Hidden Hearts and Summer Skies (Silent Secrets of Summer #1)

Chapter 21

Wednesday came like a blink, busy na rin kami since tapos na ang meetings about our project, we are now stitching every ideas we had into one para hindi kami mahirapan.

3 days kaming hindi nagkita ni Jiro, habang 4 days walang paramdam si Kirby, hindi ko rin alam kung nakauwi naba yun galing out of town trip with his tita dahil pati sa message ay wala siyang paramdam.

"Haven, naipasa mo na ba yung portfolio natin kay Doc Aquino?" Hanah asked, I nodded at her silently, inabot ko din sakaniya yung copy para mabasa din nila.

"Ipabasa mo nalang sa iba, thank you." I smile at her and sat on my chair and proceeded to read my notes for our subjects today, wala talaga ako sa mood ngayon, 'di ko alam kung dahil lang ba sa pabago-bagong panahon o dahil lang stress ako sa upcoming midterm.

After class umuwi na agad ako, I felt sick gusto kong sumuka, hindi ko alam anong meron at bigla nalang bumibigat ang katawan ko, dumiretso lang ako sa kitchen and fetch some water and medicine at umakyat na agad ako sa kwarto.

Kumuha lang ako saglit ng pampalit at nagpalit na rin para makapagpahinga, I just freshen up myself and exited my bathroom.

Buti nalang at nakapagpalit na ako sa banyo dahil bigla nalang bumukas ang pinto ng kwarto, it was Jiro. I just glance at him and continue what I was doing on my study table.

I don't feel like talking to him, hindi ko rin alam kung galit ba ako sakaniya o nagtatampo lang, after tidying up my study table kinuha ko na ang gamot at ininom na rin ito. Wala man lang nagsasalita sa'min.

"Maaga dismissal niyo?" He asked, while eyeing me walked on my bed.

"Yeah." I shortly responded, my voice sound a little bit hoarse than usual.

When I got to my bed kinuha ko lang ang phone ko at humiga na, napansin ko din na umupo siya sa may study chair ko.

"Are you okay Haven?" Hindi agad ako nakasagot I felt like there's a lump on my throat, para akong naiiyak na ewan, the audacity to ask me that, really?

"Yes." I continue scrolling on my phone, not giving him a glance, gusto ko nalang matulog dahil naguumpisa na rin sumakit ang ulo ko.

"Are we okay?" Napahinto ako sa pag gamit ng phone ko when that question came, I don't know.

"Are we?" Balik na tanong ko sakaniya at dahan dahan na umupo, sa 'di malamang dahilan unti unti nang umagos ang luha ko, I don't think I can act being okay with him when I felt so ignored the past few days.

"Haven, what happened?" He worriedly ask tumayo na siya para puntahan ako but I stopped him with my hand making him stay where he is.

"Ask yourself that, Jiro." I look at him this time with tears flowing to my face, hindi ko na kayang itago yung lungkot na nararamdaman ko, hindi ako gaya niya na kapag may hindi siya magandang nararamdaman lalabas lang siya, iinom at mawawala na agad.

"I'm sorry. Tell me what's wrong, hmm? What happened?" I chuckle at what he asked. Wala talaga siyang idea.

"Really? You can't even figure out yourself?" I laugh bitterly at what I said, "want me to list it down?" I wipe my tears off, I thought he's better.

"Ignoring me after your match, not responding to any of my messages, then seeing you celebrating all alone without getting any replies from you when I'm here worriedly sick on why you can't reply to any of my messages, really? You can't figure it out?" He look so guilty after what I said, so hindi niya alam na nakita ko yung mga tag sakaniya? It's not even about him celebrating alone, but it's the fact that he ignored me for a few days.

"Haven—"

"Just leave for now. I'm not okay, nor we are okay. Reflect on yourself Jiro, because as much as I love you as my bestfriend, I won't tolerate this behavior from you." Lalapit pa sana siya but I showed him my palm, stopping him.