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Love Unknown

Katherine Molina

Once upon a time, in a faraway land called UP - Diliman, there lived a bunch of crazy
fools. Doing stuff unconsciously and letting their emotions be expressed freely. In a
town named MMM, a group of idiots lives happily. Things around them always seemed
normal until he burst out of his emotions. Sean, the historian, realized that he fell in
love with Kim, the critic. He doesn't want to risk those happy moments just to let his
emotions be known. His special feelings for her grew until he almost can't contain it by
himself. He gained confidence and little by little, he showed his care and love for Kim.
Sean belongs to a group of four, including Kim, and 2 other guys, who usually
eat together. One time, Kim is busy listening to music in a headphone while the other
3 are chatting. They decided to buy ice cream. Those days, there is an ice cream video
craze about a couple opening and eating the ice cream while singing "you and me,
sitting on a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G". Out of craziness, they decided to sing it using their
names with the one they love. Kim just observed and laughed with them. She removes
her headphone when she speaks and listen to their questions so she can focus on
them. While without headphones, she actually got teased by singing her name and
another friend's name. She just laughed at them and called them crazy. She focused
on listening to music and act as if ignoring them for some moment. But her attention
got caught when Sean started singing "Sean and Kim, sitting on a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G".
Kim didn't know how to react on what she just heard so she pretended not to hear it.
Dilan the Engineer and Carl the Voice Artist didn't tease Sean while saying those and
remained silent as if waiting for Kim's reaction. That day ended up as if nothing weird
happened.
Elections for the country's new council is approaching. Kim have this certain
head whom she admires and supports. Dilan supports him too. During the campaign
period, a lot of paraphernalia were spread around the country. Stickers were also
around. After the campaign in their company, they played with the stickers and
randomly stick it to each other's backs and heads. Sean put one on Mart the Dealer's
back. After Mart removed it, Kim took it from him and stick it to Sean's forehead. Sean
said "I'm reaching my patience limit on you." Kim just smiled to him because they
usually have this silly fights. They decided to have lunch together but as they went out
of the building, they met another Council Head candidate, the guy Kim supports. Out
of excitement, she excitedly shook hands and talk with him as he introduces himself.
She went by the group's side after pouring out her emotions of support for him.
Suddenly, Sean said "I'm really almost at my limit!" Kim asked him why but the other
two just pulled them off the conversation. Kim was shocked and curious on what she
did that made him say those words. And that day ended as if nothing weird happened.
It was a hot day when Kim with Sean and 2 other officemates went out for
lunch. Dilan and Carl worked over lunch to finish a task so they could take a leave for
the following week. Kim and Sean were at their usual fights for little things. Sean
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always ignore his comments, they end up arguing. A few steps away from their work
place, Kim got teased by Sean that made her say "I hate you!" Unexpectedly, Sean
replied "I like you" in a softer voice. Luke, the other guy with them told "Kim! Have you
heard what Sean said? He said 'I like you'." Kim couldn't respond to what they were
uttering so she just continued on holding her umbrella tight. Sean then tried to break
the teasing of Luke by saying "What? I didn't say that. Why would I say that to her?"
Luke kept on teasing that he hadn't misheard what Sean said. The sooner Kim came
to her senses, she stated "How would that happen?" The teasing continued until they
decided to part ways.
Kim who was still shocked of what she heard, kept it from Dilan and Carl. She
shared what happened and the other similar encounters with Sean to her girl best
friends. They told her that maybe, he was in love with her. Kim kept on rejecting the
idea. She got confused on what her actions should be in front of him but she decided
that she will act normal. If she would be put to the situation again, there she will
decide on what to do next. She waited but Sean acted as if nothing also happened. She
decided to just forget about all that happened and count them as nothing.
During the summer, Kim decided to work out of town in a special task. Their
boss assigned her to the Chem task while Sean were in Math assignment. Sean told
the group that he wouldn't be allowed to go to Math City so he tried to convince Kim to
exchange task with him. She thought that she shouldn't take risk on immediate
decisions so she kept on saying "no". She also said that why would she give her the
task if they always fight. Dilan said in a teasing tone "See what you've been doing?
