With my fingertips not leaving my upper lip, I opened my eyes to the present. Ngunit kahit sa realidad, nakita ko pa ring hawak ko ang aking mga labi sa kaharap na salamin. Wala na ang mga labi niya roon at... wala na rin siya.
Napailing ako sa sarili. Binilisan ko na lamang ang paghuhugas ng mga kamay at lumabas na ng bathroom.
Yet with every step I took, my eyes were glancing around the familiar corners of the restaurant. Tinitingnan ko kung sa maikling panahon ay may nabago ba sa ayos o disenyo. I looked for the slightest, tiniest change in it just to prove myself that this place wasn’t all completely the same than when I had last been here.
But there was no escaping to it, was there? After all, this was the first place he took me to. Sa aming opisyal na relasyon, dito niya ako unang
