He Broke Me First

Epilogue

"May naghahanap sa' yo. Babae," bungad ni Aid sa kabilang linya.

Umayos ako ng upo sa dulo ng rooftop. I left dad while he was talking to his doctor for his maintenance. There was no signal inside the hospital I had to go here to answer Aid's call.

"Sino raw?" tanong ko.

I had no idea who was the girl he was talking about. As far as I remember, I haven't do any flings for weeks. It's not because I had no time. Ayoko lang talaga. Wala ako sa mood para lumandi ngayon.

"Ewan ko. Hindi naman ako ang kalandian kaya paano ko malalaman?" sagot niya. "Bro, she just wouldn't stop asking so I told her kung nasaan ka. Thank me later."

I shook my head. "Wala ka talagang kwenta."

Narinig ko pang tumawa ang gago. "Pangit mo naman mag-thank you pero sige na nga, you're welcome."

Hindi ko na inisip kung sino 'yong babaeng sinasabi niya. Wala naman talaga akong maalalang may nakausap ako. Ang bobo pa ni Aid. Ituturo pala ako ng hayop kung sakaling may maghanap sa' kin para sakmalin ako.

"Hoy!"

Minutes after I hung up the phone, I heard someone shouting. Hindi ako lumingon no'ng una. I thought I was just hearing things but I turned out to be wrong. Kung ano-ano pa ang sunod na sinigaw. Puta, na-stress ako bigla. Magpapakamatay pa nga.

I turned around to see who was that. There, I saw a woman standing with a small face and shoulder length hair. Maputi at matangos ang ilong. Napatango ako sa isip ko. Maganda.. pero mukhang masungit.

"Ano bang sinasabi mo?" tanong ko sa kanya.

"Hindi ba balak mong mag-pakamatay-" I cut her off.

Since when did I plan to do a suicide?
Bumaba ako sa pagkakaupo at lumapit sa kanya. I saw how her eyes filled with confusion. I stop the urge to roll my eyes. Ang dami ko na ngang tanong sa buhay dinagdagan pa niya.

I stared at her lazily. "Miss, if you're just trying to get my attention then congrats, you made it." I slightly scratched my brow, thinking if she was the girl Aid was talking about but I doubted it. I was sure I have never seen nor talked to her before. Ngayon ko lang siya nakita.

I let out a chuckle, nodding when she pointed her lips. Gusto lang pala magpahalik ang dami pang sinabi. Napatingin tuloy ako sa labi niya. Alagang lip balm siguro. Pinkish, e.

"I get it now," I said and played with my lips using my thumb finger. Nakita ko pa kung paano nagbago ang reaksyon ng mukha niya. I hid my smile. Cute.

"Hoy, ayokong sumama sayo! I want to have a boyfriend first-"

She had no chance to talk anymore when I kissed her. I was only planning to give her a peck but I got carried away that I did a french kiss instead and even smacked her ass. Pati ako nagulat sa ginawa ko kaya lumayo na ako nang bumalik ako sa sarili ko.

She was looking at me as if she wanted to say every bad thing that she could tell to me. I knew it was my fault but I was really an asshole for stopping myself to laugh because of her face right now. Ramdam ko 'yong galit na gusto nang lumabas pero pigil na pigil.

"I'm a very generous person you know? No need to thank me," I told her to see if what reaction she would make this time.

"W-why did you do that?" She didn't take her eyes away from me.

"I thought you want me to give you a kiss. I did you a favor. Hindi ba masarap?" nagtatakang sabi ko kahit na alam ko nang mali ang intindi ko kanina.

Seeing her reaction says it all. She didn't want a kiss. I just assumed it. Tanginang 'yan. Ang aga ko namang nagkasala.

Akala ko 'yon na ang una at huling pagkikita namin pero mali na naman ako dahil kinabukasan nang lumipat kami ng bahay, nasa harap ko na naman siya.