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Hidden Fondness

I was a hater, but a believer. Definitely a girl and NOT YET a lady (of course). Still a teen, but not thin. I don't know what I'm writing but I just really want to express this. 

First of all, I really have this sooooo called "incurable" disease, which is a "man-hater". I don't know, I just, hate them. Maybe, I was just scared to trust, befriend, or LOVE them. Or, maybe because I was falling but no one catches me, sooo that's maybe. But one thing I've forgotten, "Them" are not "They". I generalized them ALL. I'm not really sure of this, but I think, I met an amazing person. I generalized men but srsly, I'm sooo wrong. In just one event, I met him. First of all, we were merely strangers like yeah, "I think I met him already when I young" that was my first expression when I saw him, but I didn't care. The activity was 10th Youth Anniversary which unites all catholic religious youth organizations in the region. In that five days, all my colleagues were my friends, except HIM. One of those activities was to make friends by signing to the personal journal/ reflection note that was already a part of the package. So after the activity, I received my journal note and got all the numbers of my new friends. So, I put their numbers on my contact list and surprisingly, his name was included. When we were travelling back home, I was sleeping soooo deeeeply like, I didn't notice that it was raining, and they were struggling because the truck we were riding was just covered with bunch of tarpaulins, and on that moment, I was just sleeping and seriously I was covered bunch of bags which I never felt. When I moved, I was shocked because I saw him sleeping just beside me( but never covered with bags) but my body can't move, so it didn't matter to me. After that event, like three days later, I texted  my new friends (which includes him). Surprisingly, he replied. I started the conversation because I was the one who texted them first. This is the first time I had a boy text mate (hashtag, it's a miracle), I tested him if he is going to last our conversation with long texts. As the conversation goes on and on, he was fast in replying. I could just say, "yeah", if my reply will be cut just to read his (amazing right? haha). Because our topic was "why teachers, are heroes?" haha weird right? I feel like I really enjoyed it. I was trying hard to reply in English, but him? naaah. simple as eating apple. After I don't know how many days, but it was holidays and at an event, we met again. At first, we just glanced and smiled away. But when my friend approached, my friend called him and asked something about the activity, and then my friend wanted to introduce him to me, but I told her, we've already introduced each other and then our conversation went to our conversation we had on our texts. And suddenly, when my friend felt that she was already out of place, she grins and smirks at me as if she were thinking that we have something. To get out from the awkwardness, of course I had to tell that I am going in, (you know, just to excuse yourself from extreme sh*tness). After a year, there was an election of officers for the Youth Apostulate of Fatima. I was surprised because, he won the election being elected as the President of Don Carlos chapter, although I didn't win, I was touched when he had his speech, that even though he has lapses, he wants the organization to be alive and restored for the greater glory of GOD . Now, I currently didn't see him but even though he's far, I'll continue to pray for him for his success as well as mine. John Mark B. Trana, I'll always look forward in seeing you in the future.