Lacuna

19

Y/N POV

After the wedding and waking up with a huge hangover, you decided to drive in late in the afternoon to give yourself enough time to recuperate and have the Panadol kick in and do its magic against the headache. You left Bicol without properly saying goodbye to anyone. Luckily, there were fewer travelers at night, and it only took 6 hours to catch the flight you booked to drive from Naga to Manila, where your sister's condo is.

After 2 hours of catching up with your sleep, your bunso drove you to the airport. Since her condo is located in Pasay, it took 20 minutes for you both to arrive at Terminal 3, where the international flights are.

"You sure ate aalis ka without saying goodbye kay ate Tricia?" Your bunso asked.

"I'm sure. Thank you for driving me to the airport." You smiled at her.

"No problem. Lapit lang ng condo ko dito ate." She said, smiling sadly at you, "You don't have to leave ate. Iniwan ninyo yung bunso magisa."

"I'll be back. I promise." You reassured her. "I just need to pause and breathe. I can't heal where I was destroyed. You know that."

"I know. You don't have to explain ate. I know. We all know." She mumbled. "I'll visit from time to time."

"Ang drama mo Ali." You poked her cheek. "It's not like I am dyi – "

"ANNOUNCEMENT: DUE TO THE HEAVY RAIN AND BAD WEATHER, ALL INTERNATIONAL AND ALL DOMESTIC FLIGHTS TO AND FROM MANILA ARE DELAYED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE."

"Well, looks like God has another plan for you today, ate." Your bunso chuckled, quite happy that your stay got extended. "Balik na tayo sa condo."

"Fine, fine. Until further notice daw. Hopefully, 2-3 days meron na bago flight schedule." You playfully raised your hands in defeat.

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TRICIA'S POV

"Tricia! Gising na!" Ralph burst into your room, plopping himself on your bed, successfully waking you up.

"Ang aga paaaaa. Ang sakit ng ulo ko." You whined as you put the pillow above your head, trying to conceal Ralph's noise.

"Di naman kasi sayo pinapaubos yung tequila, pero ikaw yung panay agaw sa amin." He took the pillow from you, effectively making you look at him and raised his eyebrow at you.

"You wanted me drunk so I did." You rolled your eyes as you tried to sit up and stretch your body.

"I did. God, mabuti na lang at mataas alcohol tolerance namin kagabi kundi all-out-war n asana tayo." Ralph laughed, "You were ready to tear Dr. Madrigal's hair because she was super annoying. But, to be fair, every friend of ours who witnessed her behavior last night was definitely complaining. Some were even thinking of calling the security on her."

"What the hell happened? Di ko maalala. Snippets lang. Like yung mga shots, some games we played, but I can't remember fighting or almost fighting Dr. Madrigal." You said. Trying to wrack your brains out about your very eventful and drunk evening.

"You know... The usual behavior of one very rude Dr. Madrigal, trying to get too close to you while everyone glared at her pero shocks grabe kapal ng mukha. Di nagpapaawat at talaga kumuha ng chair and tumabi sayo. Like come on have some decency kahit umiinom yung mga tao." Ralph flailing his hand in the air, began to tell what happened. "I think it was past midnight na, and there were fewer doctors in the venue, bakante na yung nakaupo sa other side mo pero the audacity. Nagpapansin pa, she dragged another chair to sit beside you without greeting everyone on the table. Rude much." He rolled his eyes, clearly annoyed.