I Don't Want To Go Back

33

"I'm sorry, Sy. I'm really sorry..."

Jayce kept on following me since he saw me at the elevator on my way to the laboratory.

"I said it's all fine." I lazily said, not giving him even a single glance because I'm busy fixing a machine for processing samples kasi gagamitin 'ko 'to mamaya.

"It doesn't look fine at all, Sy." He still insisted.

I sighed before looking up to him, "Ano pa ba, Jayce? Okay na nga 'di ba?" inis na sagot ko.

"Look, you're mad." He pointed out.

"Kasi ang kulit mo." Kanina pa niya 'ko ayaw tantanan, kitang nagta-trabaho.

"Okay, I'm sorry... but... that Kylo, what did he do to you, huh? I mean... he took you home? And?" I creased my forehead after hearing his questions.

"What are you talking about? And what? He took me home, tapos."

"May... may sinabi ba siya sa 'yo?" he looked nervous and a bit uneasy. What does for?

"Tungkol saan?"

He shook his head, "Nothing. Nevermind, Sy."

Ngumiwi lang ako dahil hindi ko siya maintindihan. Anong sasabihin ni Kylo sa 'kin? Tungkol saan? Tungkol kay Jayce? Bakit?

"Uh... Sy," he called again while I'm now looking for a patient's chart.

"What?" I answered while still looking at my patient's chart.

"I feel like Kylo is not good for you, don't you think so?"

It made me looked up to him, closing the chart. "Why?"

He shrugged his shoulders off, "I don't know. I just feel it."

"Anong gusto mong gawin ko?" tinaasan ko siya ng kilay.

"Stay away from him?"

"Why would I do that with just your feeling na he's not good me?"

He shrugged his shoulders off again, "besides he's engaged. Baka lang malaman ng mapapangasawa niya na nakikipagkita siya sa 'yo, baka magkagulo. Ayaw mo 'yon 'di ba?"

Napaisip ako ro'n. Kahit papapaano tama naman siya, pero I know to myself that I do nothing wrong. Besides too, Kylo was the one who approached me, pero kung kailangan kong umiwas so be it.

"Wait," I think of it. "How did you know that he's engaged?" I looked at him.

His eyes suddenly panicked but he managed to answer, "I just know. You know, connections." He shrugged his shoulders off.

I nod my head.

Pinapaiwas ako ni Kylo kay Jayce, as per him, Jayce is dangerous. While Jayce, pinapaiwas ako kay Kylo, dahil sabi niya engaged na ito at ayaw ko namang masangkot sa kahit na anong gulo.

Iiwasan ko silang dalawang. Tang ina.

Tinanguan ko nalang siya para matapos na, at makapag trabaho na 'ko nang matiwasay.

"Sy," tawag sa akin ni Rhoana.

Nilingon ko siya, "yes?"

"Pinapatawag ka ni Doctora Peralta sa office niya, may ipapasuyo siguro." Aniya.

Tumango naman ako sa kaniya. "Sige, salamat."

I left the microscope I was using to check a sample, and went out of my station to go to the elevator. When I was waiting for it to open, naka tingin lang ako ro'n sa harap.

But to my shock when I saw an unexpected visitor. No, not my visitor. Hindi ko alam kung kaninong bisita ko.

I saw how her eyes widen upon seeing me. Muntik na rin manlaki ng mga mata ko kanina pero pinigilan ko lang, 'di naman kami close para magulat akong nandito siya. 'Tsaka anong ginagawa niya rito. Magpapa-lab? Bakit? Para sa'n? Ewan, ano bang paki ko.