The bitter and the sweet
My buddy and I had just downed our usual Wednesday -night Johnny Black double neats and then he suddenly asked me:“Tell me, Teepsee, could it have turned out any other way?”
Neither one of us have to explain. We both know what “it” means.
“Well, aside from the obvious reason….” [Laughs]
“No, seriously…”
“Maybe if I was older and more mature, things would have been different. I could have put more on the line. But, I’m not older and more mature, so I guess things happened precisely the way they were meant to.”
“Still angry?”
“Err, I don’t know. I’m not sure. Ask me again sometime, say, after a month.” [Laughs]
“Bitter ka pa rin. [Laughs]. Will you ever regret it?”
“Honestly, the pain almost killed me, but no, there’s nothing to regret. Best learning experience ‘yun eh, in a way, a blessing as well.”
“That’s sweet.”
“Hahaha! Well, y’know what? It was one of the most important events of my life. I won’t trade that experience for anything – not even for a happy ending.”
“Really now…”
“Wait, did I just say that?” [Laughs]
“That sounded smart…”
“Lasing ka lang…”
“No kaya, it came out naturally, it sounded…. Uhmm, what’s the word… Sincere. There."
“Well then... Yeah, not even for a happy ending …”
- These times are the worst. Damn it all to hell. *Sighs* -
posted by teepsee @ 4:28 PM
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