Chapter 31: Figure things out

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Vyel..

hindi namin alam ni Riz how to make ate Jia feel good again. hindi pa rin sya okay. hindi pa rin sila naka pag usap ni ate Mich.

kagabi nga sa dinner hay ang tahimik ng lahat. as in walang usapan. tapos after kumain nag kanya kanya na kami. sobrang hindi talaga okay.

- oi! palagay mo okay lang si ate Jia?

putol ni Riz sa pag iisip ko.

- yun na nga eh, tingin mo ba okay sya?

she shooks her head and smiled. tapos iniwan nya na ako.

- ate, kain muna tayo? tara na po.

yaya ko habang tinuturo yung hinahandang pag kain ni Riz.

tumango naman sya at sumabay sa pag lakad ko.

- sit here ate.

sabi ni Riz while tapping the side where she already sitted. umusog na lang si Riz ng kaonti.

- ate Jia oh. luto po namin ni Nanay yan. promise hindi lang isang patatas ang binalatan ko dyan.

natawa naman ako nang nag katinginan kami ni Riz. ate Jia just stared with us. siguro nag tataka kung ano yung tungkol sa patatas.

kinuha na ni ate Jia yung food. and started to eat. ganun din ako.

- masarap nga. ang galing talaga mag luto ni Nanay no. tama po ba ate?

tumango lang sya. and continue to eat. hindi talaga sya nag sasalita.

ang tahimik namin habang kumakain. both Riz and I didn't know how to open a conversation.

- ahm guys! would you like some magic?

tanong ni Riz. nag katinginan naman kami ni ate Jia.

- magic? marunong ka ba?

tanong ko.

- are you doubting my magical skills?

- well then let's see?

- you bet!

sabi nya. then ibinaba nya yung hawak nyang plate.

- ate Ji, face me.

then ate Jia did.

- would you like to forget even just for a while? well i'll make you forget.

walang reaksyon si ate Jia. while si Riz sobrang serious yung mukha. then she blew her hands.

- you will forget everything. you will forget you're hurting. you will forget the pain. you will forget Micah.

sabi ni Riz while circling her both hands around ate Jia's face.

- wait who's Micah!?

halos sabay namin na tanong ni ate Jia. finally she spoke. then nag katinginan kami.

- see? it worked.  naka limutan nyo si Micah. haha.

- last mo na yan Riz ha.

sabi ni ate Jia. tapos nag tawanan na rin kami.

buti na lang talaga nandito si Riz, kahit paano napa tawa nya si ate Jia. baliw talaga.

after we eat nag lakad lakad kami. oo nga pala kaming tatlo lang ang magkakasama. di ba nga ate Jia needs to think. she needs space. kaya eto iniwan muna namin yung ibang team mates namin.

- ate?

tawag ni Riz. reason while we both looked at her.

- ahm.. i know you're not okay. after what happened yesterday, i know everything went wrong. but you know what? the best way to turn everythings right is a talk. a serious conversation that figure things up.

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