Chapter 21
Nagbuntong-hininga ako, naninibago ako ngayon dahil mag-isa lang ako sa unit ko, nasanay na ata akong kasama si Travis.
Asan na kaya siya?
Sino kaya ang kasama niya?
Ano kaya ang ginagawa niya?
I snatched my phone and scanned the contacts, hindi ko pa pala nakuha ang phone number ni Travis, hays.
Wait... why did I even consider of calling him?
Tinignan ko ang paligid, I felt alone and lonely. Pinikit ko ang aking mga mata, today was the third day that he was gone, maybe tomorrow he'll be back.
Not like I'm expecting him.
"Boo, you're so cute." I cuddled the human-sized bear na napanalunan namin ni Travis sa amusement park. Yeah, I already gave this cute bear a name.
"Bye, boo."
Naalala ko noong hinalikan ni Travis ang ankle ko na na-sprain then said those words. Biglang namula ang pisngi ko sa kakaisip sa kanya. Why am I feeling this way?
I rolled over my bed, back and forth hangga't sa nahulog ako.
Nagulat ako nang biglang nag-ring ang phone ko, thinking it was Travis, dali akong tumayo para sagutin ang tawag. "Hello?" Excited na bati ko, not even minding to look at the screen.
"Kais..."
Halos mabitawan ko ang phone dahil narinig ko na naman ang boses ni Marcus. "Where did you get my number?"
"I have connections." Proud na sagot niya sa akin.
"Ano ang kailangan mo sa akin?" Inis na tanong ko sa kanya.
"Ikaw." He laughed.
May sayad ata sa utak ang baliw na ito.
"Kung tumawag ka para manggulo, nice job!" Sarkastik sa sagot ko sa kanya.
He faked a cough, "let's meet."
Kapal.
"No. I'm busy." I lied.
"I'm at the first floor of Sapphira Tenshou." My eyes widened. "Come down."
"No!" Dali akong tumakbo para i-lock ang pinto ng room ko. How did he know I was living here? Is he a creepy stalker?
"Please, I want to talk to you." Halata ang lungkot sa boses niya, I won't fall for that. "I just want to explain everything to you..."
Explain? There's nothing to explain!
"Well, you can explain on the phone," I answered.
He sighed. "No. I can't explain without you here personally, there's a coffeeshop in front of Sapphira Tenshou, I'll be waiting for you there." He ended the call.
I sighed. Since I'm curious why he left without a word to me, I changed and fixed myself.
~*~
Pumasok ako sa coffeeshop, wala masyadong tao, then I caught a familiar figure at the deepest area. Naglakad ako papunta doon. Tumingala ang nakaupong lalake at ngumiti, "hi." Marcus greeted.
I nodded then sat. "Explain yourself."
Tumango siya. "Before the graduation, nalaman na may heart failure ako." Suminghap ako. Mas lalong dumami ang mga katanungan sa aking isip.
Why didn't he tell me that? I kept my mouth shut as he continue.
"You remember the prom? Why I suddenly walked away in the middle of our dance?" Tumango ako, "that's because I couldn't breathe, I didn't know why so I had a check-up, then I discovered that I had a congenital heart disease."
I looked at his eyes, he was smiling but his eyes were sad. Biglang nalambot ang puso ko, all my angers vanished because of what I learned.
"I didn't tell you because I didn't want to worry you." He sighed, "then I was scheduled for a surgery in Canada after our graduation... but before I went to Canada, I left a letter to you."
Letter?
Wala akong natanggap na letter!
He must had seen the look in my face at nabasa na wala akong natanggap, "I gave the letter to your Dad. I told him to give it to you."
My eyes widened... did Dad hid the letter from me?
"How's your heart?" Tanong ko sa kanya.
He smiled. "It's fine now." Nagulat ako nang bigla niyang hawakan ang kamay ko mula sa kabilang side ng table, "Kais... can't we fix us? Can't we work it out?"
Inalis ko ang pagkakahawak niya sa kamay ko, "there's nothing to fix, Mars." I smiled. "For the past years, I waited for you, Mars. Pero hindi ka nagparamdam. I was miserable, I was afraid to be left again because of what you did. You basically ruined me, not my life, but me." I laughed. "I loved you, Mars. I did. But there can never be an us anymore, I waited long for this to happen but I am already happy, let's just be friends."
He opened his mouth and closed it again. "Friends?" He held his hand for a handshake. I took it and smiled.
"I missed you." Nakangiting sabi niya. "And the slap hurts." He joked, tumawa naman ako.
"Sorry about that."
He nodded.
I don't know why but I was happy, I was happy to know that my broken past was already fixed. I was happy that we still can be friends above all things that had happened.
