One Night of Forever

11

   
   
Chapter 11
    
   
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Makalipas ang ilang minutong pagmuni-muni ay naisipan ko ring bumalik sa hotel. Magsisimula na sana ako maglakad nang biglang tumunog ang cellphone ko. Kinuha ko naman Ito sa bulsa ng shorts na suot at nagsimula ng maglakad habang sinasagot ang tumatawag.

"Hello?" Bati ko sa tumawag kahit hindi ko nakita kung kanino galing.

"Muse." Pagkarinig ko sa sinabi nang nasa kabilang linya  ay napabaling ako sa screen ng cellphone na hawak. Nang makita kung sino ang kausap ay napailing nalang ako at nilapit na ang cellphone sa tenga.

"Miss me?" Pang-asar ko  sa kausap. Narinig ko itong nagbuntong-hininga.

"I don't know what to do anymore." Sabi niya pagkatapos ay bumuntong-hininga ulit.

"Ohh-kay? What's wrong? Why do you sound so hopeless?" Tanong ko na parang nang-aasar.

"4 out of 25 psi.co members were out of the country." Sabi niya na parang nanlulumo.

"So? You still have 21 members left Cav. Why do you sound so worried about the 4 MIA?" Turan ko naman.

"1 is on vacation, 1 is hiding from someone from the past, and the other two were chasing for their special someone." Mahihimigan sa boses nito ang disgusto sa pinag-gagawa ng kagrupo.

"What do you want me to do?" Medyo seryoso kong sagot.

"I'm not sure though. I have no problem with Mike since he's on vacation but the three, they're all lovesick. I don't know what they'll do."

"You're scared they might do something stupid and hurt themselves? Is that it Cav?"

Hindi ko maiwasang mag-alala para sa tatlo pero hindi ko rin maiwasang makaramdam ng awa kay Cavell. Him being Psi.co's president holds a lot of pressure. He doesn't really care if any of them gets in physical trouble kasi alam naman ng lahat na may mga training ang bawat isa. Pero alam ko na ang ipinag-alala ni Cavell ay ang emotional pain.

"I won't ask anything more from you muse but will you please watch over them?" Rinig kong sabi nya sa mahinang boses. Alam kong medyo nahihiya syang sabihin na nag-aalala sya.

"Maybe you forgot who you're talking to Cav. I'm Kz, psi.co's muse. It's my job to care for them. To watch over them. To help them. You don't have to worry okay?" May ngiti sa labi kong sabi sa kanya.

"Yeah. Why did I forget about that." Sagot nya sa sinabi ko at narinig ko ang kanyang mahinang tawa.

"So you don't have to worry about them. Don't stress yourself. You have 21 men left to attend to." Narinig ko namang natawa sya sa tinuran ko.

"You're right. 3 pain in the asses is nothing over 21 dumbasses."

"Anyways, I've heard Nyle's getting big." Pag-iiba ko sa topic para naman hindi na sya mamroblema.

"Oh yeah. He called me the other night telling me to be there on his concert." Narinig kong may click sound sa kabilang linya at ang pagbukas ng pinto. San kaya to galing? Kakauwi nya lang ba?

"He haven't called us yet. I've been waiting for his call since last night. It was Kedz who informed me." Narinig ko ang mahinang pagbuntong-hininga nya.

"Yeah. I've heard he's planning to propose too."

"That's what I've heard too. And we couldn't just not go right. He needs us there." Sabi ko habang naglalakad papasok ng hotel pero bago pa makatapak sa loob ay may humawak sa braso ko.