valdez/lazaro

6.2 boses

Den finds herself in a bar.

Apparently one incredibly long research paper about the human body and a bottle of tequila was a bad idea because Dennise finds herself unable to control the world around her. Her vision was blurring and everything around her was spinning and she felt like shit.

"pathetic" Den says to herself as she takes another swig of the bottle in her hands. Den had always been a problematic alcoholic, that's why Alyssa always made sure that she was with her whenever she drank.

"here we go again, Si Alyssa nanaman iniisip ko, stupid! stupid! stupid!" Den says to herself as she slams her head on the counter of the bar.

"miss, tama na yan." Someone grabs her shoulders, pulling her away from what she had been doing. Den angrily takes herself out of the man's grasp, not only was she problematic when she was drunk, she was also a bitch.

"anong pake mo? get the fuck out of here." she turns to the guy, attempting to slap him when he grabs her hand just in time. Den is shocked at how fast his reflexes are.

He sits next to her, slowly lowering den's hand in the process.

"Hi, I'm Myco, I live a block away from here and I study in Ateneo, so if you think that I'm going to do something to you, you're mistaken miss. Also, i just wanted to help you out, I don't want you to break your head or anything."

Den settles down. maybe it was the alcohol, or maybe it was how innocent Mico looked, but she found herself drawn to the guy.

"sorry, tanga ako eh."

"care to share? i live just around the corner so kahit anong time pwede ako umuwi. You look like you could use someone who will lisen to you."

Den weighs the pros and cons of telling him.

what the hell, she probably won't see him tomorrow anyway, might as well lessen the weight on her shoulders with a complete stranger.

"May minahal ako ng sobra sobra, and it scared me so much. I never knew you could love someone to the point that you would do anything for them. And that-" she hesitates, "-that scared me. The fact that you can lose yourself because of the love you feel for another. So ayun, me being the coward that I am, I broke up with her. But little did I know that 6 months later I'd find myself telling a random stranger about my tragic lovelife." Den laughs bitterly, Myco looks at her with pity.

"If you loved her, then tanga ka talaga for breaking up with her. Act on your feelings! Win her back!"

"drunk or sober it's still over." The pain in Den's voice made Myco even more sad for the girl in front of him.

"call her."

"a-ano?"

"i said call her. Right now." Myco says with authority.

"Here's one little detail i forgot to mention, may iba na siya."

"and your point is? "

"May iba na nga siya! i'm sure she's moved on and I need to do the same! After all, kailangan ko panindigan yung decision ko to leave her, she's probably doing fine without me ayway. "

"Here's what you're going to do, give her one last call. If she comes here, then you guys have to continue where you let off, if not, then take that as a sign to move on."

"teka, why are you helping me? you don't even know my name."

"let's just say that I used to be you."

Den was suddenly interested in Myco's story, what happened to him? if he was from Ateneo, why didn't she see him around the campus before she went to med school?