The Chronicles of Love; Unfold the Untold

Chapter 1 Getting to Know each other Part 1 "One. Two. Three. Four" I was doing my regular workout before going to school. I am so body conscious and I don't want to be left out since my friends are going on the gym regularly except me. Ding. "I had a message? Maybe from our class. Eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one" I just ignored it and continued on my routine then took a bath right after because it's only an hour away before my class starts. Ding. "Hey beautiful. How are you? I was trying to chat you but you didn't reply. I hope this time you'll notice" At first, I ignored him because I thought it's just one silly prank. I had no idea who he was so I just let it slide. "Hey, how was your school? I hope I wasn't disturbing you. I noticed you only checked my messages but you never responded. It's okay, I'll wait?" he texted. " Ppff. Whatever. You boys, you all started the same. Hmp! You're just so good at first, then when we are intimately attached to you, you'll suddenly go pooff!! Leaving us in ruins without anyone to heal! Hmp. It's a no. No. No. No" I said to myself. I just got recovered from my last relationship were I put too much effort, but later did I know he's still into his ex? Oh come on. I was only a rebound. I sighed deeply as I realized how fool I am whenever I am in a relationship. "Degree is nothing when you are fool and stupid when it comes to love" I continued. " Leah, are you okay there? " My grandma called. " Yes la. I'm fine. Why? Do you need anything?" I replied. " Yes. Come here, my white hairs are getting thicker, it's so itchy, come and remove it. Bring the tweezer, its at the side of the tv" my grandma is like any other grandma, she loves whenever I remove her white hairs. It helps her relax and helps her have a good nap, or a well rest at night. "La, I had a question for you, how did you and Lolo met each other? " I asked her. " Is it part of your thesis? " Lola asked. " What? No? " I replied " Then why ask? Are you planning to marry? Hoy Inday! Not now. Remember how hard your father is working for the two of you to continue studying, now your planning to get married? I'll cut the balls of whoever devil he is! " my grandma said. This is the reason why I have a hard time telling them that I got a boyfriend. I'm just a normal teenage girl who wants to explore the depths of the sea, and the ends of the universe. But with all this sentiments, I prefer experiencing it in secret. That's a lot safer. "La, come on, why don't you just tell me, who knows I'll meet someone like him soooooooooon. Like a million times soon" I said. My grandma loves it whenever she tells a story she really knew about. Like how much she strategies to keep her corn field healthy with only organic supplements for her plants, how she manage to live everyday with just a little percentage of surviving, but she never had ever talked about her love life. She never shared about it, and all of my cousin's grew so interested in her love story. Not even her own children knew about it either. "Come on la, you never told us anything about it. Please" I tried to persuade her just in case I could convince her. Didn't I mentioned that I am the most favorite grandchild? Pff, small thing. Everybody knew that, even our neighborhood, you know why? Simple, I am the smartest of all of them. I am a top students since I was in kindergarten, I had won a lot of special awards at school, I was known very well in our province, and even brought our name at the national level for different sort of academic contests for so many times. No wonder I'm their favorite. I might not the eldest or youngest grandchild but that's it. And besides, I am the only child of our family who reach this far without having a boyfriend. Or so they thought. "Okay. I'll tell you if you insist. But you had to promise me, never to ask about it ever again" my grandma warned. " Yes Lola. Promise?" I replied with a grin. " Okay. Listen carefully. It all starts this way" my grandma started.. ....Flashback.... "Good morning my lady, I'm Diosdado, 'dado' for short. I'm new in this town. I was just wondering if I could be friends with you" dado introduced himself. " I don't allow courting, and if you think of being my suitor, you better back off. I had a lot of things to do that just sit there and be silly." grandma replied sarcastically. " I'm really in a need of friend or two this time. You see, we had just bought that house next to yours so maybe, just maybe we could be friends. I'm nice you know, I'm a sacristan back at my hometown " dado continued. " Wow interesting" grandma continued. "Yeah. You see, being a friend of a sacristan is so good because we could help you get closer to the L... " " No. Not that. The 'maybe' thing. Maybe means it's either a yes and a no. And that maybe of yours is a No for me. Thank you. I had to feed the hogs. Excuse me" then grandma left dado hanging. Grandma drowned herself for working since she was a little. She is the middle of three siblings and of all the