Until The Universe Crosses Our Paths Again

Chapter 4: "23"

Monday nanaman.

Hindi parin nakain si Kane, dinadalhan naman namin siya ng lugaw, or soup, but nothing worked.

Kaya I cooked Kane's favorite ulam, sinigang na hipon.

Kumatok ako sa pintuan niya,

'Kaneee, I cooked your favorite meal!'

Shockingly, pinapasok niya ako sa room niya.

Galing nga naman ng isang Gab. Syempre, ako na 'to eh.

'Pasok ka.'

I saw her room. I knew this wasn't Kane. The Kane I knew na laging malinis sa kanyang room, the Kane who is always clean and neat, slept in a room full of baskets of laundry, random na kalat of her personal things, and torn up decorations that she didn't even want to repair.

'Kane! What happened to your room?'

'Kung mangingialam 'ka lang umalis 'ka na.'

Of course, ayokong umalis, I wanted to know more on what she's going through.

'Joke lang, 'di ka naman mabiro.. Tara, subuan kita.'

Linagay ko yung tray of her sinigang na hipon sa bed niya. She sat in her messy na puro kumot at plushies na butas at lumalabas na yung cotton sa loob nito. But tinabihan 'ko naman siya anyway, hindi ako maarte sa kaibigan noh!

'.. Ito, subuan kita. Wait lang i-blow 'ko lang ah.. '

I blew the hot soup, making sure she won't burn her tongue.

'Here comes the airplane.. ' of course, para tumawa naman siya. Pero it wasn't effective.

Nagpasubo naman siya sakin. But then..

'Gab!'

Linuwa niya ito sa kanyang carpet and drank the water I provided.

'.. Bakit? Ano problema? Mainit pa ba? Pero hinipan 'ko naman siya.... '

'Ang dami 'mong asin Gabriella!'

'But it said isang gisok ng asin in the recipe!'

'Gab! That's 1 pinch of salt!'

'.. Kala ko kasi tablespoon..'

Sorry na, tao lang oh. I'm not used parin sa malalalim na words in Tagalog. And I wasn't good as well with measurements sa pagluluto. Tagalog na tagalog kasi yung recipe na ginamit 'ko.

'Sige luto nalang ako ng bago.'

'Wag na.'

'Bakit? I promise, alam 'ko na ang gisok!'

'Hindi 'ko parin naman makakakain eh...'

'I'll just cook another one. Stay right there.' Umalis na ako ng room niya.

I repeated, '1 pinch... 1 pinch.. 1 pinch.. 'on my way to the kitchen. Pinaulit ulit 'ko pa 'yon.

Kane's POV

Nobody was awake in the house except for Gab pero nasa kitchen siya. Kaya pumunta na ako.

Here I am.

My feet was a centimeter close to the edge.

Nakita ko sa baba ang mga kotse at mga truck. The abandoned building was 4 floors, surely I wouldn't survive diyan diba? I want to end this never ending pain. Hindi 'ko na kaya.