"I LOVE YOU..." he said. She was quick to say, "Thank you."
It took him three years to master these three words before he could finally tell her what he really felt. But it took her less than three seconds with less than three words to throw him back to square one. Thank you? His mind tensed. What kind of reaction was that? It was like the term "noted." Or maybe "copy that."
"You're welcome..." He was surprised at hearing his own voice answering her automatically. He was even more surprised at hearing his own response to her response to his confession. You're welcome? It was a ready answer.
The expression on his face was a frozen look of eternal waiting - waiting for her to repeat the same "I love you" added with a "too" and preferably with his name attached to it. He spoke in ellipses... She spoke with a period. The room fell silent. He could hear his mind think.
Finally, he heard her start to breathe in air. Everything seemed like in slow motion. Her lips parted to say the words, "Tara na... bestfriend." She spoke in ellipses combined with a period - a sad ending to a happy sentence.
Are you just a friend?
"There's a fine, fine line between a lover and a friend." This borrowed line is from a song in a stage production called Avenue Q which features real actors holding puppets that deal with real issues of society and relationships.
There is a very thin and most of the time, indistinct and microscopic barrier in between friendship and romance.
Sometimes, you would not know the difference. But here is something that I know you want to hear as an assurance: it is not wrong to fall for a friend. It happens! Everything starts with friendship. You become friends with someone in the same way that you fall in love. Your vibes meet and beat in the same rhythm. But make sure, before you confess anything to a friend, you are aware of the possibilities. Now, here is something you need to hear. Consider this: friendship is an integral part of romantic relationships. But romance is a dangerous addition to friendly relations. When a romantic relationship ends, especially if in bad taste, you can never be friends the way you used to be. And if you fall you fall in love with a friend and the feeling is not reciprocated in the same way, the same thing happens. Because malice stepped in.
Sometimes, if not most of the time, you do not get what you expect. Either you get something better or you get something a lot worse. Just think of it this way - at least you get something! At least you get an answer to an eternal waiting and wondering if the other person also feels the same way.
When your heart starts fluttering for a friend, you can do two things. You can confess and risk everything. Or you can just keep quiet about it and enjoy the view. Expressing what you feel in words may be scary, but it is ideal in a situation like this. Who knows? Maybe your friend feels the same way for you. Positive or negative the outcome may be, at least you got it out of your system. But if you want to hold on to what you have as friends, then shut up - at least for a while. Get to know your friend more. Get to know yourself more. You may just be confused because of the indistinguishable line between love and friendship. Besides, why are you in a hurry to commit to a romantic relationship? Remember, sometimes love complicates things.
"Tara na saan?" He asks her as she takes his hand and tags him along. "Tara sa inyo... Tambay tayo..." She pauses in the middle of the room and looks back at him. "O baka gusto mo tumambay sa'min?" Is she speaking in subtext?
Sometimes, a bestfriend gets boundless benefits. Possibilities are endless when you start speaking in ellipses...
It took him three years to master these three words before he could finally tell her what he really felt. But it took her less than three seconds with less than three words to throw him back to square one. Thank you? His mind tensed. What kind of reaction was that? It was like the term "noted." Or maybe "copy that."
"You're welcome..." He was surprised at hearing his own voice answering her automatically. He was even more surprised at hearing his own response to her response to his confession. You're welcome? It was a ready answer.
The expression on his face was a frozen look of eternal waiting - waiting for her to repeat the same "I love you" added with a "too" and preferably with his name attached to it. He spoke in ellipses... She spoke with a period. The room fell silent. He could hear his mind think.
Finally, he heard her start to breathe in air. Everything seemed like in slow motion. Her lips parted to say the words, "Tara na... bestfriend." She spoke in ellipses combined with a period - a sad ending to a happy sentence.
Are you just a friend?
"There's a fine, fine line between a lover and a friend." This borrowed line is from a song in a stage production called Avenue Q which features real actors holding puppets that deal with real issues of society and relationships.
There is a very thin and most of the time, indistinct and microscopic barrier in between friendship and romance.
Sometimes, you would not know the difference. But here is something that I know you want to hear as an assurance: it is not wrong to fall for a friend. It happens! Everything starts with friendship. You become friends with someone in the same way that you fall in love. Your vibes meet and beat in the same rhythm. But make sure, before you confess anything to a friend, you are aware of the possibilities. Now, here is something you need to hear. Consider this: friendship is an integral part of romantic relationships. But romance is a dangerous addition to friendly relations. When a romantic relationship ends, especially if in bad taste, you can never be friends the way you used to be. And if you fall you fall in love with a friend and the feeling is not reciprocated in the same way, the same thing happens. Because malice stepped in.
Sometimes, if not most of the time, you do not get what you expect. Either you get something better or you get something a lot worse. Just think of it this way - at least you get something! At least you get an answer to an eternal waiting and wondering if the other person also feels the same way.
When your heart starts fluttering for a friend, you can do two things. You can confess and risk everything. Or you can just keep quiet about it and enjoy the view. Expressing what you feel in words may be scary, but it is ideal in a situation like this. Who knows? Maybe your friend feels the same way for you. Positive or negative the outcome may be, at least you got it out of your system. But if you want to hold on to what you have as friends, then shut up - at least for a while. Get to know your friend more. Get to know yourself more. You may just be confused because of the indistinguishable line between love and friendship. Besides, why are you in a hurry to commit to a romantic relationship? Remember, sometimes love complicates things.
"Tara na saan?" He asks her as she takes his hand and tags him along. "Tara sa inyo... Tambay tayo..." She pauses in the middle of the room and looks back at him. "O baka gusto mo tumambay sa'min?" Is she speaking in subtext?
Sometimes, a bestfriend gets boundless benefits. Possibilities are endless when you start speaking in ellipses...