We Can't Be Friends Mga Nobela at Kwento

Napakunot ang noo niya. "Sa arcade tayo, promise this time hindi mo ako kaylangang ilibre everything is on me." Saad ko. At least if things go wrong with us, I'll keep one last good memory with him. I'm really overthinking now. Like what if, what if I'll be successful in telling him what I feel but this will be the end of us-- of our friendship? Am I ready to lose him? Why do I have to feel this way? "I don't care if it's on me Lia. I just want to get what you owe me, an explanation." Sabi pa niya.

Hindi ko siya inimikan at pinagpatuloy nalang ang paglalakad. I don't want people to think that we're close. I'm not planning to get close or be friends with him. Not that I don't think he's kind, I think he's kind. But I've never met friends of opposite sex became really just friends. And I've seen how other people don't see them just being friends even if they are just really friends. And in the end it destroys their friendship. I don't think it's a good idea to be friends with a guy, especially guys like him. Good looking. Girls will hate on me. They would think I'm stealing their crush.

“Sabihin mo na agad kung masusundo mo ako rito o hindi. Ang lamok!” Rinig ko ang malakas niyang pagbuntong hininga sa kabilang linya kaya’t hindi ko na naman maiwasang mapailing. I’m sure susunduin niya ako. Kapag hindi niya ako sinundo, friendship over— “I’m sorry but I can’t, Kaia.”

Pero badtrip pa rin siya hanggang ngayon sa lalaking iyon. Sinong matinong tao ang tulad nito na nakipag-break tapos aayain siyang maging kaibigan? Hindi ba ito aware sa kasabihan na ‘friends can be lovers but lovers cannot be friends’? Ang lakas ng katok sa utak! Kung pwede lang kaltukan ang ulo ni Dennis, ginawa niya na. Sinaktan na nga siya, balak pa siyang i-friendzone? Talagang magaling. Sinong gustong maging kaibigan ito?

Until then, kapag handa na siya ay naroroon pa rin ito at naghihintay sa kanya. "Yes, we could be friends. We are actually friends, not totally friends but going there. But still, I can't go on a date with you, yet. People here loves to gossip. And I don't like that." Tumango pa siya sa sinabi. Sa kanyang palagay ay hindi naman imposible ang bagay na 'yon. They were good at talking. Natatawa man ay pilit niyang supilin iyon. Weirdo lang kasi ang mga kilos at pananalita nito ngayon. Sa ibang babae ay baka napa-oo na agad ito. "How about friends with benefits?" Hirit pa nito.

Naiwan naman akong nahulog sa pag-iisp kung tama ba ang desisyon kong makipag-kaibigan sa kan'ya dahil pakiramdam ko ay hindi maganda ang patutunguhan niyon. Friends lang naman. Wala naman sigurong masama doon. Isa pa, malaki naman ang utang na loob ko sa kan'ya, kumbinsi ko na lamang sa sarili.

Minabuti niyang pakalmahin ang sarili. "I hope it's okay to know, since we're friends now." Panimula nito. "Sige lang, sabihin mo." Kahit na may kung anong takot ang nabubuo sa kaniyang dibdib ay pinilit niyang maging kalmado.

"Totoo rin yung sinabi ni Joshua. Hindi ko naman inaasahan na suklian mo yung feelings ko dahil simula pa noong una, sinabi mo na sa akin na straight ka. Pero inaamin ko na nasasaktan ako sa mga status post ninyo ni Joaquin, but it's fine. Gusto ko lang na manatili yung pagkakaibigan natin, because Shantall, I can't bear to lose you. You are my best friend, my favorite person, and my love. If loving you and feeling something for you more than a friend means losing you, then I'd do everything to get rid of these feelings, just so I won't lose you." Shantall was biting her lip by the time I finish my sentence, a sign that she's holding back her tears, suppressing her emotions. Our concept that

Si OA na talaga ako! “Just let me do it for you. Okay?” hindi man niya ako sinagot ay wala na akong ibang maisip pa kaya sumang-ayon na lamang ako. As long as wala kaming ginagawang masama sa isa’t isa, I guess pwede kaming magpatuloy sa ganitong set-up… as friends.

Sigaw ni Vladimir. “Hanggang friendship na lang ang kaya kong ibigay sayo alang-alang sa pinagsamahan natin. Bukod pa dyan ay wala na. Please accept the fact that we are long over.”