three, she's the one left home to take care of the farm, the pigs, and the chickens, including the water buffalos. Her two other sisters had a chance to go to school because her older sister is quite a sticky person and could not stand the hard works on the feild, while their younger sister is a smarty-pants so she also had a chance. Grandma never complaint about it, infact she enjoyed it so much and whenever she thought about growing up, she felt excited, that whatever may happen, she know how to survive in the farm. She harnessed herself in improving her survival skills without being pressured going to school. Thier father thought her to live on her own, she was never told about relying on some fat bearded man to put food on the table for her. "Good morning again. You seemed so busy. Can I give you a hand?" Dado asked politely. " I already had two, what do you think I'm going to use that for?" grandma replied while preparing the food and water for the pigs and the chickens. "Hahaha. Your humorous. I like it" dado appreciated how witty grandma is. "The girls back in my town love to pretend to be clumsy, and soft, and pretended not able to carry a two liters of bucket but you, you're diferent" dado continued. " Excuse me. If you are seeking for that type of girl here, I suggest you better go back to where you came from. Who knows you'll marry a woman who doesn't know the difference to buffaloes and a cows" my grandma replied. " Ow-yooo-hooo. Who's this handsome guy my little sistah? " Grandma's oldest sister loves to play with boys in a flirtatious way. "Hmp. He's been looking for you since yesterday manang. I told him you went to college that's why he came early today. He's thrilled to meet you" my grandma savagely replied to her sister. "Omy. Omy. Why didn't you say so. Hi. I'm Josefa. I'm young, and fresh, and I'm currently studying arts and crafts at the city. My father could afford it so... " Josefa introduced herself. " Umh. Yeah... Hi, I'm ... I'm dado, I'm a sacristan" dado replied. " Oh... God bless you dado. Why don't you come in and join my breakfast" Josefa invited him inside. "Umh. I'm.. good. I just ... I just had my breakfast" dado denied. " Manang, Dado is a little shy. He's been here for a couple of hours and must be tired of all the waiting of you. Why didn't you wake up early? Such a shame, you make him wait" grandma said.. " Omy. Omy. We don't let our visitors get hungry. Come on in. Mom is such a good cook, you'll love her food" they both went inside the house leaving grandma outside and continued her work. "Wait, are we not going to wait for your sister to join us? " Dado asked hesistantly. " Oh no. I can't eat with her. Don't you notice her smell? " Josefa asked. " No. " Dado replied. " She stinks. Ugh! It hurts my nose. She smells like one of the carabaos, or the pigs, or the... Ugh. Thinking about it making me loss my apetite." Josefa complaint. " Food is ready" their mother announced. " Mama, can you not call everybody yet? Can't you see I had a visitor, this is dado, dado that's my mama, she cook delicious foods" Josefa introduced. " Hi dado. You were from the next house right? I saw you talking to Lourdes yesterday" their mother asked. " Oh yes mama. He's been looking for me since yesterday, Lourdes didn't told me last night, I should've prepared a little something. That jealous ugh! " Josefa doesn't like grandma before because she thought she is brainless and born to be a slave, unlike her she had ambitions, and dreams, and a life she wanted to live. "Mama, I'm hungry" Julieta said, their youngest sibling. "Oh dear, your sister is having a visitor and we can't join them, I'll just bring food outside, at the cabin. Okay? " Julieta nodded and started bringing plates outside. Chapter 2 Getting to know each other Part 2 "So Lola, how did you and Lolo became together when Lola Josefa is meddling with him?" I asked. " Well, it's simple, if your meant to be, your meant to be. Blocking mountains or drowning sea is nothing compared to the power of love you had to each other" she replied. Continue of flashbacks " Hi. Good morning. I apologies for not visiting the other day, I got ill after I went to town. I got flu and been sick so badly, but now I'm well. I made sure to be fine before seeing you again. Oh hey, I had something for you. Here take it" dado gave her a pair of gloves. " What is this?" Lourdes asked. "Well, you put your hands inside, make sure it's comfortable. It helps you to work better. It lessens the pain of your hands while doing all this chores. I could say your hands are quite calloused so I thought it might help" Dado explained. " I might not able to go to a formal school but I know what it is. I was asking you what are these for? Why are you giving me gifts? Why don't you give my sister something instead of me? " grandma asked. Because of being busy and very hands-on at the farm, grandma did not noticed that she was the only one who had never received any gift from her family or anyone. It gives her a different feeling inside but she can't show it off because of