Fixing Sol [FIN]

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“So, tell me, ano bang nangyare sainyo ng ex mo?” I asked Sol habang naka-upo kami sa couch niya at kumakain ng popcorn. I asked him to get one para sumarap ang usapan. Popcorn with coffee, actually.

“She loves my brother.”

 

That made me blow the coffee right in his face.

Oh my god. “I’m so sorry!” I said then immediately went to the kitchen to get some tissue. When I went back to the living room he was shocked on what I just did. Kill me now, would you?

I wiped his face clean with the tissue I’m holding. “I am soooo sorry!” I said then started getting another set of tissue.

He just laughed at me. “W-what’s funny?” I asked kinda annoyed.

“That you’re same as the other people,” he said then grabbed the tissue at siya na mismo ang nag-alis ng malagkit na kape na nabuga ko sa muka niya. Ang liit kasi ng couch niya. Parang loveseat lang ata kaya magkadikit kami. I was soooo shocked!

“H-ha?”

“That you think; either I’m joking or you won’t believe me...” he paused for a while. “Why? Is my story unbelievable?” after that, he laughed for a while. A fake one.

“I-i’m sorry,” that’s all I managed to say.

“I hate why people say sorry then tend to hurt you again. Parang nature na ng tao na manakit at masaktan. Ikaw, sino ka dun?”

 

My world suddenly stopped. Siya ba yung Sol na nakausap at naka-away ko kanina?

“W-what do you mean?”

 

 

“It’s either masokista o sadista ka. That’s what I learned in loving. Dalawa lang ang tao sa mundo, yung nasaktan at nanakit... Kasi walang masasaktan kung walang mananakit... Pero kung walang tanga na nagpapasakit... wala namang mananakit e. Life’s balanced, but our curiosity... the urge to discover things made it a little bit buffling and at the same time... mystifying,” he said then ended with a smile.

He looked directly in my eyes. Ang lapit namin sa isa’t isa. Dahil kanina ay pinupunasan ko yung muka niya. He scoffed a little.