I don't know what's harder anymore.
Missing you, being scared of losing you completely, or pretending that I'm okay with how things are between us now.
Maybe all three.
Kc araw-araw, parang may gusto akong sabihin sayo pero nd ko alam kung pwede pa ba.
I want to ask how you're doing. I want to know if you're okay, if you're tired, or if something interesting happened during your day. Sometimes may makita lang akong something funny or may maalala akong kwento, ikaw agad un gusto kong i-message.
Pero napapaisip ako.
Baka busy ka. Baka nd mo feel makipagchat. Baka masyado na naman akong makulit.
And sometimes, I end up not sending anything at all.
Ang hirap kc dati nd naman ako ganito sayo.
I could message you without thinking too much. I didn't have to worry whether I was bothering you or whether you still wanted to hear from me.
Ngayon, kahit simpleng message, minsan ilang beses ko pang binabasa bago ko isend.
And when you reply, I'm happy. Of course I am.
Pero may kasamang lungkot.
Kc habang nagchachat tayo, naaalala ko kung gano kadali lahat dati. And I know that once our conversation ends, I have no idea when we'll have another one like it.
I miss you so much.
And I'm scared.
Scared that one day, you'll become so comfortable with your life without me that you won't feel the need to message me anymore.
Scared that what we have now will slowly fade until there's nothing left.
Kaya kahit mahirap, I'm still here.
Trying to be okay with being your friend, even though that's never what I wanted.
And sometimes, napapagod na din ako.
Not because I'm tired of loving you.
But because I'm tired of holding back.
Ang dami kong gustong sabihin. Ang dami kong gustong itanong. Ang dami kong gustong ikwento sayo.
Pero lagi kong iniisip kung ano un dapat at hindi ko dapat sabihin.
I don't want to make you uncomfortable. I don't want you to feel pressured. And most of all, ayokong may magawa akong maging dahilan para tuluyan kang lumayo.
Pero minsan naiisip ko, hanggang kailan ako ganito?
Hanggang kailan ko kailangang itago un nararamdaman ko para lang manatili ka sa buhay ko?
I know you offered me friendship.
And I accepted it.
But I wish you knew that accepting it doesn't mean I'm happy with it.
Kc ang gusto ko pa din, tayo.
I still want to be the person you look forward to seeing. The person you miss. The person you want beside you.
I still want to be loved by you.
And I wish I knew if there's still a chance for that.
Minsan gusto na lang kitang tanungin nang diretso.
May pag-asa pa ba ako sayo?
May possibility pa ba na bumalik un feelings mo?
Or am I holding on to something that you already know is over?
Pero natatakot ako sa sagot.
Kc kahit alam kong mahirap umasa, mas natatakot akong marinig na wala na talaga.
So I keep those questions to myself.
And I pray.
I pray that someday, things will change between us. That maybe you'll start missing me differently. That maybe you'll remember what we had and want to try again.
I don't know how or when.
Basta sana.
Kc sobrang mahal pa din kita.
And I don't know how to make that feeling smaller just because our relationship has changed.
I thought loving you was the easiest thing in the world.
Now, I don't even know how to show it.
I still love you the same. I just don't know where I stand anymore.
And I wish, more than anything, that someday I won't have to be afraid of loving you again.