Stop fighting with her for a week. What can you say?" He replied "I'm good to her. I'm
not always picking a fight with her." Kim said laughing " You can't even do it for a
day." "That's true." Dilan added. They all just laughed at each other.
It is almost time for the first scheduled meeting for out-of-town tasks.
Unknowingly, Kim decided to give up the mission for Sean. She just thought of a lot of
excuses to convince everyone and especially herself. Sean repeatedly told Kim that it
will be fine for him even if she won't give up the task. But Kim always say that she will
have the Chem task with her best friend after taking the Math City assignment. They
were able to exchange tasks just before the task meetings started.
It has been an easy exchange for them. They were able to cope up easily with
their teammates. Each task were of two months duration. Half of the way, Kim noticed
something wrong. Sean posted a teasing on one of his teammates but it ended up that
he was put to the hot seat and teased that he was the one that was subjected to friend
zone by a girl named "K*********". Upon seeing those words, Kim rushed on checking
on how many girls with a name starting with K were on Sean's online friends list.
There she saw that only her and another girl named Katrina were the only ones with
K. She doesn't know the Katrina but she was sure that that girl was from Sean's
country of origin. She was also sure that Sean's teammates doesn't know the girl. Kim
then thought that what Sean told her before could have been true and she was the one
responsible in putting him to friend zone. Kim felt guilty and think of every situation

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when he was with Sean. She then thought that it wouldn't be a waste if she give Sean
a chance. She did crazy things that she thought could make Sean feel that he must
not subject himself to that zone. Kim waited and waited until their tasks were done
but she received no response from Sean.
Kim decided to forget about the thought about Sean and considered everything
to be non-existent. Sean and Kim became the way they were before everything
happened. Sean still fights with Kim on senseless things. Their group became closer
and closer but Kim got closer with Dilan since they were assigned in the same team.
They became very open with each other. And soon, Kim considered him her best
friend. They were almost alike at everything. They got a lot of similarities and gets
along with each other so much. They were sometimes teased as a couple but they
always correct it for they knew who they were in love. Dilan broke up with his
girlfriend but he was still madly in love with her. Kim was still into this guy named
Seth, a former colleague. She always liked him for their childishness similarities but
they fought for a senseless thing and ended up acquaintances.
Things got tougher. Kim decided to join a military training with her girl best
friends. She shared the idea to everyone. Out of the blue, Sean then invited his friends
to join the training too. Kim didn't bother to think too much about Sean's actions
because she knew how he love stuffs about war and military. They end up together in
the same unit but of different platoons. Out of the four, only Dilan was not there. He
has a special task to attend. They got pretty close to their respective platoons. Kim
was very active so she became very close to Sean's platoon and other units. Sean's
platoon made a secret information sheet among themselves. Kim learned about it from
her friends in the platoon but wasn't allowed to access the information because it is a
confidential information. Kim wasn't that interested of the information but curious
about the content. Her curiosity led her to use her intelligence skills and accessed the
spreadsheet. She didn't want to bother in knowing every detail written in there but
she got curious on one of Sean's answers. He just said secret when he was asked
about someone he likes within the training. Kim knew that they answered the
questions, just a few meetings after the start of the training so the person must be
referring to someone he knew before the training and one of them was her. She just
smiled about the thought and act as if she didn't see anything.
She always go out with Sean's teammates every after training since she really
got that close to them. They share a lot of thoughts. While having fun, Kim decided to
ask them about who would be the lucky girl Sean could like. Klein denied to respond
at first but Kim was so persistent to make Klein spill some information. He defended it
was just a joke when they were talking stuffs like that. Sean said that it was a girl
named Kay, sounds like that. Kim asked the whereabouts of Kay. Klein said he didn't
know that much as if hiding something. Kim broke the tense by saying "oh Kay
Fernandez? from Charlie Unit? Wow! She's my friend. How about telling her? Just
kidding." Klein just agreed to everything Kim uttered even if his face says " Better to
say yes. It is the only escape route. I actually doesn't know who's that Kay you're
talking about." Kim's heart flattered and broke at the same time. If what Klein said
was true, then Sean finally liked another girl but if Klein's lying then that could mean

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he was talking about her. Kim just accepted the fact it must be the latter. The Kay she
knew was a lot better than her.
