It feels worse how I just had a nightmare about how I lost him last night. Now, I'm looking at this man eye to eye, uttering at the back of my head that he's alive.
"Woah." His ears clapped. "This must be a coincidence."
I don't think so. This is a curse.
"Perhaps it's destiny?" Umarko ang kilay niya.
Wala pa man akong ginagawa, pagod na ako.
"Kasalanan mo 'to, Bambi. Why must I suffer on my last day?" The wind caught my words. I breathed deeply before forcing a smile. "Good morning, Sir."
He looked more amused when I walked in and I tried not to look rude with my disappointed face the whole time.
"Sir?" Natatawa siyang humalukipkip.
I just have to act like I don't know him and be a nurse, right? It should be easy.
"Kailangan niyo raw po ng assistance, Sir?" Iyon na ang pinakamalambot na boses na kaya ko. Ipinagdiinan ko rin ang honorifics para ipamukhang trabaho lang ang negosyo namin.
He grinned as he shook his head. "Look at you being formal with me." Naospital na't lahat ay nagagawa niya pa ring ngumiti nang sagad. "Aren't you supposed to build RAPPORT with your patient?"
That's what I'm trying to do. Bakit ba ginagawa niyang komplikado ang proseso? Wala namang Entertaining part sa nursing process. Eh, 'di sana naging ADPIEE 'yon.
"Yes, Sir. This is me trying my best." Please cooperate.
He nodded. "Then call me Yuri. You know I prefer to be called that way." He smiled again. Walang mag-aakala na may sakit siya sa puso, na matagal siyang na-confine sa ospital bago na-operahan, that he had a transplant two years ago here, in the same hospital.
At sa lahat ng babalik, hindi ko alam kung bakit siya pa. I didn't handle him even once that time and I promised that I wouldn't see him upon his discharge. Kaya anong hangin ng kamalasan ang naglalaro sa 'kin ngayon?
"Wala pong problema, Sir Yuri. Kung saan po kayo higit na komportable."
Kinagat niya ang labi para maitago ang ngisi. Sana halata sa hitsura ko na maikli ang pasensiya ko. "Please exclude the honorifics. I don't like how formal it sounds."
"But wouldn't it be disrespectful for you to be called by just your name, Sir?"
I died when he said, "No." Umiling siya. "To be honest, I prefer casual conversation."
I do not. There's no way I will call him by his name.
"Puwede ko na po bang malaman kung ano ang maitutulong ko sa kanila? May masakit po ba sa inyo? Kumusta po ba ang pakiramdam niyo?" tanong ko.
"I still don't understand Tagalog that much so I would appreciate it if you talk to me in English."
Natigilan ako. I forgot that about him. It felt like my forged soft voice was put to waste.
"I was asking how you are feeling, Sir Yuri." My lips started to feel numb from all the fake smiles I gave him.
He held her chest as if touched. "How sweet of you to ask that."
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