And They Call It Puppy Love

First and foremost, I'd like to thank @meitanteikudofor hosting this writing prompt again. You saved my life today, man. I can say that you are a man of a writing prompt....

His most recent writing prompt is about crushes. I actually have several articles that I saved prior to this one, but this got me so excited that I am going to try this first. I'm sure most of you do or was it just me who gets excited when we talk about our previous love. Anyway, the writing prompt has very simple instructions. We just have to talk about your crush, or crushes, if you have many.

When I was in elementary school, for the first time in my life, my eyes twinkled for someone. His name is Erwin. He was tall for his age, and he stood out among my classmates. He had fair skin and thick, long eyelashes. He is also very friendly, especially to girls, because I can always see him with other girls from different sections. By the way, we belong to the lowest section, Section 9. I don't know why, but when you are a transferee, you will be put in the lowest section.

As a transferee, I was very shy and distanced myself from my classmates. I feared that they would tease me because I am Bisaya. But then there was this young boy who approached me and said, "Can you scoot over"? I was literally shaking when I moved slowly. I feel so kilig, lol! Then he started asking my name and where I came from. I answered him sheepishly. That was the first day of my infatuation, lol!

Every day I am so excited about going to school that even if I am not feeling well, I want to go, and it is all because of Erwin. And you know, when you have a crush on one of your classmates, you have this desire to excel in your class, to show off just to be noticed by him. And it worked! I stood out among our class, and Erwin always complimented me every time I got a perfect score or answered well in recitation.

We get closer every day because Erwin is so friendly, but naughty at times. He would hide my bag and keep it from me until I was about to burst into tears. At that point, he would return my bag. There were several times that he would tease me, but instead of getting mad at him, I felt so kilig pa, lol! There was a time when my teacher suggested that she would transfer me to section 4 if I wanted to, because, according to her, I do not belong in that section, but I refused, because I can't see Erwin anymore, lol!

I had a memorable moment with him that I can recall vividly even now. It was after class. Our class ends at 4:30 pm and we play on the school grounds until our service arrives. I was playing with my cousin and sister. We were playing "Tag, You're it." Then Erwin came. I guess he was bored waiting for his service too. So he asked if he could join, and of course, I said yes. We were having a great time playing. Then when he was the "It' he ran and tried to catch me.(enebe), lol! And I sped off like there was no tomorrow, hahaha!

Then suddenly, I stumbled in the gutter and my elbow snapped, it got dislocated. I cried so loudly that Erwin kept on apologizing while crying too.

When I got home, I was brought immediately to the "manghihilot" and, man, how he fixed my elbow was terribly, awfully, excruciatingly painful. He just pulled it so hard until it was back in its right place. So just imagine the pain.

I did not attend school until I was fully recovered. After that, Erwin became extra nice to me. I guess he felt guilty about what happened.

And it's a wrap! I wanted to tell you more, but that's all my mind could remember. Feel free to share the moment you had your first crush.

Date Published: April 28, 2022

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