I furiously went to the University. May nagpakalat pala na may relasyon kami ni Calissa. Hindi ito lingid sa kaalaman ng mga kaklase ko kaya hindi na sila nagulat pa ng mabalitaan nila ito.
"Did you track it down?" I asked when I entered the room. Currently Cly is helping me to take down the photos circulating in the media. Kalat na sa buong campus ang relasyon namin. Just a week ago when I proposed and everything seems so smooth ay pumutok ito na balita. Hindi ko ma contact si Calissa kaya while I still can't contact her ay kailangan ko nang gumalaw para hindi masira ang reputasyon niya. Everyone is calling her a pedo. For fuck sake it is none of their business.
Walang edad o kasarian ang makakapaglimita sa iyo na sino ang mahalin. Everyone thinks they are perfect enough to judge our relationship. Calissa don't deserve this. She deserves respect. A lot of people online calls her name kaya kinakailangan ko na talaga ang tulong ni Cly para mabura ito. I cannot move my father's men dahil may pinaggagamitan daw ito ni Tita. I don't know what they are up to and I don't care and mahalaga sa akin ngayon ay hindi masira ang pangalan ni Calissa.
The photos were about me and Calissa having a date in Nustar. That happened the other day. The photo clearly captured us whispering in each other's ears and being intimate.
"Mayor, ang dami nang repost kaya matatagalan ito." Sagot ni Cly kaya napasabunot ako sa buhok ko. I need to move fast. I don't care what other people will think about me, I only care that Calissa might get hurt to what they are saying.
"Please do it as fast as you can Cly." Nagmamakaawang sabi ko at umupo.
"Kalma ka lang Rain, walang mangyayari kay Miss Cardell." Pampagaang loob ni Ana sa akin.
"She's still not picking up my call." I frustratedly said as I typed hard in my phone.
"Maybe she is busy figuring this out?" Jini said in an unsure tone. Hindi ako mapakali hangga't hindi niya sinasagot ang tawag ko. This is making me worried as hell.
"Puntahan mo na lang kaya sa kanila?" Ana suggested and I shook my head.
"I already went there and she's nowhere to be found." Naiiyak kong sabi sa dalawa kong kaibigan. Kaming apat lang ang nandito sa room namin dahil wala namang klase pero pumunta sila rito nang pumutok ang balita. The photos were posted at midnight at tulog na kami ng nangyari iyon. Kaya hindi agad nabura. Nagulat na lang ako kaninang alas singko paggising ko ay may maraming missed call na from my friends and classmates.
"Tatawag din niyan."
Dumaan ang ilang araw ay hindi parin sumasagot si Calissa sa mga tawag ko. I kept on coming back to her condo but she's not there and even Miss Mary was not there. I even stayed outside for twenty four hours just to see if umuuwi pa ba siya roon pero wala ni kahit anino niya. Mag-iisang linggo na at wala parin akong balita sa kaniya.
Usap-usapan sa University ay nagresign daw ito dahil nahiya sa ginawa niya. But I know her more than they know her alam kong hindi niya ako iiwan sa ere ng walang paalam. Alam kong may mabigat siyang rason sa pagkawala niya.
Just for the mere photo everything collapsed. Every time I go to the University palagi ako ang laman nang usapan nila but I don't really care I just want Calissa back. Miss na miss ko na siya.
Agad akong umakyat sa floor ng condo niya. I want to see again if she's not here. Nagdoorbell ako nang nagdoorbell pero wala talagang sumasagot. I punched their pin number. I don't care anymore if I will invade her privacy. I just want to see her.
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Intersected Lines
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