The Lover Behind the Make-up (2005)
By: T.G. Tactalac
<HAHAHA SILVANA LOSER NADELETE KO NA! YAY>
In a kingdom where height matters the most, there were once two men who fell in love with the same girl. Filemon, a man of around six feet was probably the most influential and charismatic merchant His muscular build and skyscraping height made him the most desirable man by those 'chikabebes' present in the kingdom. Felipe, on the other hand, was just a clown of around four feet who was desired by kings and queens for their programs but not by those whores who engages in indecent acts for money every night. Felipe was famous too and liked by most people, but his humor is eclipsed by his short body and he was usually unlucky when it comes to love.
Felipe fell in love with a lot of girls in the past. One of them was Isabella, a beautiful and rich jeweler of around four and a half feet. Another was Mariel, a charming actress who was at her prime that time. But it was really the pretty musician Katrina whom Felipe said he loved the most. He was very serious with her, although she didn't treat him that way too because of the playful character of the man. He loved three different people at different times, but they all resulted the same. Felipe loved, but he wasn't loved back.
Years and years passed and Felipe had the same fate. He avoided to love and get hurt again. It took him around thirteen years to love once more, when he met a fortune teller named Erika. They became friends at first, but upon knowing the girl more, he finally fell in love. The clown used his humor to tell her what he truly feels. "Utot ka ba? Hindi kasi kita matiis eh !" The girl laughed in response, but really didn't have a clue that the clown liked her. Again, small people that time we're not treated that seriously.
It was a month later when he tasted the same fate again. He saw the fortune teller dating with the handsome merchant, Filemon. And yes, that was the last time he talked with the girl. :(
Three days later, the clown was invited to perform at the annual lantern parade. The clown accepted it and promised that he will do his best to please the crowd.
The night before the said event, however, the clown couldn't sleep for he was thinking about the girl of his dreams, Erika. How he wished that he became tall and serious enough for 'chikabebes' to accept him as her 'machobebe'. He hadn't slept until 4:00 in the morning so what he did was to attend the Simbang Gabi and prayed to God that he will be liked by Erika someday.
He performed at the lantern parade the next day and rocked the whole kingdom. Erika was watching that and decided to congratulate her friend clown for a good job he did. It was in the backstage where she found him fighting for his breath. It was the clown's long time secret: he had stage thirteen pneumonia. She was shocked upon seeing the clown and shouted for help. But her voice was too low for other to notice. Felipe, upon noticing her pretty face, maximized the last breaths of his life to talk and confess to the girl.
FELIPE: "Hey Erika, ano height mo?"
ERIKA: "Five and six inches! Bakit mo naman naitanong yan? Porket ba maliit ka ay ganyan na ang mga itinatanong mo sa akin?"
FELIPE: "Kung ganyan ka katangkad pano ka nagkasya sa aking puso?"
ERIKA: "Hey Felipe, this isn't a good joke and it isn't a good time to joke around!"
FELIPE: "I'm not kidding, I love you!"
ERIKA: "Wow, this is really another joke! Of all these 'chikabebes' present why me, there are those prettier whores out there, like Maria and Mica. Why me, I am not a perfect girl?"
FELIPE: "You may not be the perfect girl, but you are the perfect girl for me."
Erika cried and whispered something to Felipe. But it was too late as Felipe already ran out of oxygen. Felipe died without hearing those sweet words.
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