the negative thoughts she had in her mind. "Oh! Umh. I don't know. Maybe because your my first friend here? " Dado replied. "Initially, we're not friends, I didn't even tell you my name, furthermore, I've been a quite mean to you and even lied that you're looking for my sister" grandma explained. " Well, that's quite mean of you though, I admit it. But I like to be around with you, no offense to Josefa she's nice, but I like your humor, and I like you because you are different, and umh.. if you allow me, I can court you in any ways you want" Dado replied. Grandma could not utter a word beacuse of amusement and surprise. Never in her life told her that she can have a romantic relationship even if she is just a farm girl without any basic education. She thought that she's going to live alone forever just like their other relatives. End of flashbacks "That's it?!" I yelled. "Lower your voice of I'll cut your eshopagost!" Grandma cut me off.. " Hahahaha. It's esophagus Lola. But you hadn't told me everything yet" I complained. " Well, you have to wait til my gray hair grow back and by then, we'll continue our story" grandma said then got up to prepare herself for feeding her chickens. "Lola, let me carry that. That's heavy" I said. " You know, back in the days, I can carry a full grown carabao" she said. " Woah! What? Are you kidding me?" I asked. "' Are you kidding me?' I'm just messing around. Move! It's just 5 kilos feeds for chicken, not a hundred. Move away. You better finish your thesis or I'll be too old before you graduate college you moron" grandma said. " Lola, that's not going to happen. I will finish college right before you know it" I replied. " I know everything child. Don't be so comfortable. I even know your secrets Leah" I almost lost out of breath after Lola said those words. Her eyes suddenly changed from humourous to death stare real quick. If she knew my secrets then why didn't she told dad about it? If she does, I'll be in a huge trouble. It's my father's only rule, NEVER TO HAVE A BOYFRIEND BEFORE FINISHING COLLEGE. I cleared my thoughts and continued on working my papers. I don't want to end up in the farm, I know being a farmer is the most awarding job in the world but I don't want it to be my lifetime job. ..... "Hi beautiful, its me again. Can I call you now? " I got another message from that exasperating nincompoop. This time I just totally ignored him and continue doing my job. Kring kring. My phone rang and I almost threw it away with surprise. "What do you want?" I asked angrily. "Woah! Chill, I just want to make friends. You know, it's been awhile since I kept on chatting you but you never replied. I wonder why" he said. " You wonder why? Well because I don't like you. Basic! " I yelled . " Umh. Really eh? Then why did you keep on reacting on my posts and my 'my-days' on f*******:? " He asked. " What yuck! No way. It could be because your posts are always popping on top of my news feed" I explained. " Or you're just simply stalking me" He said with a grin that gives me chill. "Shut up. You're creeping me out. I'm going to report you if you won't stop" I warned him. " Then why didn't you ignored the call and answer me instead? " He said sarcastically. " Because you need to know that you are annoying me" I replied. "Well then, my plan worked and now I got your attention" he said again. I paused for a bit thinking about what he says. I hate to admit it but he's right. I could just simply end the call if I want to but why I kept on talking to him. Ugh. He's getting on my nerves. Luck is on my side when the electricity went out all of the sudden and the call ended. "Ho. He's creepy. Who is he anyway?" I said with a disgust feeling. " Hold up. Why is he so cute? Like, omg... I never knew he's that handsome. Oh nonono you don't Leah. Don't be stupid, you can't like him. You don't know him" I mumbled as I write on my paper. " Leah! What are you mumbling about? Are you done with your work? " I was so shocked when grandma suddenly entered my room and yelled behind my back. "Did I think out too loud Lola?" I asked her shamefully. " I don't know what you're talking about. Finish your work and we will have lunch in awhile" she replied. I just nodded as a response. ... "Hey, why you're still ignoring my messages? . I am so eager to know you. I mean, I am serious to you. I like you, and if you will give me a chance, I will treat you better" he said on his voicemail. I know that if I don't agree with him, or if I won't give him what he wants he won't stop. I mean, what could go wrong, you don't need to marry him or live with him for the rest of your life, isn't it? It's just some silly puppy-online-love right? "Oh come on self, you're so irrational, why not just block him? He is a huge disturbance to your study. Come on, you're better than that" I whispered to myself. " Hey. You look beautiful at your recent post. You look so happy. But you look lonely" he said. I suddenly felt a little sting to my heart. I am indeed lonely, coz all of my friends, except my bestfriend had already a partner