Closing Time

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3:00

*closes eyes*

3:30

*closes eyes longer*

4:10

*closes eyes and really tried to sleep*

4:30

Damn it.

I can't sleep. Ilang oras na ang nakalipas nang tinulugan ako ng lahat ng teammates ko. I felt tired though. So very tired that I could feel my body just collapsing in my bed kahit na nakahiga palang ako. But still I could 't sleep.

"Cyd layuan mo muna ako."

Those words replayed in my head like a song that's been stuck in my mind for days. But this time, i'm not enjoying it. It's haunting me so much. Yan ang sinabi ni Kim sa akin before she completely turned her back at me hours ago and went to sleep. Wala na akong nagawa. It is as if my whole body even my mind went frozen. Why the hell would I distant myself from Kim Fajardo? May nagawa ba ako? I started to think about what could I have possibly done wrong to her? We just won our last championship together and all we should be feeling right now is gratitude and love. But why are we like this? Isa lang naman naiisip kong dahilan. Ricci. Simula nung nalaman niya yung about sa aming dalawa, Kim started to distance herself from me. Hindi naman na super lumalayo siya pero nahalata ko talaga na parang nag iba yung treatment niya sa akin. Usually lagi yang mag tetext sa akin umaga or gabi, or she'll just approach anytime but after that it felt like I was just another friend of hers but I know I am not just another friend.

At this point I didn't bother to try to sleep again. Instead I decided to just take a long shower and be the first one to get ready from the team.

"Good morning ate gurl." Kianna greeted me nang lumabas ako ng bathroom. I was actually surprised na gising na siya and nasa room na namin siya.

"Good morning Finals MVP." I teased her. "Aga mo ngayon ha." I told her as I started to get changed.

She just hazily smiled at me na parang hindi pa siya fully awake. So I didn't say another word and just continued to change dahil may media appointments kami later sa Abs-Cbn for the whole day.

"I heard you two kanina.."

Oh. That's why inagahan niyang gumising.

"Okay ka lang ba ate Cyd?" she asked me.

I sat beside Kianna in her bed.

"Oh narinig mo?"

"Are you guys fighting?" she asked me. "Sorry ate ha, I didn't mean to eavesdrop naman. I just couldn't catch my sleep."

"Hindi ko nga alam dyan sa ate Kimmy mo." I answered her. "Bigla nalang siya ganun, and did you hear the last thing she told me?"

"She told you stop diba?"

"Cyd layuan mo muna ako."

I saw the shock on her face. Siguro ay nakatulog na siya noong time na yun.

"She said that to you ate?" hindi siya makapaniwala.

"Yup." I confirmed. "Oh diba? Ano namang maisasagot ko doon?"

"But why?" she asked again. "Did you do something?"

"Ako pa ba Kianna?" I countered. "Alam mo naman---"

"Na love mo si Ate Kimmy?" she said not letting me finish.

"Na hindi ko siya kayang layuan." I corrected her. "And syempre naman love naman nating lahat si Kimmy diba?"