It was a love story if I could have said "Yes"
First day back to sophomore high school after a long break, I saw my high school friends and excited to talk about how my long break went. As I entered to my old grade 8 classroom, my head turned to the front on to the blackboard and I saw my ultimate high school crush (who during my college days tried to court me) with his chair on the platform facing us. I cannot believe what I saw. Were my eyes just seeing things? I hurriedly walked my way to the front but my pace and everything around me turned slow. What was going on? I just want to see him upfront. And then everything around me went in five times the speed and in a snap of a finger, he was gone. And so I told my grade 8 bestie what just happened. He was there! Right there! - as I point out to the empty chair. But she just nodded in pity and said " Wala na siya bala, Kai. Kinanlan mo na mag move on, find someone for you to pour those feelings " [He's already gone, Kai. You have to move on, find someone for you to po...