..yuukicoh..a blast from the past!

Everytime I'm alone and I used to think of my college life it always reminds me of someone very special. So special that until now I haven't forgot that person yet. There's always one person in our life that no matter how we try to ignore them they will never get the hell out of our mind. That is because they made a big part in our life. I wanna share this beautiful feeling I experienced during my college days which until now I still can't completely get over it. Why? I really don't know...

***All About Yuuki***

There was a guy sitting down under the Alpha Phi Omega tree wearing a black shirt and a body bag Lacoste. It was around 5pm in the afternoon, I’m sure he is also waiting for his next class. Fifteen minutes later, he was then standing at the gym with his friends. He had this one-sided black hair with black eyebrows and a pair of chinito eyes. He barely smile. It looks like there is something bothering on his mind. Then suddenly they were going towards the gate, leaving the campus. It is either their class was cancelled or their professor is not around.

A week passed, it was the second semester of my being a 2nd year BS Math college student. It has been our routine that after class or while waiting for the next subject, we hang-out besides the gym stairs. We had been doing that for three years. Then came upon this guy again who caught my attention before during the first day of our second semester. He was now wearing his uniform, a white polo with his pants and of course his Lacoste body bag. He was standing beside me waiting for his friends. He looks very quiet. He often smile, the same guy I saw before except that I noticed he was wearing his Adidas shoes with dark blue and green stripes. One Monday morning at Federizo hall, we used to have our last subject held at the AVR. Before I went inside, I decided to go to the washroom. While passing on Rm. 210, a drafting room for students, it caught again my attention by this guy who was seriously and in full concentration finishing his piece which I think are letters of the alphabet in gothic form. So he was a drafting student.

Two weeks later, I haven’t had any glimpse of him within the campus. I started to worry as if he already stopped studying or he transferred until one day me and my friends decided to go the mall to check out some dress. That time, we are standing near the CD’s store when I saw him coming by on his blue shirt with a yellow tag. I was so surprised that I cannot react because it was me and my bestfriend who just knew about this. He passed by and I remember the song that was playing that time was “Burn” by Usher. When I try to look at his direction, he went to the videogame section of the mall and saw him just sitting beside his friend. From that day, I decided to called him “Yuuki”, for he looked like the older version of the child actor in ABS-CBN and on the Stick-O commercial who is “Yuuki Kadooka” because they resemble each other’s faces.

It was now the third semester. Everyone was busy because the subjects are damn hard and difficult. And then our break, the college intramurals. Later I have learned that all drafting students was transferred on the CIT building, three buildings away from us so the chances of seeing him is quite small. One morning, since it was the intramurals day, we were all gathered at the school arena which is the very closest place at the CIT bilding. It has been two consecutive days I have been seeing him sitting on the benches, most of the time alone. He still barely smile and just keeps on staring with the people that passed around him. I noticed that his body bag had this big Pucca key chain. That became his trademark.

Time ticks too fast then I reached my very last year in school. The fourth semester. And yet still clueless about him. It was enrollment day for the first semester and I woke up early to be on the first line. Luckily, there were few students waiting for their turn. Unexpectedly, I also saw him also on the same line, four people away from me. I was just alone that time cause my friends decided to enroll in the afternoon. I kept on staring at him. He is just the same guy I saw when I was second year. He is always serious, he is around 5′6 and his eyes looks very sleepy. The only thing that changed was his hair which was highlighted with dark-brown, his red body bag from Human, the Pucca keychain is still on it and his black Pony shoes. He was very simple and that indeed never changed as well. While we were on the last line wherein we just need to get the classcards, I was just sitting besides his chair and yet still do not have any idea who he is. But that is okay, that already brightened my day. It was also a blessing that every Friday they were at the gym for their P.E. class which is table tennis. We also had the same class that day so I used to see him every Friday. That was the time that I saw him smile and laughed as they play around. But there were times that he chose to sit around and just watch his classmates play. This were also the day where my bestfriend decided to take the courage to know him. My bestfriend was a very shy person but I owe everything to her. Finally, I got his name to one of his friend. I thought I would able to know something about him but no friendster, no chat account, not even included on one of his friends’ friendster lists. That makes me think how myterious he is, his actions, his attitude and his emotions that makes me feel eager to know him. Yeah, I don’t know what is on my mind that time but what they actually say is true that, “when you found someone yet he seems to be stranger to you, that doesn’t care anymore cause as long as you see him around, that would already puts a smile on your face and that completes your day”. This maybe weird, but I admit, I was too like that.

Here comes the last semester. Everyone was busy preparing for their graduation. I heard that he is also graduating that time. It was so sad. I haven’t got anything from him but a name. What does a name can do?! One day, we were done on our final exam in computer programming and as I leave the room, I saw them waiting outside for they were the next class. Then one night, somebody texted me that he found my number on the computer, on my resume’ which we made that day. I asked his name and his section as well as his course and found out that he was one of Yuuki’s classmate. I got his number. He replied so fast. Then we became friends. I learned some little facts from him, his plans and interests. We do share some funny moments in our life, the weirdest and coolest thing we’ve had but we never met. We are texting like we are just two rooms behind cause I saw him standing outside Rm. 210. He never recognized me, that is the saddest part because we are afraid to see each other that I might got rejected and that he might already been committed to someone which later I found out that it is true. But our friendship continued. We still talked. We even congratulated each other. I was always there to listen whenever he had conflict with his partner. Until, I decided to let go. The hardest and painful feeling I could never imagine. The decision I am not ready to do. We thanked each other and even had this text saying’ “friendship forever”. I haven’t regret that. I was also happy that things turned-out well even for a short-period of time. Everything that happen was unexpected and unexplainable. I thought he was just the guy sitting near at the Alpha Phi Omega tree but he has been the guy stucked in my head for four years cause even I got my first work we still had sometime to text each other but it never lasts till we completely lose communication and just found out that he still had with the same girl. I am happy for him and he knew that.

This is just one of the best lesson I have learned in life that “you cannot get everything you want but you could still be happy”. Life is not always filled with happy endings but it can teach you things that will help you grow and mature. This has been one of the best thing that happened in my life. I may not get the perfect ending like what other movies used to play but I got the weirdest story that knocked me off my feet. I am still looking forward of seeing him again. Maybe someday...