Boy Next Door (LeAga)

Traces of Yesterday

It's Sunday and supposed to be their Sun-date pero ni text mula kay Aga wala s'yang natatanggap. Dati naman paggising n'ya ng 7am meron ng text si Aga. Sometimes he even calls to remind her about their weekly date. alAside of course from the almost daily surprise dates he prepares. At least for her, those are dates.

She texted him nth times but he didn't reply.

"What has gotten into him?" She asked herself as if she could get any answer.

To Babes <3: 07:00 am

Aga, asan ka na babes? Aren't we going to church yet? J

ToBabes <3: 8:00 am

Babes, third mass na tayo? Where are you?

Naghintay lang s'ya na magreply si Aga hanggang makatulog s'ya ulit. It was near lunch when she woke up and still, no texts nor call from Aga. Nag-aalala na s'ya. She took her bath and still, waited for him. She tried calling him pero hindi din sumasagot.

"Aga naman e. Asan ka na ba?"

She then dialled a friend's number.

"Yes?"

"Jen, alam mo ba kung nasaan si Aga?"

"Ay, Hindi Lea eh. Di ba dapat magkasama kayo ngayon?" Oo. Dapat magkasama kami ngayon pero buong araw ko na s'yang hinihintay pero wala pa rin s'ya. Ni-hindi s'ya nagtetext. Nag-aalala na ako. She wanted to say but managed just a simple, "Yeah. Kaso hindi nagsabi kung saan pupunta e. Salamat na lang."

She screamed multiple times out of frustation.

"Hoy Bakla! Anong sinisigaw-sigaw mo dyan?" Si Vice, si Vice na malakas ang radar, ayan dumating: may dala pang cake, ice cream at pizza.

Hinablot ni Lea ang pagkaing dala n'ya at dumiretso sa kusina.

"Ay wala man lang welcome? Damang dama kong nagalak ka sa pagdating ko." Vice said in his funny, sarcastic tone only him can do.

Lea emerged from the kitchen sobbing. A pizza on her right hand, her left arm hugging the ice cream galloon with a spoon in it, and her hand handling a plate with cake. "Oh, bakit ka umiiyak?" S/he asked concern and followed her as she sat on the couch.

"Si Aga kasi! Kaninang umaga pa hindi pa nagpaparamdam. Hindi nagtetext, hindi sumasagot ng tawag. Vicey!" She answered with audible sobs in between words. Vice looked at her with his boring expression.

"Isang araw pa lang hindi nagpapakita yung jowa mo, Lea. Maka-react ka dyan."

"Hindi naman ugali ni Aga na pag-alalahin ako e. Tsaka, hindi n'ya hinahayaang lumipas yung araw na hindi kami nag-uusap."

"Bakit, tapos na ba yung araw?" He asked her but she just stamped her feet like a toddler not given toys she wanted.

"Ihhhh. Kase naman e. Samahan mo na lang ako. Hintayin natin s'ya."

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"Hmmm, Lea... Lei, gising na. May pasok pa tayo." Nakatulog na sila sa sala kakahintay kay Aga, pero ni anino n'ya hindi nagpakita.

"Oh, Wala pa bang text?" Vice asked sleepily and then yawned. "Wala e. Nakalimot yata." Sagot n'ya ng walang gana.

She did her routines and mindlessly went to her office. Vice sent her there because like he said, "Wala akong tiwala sa mukha mo, Lea. Mukhang pag hinayaan kitang mag-drive, sa morge na kita dadatnan. Wala ka na naman sa sarili mo kasi si Aga lang laman n'yang utak mo."