YOU’RE STILL THE ONE”
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“Love, kailan nanaman ba balik mo?” tanong ko sa nobyo kong si Kevin habang mahigpit ang pagkakayakap ko sa kanya.
“Hindi ako sigurado love eh. Siguro after three weeks? Pero don’t worry, sigurado namang makakabalik ako at saka pagbalik ko diretso na tayo agad sa simbahan kasi magpapakasal na tayo. Hindi ba?” He affirmed and caressed my face by his soft hands.
I reward him a kiss as I gave him my warm hug as if it the last time. I wave my goodbye for him as he drove the car away.
My boyfriend is an army and he was always deployed miles far away from me. Sometimes he can only come home once or twice a month. It’s hard to have a boyfriend who has a big duty to country, but what I can do? I love him. I really do.
We barely spend alone time with each other. Still, we never forget to keep a good communication. We do chat and we always check each other every period of time.
Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Days and Weeks had past.
I’m here sitting next to the window as my eyes travelled out of nowhere while waiting for my man to comeback home.
It’s already third week of the month, yet he’s still not here. I stood up as I was about to go to my room when my phone suddenly rang. I roamed my eyes searching for my phone. I hurriedly grabbed it on the couch as I excitedly answer the call.
It’s Kevin!
“Hi Love?! Kailan ka ba uuwi?” I excitedly asked him as a smile formed on my face.
“Next year love… Kidding. I’ll be coming home right away after our commander allow us to do so.. Basta hintayin mo ako ha? Magpapakasal pa tayo hindi b—” Pabirong saad niya nang bigla nalang may sumabog na kung ano dahilan upang maputol siya sa pagsasalita.
“Love? Is everything okay there? Love?! HELLO?! KEVIN!” I almost shouted into phone for I can’t help myself not to feel any pinch of nervous. I heaved a sigh when I found out that the line was dropped.
I think they were on a drill or what so the signal was interruped.
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The light of the morning sun enters the window and hit my face that caused me to woke up. I get off my bed as I fixed my things and get out of my room. I went to the bathroom stretching out my both arms.
I’m almost inch far from our bathroom when someone knocks the door. A wide smile stuck on my face as I hurriedly ran into the door.
“Welcome back love! Akala ko matatagalan ka pa sa cam—” My words cut off when I found out that it’s not the person I’m expecting to knock the door.
“Hi Gretch?” Luther greeted me. Luther is my fiance’s besfriend and a friend really close to me. He is also an army.
“H-hello Luther. What happened to you? Bakit naka semento ‘yang kamay mo? Is Kevin with you?” I asked him without a pause but Luther suddenly bowed his head and began to cry.
“I’m s-sorry Gretch…” He sobs while his tears continuously streaming down his cheeks.
I’m getting...