and so far, they're doing good, some are even better. " What could possibly go wrong? Let's just play along with this one" I said to myself. It's not my first time in a relationship online. But most of them didn't last for a month, so I believe this one will be easy too. "Just for fun" I whispered to myself. "Fine! What do you want?" I replied. "Wow! I'm so glad finally I got your attention again" he said happily. " I'm a busy person, so I don't have all the time chatting and talking to you" I said. " It's okay. I understand. Thank you again. I hope to see you soon" he said. " By the way, I hope you won't mind me courting you" he continued. I didn't replied his last message anymore and went back to my work before going to bed. .... "Lolo, how will I know if that man is serious to me? " I asked him. " Hmp. Let me think. You know my child, I have no concrete answer to that. But as for me, I never looked for it. I never ever even think about it. The moment I saw your Lola, my heart skipped a beat, and that never happens in all my life. After she accepted my love for her, I swear to God never to look or think for another woman after her. Not even now that we're two worlds apart" he said. I jumped out of my bed as soon as I noticed that he's fading away and almost tripped down the floor. I was so surprised too knowing that I was just dreaming. "It felt surreal" I gasped for some air to regain my consciousness. "You lazy woman, why are you still in your pajamas eh? Can't you see? The sun is already out? I'm not your maid you fathead! Get up and warm up your veins! How can you be successful in life when only getting up from bed is already a hardwork for you! " My everyday starts like this. No matter how early I get up and fix my bed, she always say the same thing. Sometimes I'll just imagine she had an OCD. But nah! It's just her routine, her warm up for the day. Chapter 3 Getting To Know Each Other Part 3 "Good afternoon. I brought you some fresh flowers. I saw a bunch of it along the way so I picked it up. I assume I'm not going to jail for stealing some flowers for my beautiful lady." he said. My jaw literally dropped as I saw him standing at the the exit gate of the university I'm studying. "What are you doing here? You can't be here. Somebody I know might see you.. " I scolded him as I walk him away from the crowd. "Why? I mean, I can't sleep well after you said I can court you. I want to show how serious I am to you. See I brought you flowers. Isn't it romantic? " he said. I almost laugh my ass out to the way he acts. He is something new, like, no one showed up in front of me before even if I forced them to do so. Well, maybe its a good sign. All I have to do is to go with the flow and see how far he can go. "Well, since your already here, why not treat me something. I want food, I'm a little hungry" I demanded. " Hmm.. I see. Luckily, I saw something delicious on my way here. Let's go" we then started walking. I tried my best to be vigilant in case somebody I know see me and report me to my Lola or worse to my dad. I don't want to be in trouble, I respect my dad so much but I want to give this sweet, and charming man a chance. Just a tiny bit of chance. What if this relation will work? What if he is my soulmate, wait, do I have a soul? I'm sure I am not that mean to anyone to be deprived of having a soul. "Hey are you okay?" he asked. I almost hit him with my books to my surprise. I didn't noticed I was so lost with my thoughts, as always. "Are you hiding?" he asked. "Me? Hiding. Ppff. No... No way" I denied. " Yes you are. Come here, use my hat to cover you up, and I know it's a little too hot but my jacket will do too" he then offered me his hat and jacket. Am I that obvious? All of a sudden the butterflies inside me became wild, they've never been like this before. I was just staring at him and realized he was so handsome, so fresh smelling, so.. "Here we are" he said. My eyes almost pop out as I saw where he took me. "Umh, here? I mean, no offense but, seriously? In the... the.. hmp. The street food? " I asked him. " Yeah. Do you have any allergies? We can find another one" he replied. " Hahaha. Are you serious? Is it a joke?" I was so puzzled right now. " No. Brother, can I get one of this, this, this, and two of those, oh and one soda too. Thank you bro" he then sat down to a vacant seat after he ordered. He didn't even bother to ask what I want. "I.. umh.. I guess I'll just buy food from the fast food across the street. You could just wait me here" I said. I don't have allergy to any street food so far, I can even eat as much as any other normal people could. But the fact that it's our first meet up and by far our very first date and he took me at the street food stand? Is he kidding me? I called my best friend to pick me up after I ordered my meal and I immediately left there. I felt sorry for him but I'm so upset. ... "I never expected him to be that broke that he can't even afford to buy me real food" I said. " What if his not broke. What if he really has money and you just overly