The wrong Hi(one shot story)

Your Wrong Hi

Contains grammatical errors/typings.

I was just scrolling on my timeline when I suddenly notice a guy smiling cheerfully in front of the camera.

"Aaron Arevalo"

He's cute, halata sa mukha niya ang pagiging makulit at masiyahin. Not to mention his deep dimples in his right and left chick.

Nakakapanghina talaga ang mga ngiti niya.

For unexpected reason,I stalked him every single minute of a day, wala akong paki kung paulit-ulit ang mga pictures niya. I just love though.

Nagpatuloy iyon hanggang sa na realize kong Im already admiring him secretly through his pictures.

One night, I was scrolling on my timeline as what I do always. Bagot akong nag re-react sa mga shared post ng mga kaibigan ko as well as sa mga page na naka appear sa timeline ko. When 'Aaron Arevalo' updated his profile picture. He was with this girl,nakaupo sila sa isang bench naka fierce look ang babae habang si Aaron naman ay naka peace sign at boung ngiting nakatingin sa camera, which made me giggled because of his Dimples.

Pero nakadama ako ng konting inis, ang swerte ng babaeng kasama niya. Pinindot ko ang name ng babae na naka mention dito.

"Aila Arevalo"

I read the comments and it surprised me. Ate niya pala ang kasama niya, napangiti ako sa sariling katangahan ko at hinala.

Bumalik ako sa litrato nilang dalawa at tiningnan ulit yun. May 30 minutes din akong nakatingin doon.

I badly want to react his post, pero mas piniling kong walang gagawin I don't know why its just that nakakaba pag ginawa ko yun as if its a big deal at all.

As days past naging hobby ko na ata ang pag sta-stalk sa kanya kahit na paulit-ulit lang ang mga pictures ma tinitingnan ko.

And yes! Im badly liking him so hard. I can't imagine myself falling in love for him if ever.

He has this perfect face for me, hindi nakakasawa ang mukha niya the way how he smile in his pictures made me weak. Kaya hindi na ako magtataka kung one day mahuhulog na ang loob ko sa kanya.

Bumungad sakin ang isang notification, I immediately open when I saw Aaron's name.

'Say hi, I'll message you'

Bumulaga sakin ang kanyang Status Sa f*******: which made me amazed dahil sa bumabahang Reactions at Comments.

I start reading those comments and all of them are saying 'hi'. Gustong-gusto kong mag comment pero nahihiya ako, paano kung hindi niya ako pansinin?

I continue scrolling and reading some comments, huminga ako ng malalim It will take a risk for me. Pero wala naman sigurong masama kung mag ha-hi ako diba? Its just a Hi!

I click the comment box,my keyboard immediately pop out. Alinlangan kong pinindot ang letter 'H' and 'I'. My hands are trembling. Nang mabuo ko ang words nakatitig lang ako sa send button. I was tense and trembling in pressure.

"REIGNNN!"

Nagulat ako sa biglang sigaw ni Kuya, but mas nagulat ako sa katangahan na nagawa ko. I accidentally sent the 'hi' word, it made me panic so hard much. Dali-dali kong nilong press at Dinelete ito. I sighed hardly.

I look at the door at nakita ko si kuya na nakatingin sakin.

"What do you want?" Inis ko siyang tiningnan.

"Pahiram ng power bank" bored niyang sambit. I pointed my table where the power bank is. Pumasok siya at kinuha ito. Nang palabas na siya ng pinto he look at me mysteriously.

"Mama si Reign may Crush!" Bulyaw niya ng makalabas ng kwarto ko at kumaripas ng takbo papuntang kabilang kwarto.

"Your i***t, I don't have a crush, stupid man!"

Humiga ako sa kama ko at tumingin sa puting seling nang mag vibrate ang phone ko kaagad ko itong tiningnan. Napabalikwas ako sa gulat at grabing kaba na halong kilig.

'Aaron Alvarez

Bat mo binura?'

Its almost 5 minutes,nanatiling nakatitig ako sa screen ng cellphone ko, wala akong ginawa kundi ang tingnan lang ito. Im in a state we're I can't believe what's happening to me right now. Alinlangan kong pinindot ang chat heads.

He's 7 minutes active.

Napamura ako sa isip ko dahil sa walang masabing rason. Ano ang sasabihin ko?

"I just want to." Yes that's it. I quickly type my message and send to him as soon as it can be. Napahiga ako ulit sa kama ng saktong nag vibrate ulit ang phone ko.

"Ok" That's it? Yun lang talaga ang sasabihin niya? Habang ako nabobo nung ni message niya ako tapos siya "ok" lang sang sasabihin?

