Chapter Two: When It Grew

After Yankin House —
your family restaurant.

Somehow we always ended up at the table with our other friends.

And my interest started growing quietly.

Then came the Onion Sour Sauce Incident.
My friends planned a heist.
I panicked.
I texted you to apologize.

When you said it was okay…
I realized I cared too much about what you thought.

That same night you were preparing for Da Nang.
I went to Boracay.

Different beaches.
But I was thinking about you there.

Which is not normal behavior.

I didn’t randomly bring you a gift.
I chose it intentionally.

By then…
this was already serious.