Until The Universe Crosses Our Paths Again

Chapter 3: "I Loved Summers"

Gab's POV

We woke up early kasi walang magbabantay kay Kane.

We went to the hospital, and she still hasn't woke up.

I placed my bag in the hospital room. Then, I went to the lobby with Bella and Alex, there's a café there kaya doon nalang kami nagbreakfast. Then, someone tapped my shoulder.

'Miss, where's Room 204 po?' said an unknown guy, na may unting Canadian accent.

'Ah yes, third floor po, to the righ---'
lumingon ako sa lalaki,

It was Dyx...

'Thank you.'

What if bumalik na ang greatest love mo? Those were the thoughts that came to me that day. It was him, it was Dyx! I swear I wasn't drinking or drunk, I was completely sober. And the Canadian accent, I knew it was him. Nakita ko siyang pumunta sa elevator.

'.. Guys! I, uhm babalikan ko lang yung charger ko sa room.'

I went to the elevator, it was almost closing!

'Kuya! Wait lang po!'

I saw na pinindot ni guy yung open door button.

'..Thank you.'

I observed him viciously, I looked at his facial features. That pale and porcelain skin, that sharp nose, the wide shoulder that I always leaned to, the eyes that always locked for me, the hair that I always massaged and touched. It was really him. Bumalik na ang greatest love ko.

But he caught me looking at him, kaya tiningnan niya rin ako.

'...What's the problem?'

'..Nothing naman po hehehe...'

'Have we met before?'

'We haven't... did we?'

I was sweating so much. It was always my eyes that intimidated people, but his eyes? Yun lang yung mga mata na makakatiklop sakin.

He approached me, closer and closer.

'.... Ai? '

Ai was our nickname to each other when we were studying in Canada.

I sighed. Bahala na.

'Dyx.'

'No way...'

'It's Gab. Ako to, yung tarantadong ex mo from Canada.'

'What!?'

'Wag ka sana magalit. I'm really sorry. I didn't even expect na uuwi ka---'

Then, he suddenly hugged me, tightly, I felt so suffocated, but I missed it.

He whispered,

'I missed you.'

We went to the café and sat on the coffee table, he wanted a small talk. Wala na si Alex and Bella 'non, they were in the hospital room.

'So, has anything changed?' ani ko, I couldn't even make eye contact, pero sa peripheral vision ko, I saw na nakatitig siya sakin.

'Ito, ikaw parin.'

Antagal ko ng hindi naranasan ang kilig. But over the guys I've met, the boys I cried for, I dated, I got played for, he was the only guy na hindi ko mamove-onan. Ang hirap.