"Dra. Bermudez! Hinahanap kita kanina! Saan ka po nanggaling?" the resident welcomed me with a patient's chart. "Papapirmahan ko po sana sa inyo 'to."
"I ate," sagot ko sabay kuha ng chart at pumirma. "Anyway, how's this patient?"
Nagpaliwanag agad ito saka ako napatango. I gave the resident a few orders bago ako umalis.
Isang linggo na ang nagdaan simula ng setup namin ni Sage. After the three-day straight duty, I got the chance to have my off. Thankfully, two days ang off ko and Sage invited me to his penthouse near the hospital. Well, I wouldn't say that it's a walking distance near, but near enough to reach it.
"You live in this expensive penthouse, huh?" I roamed my eyes around his modern designed penthouse. He's got a pretty good taste.
"You speak as if you don't own an expensive unit too," he shrugged.
"Pero hindi naman ganto kalaki," depensa ko. "You could pass as sugar daddy." walang prenong saad ko.
Inayos ko na muna yung pagkain saka itinabi sa gilid ang mga paper bag. Kumukuha pa kasi si Sage ng tubig. He doesn't want to drink soft drinks without water. He's too healthy living for me.
He came with glasses of water saka nag Indian sit sa carpet, just like me.
"May naging girlfriend ka na?"
He shook his head. "I'm too busy. I've got flings, as I told you. But as something as serious, wala."
"Even in med school?" I asked.
"None. As in." he firmly answered.
Napatango ako. We're just the same lang pala. Back in highschool, a lot of guys were trying to hit on me. Napagbintangang kabit at napagbintangan na ring third party and of course, my frivolous affairs. The nutshell of my history with boys up until now. Nakakatawang isipin na ang tatanga nila dahil masyado silang bulag at sarado ang kanilang mga pag-iisip pagdating sa ganoong bagay. If someone asks if I had a boyfriend, my response is, 'maraming nakapila'. It was pretty funny for me actually.
"Baka ikaw, may boyfriend..."
Natawa ako. "I don't do serious, Sage."
Umiling ako habang uminom ng juice. "It doesn't fit me." he frowned. "The serious type."
"Since you're on your residency, may plano ka ba? Like, take a subspecialty?" he asked, changing the topic.
"Hindi ko pa alam. Makikita ko na lang," sagot ko. "If I explored things in depths and give myself some time, maybe I can finally decide."
It was finally dinner time at tinatanong ko si Sage kung ano ang gusto niyang kainin. He said that he doesn't know at ako na raw ang bahalang umorder at siya na ang magbabayad.
I waltz to the kitchen to open the fridge and the bunch of raw goods surprised me.
"Seriously, ang dami mong stock ng pagkain dito sa ref mo tapos hindi man lang nagagalaw 'to?" takang tanong ko habang nakatingin sa freezer niya na punong-puno ng karne. Well, hindi naman masisira yung mga karne. Ang pinagtataka ko lang, paano nabubuhay 'tong lalaking 'to?! He's a fellow and honestly, he's got a lot of free time for himself.
Humarap ako sa kanya at tinaasan ko ang kilay ko.
"Don't tell me—"
"Marunong akong magluto, Addison. I just don't have time." he cut me off.
"Paano ka nabubuhay niyan?!"
"Breathing?" he innocently said.
"Tarantado," sagot ko pabalik. He chuckled. Who would've thought na marunong tumawa ang taong bato? "Magluluto na nga lang ako."
BINABASA MO ANG
Between the Ice of Hearts (Cold Hearts Series #1)
Fiksi UmumAddison Bermudez, a careless, carefree teenager who thinks that her life has no direction at all. She thinks that she's a hopeless case. Like what her famous saying, "I can do whatever the hell I want with my life." When things change, a lot for thi...