"Your familiar to me, are you the sister of Raile?" Akala ko simpleng ok lang sasabihin niya may kadugtong pa pala.

Kaagad ko siyang nireplayan,since nag chachat na naman kami. Ayoko maging bastos, isinantabi ko muna ang tense na nararamdaman ko.

"Yes bakit?" Buti pa si Kuya kilala niya.

"Nothing magkahawig kase kayo" he send it to me with a smiley emoji. My stomach burst into a different sensation that I never been felt before. Is this what they called, butterflies in my stomach thingy?

"We're siblings, we should have similarities" I chated.

Nag send siya ng mga emoji na tumatawa. He's kind jeje,but I like it.

"Di baling Jeje basta pogi ;>"

I never expected nor imagine na magtuloy-tuloy ang chats namin.He seems so nice and Good. Kaya ko nga siya nagustuhan dahil sa personality niya. Untill our last convo ends, hindi parin ako makapaniwala na ang dating palihim kong hinahangaan ay nakausap ko ng matagalan at walang pag alilangan.

As days past by, marami akong nalalaman sa kanya, Hindi ako nag tatanong pero siya tong nag babahagi ng buhay niya. Nararamdaman ko di'ng pala open siya na tao,now that make sense to me. He even said to me that he's comfortable talking to me. I smile a bit.

"Hey, how's your day?" On my way home ng bigla siya nag chat sakin.

"Good, how bout you?" Balik ko na tanong sa kanya.

"Hindi maganda" he quickly response.

I made a sighed, what's the matter with this guy. Parang ramdam ko yung lungkot niya.

"What with your day ba?"

"Wala never mind Hahahaha ang conyo mo ha" imbes na magtanong ulit ako, napatawa nalang ako kahit na walang nakakatawa. Gustong-gusto ko pa sana siyang kausap pero my battery is lowing down kaya in the end ako na ang nagbabye.

Its already 10:28 pm, and yet he has no reply he is active pero wala akong natanggap na reply o seen man lang.

"Got home safely."

"Kumain kana?"

"How's your feeling?"

Gusto ko siyang tadtarin ng messages pero nakakahiya sa bangs ko. Mamumukha akong naghahabol and yet baka mahalata niya talagang naghahabol ako sa kanya.

10:56pm he's still not responding.

"Huy!"

"Tulog kana ba?"

I have 5 messages and he has no reply. Naka titig lang ako sa screen ko ng maisipang gawin muna ang homeworks ko. And that'll made me busy the whole 2 hours, hindi ko na namalayan ang sarili ko na nakadapa na sa study table at natutulog. I check the wall clock and its 4 minutes bago mag 1 am. I quickly open my phone baka nagreply na si Aaron at hindi nga ako nagkamali.

"Tapos na akong kumain"

"Sorry busy lang sa project"

"(How's your feeling?)

___Vey complicated."

I stared on his last chat, naka reply ito sa tinanong ko kanina.

"Complicated,why?" I chatted. Nakita kong biglang nag green ang profile niya,online pa siya.

"Reign, I what if someone is crushing you or literally liking you?" Nasamid ako sa biglang tanong niya. I stop for a while para mag-isip ng kong anong dapat kong sabihin.

"I'll tell him na, I like someone else" I chatted honestly.

And its you.

"What if he's begging for your love? Paano kong gusto niyang gustuhin mo din siya?"_Aaron

"Well, thats hard"

"I don't want to hurt him though, Sasabihin ko nalang na his just wasting his time. Wala siyang mapapala sakin." I added.

Seen. 5..4..3..2..

"Reign pwede ba'ng magtanong?"_Aaron

"Ano yun?"

"Have you ever fall in love?"

In this time sobrang lakas ng kaba ko. Alam kong hindi big deal yung tanong niya pero in this case para akong natameme sa biglang pagtanong niya.

"Yes" and its you!

"Hala totoo? Kanino?sino?"_Aaron

Kung may kapal lang sana ako, baka nagpabuntis na ako sayo noon pa.

"None of your business"

"Ngee,daya mo naman"_Aaron

"Sige ganto nalang, paano ka na fall sa kanya?"_Aaron

"I meet him online, he's a cute guy, and I like his personality"

His name is Aaron, its you dude!

"Kahit hindi pa kayo nagkakilala nagistuhan mo na kaagad?"_Aaron

"Well actually we're chatting" right now.

"But yeah hindi pa kami nag meet, by means of communication lang ang paraan namin"

"Sino kaya yun"_Aaron

"Nah, change topic"

"Pakilala moko pag naging close na kayo ha? Ako bahala sayo!"_Aaron

Oh brother! Its you men! Its you!!

"Sure"

"Yehey!"_Aaron.

I send him a sticker with a note of 'really?!' and he just react it woth a laugh emoticon.

