Disclaimer: I do not own Slamdunk. I know that. This is just for formalities.. hehe.. Libre naman ang mangarap diba?


I have written the prologue in the first person, because I think that it achieves a more personal level of communication between the characters and the reader… just my thoughts!


Do You See Me?

"Let's go?" He opened the palm of his hand, waiting for mine to close the gap with his own. We started to walk down the same path that we first treaded 10 years ago. For as long as my memory can recall, we've always stepped down this road, day after day, only to find out we would still cross the same steps tomorrow.

He had always been a friend, I say this with a smile, but I do not know why, somewhere, some part of me, I can feel a hole emerging – engulfing me in emptiness as the days go by.

He calls my name and I look up to see that he is already ahead of me, near yet far enough from my grasp to reach him. And as I stood there, watching, he walked up to me and dragged me back to reality.

That is right. To him I am a friend, will always will be. Perhaps, that is as close as I can get - as close as I can get to his heart. I should not think of this.

I glance up at him, his face a portrait of peace, as the sun that escaped from the prying fingers of leaves lightly strike his face, his whole being being bathed in the setting of the sun.

I am beside him, yet I cannot embrace him. I realized I have not spoken of anything. I have not conversed. All this time, I was drifting, thinking, wandering, wondering.

Then he stopped and let go of my hand.

My eyes searched his for an answer as to why. Then I too came to realize that in this short passing of time, we now stood in front of the gateway to my house.

"Well then, I'll see you tomorrow?" I smiled not at the question he himself knows the answer to. "I'll see you tomorrow." I replied. The question lingered in my mind. It began to change in face. And that is the reason for my smile. 'Will you see me tomorrow too?' I realized I too know the answer to that. 'I guess not.'


Hmmm… yes, I do know the answer to the question that lingers in your mind. You ask, who is the guy then? Well, please do take a guess. All I know is, in my own opinion, he seems to be a balance of someone who would be like a buddy friend, and someone you could pursue on a romantic level as well… I don't think that helped at all… hehe… review anyways! thanks!