After work hours, the four crazy fools bond by playing Frisbee and eating
dinner. Dilan is the expert in the game. Carl has been playing for more than 2 years
already. The amateurs were Sean and Kim. Before the Christmas break, Carl got
rejected by the one he likes. Carl felt he was subjected to friend zone. He opened up to
the group. They often discuss about the circumstances. Kim being the only girl in the
group couldn't help but analyze the situation and the case of the girl involved since
she's the only one who knows how both party could have felt. She couldn't blame both
parties since they both have reasons to defend. Because of the arising situation, Kim
remembered her emotions about what happened almost a year ago. She decided to ask
about it without mentioning Sean's name to avoid commotion. At that time, Sean
wasn't present because he needed to work overtime. She took advantage of that
moment and asked a lot of things to Dilan. She started by asking if how would she
know if a guy likes her, how would Dilan make the one he likes feel his feelings, and
what would it mean if a guy said "I like you" but never confirmed what he felt. Dilan
got curious of whom Kim must have meant but Kim kept it to herself. Suddenly, Carl
arrived and worsened the situation. They insisted in knowing the identity of the guy.
Kim almost gave up and told them he's one of their colleagues. They made up
numerous lists but Kim never confirmed Sean as the guy. They ended up in a list
including Sean, Dilan, and Clark. Kim was shocked and asked why would they include
Dilan's name. Carl just replied that it was Dilan's idea. There she realized that they
must have misinterpreted what she said because how would Dilan be involved if he
never said those words to her. Kim then gave up and said that the guy she was talking
about was Sean. She told them some of the situations where she felt weird about
Sean's actions. When she mentioned the ice cream incident, they then said that it was
them who sang their names and not Sean. Kim couldn't believe what she heard but
she can't help but doubt them. She was sure about what she heard and thought that
maybe they need to say those since they learned that Kim minimizes the volume when
she uses her headphones. Kim couldn't get any information from them because they
always change their topic so she decided not to ask them again about that. She
convinced herself that maybe she's thinking too much and that she must forget about
Sean's incident.
At the start of the year, Kim got to talk to Mart who's a close friend of Sean. Kim
and Sean still fights at nothing while Dilan and Carl jut laughs at them. Kim burst out
and managed to tell Mart how she felt. She told him that sometimes, it is irritating
that every bit of her movements were seen and commented by Sean. She told him not
to tell Sean but he just replied that it would be better to tell him in a way like "Don't
you think that you're being too rough towards Kim. She might feel unease if you
continue that treatment." A day after that, Kim noticed that Sean seemed to lay low at
picking fights with her. He wasn't the always "Why are you like that? Don't do that?
How can you manage doing this?" stuff. Kim felt relieved and peaceful for some days.
After more than a week of limited fights with Sean, she felt unease and decided to joke
around with Mart. She told him that she sort of miss the old days where she always
fight with Sean. After that, Sean started teasing and arguing with Kim again. They
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Kim got stuck in a weird situation. A guy she just met through phone kept on
calling her confessing his feelings. Kim wasn't interested at all and felt a bit irritated
by the guy. He kept on convincing her to go out with him. Kim couldn't honestly reject
him. She also thought that he won't be convinced if she told him that she already got a
boyfriend because she doesn't have one. She can't open up about having someone she
likes because he would just reject the idea. Her patience came to its limits so she
decided to convince one of her guy friends to act as her boyfriend and tell him to leave
her alone. She contacted Dilan but he said that the guy is hard to talk to. So she told
the guy to contact her the next day and there she will honestly answer all his
questions regarding relationships. She requested Chris, her closest guy friend from the
military training, to act as her boyfriend. Chris answered the guy's call and acted as
some possessive boyfriend who wouldn't like other guys calling her girlfriend. The guy
kept on calling but Kim rejected all his calls. She told the group about the act during
lunch time. Dilan, Carl, and Lia told Kim that she could just directly reject him. Kim
defended herself that it was something hard to do. She was shocked when Sean sided
with her while everybody was against her belief. She couldn't break a man's heart just
because she wasn't interested. She realized that it is indeed true that Kim and Sean
are polar opposites at almost everything but in beliefs, they coincide. There were
already a lot of times where they fight against their colleagues about their same
beliefs.
