Before Us

of our school, the Mabini College, through the window. Out there you could see

. The other benches surrounding the plaza are all occupied by girls w

n him. Even before, it has always been a habit of mine to watch what goes around the plaza through the window, but to

rown eyes. I was stunned for a moment. This is the first time I had the chance to have a close look into a man’s b

’t mean it,” he sincerely

few steps away from us. I caught them laughing silently while looking at us, but they

r. After saying those words, I went back to my s

pair of brown eyes is the most charming thing about him. He is tall, maybe six point five. He is white. His d

ll of his subjects. He took a course related with agriculture, and

e is Akira’s close friend and they can always be seen together including Lance Cristobal. However

haven’t even greeted each other before, but I always see him in the plaza playing baseball with his friends and some of his classma

your bag. I’ll bring it back whe

with it,” I cut him off. What happened was no

replied, brimm

but he’s still standing right beside m

I looked up at him. Our gazes c

’m trying my best to sound soft and not plain and

ll take the bag

ag from his black bag and there

offered to take me and Lorilyn to our houses with his friend Jeremy. There’s a five

efore I could protest. I slowl

separating between us. She rested her head on her hands while looking at us dreamily. She eve

ere are also many people around us. The others are on their way home, some of them are taking their dogs out for a walk, while there ar

of nowhere, Akira asked who

h. Lorilyn on the other ha

enniffer,” I

ot asking

ared at him. “Wh

knock-

okay.

re the best a

walking just behind Akira. My mind hang up for a moment. I’m trying to think what’s funny about what Akira said, and then I

our of us. They were staring at me with a shocked expression on their faces. When I realized wh

a called me once again.

and turned to my teacher who is now glaring at

Miss Largo, the second time around that I catch you looking outside

ct behavior. She’s very strict when it comes to her cla

ma’am,” I a

I were left at the shore of the beach of Bagasbas. It’s already evening, so it’s dark around

ighborhood with Wolf. As far as I remember, I was only

r of us would go outside and eat street foods together. We would even return to our houses together. I’m not th

eld my chin and slowly lifted my face. When our eyes met, my heart raced within

asked with a sincere smile on hi

e wind, the street lights along the boulevard. A perfect

y from each other. I closed my eyes and pressed my lips o

ut when I’m about to withdraw my lips, he wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me cl

d, I was in grade six at that time and I was walking with Wolf around our street. At that time, he was also wandering around, riding his b

ni where he was studying, I wa