NOTE:
I advice that you play that song over there (in multimedia) when I tell you so. There'll be a prompt.
Okay?
Awww... Don't be stubborn.
...
Here we go.
Krystal: A storm is approaching.
From the cave, they watched as the clouds get darker and darker and the lightnings almost touching the sea. Inside, there's nothing but darkness, only a strange light coming from the hidden sun made their features slightly visible to each other. Krystal is sitting near the mouth of the cave, the only way out of it. It's only 4 in the afternoon. Mika sat, leaning on the side of the cave opposite to where Ara was sitting.
Mika: Buti nalang dinala natin tong mga coconut leaves. May kumot at mahihigaan tayo para mamaya.
Ara: Makakain pa ba 'yang isda?
Mika: Hindi na yata.
They were hugging their knees to somehow shield themselves from the cold. A gust of wind visits them time after time, making them shiver.
Nanginginig si Mika. Even her lower lip couldn't stop shaking. When Ara noticed it, umupo siya sa tabi ni Mika.
Ara: Pued ako i-hug. Libre lang.
Mika: Body heat?
Ara: Hindi. Gusto ko lang magpa-hug sa'yo.
Mika just looked at Ara.
Ara: Syempre, body heat! Hala. Di ma-joke.
Ara slid her hands around Mika. Mika, still hugging her knees. Still shaking.
Mika: Akala ko ba ako mag-ha-hug sa'yo?
Ara: Sa kondisyon mong yan?
Mika: Hindi ka ba nilalamig?
Ara: Konti.
Mika: Chinachansingan mo lang ako eh.
Ara: Kapal ha.
Mika: Sus.
Krystal: Mind if I join you?
Krystal butts in.
Mika: Hug mo si Ara. Kunwari lang yan pero sobrang nilalamig na din yan.
Krystal put her arms around Ara and buried her face on her shoulder.
Krystal: Silence makes the atmosphere colder. Why don't we sing?
Ara: Why don't we cover ourselves with those coconut leaves?
Mika: Mag-lapag nalang kaya tayo? Wala naman tayong ibang magagawa.
Ara: Wait.
Ara stood. Naglapag siya ng pitong makakapal na coconut leaves sa sahig ng kweba. Humiga sila rito. Krystal hugging Ara. Ara hugging Mika. And they slept, covering themselves with the coconut leaves tied together to make it look like a blanket.
Ilang oras pa ang lumipas ay nagising si Ara dahil sa kulog.
Ara: Mika *whispering*
BINABASA MO ANG
Those Three Words
Fiksi PenggemarStranded. Disoriented. Lost in an island miles away from civilization... Will Volleyball Superstar Mika Reyes find her way home? Will she still find strength in a place where she is alone? Or is she?
