"Isang vanilla ice cream nga po." It's late night and yet I'm here at the store in front of my beloved hospital. What else would I buy aside from my comfort food?
Gulat ang tindera sa napili kong flavor. "Himala ata at hindi matcha ang kukuhanin mo ngayon?"
I concluded there's no more left. May mga nagdaan kasing estudiyante at lahat sila ay matcha ang hawak. "Meron pa po ba?"
"May isa pa." Ngumiti ang tindero. "Kukuhanin mo?"
"Sige po. Iyon na lang."
Ilang araw rin akong sinusuwerte sa sorbetes bago mag-leave. Palaging may natitirang isa.
"Ito, oh." Inabot ng tindera sa akin ang sorbetes kapalit ng mga barya ko.
At home, after taking a shower and eating my dinner, I searched for Yuri's account. I went to his inbox to type a message, but I saw his last chat.
Yuri: You must live well too. You deserve it, Miss Nurse.
Yuri: And if death is the only way one can live well. I'll die for you.
Reading it again, I regretted that I became vulnerable in front of him. He even saw me crying. I should've not cried like that.
Mauve: Thank you.
Mauve: Thanks.
Mauve: Tnx.
Mauve: TY.
Hindi ko matanggap na nagtitipa ako ng mensahe para sa kaniya. I deleted everything after typing them and typed a new one.
Mauve: I heard you are looking for a handmaid. Do you want to hire me?
I stared at it, thinking if I should send it or delete it as well. I think I stared at it so much that my phone fell on my face. Bad luck stroke again, there's already a check mark beside my message when I saw it.
Delivered.
"Puta!" mas malutong pa sa chicharon kong mura. I should get a new phone at this point!
Namamawis at nanginginig pa ang mga daliri ko nang pindutin ang unsend button. Suwerte pa rin ako sa part na hindi online si Yuri. Upon unsending it, a green circle on his profile appeared.
Active now.
Umayos ako ng dapa sa kama ng umalon ang tatlong tuldok. It means he's typing.
Yuri: You should've not unsent the 'I love you', I already read it.
Mauve: It wasn't an 'I love you'. Stop dreaming awake.
Yuri: Was it I missed you instead?
Mauve: No!
Yuri: To see the proof is to believe. If you can't provide, I'll stick to my belief.
Mauve: Think what you want to think. I don't care.
Yuri: Said by someone who unsent a message to have a conversation with me?
Mauve: It was wrongly sent.
Yuri: I saw it. It was 'I love you'.
Mauve: Yeah. For someone else.
Yuri: (ಥ﹏ಥ)
Yuri: The nose joked and it wasn't funny. What did the eye say?
Malalim akong huminga at bumalik sa pagkakadapa kahit papatayo na sana mula sa kama.
Mauve: What?
Yuri: Cornea.
Mauve: Ok.
It's not the joke that made it funny. It's the long silence in the conversation after. Papatayin ko na dapat ang cellphone ko nang biglang may maisip na naman ang lalaki.
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