Chapter 3. Like

Will he love me?

We don’t know. We cannot teach our hearts. On Damon’s part, I can’t teach him to love me.

Will I just stop? Or will I continue chasing him? If I stop I will still be hurt. If I continue it’s still the same, I will still be hurt. Am I this hard to love? How can I be happy if he is my only happiness?

Why did I love someone like him? Maybe, I will get tired of the pain. That’s probably it.

I will avoid him while I can.

I feel the pain of the sun on my skin while heading to the big HMU Court. It’s afternoon and we need to practice volleyball. Wearing our usual PE uniform, color dark green with HMU brand on the front and number and surname on the back.

So the stamp on my back is twenty-two, Cordova.

“I told you! You know that Damon is so crazy with Natalia. You’re hurting yourself again.”

Ruru preached to me.

But I remained silent because, in the beginning, I was wrong.

I rolled up my jersey shirt and combed my