Last Drop of Coffee (Lost Souls Series #1)

Chapter 2

"Ano namang ginagawa mo dyan? Ang init-init oh, baka magka-sunburn ka niyan Aeolus." nilagay ko ang jacket ko sa punong muntik nang harangan ang mukha ni Aeolus sa init, enough to keep him away from the scorching heat.

"Waiting for my true love."

"Sino ka diyan? Haha, ni-hindi ka nga naniniwala sa true love eh." I sat beside him and took a sip of my coffee, "Nagkakape ka na naman?" he asked.

"Yes, coffee is life duh? Pero anong true love true love ka diyan, uwi!" nagtawanan kami sa biro ko, aba anong kinain niya at nakakatawa na siya sa witty jokes ko?

"Do you really want to know why?" tumango ako sa tanong niya, not that I'm interested in his own life. Pero, kaibigan ko naman siya and they can open up to me as much as they want. Ano pa at naging kaibigan nila ako kung hindi naman ako nakikinig sa kanila diba?

"My mom failed my dad so many times. She cheated and abused my dad. Nung nawala na si daddy sa mga kamay niya ay lumipat sa'min ang galit niya."

There are really some parents like that? That's why we should question ourselves before having a child come out of this world. Not wanting kids because you know you can't take full responsibility and you're too absent to care for them is not actually a villain some people wanted it to be. That's one less child neglected, one less child being abused. One less child who will not experience the same pain the others experienced . . .

"That makes me don't want to co-"

He hugged me. . His embrace is a pulsing of my very essence, the steady cadence of my soul's song. At sa mga sandaling iyon, I just wished that He can't hear the trumpets of my heart beating rapidly as each minute goes by. Tinignan ko ang paligid and slowly . . . I wrapped my arms around him too. It made my heart sink when I heard his little sobs, "It's my dad's death anniversary."

"So please let me hug you, just a few more minutes." he didn't even have to say everything, hinayaan ko lang siya.

First time mag-open up ni Aeolus . . . Kahit kailan hindi ko siya nakitang umiyak. This is the first time and God knows how much I want him to just smile always or bumalik nalang sa masungit niyang pagmumukha. I can't stand him crying, it makes me want to cry too. Drome and Aeolus are very precious to me. They were my first friends, first friends who accepted me for who I am. First friends na dinamayan ako sa lahat ng kalokohan ko pati sa kaartehan.

Yes, I do have a lot of friends dati bago ko sila nakilala but they're never really true. They befriended me because of my daddy and that's just so unfair to the point that I wished that we were never surrounded with a little bit of expensiveness if that's even a word.

Now tell me, who wouldn't stumble on their knees seeing them cry? I patted his back, at habang hinahayod ko ang likod niya ay tumingala ako. No one deserves to experience this kind of pain in life. Kung pwede ko lang kupkupin lahat ng nakakaranas ng ganto, ginawa ko na.

"You guys- Why are you guys getting emotional without me!" nag-pout ang crybaby at niyakap na rin kami ng napakahigpit. Hinimas-himas ko rin ang buhok ni Drome, mahal na mahal ko ang dalawang 'to and I would risk everything just to make them happy and feel safe in this weird world.

Hindi naman kami nagtagal doon dahil nakatirik na rin ang init sa field at kahit ang leather jacket ko ay hindi na nakayanan ang tindi ng init. Kumakain kami ngayon sa café, ilang oras din kami nagtagal sa yakap namin kanina at bumalik na sila sa masayang gawain nila.

"Ready ka na ba sumali sa SSG Elections? You should run as the secretary Isari! Tutal nanlalamon ka naman ng tao gamit mga salita mo and ang ganda ng sulat kamay mo." tinignan ko siya, nakahawak pa sa kubyertos na pinasosyal. Her mannerisms never changed, sapagkat hindi siya napapakali kapag may natitira pang pagkain sa pinggan niya.