One hot afternoon, Kim, Dilan, Sean, and Mart managed to take a break. It was
already February so almost all talks were about romantic relationships. They only
planned to take a lunch but it ended up into some awkward conversation. Sean never
sits beside Kim so Dilan was beside her and Mart was in front of her. Dilan and Sean
were busy playing a new video game when Mart started questioning Kim. He asked
how was Kim's love life. She just replied that she has no one. "Why would that be?" he
uttered. Kim couldn't respond properly. He then asked about her type of guy. "Would
you prefer a smart guy?" "Well, yes." "Oh! Sean's a smart guy." Kim just smirked at
him. "Handsome?" "Not really." "Could someone like Sean be?" Shocked but answered
"hmm. May do." "So can Sean be a guy of your type?" "Huh?" Dilan's attention got
caught and interestedly listen to Kim's reactions. Sean, still busy playing, uttered
some comments. She froze when Mart asked her. "What if someone asked you to a
date on the 14th? Would you give him that day?" Dilan then interrupted "That's right,
Kim. Would you allow him?" "What if Sean asked you out or let us say someone like
Sean but not Sean." Sean remained silent as if waiting for Kim's response. Kim
couldn't answer at Sean's presence and just said "Am I required to answer that? I
don't know. It isn't the situation now and I just don't think it would happen." Mart
can't be convinced by Kim's answers. Kim was saved when she needed to go to a
meeting with the Executives.
Later that day, Dilan suddenly asked Kim that literally made her crazy. Dilan
asked "Seriously Kim, what if Sean asked you out on the 14th, would you go? I'm
serious." She felt distracted and went to her friends for some advice on how would she
reply. She was afraid that if going out with Sean and ending up with broken hearts
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She couldn't tell him that she was just afraid but honestly, she would love to. After a
serious conversation with a mentor, she decided on how to respond to the situation.
She just told him that she wouldn't mind going out with him. Going out isn't limited
for couples. They were, to start with, friends so it wouldn't be a big deal.
The next day, she noticed something weird from the questions and actions of
her colleagues. She then requested Dilan his motives on asking her those. But Dilan
just said he just have nothing to do. He even teased her on probably panicking on
what he asked. Kim just denied it. Kim settled on the idea that maybe it would be
impossible to happen. But as the 14th approaches, Kim couldn't help but worry.
Happily? Sean wasn't able to work that day. She didn't meet him. She got hurt and
relieved at the same time. She just spent that day with her friends. She made herself
believe that there's nothing to be depressed and worried about.
The following days went perfectly normal. They got teased more but they both
laugh at it. Kim went to a voluntary event and met new friends. She got close to them.
Photos from their event's success celebration went out and caused a ruckus. Kim and
Adrian looked really close in the photo. She knew that the three were very protective of
her. They don't like listening to her when she want to talk about other guys that
intrigues her. She remembered one situation when they were playing Frisbee. Kim
didn't join them since she need to teach some techniques to Chris on their military
training using her laptop. The sun's shining bright so they decided to lean to the slope
they were sitting on. Sean then burst out and asked the two on what were they doing.
Dilan seconded. Kim couldn't answer them directly because what was she discussing
with Chris is confidential. She just uttered that it was about finance that Chris wanted
to learn. They wouldn't believe her because they knew how terrible a liar Kim is. But
Kim insisted that they weren't doing anything wrong like what they were imagining.
