Bitter Sweet Hatred

Saturday at 5:38 pm.

That was the exact time when Kobi looked at the wearing watch. He had been sitting on a cement chair in a corner in Quezon Park for more than two hours.

He is waiting for his girlfriend Vita because now is the schedule of their weekly date. They used to go out once a week to have enough time for each other that's why Kobi always makes sure that his wallet is full somehow because he doesn't want to embarrass his girlfriend. He always saves money before giving all the income to his mother for their family expenses. Kobi is a construction helper at Transco Commercial located in the central town.

One of Vita’s traits that he first noticed was her demanding attitude not only that, there is one worst thing about Vita is being a materialistic person but for Kobi it’s a small thing because when you love so much surely to endure everything. He believes that “love me at my worst, you deserve at my best”.

He also dated Vita for more than a year before he got the sweet "Yes". they were the same age at 17. They live in the same place, he courted Vita every day. They were also batch mates since elementary school at Quezon Elementary School and both also graduated from secondary school at Quezon National High School.

Kobi looked back for a long time so he didn't realize that his beautiful girlfriend had arrived. Yes! when it comes to physical appearance, Vita is beautiful, 'it has a similarity to the famous actress Bela Padilla.

"Hello, love" Vita greeted and touched Kobi’s lips.

"How's your day at school?" Kobi asked while smiling. He stroked his girlfriend's arm. Vita is currently attending college at Quezon State College of Technology with a Bachelor of Secondary Education course while Kobi didn’t continue studying in college as his father died early due to a car accident.

“I miss you, love hmmm---we haven't seen each other for a few days, I miss you so much. So, I really can't have no weekly dates because I might be crazy thinking of Miss Vita Cruz ”he whispered to his girlfriend while his lips teased Vita’s ear.

“Too much O.A as in overacting Mr. Kobi Castro” replied Vita who smiled at his girlfriend and smiled as if he was still flirting.

He noticed that his girlfriend slowly closed her eyes. That signaled that it seemed to like what he was doing. But he is not the type of man who can do something that he knows will exceed the limit because he believes that there is a right time for it. He doesn't want to be like his brother Henry who got married at an early age because the girl got pregnant. He always wanted to get married once he has fulfilled all the goals in life to give a good life to his own family. So, Kobi took the initiative to stop what he was doing instead of flirting with Vita.

“I love you so much, Miss Vita Cruz. I respect you so much.” Kobi’s sincere words, assuming that the girlfriend would get along but he was immediately frustrated by the answer that was far from what he expected.

"Why did you stop love?" Vita said with a complaining voice. Kobi didn't get immediately for what the girlfriend meant but he also realized the meaning Vita’s intention is to insert his palm into her chest and even caress it.

It was the peak season of those times so darkness was rampant around. They are complacent that no one will notice the intimate moments that are taking place.

Kobi stretched out from the seat because he was actually being carried away by the voltage of electricity brought by the palm of his girlfriend who was caressing the sensitive part of his body. Vita admitted to him from the very beginning of their relationship that he was not a first boyfriend while Vita was his first girlfriend. He accepts everything from her girlfriend because he loves her so much. Virginity is not important to him as long as he truly loves someone before he could completely forget, he removed Vita’s palm from his chest.

“Love, I love you so much that’s why I don’t want to take advantage of you as I believe there is a right time for each action,” Kobi said wholeheartedly

"But Kobi I really love doing this and you know everything about me before we had a romantic relationship," Vita said boldly while obviously getting irritated.

It seems that Vita is a spoiled girlfriend to Kobi. She is not ashamed of her boyfriend because she knows that anything else to do or say doesn't matter to Kobi. No matter what she said Kobi was always vowed. Kobi was spoiling her for everything she wants which she had really loved most.