Break His Wall (Ramos Series #1)

III - Good Morning

Dahil sa walang humpay na pag-uusisa ni Marionette, wala kaming ibang nagawa kundi magkwento tungkol sa lahat ng nangyari. Pati narin nung gabi sa party.

"Rion and Dwight?" She exclaimed. "Well, both of them are good-looking in the first place. But If I were you, I'd rather go with Rion. Medyo may sabit si Dwight, e. So red flag na agad."

"Anong go with? Wala akong dapat piliin sa kanila kasi wala naman talagang dapat pag-pilian in the first place." I said with finality. "Isa pa, wala akong gusto ni isa sa kanila, no?"

"Really, Aga?" Asar ni Artemis. Oo na, Dwight is more handsome.

"Also, what are you talking about, Mari? Anong sabit ang pinagsasasabi mo?" Napalingon ito kay Marionette.

"I just heard that he had a long distance relationship for five years with the Atenean volleyball player, Kim Tamara."

Seryoso? Five years na long distance? So Dwight is not from Manila then?

"Really? The Kim Tamara that they recruited from the Japanese National Team? Why did they break up?" Artemis asked curiously.

Napaisip naman si Mari. "Allegedly third party daw. Though, I don't really know who cheated. Because after the break up, Kim went hiatus on media while Dwight was spotted a bunch of times with some random hook ups and dates."

So, Dwight is out serious relationship scheme lately, huh?

"E, si Rion ba? Any infos about him?" Arthemis cut my thoughts.

"Orion Gozon is a new face to the industry. They weren't even recruited together by the team. In fact, the university has been trying to recruit Dwight Ramos way before him, no'ng sa Huston pa ito nag-aaral. Maybe it was 2 years ago? Saka lang siya pumayag nung naghiwalay na sila ni Kim."

Houston?

Artemis and I looked at each other. "Maybe to get closer to Kim?"

"And  the hot take? He even refused the Russian league just to join Ateneo." The surprise on our faces is just so evident not to be notice. "Who the hell in their right mind would?"

I had a hard time sleeping that night trying to think about everything I just found out. It must be difficult for both of them. Five years' not a joke.

I mean, I've never had a long relationship but I've experienced break-ups. I could vouch.

The first morning after the break up is always the hard part. Yung bigla ka nalang nagising isang umaga na wala na ang lahat. Mas nagiging mahirap sa paglipas ng mga araw. Minsan gusto mo nalang matulog magdamag pero hindi rin nakakatulong dahil sa bawat pagpikit mo, nakikita mo siya. Pati sa panaginip mo, naroon siya.

I have no idea how they are getting through all of these.

I did some digging on their socials. As what Marionette mentioned, Kim is really on a social break. All of her accounts are private and only some photos were left public on her pages. While Dwight's socials aren't dead yet it's deserted.

A lot of recent tagged photos we're either on a club or in a house party.

His instagram is active though. And he still hasn't deleted any of their photos together. They have many pictures together in different countries. So I guess, they must've traveled a lot when they're still together.

As I was scrolling further, something caught my attention. In a dark room, Dwight is sitting across the room with his guitar.

Right there on top of the moon.
We could sit and do nothing.
I wish, that we were bold
to just fly away.
I don't wanna care.
Just be here and I'm good.

His voice sang every words so passionately. I smiled as I sang along. It's moon by Carl Storm.

The caption read, 'Cheers to another year for us. Let's run away sometime. I love you my dear Kim Tamara. Happy anniversary.'

I was about to swipe back when I accidentally pressed the heart button. Oh shit! I got up from my bed feeling anxious. I was already panicking before even deciding to undo it  but I think it was already too late.

'You have one received message from Instagram.'

Pikit-mata ko itong sinilip at hindi nga ako nabigo. 'Were you stalking me all this time?'

It's Dwight.

Halo-halong emosyon ang naramdaman ko. Tuwa, kilig, saya, kaba, gulat at iba pa. Any time from now, mukhang sasabog na ako. Hindi ko na makalma ang sarili ko.

Binaon ko ang mukha sa unan at tahimik na napasigaw.

'If you're just gonna leave me on read, I might as well just block you.'

Fuck!

'Hi. What do you mean?' I blindly replied.

'You are stalking me.'  It wasn't a question. I didn't bothered replying since I don't think if there's any point of denying it.

Then I received an instagram notification again.

'How's the cake?'

Napatalon ako sa tuwa nang mapagtantong sa kanya nga talaga galing 'yon.

'Sayo pala galing? Salamat.'

'It wasn't free.' Mas bumilis ang tibok ng puso ko. I bit my lip trying to think of a reply.

'Ano ba kapalit? Gusto mo kiss nalang? Hahaha.' Pabiro kong sagot. Ngunit hindi ko naman inaasahan ang magiging sagot nito.

'Maybe?'

Naging madalas na ang pagtext namin sa isa't isa ni Dwight. Hindi naman ganon ka-consistent. Minsan nagiging busy ako sa school at siya naman sa training. Hindi ko rin naman masyadong pinapahalata na nilalandi ko na pala siya. Casual conversation lang.

Palagi akong nag-rereply sa mga instagram stories niya kahit hindi ko ugaling mag-initiate ng conversation. And in return, kinukumusta niya rin naman ang araw ko.

"Tuwang tuwa, ah. May progress na ba?" Tanong ni Arthemis sakin nang mapansin ang pagiging busy ko sa phone.

Marahan akong tumango saka siya napatili.

"Nako, kayong dalawa talaga. Ipapaalala ko lang ulit sa inyo, five years 'yon ha. Five years." Ulit ni Marionette habang naghahanda ng dinner.

I just smiled at her. "It's just a happy crush, Mari. You know, para lang rin motivated tayo araw-araw."

"Hindi naman kita kino-contra d'yan. Ang sinasabi ko lang, set boundaries. Wag 'yong tino-todo niyo. Baka kinabukasan, biglang masabi niyo 'happy crush lang naman, ba't masakit?" Matawa niyang asar sakin.

Biyernes ng umaga nang magising ako sa isang mensahe.

'Good morning.'

Napatili ako at agad nagising ang diwa. It's from Dwight.