Because of those photos, Dilan and Carl became a bit persistent on making Kim
and Sean closer. On their way home, Sophie, Kim's closest friend in the military
training, teased Kim. "I think one of this guys (Sean, Dilan, and Carl) will be your
husband." Surprised Kim didn't know how to respond and just laughed. The other two
teased Sean. "Oh! That would be you, don't you think?"
Kim encountered a new challenge again. She accidentally met Dilan's first
girlfriend online. This ex was a bit possessive with Dilan and thought that Kim likes
Dilan. Dilan requested Kim not to entertain a friendship with her because he felt a bit
off on the idea. Kim couldn't promise him that because the girl seemed nice. They
talked about a lot of things about Dilan and relationships. Her plans and emotions
were also described. Kim felt guilty for Dilan so she sent him a copy of everything they
talked about. The girl confronted Kim. Kim said Dilan was a very important person for
her. She treats him her best friend and there's this guy named Sean that attracts her.
Kim couldn't deny to Dilan what she told the girl so she admitted to him how she felt
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She still couldn't resolve to one answer about her true feelings. She don't know
what changes could happen if she fully admits to herself how she felt for Sean. She
can't accept the fact because she doesn't know Dilan's true importance for her. She
felt greedy with the girl who liked Dilan. She wasn't sure if what she felt was just
normal for a friend to feel. Dilan opened up to her about how he feel towards his latest
ex-girlfriend. They were able to manage as friends again that made Dilan's heart to
rush. She felt envious and happy at the same time. She always wanted him to be
happy. But it was strange for her to feel sad. They were always mistaken as couples
with their closeness. She actually tells everything to him. Even the idea of being
couples in the eyes of everyone. They just laugh at those. What if she's attracted to
Dilan but not the like as best friends. What if she was just overrating her emotions for
him because she doesn't want to acknowledge her feelings for Sean. Dilan and Kim
have always been very close so she couldn't analyze her emotions for him properly.
She treats him her best friend so acknowledging her feelings for him means being
selfish and advantageous towards him. That could also ruin her friendship to the guy
she always love being with for their similarities. In case, the story about Sean was
true, she could probably hurt him a lot. She's grown special feelings for him already.
She actually admires him. He intrigues her. His mysteriousness interests her. She'd
love to know him better.
A worthwhile vacation made her reflect on her emotions. She realized that she
feel these thrill and joy every time she remembers her moments with Sean. She
actually texted Sean when she finally came to a conclusion. She texted "I'm sorry to
bother you. I just couldn't help myself but tell you this. I feel thrilled and excited every
time I hear the voice of the person I like inside my head. I can't stop my heart from
fluttering. I don't know if you'll get angry about this message. Well, I guess you've
grown accustomed to my silly text messages that aren't important to you but very
important to me. Sorry to bother you. Please bear with me." Like always, she never
received any response from him. She also made a diary where she promised to put all
her future moments with him whether they end up together or not. She remembers
him in all her stuff.
She remembered him when her beloved dogs died. Dogs are her simple joy. But
Sean hates it when she gets hype just by seeing dogs. They actually once ended up
fighting when she saw a fluffy dog that made her heart rush. He told her to stop her
excitement but Kim's love for dogs shouldn't be belittled. They argued and no one can
stop them. Silence ended up their debate. Kim promised not to talk to Sean until he
felt sorry. But when they meet, Sean acted as if nothing happened and teased Kim.
Out of mind, Kim became the usual her in his presence, never giving up in every fight
Sean picks.
She also remembered when the group bonded just before the vacation started.
