ME & YOU (Completed)

PROLOGUE

"I don't want to be one of your girlfriends anymore" I said in a straightforward tone.

"You're breaking my heart babe" He said expressionlessly.

"No I wasn't, because you never really loved me anyway." I managed to say but deep inside I was hurt. I don't know why.

"No, I won't accept it." Matigas ang ulo na sabi nya.

"Please...ever since, I never agreed to any of these, even being one of your girlfriends! You never gave me a chance to oppose and I thought I couldn't do anything about it." I plead.

"Yeah, you can't say No!" He said smugly.

"But I could! And I wanted to quit!" I exclaimed.

"No you couldn't! I forbid you!"

"Please...don't make it hard for me. I don't want this set up anymore! This thing we have, it wasn't even close to a fairytale-like relationship...!"

"We are in the real world Kirsten so stop acting like a child." He said coldly.

"I wasn't acting like one!" I exclaimed. "I know someday my prince charming will come and rescue me in this dilemma that you are putting me into."

His eyebrows furrowed sardonically. He wasn't happy with what I uttered. "Can you please stop with your illusions?! There is no such thing as fairytale-like relationship and prince charming! Lahat yan nasa utak mo lang!" Anas nya.

"Of course not! They're real!" I know they're real, I can feel it.

He let out a deep sigh. "Okay sige, kung totoo sila, nasan sila? Nasan ung pinagmamalaki mong Prince charming mo?!" He said mockingly.

"Wala pa sya sa ngayon pero alam ko darating sya!" Pagpupumilit kong sabi.

"Wala sya ngayon kasi wala naman talaga sya! Walang darating na Prince Charming kasi ang meron lang AKO at IKAW, hindi yung lalaking binuo mo lang dyan sa isipan mo!" Nagpupuyos nyang sabi. Alam ko galit na rin sya pero kung magpapatalo ako sa kanya, wala na namang mangyayari.

"There is no US! At kahit kailan di magiging ako at ikaw kasi di naman talaga tayo! Gawa-gawa mo lang din ang relasyon na 'to! You're not even close to Prince Charming!" I said irritably.

"Bakit, gusto ko bang maging si Prince Charming?! Kung mananatili lang naman ako sa utak mo, pwes ayokong maging sya! Dahil kahit kailan, di ko pinangarap na makitang umiiyak ang taong mahal ko ng kakahintay sa wala!" Grrr! Bakit ba lagi syang may sagot sa lahat?

"Malayo ka nga talaga sa Prince Charming ko kasi yun di marunong manakit at magpaiyak ng babae!"

"Di marunong manakit?" He was looking intently at me. "Pano mo nalaman eh di mo pa nga nakikita?"

"It is because of you kaya di ko pa sya nakikita. Dahil ayaw mo kong pakawalan!" Galit na sabi ko.

"You won't find him even if I let you go because that Prince Charming of yours wasn't real!" I know he's really mad right now but I don't care!

"He does exist!" I said stubbornly. Akala nya di ko kayang makipagsabayan sa galit nya. Natututo na kaya ako dahil sa kanya. "And if I found him, I know I won't be hurt anymore because for sure he will do anything to protect me!"

"Why should you be the one to find him? He should be the one to find you, right?! But where is he now?" He said derisively. "And did you say to protect you? Why, have I not protected you all the time?" I don't know but there's something in his eyes when he said those words. Pain maybe, but it's impossible. It can't be.

"Yes you are, but it wasn't actually protecting me. Hindi lang ako mabully ng mga estudyanteng yun kasi takot sila sayo." Medyo kalmado ko na ding sabi. Aaminin ko, I felt secured whenever I'm around him, pero hindi dahil sa alam ko pinoprotektahan nya ko, kundi dahil alam kong takot sila sa kanya kaya walang nananakit sa kin.

"You're hurting me, Kirsten. So all this time, sa tingin mo takot lang sila kaya di ka nila sinasaktan?" I felt a pang in my heart when I heard him said those words. And the look in his eyes is insinuating something.

"Yes." Maiksing tugon ko. Pero parang gusto kong pagsisihan na umoo ako.

Nagyoko sya ng ulo at ipinikit ang kanyang mga mata. I heard him let out a deep sigh. "I'm tired Kirsten. Let's talk some other time."

"What?!" I uttered incredulously. "I can't wait for the 'other time'. I want your answer now." I said frigidly.

"Then my answer is no!"

"But---" I tried to protest but he cut me off.

"Kirsten..." He held my hand as he looked at me intently. "...were neither in fairy tales nor fantasies. Life is not always blissful as you want them to be. In the real world, there are always ups and downs. I am no Prince Charming, and like you said, I wasn't even close to being one, but unlike him, I do exist. I was here beside you all along. And whatever trials life would throw us, I won't let you go. Because as I have said, there is only me and you, which means that they will first have to go through ME before they can hurt YOU."