Closing Time

23

Kim

"Kimmy.."

I heard a voice called me out. Nang binukas ko yung mga mata ko, the first thing I saw was the half drank beer beside my arm. As I lifted my head up, I saw 6 more empty cans of beer na naka kalat pa sa table.

Oh shit.

For sure ay nakatulog na pala ako dito sa kitchen kaninang madaling araw. Right now as I tried to force my eyes to open, naramdaman ko yung sakit sa ulo ko. Sinamahan pa nang sinag ng araw na pumapasok sa window just infront of the table.

"Kimmy okay ka lang?" I heard the voice ask me again.

This time I twisted my head and finally saw kung sino yung kumakausap sa akin. It's Mowky. She approached me lightly at umupo siya sa tabi ko.

"Good morning." I tried to greet her. Obviously eh halos wala akong tulog. For sure ay hindi kaaya aya yung mukha ko ngayon.

"Ok ka lang?" she asked as she put her hand on my head. "What happened to you?"

"Nakatulog ata ako dito." I forced a laugh. "Hindi ko man lang namalayan."

Mok stood up and went to the fridge to get some water.

"Oh ito." she handed me a tylenol pill that came from her pocket with a glass of water from the fridge. "That's for your headache." she told me na parang nabasa niya yung sakit ng ulo ko. "For sure it feels like your head is about to explode right now."

Kinuha ko yung pill at ininom ko ito. Mok is always very thoughtful sa aming teammates niya. Siya na rin kasi yung parang naging ate ng lahat, and she really takes care of us nang mabuti.

"Thanks." I told her as I tried to sit up straight.

I felt kinda embarassed sa mess na iniwan ko sa table and for the mess that I look right now. Kaya I slowly picked up the empty cans trying to clean the table up.

"7 cans?" she stared at me. "Seriously Kim seven? And to think na uminom ka pa with us before you and Cyd spoke.."

That name. I seriously did not need to hear that right now. Nang marinig ko iyon ay parang nag times three yung sakit nang ulo. Damn her.

"Oh." Ito lang yung nasabi ni Mok. Siguro ay nakita niya yung naging expression ko ng sinabi niya yung name na iyon. She quickly knew what that meant.

Hindi ako nag salita at pinulot ko yung mga naging kalat ko and quickly placed them in the trash bin. Naramdaman ko na talagang walang laman yung tiyan ko kundi yung alak na nainom ko kagabi. So I went to the fridge and hoped na may makita akong pagkain. Luckily may natirang donuts from last night's snack kaya naman inilabas ko ito and placed it on the table.

"Tell me what happened." Mok said to me. It was more of an order rather than a request.

Ako naman ay binalewala lang ito at kumuha lang ng donut at sinimulang kainin ito. I didn't have the energy to tell her what happened. I don't even want to remember what happened. Last night was just a blur. And it should remain like that.

"Kim." she called me out again. "What happened?"

"7 bottles of beer is what happened." I answered her.

Mok gave me a confused look. Clearly hindi nag make sense sakanya yung sinabi ko. Still I continued eating.

"What happened before that though?" she pressed. "Kim don't tell me..."

"Tell you what?" nabigla kong tinanong sakanya. "That Cyd is just the most cruel person ever?"

Binaba ko yung kinakain ko dahil I felt furious. Hindi ko alam kung bakit ko nasabi iyon, or rather, bakit ko nasabi iyon kay Mowky. Instead of reacting negatively, Mok just caressed her hand over my shoulder to calm me down. I wanted to shout. Gusto kong mag wala or kahit umalis man lang dito sa house na ito and leave them all for a while so I could be alone. But I can't. I know I can't. Ayokong maging unfair sa teammates ko. This is a personal problem and it should just stay between me and Cyd.