They love eating together and singing in videoke. Kim never sings in one but she tried
it with them. She always request a duet with Dilan. The group decided to tally their
scores. Dilan agreed to sing with her but in the middle of the song, he stopped so Sean
sang it with her. She never imagined Sean knowing and singing passionately such a
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so much. Kim felt a bit guilty that if all that happened a year ago was true, she could
have been the reason. They went all out until it was almost midnight. Kim have a
different route so she decided to take a cab. As they went out of the mall, Sean kept on
uttering about the danger of taking a cab which made Kim worry a lot. She would love
to take an alternative route with the 3 but it would still be a dangerous one. Kim's fear
grew. "We're worrying about you too. Don't worry, we'll take the cab's plate number.
Be safe, okay?" Dilan uttered that made Kim's heart in peace. On her way home, Kim
couldn't stay calm, not because of fear but because she was thinking about the
meaning of Porque for Sean.
Dilan left the town for good. He transferred to CE. Kim, Sean, and Carl got
assigned in a 5-month task. Kim decided to get closer to her colleagues. She wanted to
try being a bit more lady since she always acts so manly in front of the three. Sean
and Carl are still very close. Kim, besides bonding with girls, also became close to
other guys.
Sean attends a weekly seminar. Kim decided to learn from the seminar so she
took advantage of her free time. The lecturer didn't notice her presence for months.
Kim got a bit late and tried to sneak in. While checking if the lecturer was there,
someone called her. She got asked. She just said she wanted to learn more. When they
were both entering the room, the lecturer curiously asked "Is there someone in that
you would love to see so you attend this seminar?" Kim couldn't utter much because it
was indeed true that Sean was there but for her, she just want to learn more. Sean's
presence is just a reward of learning new things. She finished every lectures.
Kim decided to stay the way she was every time she's with him no matter what.
She just watch him from afar. He completes her day just by seeing him. Kim got
worried when she noticed that one of his seminar friend got very close to him. Mai is
one of her teammates. She envied Mai. Getting close and knowing him better has
always been her dream. She feels sad whenever Sean and Mai are on the same
wavelength. She tried to forget about him as the thought that Sean likes Mai sinks to
her heart. She started not to get any closer to him as much as possible. Absolutely no
conversation with him was her goal. She focused on getting closer to her other
colleagues
The three were to meet up with Dilan but Dilan couldn't make it down from Mt.
Vinzons so they have to hike a mile. On their way, they ran into a person talking to
another person on a radio. Sean and Carl are on the lead. Kim was taking her time.
They've overheard the conversation. Some meters away after passing by the man with
radio, Sean began telling Carl that Kim was listening to the conversation and smiled
after hearing some so-thought pick up line. Kim couldn't fully deny it since she got
interested to hear one but it ended up it wasn't. She couldn't imagine other
possibilities but how did Sean knew that Kim, facing the ground and was a few meters
behind them, smiled.

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Things became worse between them. Another year of unhappy conversations


and nonstop debates separated them. Some things Sean does made her so depressed
that all other things became unimportant for her. She sulked for nonsense. For
months, a series of fights leading to depression happened. One time, their group
decided to join a league of good Samaritans. Sean met a very pretty girl and admired
her a lot. He even draw her a portrait. An occasion occurred wherein Kim was
cornered into answering whether she likes Sean. There she discovered that she was
just a friend for him. Kim decided to let go of her feelings for him but too bad, every
single day, she was with him for more than 5 hours. How can she move on that way.
And every single day, Sean tells her how much he admires that other girl. Such torture
buried Kim deeper. She hated it a lot. She cried as much as she wanted. She was
thankful when she the chance of not seeing Sean for 4 months. It was a great chance
for her to forget about her feelings.
On that 4 months separation, Kim met a new person that made her so thrilled
and excited. She likes this guy. He helped Kim move on. Nothing much happened
between them but Kim definitely moved on.
After the long journey not seeing each other, Kim and Sean finally became close
friends. Each one of them efforts on bringing back their original closeness as friends.
And every time Kim is asked whether she still like him or did she ever like him, be it
be in front of him or not, she is able to say that she liked him.
Whatever the feelings they ever had for each other, Kim decided not to mention
it yet. Time will come they will be able to talk about it without malice and just at each
other's craziness.

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