” Hindi ako sumagot. Kasi totoo. “Love,” dagdag niya, parang lason ang salita. “Such a useful weakness.” “Hindi ‘yon love,” agad kong sagot. Ngumiti siya. “Then what is it?” Hindi ako sumagot. Hindi ko kaya. Hindi ko alam. “Call it whatever you want,” sabi niya. “Attachment. Obsession. Possession.”