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Hello my name is Pido short for Cupido. I'm 19 years old. Fourth year college student at MMU, Metro Manila University.
I have a friend since we were kid. We live at the same street, the same barangay, in short my friend is also my neighbor.
When we were kids, we play together. We spent our time together, as in from day up to night. From the very morning as early as we can wake up, we would go to the playground together and there, we play until our parents called us to eat. And after we ate, a minute of rest then go again and play until it's dark.
We never get tired when we were together. We laugh too much like its the last time we will be together.
We just stop, we just break when our parents call us to sleep.
Until college, I mean until now even we are graduating. We spend our Saturdays and Sundays in playground together.
But one night, one thing happened that changed everything. It change our lives, my life.
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It was Saturday night, 9pm-- the usual time our parents call us home but that was when we are young and now they trust us, they let us stay they let us stay together but not after 11: 59 pm.
The wind was cold, we were at the playground sitting at the seesaw.
"Pido..." Her voice sounds tired because we ran after each other. We played 'mataya-taya' , a game which you run after another.
"Aika!?" I replied with matching smile. I sounded joyfully.
"What do you think will happen to our friendship?" It was a serious question from her. I know she's serious because of the look on her face.
"What do you mean?" I was not really aware what will she tell me. I really had no idea in that time.
"I mean we are best friends, you are a boy and I am a girl, you know..."
"What about that?" I asked innocently. But by this time I can get what is she really trying to tell me. But I don't want that thing, all I want is our friendship. And no more than or lesser than that thing.
"What if we go to the next level?" She still looks serious, her tone is like, you know a girl that trying to confess her feelings. She is blushing and that was noticeable.
"What next level? Stage 4!?" I ask funnily to avoid the mood she was trying to make.
"What if you and me..., will be together?" She covers her face with her hands.
"Of course it can be... As you can see now we are together... Because we are best friends." I make it sound like trying to fix the mess that she want to add between our friendships-- To stop her confession.
"NOO!" She shouted. "I mean you know, more than that..." She say it softly this time sounds like she feels sorry for shouting.
"But...." I stopped to think.
'Do I need to tell her? What if she gets hurt...? But I think its fine instead of lying that I love her more than a friend-- best friend.'
"But what?"
" you know Aika, we've been together since we're children, we spent our time, our free time together... playing, running, and laughing so hard like there's no tomorrow." She looks at me and listen carefully.
"We have been best friends all these years. And I want that, I like that and I love that. In fact I love you (I saw her blush but I knew that the next words will hurt her so much) but only as a BEST FRIEND and nothing more than or lesser than that."
She put her head down. She looked very disappointed by those words.
"But Aika, we can be best friends forever, BFF, right!??" I ask joyfully, trying to rejoice her.
"Uh uh" she nod. But still her head is down and tears started to drop on the grass of the playground. And when I saw it. I just put my head down, disappointed to what I've done.
But that is the best thing that I could do for her not to get hurt more than that. Because when I let her expect it will hurt her more.
When I stand to go to her and comfort her...
"Good bye... Cupido!" she stands and shout those words. And then she run while crying.
"Aika!" I shout with a very sad tone. I just bow my head when she did not look back.
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"Ahhhhhhh!!!!" I raise my heads up quickly. Then I hear a crack of bones, it is a body crashed by a car.
"Aikaaaaa!!!!!" I ran as fast as I can towards Aika.
Two people from the car went out quickly.
We brought her to the hospital as fast as the driver can.
But when we get there Aika's not breathing.
"Aika, please don't let go. please don't go, pleaasee..!!" I cried.
Two nurses at her both sides, one doctor walking fast in front of the strolling bed the two people that crashes Aika were at her both sides and me at her left holding her hand while looking at her beautiful face while crying and pushing the bed fast.
"Sir, just stay right here, you can not go inside." When we reach the emergency room the nurses stop me from going inside.
"N-nurse, n-nurse please save her, save AIKA,.. PLEEAASEEE..!" I cried while I'm on my knees.
"We will do what we can sir!" They help me stand then they go inside the ER.
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"Pido! Pido!" my parents and Aika's run towards me.
"What happen?" my mother asked.
"What happen to Aika!?" Aika's father asked.
"What happen to our daughter?" her mother asked. They all look like they are going to cry because of too much care about the both of us.
All I do was shook my head saying that she's not okay! And I cry and cry.
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After a few minutes the doctor came out. We all look at him.
He looked at us all and say,
"I'm sorry to say, but the patient is already dead, before they came here."
"What do you mean doc? we can not see her again, huh!?" I ask with a loud voice while crying hoping that he's gonna take it back.
"Yes sir, she's dead on arrival." The doctor said softly.
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Updated on January 17, 2017
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