reacted?" Missy replied. " No girl. I'm quite disappointed. He looked so cool, so good, and he just brought me to.. ugh.. the flies there, it's everywhere. If that's a test, I'll be so glad to fail than to go to the hospital for food poisoning " I said. " Hahahaha. Come on miss Clean. I can hire you as the partner of 'Mr. Clean the detergent'" she just laugh out loud and that drives me even crazier because I don't know what to do. Ding "Hey, are you okay? I've been looking for you around. I thought maybe you just went straight home. Are you sick? Is anybody saw you? I hope not. I hope to see you again. Chat me back if you receive this message. That would be a relief" he messaged. " The nerve!!! Omy. Omy. Don't he know the clue. I don't want to see him again. Argh! " I was so furious that I want to punch somebody. "Can you show me his profile?" Missy asked. " What no! You might stole him from me" I protested. " Hey dorky, why would I do that? So I'll be the one sitting at the street food stand with him.? Hahaha.. as if" she then snatched the phone from me and went through his profile picture. "Holy honey peanut butter. Is this that guy? Is this that Kian?" Missy asked. " Yeah. I know right? " I replied sarcastically. " Omy.. I can eat all the street food there just to be with this hotty. Are you serious to me now Leah?! That's why you don't have a real boyfriend because you keep on dreaming of having one of those fictional characters! Girl! Those people are scripted character, there's no such thing as Tom Holland or Robert Downey in real life. This is it. You can start to have a new life. Give him a chance. He'll learn how to be a human eventually" she replied. I know I am the most exaggerating person when it comes to expressing emotions but she beat me on this one. ... Three Months After "Hey. Let me bring it for you" he said. " No. I can handle it" I said. "No. Let me help you. It looks heavy. Here's the cap, and use my jacket. It's a little bit cold today" I took his cap and his jacket and use it. This is our routine everytime he come to see me. I need to disguise myself everytime. "What took you so long. You didn't even replied to my messages last night. You didn't even leave a voice message. You know our exam is around the corner. Now you're giving me headaches. You know I cried so hard last night because I missed you so much" I complained with a ball of tears in my eyes. "Shh. It's okay. I'm just a little busy last night with my work. After my shift I forgot to call you because I'm so exhausted that I fell asleep right after" he explained. " Okay. But next time you better message me or else I'll be so disappointed to you" I said. He then gave me a kiss on my forehead to calm me down. "That's more like it" I said. I don't know why, but whenever I'm with him I turned into a three year old toddler. My voice is changing, my energy is changing and even if he took me to a street food date everyday I never get tired of it. Hmm. Strange. "What do you like this time?" He asked. "Baby, I want to have an ice cream now. Please" I said. " But it's not good. The weather is so hot. You might catch a cold if you eat it" he replied. I know it's silly but everytime he's the one who's telling me what to do and not to do, it feels so real and rational. "Just please. My treat" I had to persuade him or I'll get no ice cream. "Fine. Fine. Let's go" he said. I jumped in happiness after he said it. I suddenly come to my senses and realized what I have just done. I was terribly embarrassed that I just walked straight across the street without noticing the approaching car. Luckily he had enough time to pull me back. "That was close, you better be careful. I don't know what to do if you got hurt" he said worriedly. I was so moved by what he says that I voluntarily come close to him and gave him our first kiss. It's just a millisecond kiss but it feels eternity inside of me. I smiled from ear to ear holding his hand as we cross the street together. "Excuse me, can I have two chickens please, two large sundae, two large fries,and please put extra gravy on the chickens. Two chicken fillet too, and lastly two large sodas. Thank you" I ordered everything I wanted to eat because I've been craving this food for awhile now. "That's it?" he asked. "Yes. That's it. Do you have anything particular? Go on, it might be not happening again" I said. I love to mess around with him because he had this attitude that when he's annoyed he starts to frown and there's this cute little dimple under his eyebags and it's so cute. I know I said I can eat street food all day with him but I'm just a human, I crave different food every now and then. Chapter 4 Getting To Know Each Other Part 4 "Hey girl, I'm afraid your Lola or dad might find out that your sneaking around just to see that guy, and using me as an excuse, omy I don't want to be involved in any crime that you committed my sweet little demonic bestfriend " Missy complained. " Omy. Look at you. Isn't you the one who pushed me to give Kian a chance? Hmm? " I replied " Oh no you don't. Don't you