"Hahahaha matutulog na ako, goodnight"

He said with a three sleeping emoji.

"Goodnight also, sleep tight"

He heart my message for the last time. Dumapa ako sa kama at pasilay-silay ang mga ngiti sa labi.

"That was horrible" I sighed full of happiness.

Yakap yakap ko ang unan ko habang kinikilig sa tuwa. It was just a simple night pero para sakin malaking bagay na ito sa pagkatao ko.

Nakatulog ako ng mahimbing dahil sa imahinasyon ko.

"Reign tara na!"

"Opo"

Kagagaling lang namin ng Doctor, sinamahanan namin si kuya si lola para magpa check up. Mom has worked as well as Dad kaya kami nalang ni kuya ang sumama.

Pagkauwi ko ng bahay kaagad kong chinarge ang cellphone ko. Dead na dead talaga to mula pa kanina kaya hindi ko nagawang magchat sa last message ni Aaron. Nagalit pa ako kay kuya dahil hindi niya na charge ang power bank ko.

Kaagad kong binuksan ang phone ko also the wifi. I went on messenger and open the conversation.

"Yeah HAHAHAHA"

"Im too handsome for that Reign"

"Andyan kapa ba?"

"Ay nag out"

I immediately chat him back.

"Sorry, nalowbat ako habang pauwi kanina ng bahay"

Nang ma send ko na walang oang two minutes Nag green ang profile niya just to indicate na Online siya.

"Sad life" with a laughing emoji.

"Your turning your status off as if naman na may gustong kumausap sayo" I teased.

"Its you HAHAHAH " I slowly analyze his chat and I ended up embarrassed when I realized it was a wrong moved to teased!

"Malay mo sa iba, don't indicate me dude" kunwaring hindi affected.

He reacted my message with an laughing emoticon, nag tuloy-tuloy ang usapan namin Hanggang sa may napansin akong mali the way how he chated me message by message.

"Are you really ok?" Tanong ko.

"Yes, oo naman bakit?"

"You sure? You seems not ok"

He seen but it take a while before he messaged back.

"Well, and totoo Im not that ok"

"But I will be ok"

"I hope so..."

Sunod sunod niyang reply sakin. Gusto ko siyang i-comfort,give advices but I can't. Feeling ko pakialamera na ako pag nagkataong pati sariling buhay niya pinapakialaman ko.

I end up cheering up, wala na naman ako magawa, I just send him some comfort's para gumaan ang pakiramdam niya.

"Thanks Reign fo this night and the past night and day"

Napangiti ang sa sinabi ni sakin. It was delightful.It was humourous. I heart his message.

"If things got worst, nandito lang ako fo you :)" I replied back.

"Thank you"

"Thank you"

"Thank you"

"Hindi kita malilimutan"

That night I realized something. Even we're apart form each other, I feel the sincerity of his message and that made me special. Hindi niya man alam na hinahangaan ko siya it doesn't matter, at least ako alam kong gusto ko siya. Sinuswerte ako ata sa buhay ko ngayon yung dating pa stalked stalked lang at nag sesekretong mag save ng pictures niya ngayon kinakausap na. And that was a big thing for me, kahit na hindi kami nagkikita ayos na sakin ang makausap siya.

Two days ago ng hindi na siya nagparamdam sakin. I was playing my guitar while looking outside of my window. Alam ko namang wala akong karapatang umiyak o sumama ang loob pero I can't stop my self from crying. I literally had 27 message and yet he has no reply nor seen. In my mind keeps telling me maybe his busy or what. Pero mahirap bang mag reply ng isang salita, dalawa or what?

I messaged him again.

"Ghoster kana ah?"

"Aaron?!"

"Hoy, ayaw mokong kausap?"

I sent those three messages. I sighed in disbelief when he didn't chat me back after that night.

Natulog akong may sama ng loob at pangamba. Pero hinayaan kong open ang wifi at full ang volume ng phone ko just in case na baka mag message na siya sakin.

" Hey Dude! You don't even told me....." Napahagulgul na ako sa iyak sa harap ng puntod niya.

Its been a week since he left and now I was standing in front of his grave sobbing in sadness.

I can't imagine na mangyayari ang araw na to or mangyayari to sa buhay ko.

Two days before bago hindi siya nakapagreply sakin, he was confine in hospital because his asthma attack him hardly. I know its a simple asthma but kid, its a different one. Nung time na yun nahihirapan na siyang humihinga, the oxygen has already attached but yet no use.

On the second day, gumaan gaan na daw ang pakiramdam niya, parang wala lang daw na nangyari matapos ng paghihirap niya.

