𝙃𝘼𝙍𝙐𝙏𝙊’𝙎 𝙋𝙊𝙑:
Before I could even open my eyes, tears escaped... like I knew someone was missing...
“ Dawn....”
The first name my lips uttered....and I’ve said it more than once...
“ Hon, call the doctor! Our son is awake!”
“ H-haruto? Son? I-it’s Mommy...how are you feeling? Are you thirsty? Let’s just wait for the doctor for a bit, okay?”
I thought I just woke up from sleep. But a white ceiling and harsh lights hit my eyes.
The doctor examined me for a few minutes before they started talking to me.
“ Kumusta ang pakiramdam mo, Mr. Takahashi?”
“ I-I’m thirsty... I-I feel thirsty...”
Agad namang kumuha si Mommy ng isang baso ng tubig at pinainom yon sa'kin.
Nakatatlong baso ako bago maalis ang pagka-uhaw ko.
“ Haruto!”
“ Man! Kumusta ka na? Doc? Kumusta ang kaibigan namin?”
“ Maayos na ang pakiramdam niya ngayon. Sa ngayon ay h’wag muna sanang biglain ang pasyente. Tanungin siya tungkol sa mga bagay-bagay, lalo pa’t hindi natin alam kung malala ba ang naging epekto ng aksidente o hindi...”
“ Got it, Doc. Thank you.”
Mom sat beside me and held my hand, “ Son, you don’t know how happy we are—”
“ D-Dawn...Where’s Dawn? I-I want to see her...” Walang prenong lumabas ang mga salitang yon mula sa bibig ko.
They exchanged glances and then looked back at me.
“ Do you still remember kung sino-sino ang mga nasa paligid mo? O...may mga hindi ka ba sakanila nakikilala?” kyuryos na tanong ng doctor.
“ Why would I forget about them? A-about her? How many hours or days did I lose consciousness?”
“ Not just hours...nor days, Haruto. But months....Five months...”
“ F-five months? What happened?”
“ You had an accident during your race and your condition was too severe, so you were in a coma for months.”
Cedrick walked towards me, “ Can we ask you a question?”
I just nodded..
“ Hanggang saan ang naaalala mo?”
“ Dawn... Dawn and I had a fight...a-and...ah!” I didn’t finish what I was saying when my head suddenly started hurting.
“ S-son! Son, are you okay? Sa tingin ko’y hindi pa ngayon ang tamang panahon para tanungin siya tungkol sa bagay na yon. Let’s give him more time to rest.”
My mind wants to remember everything that happened in the past, pero nahihirapan pa rin ako.
Pero ni isang segundo ay di nawala sa isip ko ang pangalan ng babaeng mahal ko.
Dawn....a beautiful name that’s always in my mind.
I was bedridden for two weeks, resting, before the doctor allowed me to leave the hospital.
At do’n lang ako nakakuha ng tyempo para tanungin silang lahat dahil alam kong sila rin naman ang makakapag bigay sa’kin ng sagot sa mga katanungan ko...
Because whenever I ask about Dawn, there’s just deafening silence...
“ Can you all be honest with me?”
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