HIS..
I'm sorry, man. Bad joke, I didn't mean it that way.
I said apologetically to Kiefer.
He weakly smiled and drank the beer form his cup. Medyo naging awkward ng ilang seconds but then he started talking.
Kiefer: I don't really get it. Why do things fall apart?
Ako: Maybe, because breaking means growing.
Kiefer: Can't two people grow without breaking?
Ako: They can. But sometimes, when love is not already enough for two people to fight for each other, they have to let go and find the answers to the questions inside their heads.
Kiefer: But I gave her everything, Oyens. You know how much I love her. And, God knows that I still love her. Ano bang mali? Bakit ganun? Bakit niya ako sinaktan?
This vulnerable side of Kiefer, lumalabas lang when we're drinking and kung hindi niya talaga kaya and looking at him right now, I know that he's both.
A lot of people don't know how much love Kiefer can give to someone and I admire him for that.
He's been always the clingy one and caring one in his past relationship. Todo effort siya lagi.
But after what happened last year, exactly after the first round of eliminations of the team, he became known as a playboy. A playboy na parang every month iba yung girl na kasama.
Natawag din siyang famewhore kasi yung mga nakaka-date niya, puro sikat. He's being stereotyped as the fame-riding monkey. Pero hindi talaga siya ganun. He was just hurt really bad.
They were the perfect definition of a "perfect couple" nga daw eh. And a perfect example of " star- crossed lovers."
FLASHBACK
"Bros, may extra load ba kayo?"
Kiefer asked while he's busy looking at his phone.
Ako: Ako meron. You look worried and scared, bro. Galit si kumander?
He got my phone and answered my question.
"No and Yes."
I got curious because of his answer pero mukhang waka sa mood magkwento so hindi ko na lang pinilit.
Kiefer: Later na ko magkkwento. I just have to talk to her right now. Excuse me.
He went out of the room, leaving Von and I speechless. We looked at each other and shrugged.
Hours passed and he's not yet back. Nag-alala naman ako kasi baka may nangyari na sa kanya or baka nagtext si Dennise and mag-alala din 'cause I'm not replying. Kahit bestfriends pa lang kami sobra na kaming mag-care sa isa't isa.
Ako: Ang lala siguro ng problema nila.
Von: Yeah, probably. He wouldn't be gone for too long if it wasn't.
Usually kasi saglit lang lumalabas ng room si Kief kapag may away sila and kung malala, he would run back agad and may plan kaagad siya kung paano siya manunuyo.
Von: OH! Dude, you've got to see this.
He handed me his phone and when I saw the picture, I already got a hint of what's about to happen and what to expect. The photo was not vivid enough to judge if it's true or not pero I have a feeling na kilala ko kung sino yun.
I looked at Von and he got what I'm trying to convey. He dialed Tita Mozzy's number and we tried calling everyone we know.
Mabilis akong nagbihis and I got my car keys. Hinanap din muna naming si Kief sa labas ng dorm but he wasn't there.