Pero nang gabing yun, magpapaalam na pala siya. He was saying goodbye to his family and friends, he even mentioned me. Hindi ko napigilang himagolgol sa harap ng punto niya.

"Stop crying na Reign" his Ate Aila was with me. After Aaron died, Ate Aila Tell me everything. He used Aaron account to message me back. Noong una hindi ako naniniwala, I thought it was just a prank or something stupid. Pero napaiyak ako ng disoras nang nag send siya ng picture ni Aaron laying in a White coffin.

That night, hindi ako nakatulog iyak lang ako ng iyak. Hindi ko ma sink-in sa isip ko ang nangyayari. Hanggang sa na-realized ko nalang na gising ako at hindi nananaginip.

"Reign tama na, halos tatlong oras na tayo dito at tatlong oras kana ding umiiyak"

Pinunasan ko ang mga luha at ngumiti sa harap niya.

"Goodbye Aaron" sambit ng isipan ko.

Tumayo ako at niyakap si Ate Aila.

"Lets go Reign" himas himas niya ang likod ko palayo sa taong mahal ko. I was still crying on the way home gusto kong bumalik don at doon nalang habang buhay.

"Before Aaron died, He wants you to open your email." Magang mata ako tumingin kaya Ate Aila. Tumango ako bilang responde at ngumiti naman siya sakit pero batid ko ang kalungkutan sa mga mata niya. He hugged me tightly bago magpalaam na umalis.

Aaron Arevalo

"Hi Reign, Its seems that your Crying HAHAHA hoy wag kang umiyak! Siguro nabasa mo to wala na ako o nasa hospital lang nag chichill. Sorry nga pala kung hindi kita na replyan ha, Si satanas kase atat nang makasama ako pero I promised na babalik ako at rereplayan ka na..hehehe don't bother me I can handle it. Kain ka mabuti ha at wag kang magpupuyat."

Humagolgol ako sa message niya. Hindi ko alam kong dapat ba akong maging masaya kase nagawa niya pang magsulat habang hirap na hirap ng huminga o dapat akong maging malungkot kase walang silbi parin ang lahat dahil wala na siya?

"Good morning Reign, time check its 2:16 in the morning. Hindi ako makatulog medyo mahirap matulog ng may bumabara sa lalamuna mo HAHAHAH try ko sayo para pareho tayo? Hehehe dejoke lang. Sorry pala kase hindi ulit ako naka pagreply sayo ha, sagabal kase tong tubo-tubo na to. Pero ano babawi ako sayo! Huy bisitahin mo naman ako dito, magtatampo ako. Ha? Bisitahin moko ha? Kundi mumuktihin kita pag namatay ako HAHAHAHAH joke. Kain kanaa pagkagising mo at mag toothbrush na din. Bye bye!"

Hindi ko napigilang sumigaw sa sakit at kalungkutan.

"Hindi ko pa sayo nasasabi na gusto kita eh! Bakit ka namatay ha?" Pabulong kong sambit habang yakap yakap ang unan ko. Hindi ko na sana itutuloy ang susunod noya sulat pero parang kailangan ko.

Aaron Arevalo

"Hi Reign mukhang hindi ako makakapagpaalam sayo ng maayos.

Just wanna let you know that your the best friend I had, A very special Friend, Im planning for Meeting you up soon but things got worst right now and yeah baka hindi na nga kita makikita,pero baka ikaw nalang pumunta sakin."

I stop reading when I realized what he meant by.

" I really cherish those conversations we had. Your the only person made me feel loved and special, pero hindi ko masusuklian ang lahat ng kabutihan mo sakin. Someday I hope Makakita ka ng isang kagaya ko na pogi at mabait, at sana pag nakita mo yun sispin mo nalang na ako yun. But this time ako muna ang mawawala kase kailangan. Take care always Reign! Nasa tabi mo lang ako ha! Wishing you a long life to live! Take those opportunities and enjoy your life.

Hanggang sa muli Reign, paalam.

P.S Don't skip your meals always pray and I love you."

That was the night, that was the painful night na nangyari sa buhay ko But I thank God for letting me experience this kind of pain.

Sa tingin ko isang kang Anghel Aaron, binigay ka lsakin para iparanasa ang kakaibang saya at pagmamahal pero panandalian lang, hindi sapat lahat ng oras at panahon na yun pero tatanggapin ko dahil hindi ko hawak ang tadhana ko.

I was playing my guitar looking at my window with a teary eya thinking of Man I loved the most.

"Hindi ko man naamin sayo nung una, pero baka ngayon alam mo na"

I can't imagine my self now being happy, dahil wala kana. But I will be happy I'll try untill one day all those feels I've lean for you we're gone and last to memories, a very special Memories.

I love you Aaron Arevalo.

-THE END-