Asymptotes

 

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We were sitting under the starry nights, hearing the calm waves of the ocean.

No one wants to speak first. Its been a long time since we saw each other. How is he? How is him in Manila? Does he went to some places there? Those are the questions running on my mind right now  but don't have the guts to ask him.

 Awkwardness can be seen all over here. It is not us. We do not let silence, hailed in us. Maybe everything changed.

"Have you ever heard the word "asymptotes?" You know mathematical term?" Finally he broke the silence.

 I'm confused of his question but didn't show it off. Maybe that is his way of starting a conversation.

"No, tell me." I say to him amusingly.

"Asymptotes is a straight line associated with a curve  such that as a point moves along an infinite branch of the curve,the distance from the point to the line approaches zero and the slope of the curve at the point approaches the slope of the line.

I raised an eyebrow on him. I don't get it. 

"So, what does it mean?"

"a line that continually approaches a given curve but does not meet it at any finite distance."

"You make things complicated, in short...."

"They getting closer and closer but will never be together."

 I heaved sigh when I start to grasp his point. How sad it is.

"Ah. I see. Why do you think they will never be together?

"Because maybe they were not destined to be together,  to be in a good mathematical relationship. Maybe they will just be a close friend, a bestfriend but they will not end up together. It's better for them to not meet each other in the end and to part ways. Its better for them to not experience the ups and downs of life together. 

I look at him as he was straightly looking at the calm breeze ocean.

"You're so baduy"and I quickly rolled eyes, see how a mathematical term applied to reality. He is insane.

But as I absorbed his words,  I sense a sudden ache in my heart. I felt lonely.

"Asymptotes is like "US".

I was surprised of what I have said.  but I don't want to withdraw it. Maybe its time for him to know what I really feel. Its now or never.

He looked at me, straight to my eyes. For a span of seconds we gaze each other. After realizing what we are doing, we both look at the different direction.

A moment of silence.

 I hate you self, why you do that?

I was about to get up to save myself from this shameful act but he pulled me near to him and kissed me. It was a simple kiss yet I felt the whole zoo in my stomach.

After that kiss, he hugged me tightly and he utter words.

"We're not an asymptotes, people choose their own destiny that's why I'm choosing you. We were perpendicular, you are the right angle, the right girl for me. I love you." He smiled a bit and I felt like I melted for once.

I smiled and I felt the sudden burst of tears in me. I'm so happy. I can't believe this is happening.

"I love you too." After I uttered this words, I felt the sudden ache on my heart.

I released my arms around him, look to his eyes and ask a question. 

"My sister will come home next week, what are we going to do?"

The smile on his face was gone. 

For a while, we forgot our reality.

Oh, asymptotes.