Closing Time

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Cydthealee

"Cyd are you okay?"

I woke up from our 4 hour trip from Manila to Osaka. Talagang I asked Mok, who sat beside me sa plane na patulugin niya ako for now kasi I badly needed rest. Pagbalik ko palang sa Manila ay naramdaman ko na na I was feeling a bit under the weather. Pero hindi ko nalang ito pinansin dahil I still needed to pack. Almost 11 pm na ako nakarating kagabi sa dorm and ang call time namin sa airport this morning was 7 am.

"Okay lang naman." I tried to reply to Mok pero medyo nag iiba na yung voice ko.

"You look pale." agad niya ulit sinabi. "And your voice sounds terrible."

Hindi ko na siya sinagot because we all started to get up to get our bags from our cabin. After this ay isa isa na kaming bumaba from the aircraft. Na feel ko na talaga yung incoming flu or whatever this is nung natapos kami sa immigration and so. Biglang bumigat yung ulo ko and nilamig ako ng sobra kahit the weather isn't that cold naman. Hindi nalang ako umimik as we got to our taxi as we headed to our hotel. I felt kind of disappointed at myself dahil nakikita ko sa teammates ko kung gaano sila ka excited for this trip and now baka mag worry lang sila sa akin dahil sa stupid health ko.

As we got into the hotel yung assigned rooms namin are based ulit sa jersey numbers namin, dapat ay by 4 kami sa isang kwarto pero kaming dalawa lang ni Eli ang natira so we decided to split. I immediately went sa room nina Carol. While everyone was busy preparing their things dahil lalabas na kami for our first gala and eat out, I decided to lay down for awhile hoping na gumanda yung pakiramdam ko.

"Marce okay ka lang?" napansin ako ni Carol na humiga.

"Oo marce." I tried to joke. "Ako pa ba?"

"Sus what did Ricci do to you?" she teased me back. "Masyado ka ba niyang pinagod?"

"Kung si Ricci kaya yung itanong natin." biglang singit naman ni Mok. "Hay nako Carolina, di yan nag kwekwento, kagabi pa nga natin siya tinatanong diba?"

"Achi Cydieeee ha." sumabay naman si Ye sa pang aasar as she went to lay down with me at napadaan yung kamay niya sa ulo ko.

"Woooaaahh." bigla niyang react. "Ate Cyd you're hot."

"Sus, tagal na Yeyerz." tawa ko naman.

"No seriously ang init mo ate." she argued at hinawakan niya ulit yung forehead ko. "Linalagnat ka ba?"

Agad namang lumapit din si Mok sa akin and placed her hand on my forehead and neck.

"Hoy totoo, mainit ka nga." she confirmed. "Cerveza pakuha naman yung thermometer sa bag ko oh."

"Ate tawagin ko na si Coach to let him know." sabi naman ni Dawn as she made her way to the door.

"Uy guys okay lang ako." I tried to convince them. "Siguro dahil nagpaulan lang kami the other day kaya ito yung epekto."

Mok used her digital thermometer on my ear and after a couple of seconds tumunog na ito. It read 38.4°C. With this ay talaga namang napa iling ng ulo si Mok. Nakita ko yung hesitation sa mga mukha nila, for sure they are thinking na mag stay nalang dito para bantayan ako.

"No no no." I quickly told them. "If you guys are thinking to just stay here sa hotel, heck no." sabi ko sakanila. "This is just a flu, kelangan ko lang uminom ng gamot and some rest."

"Come on Cyd." agad naman na angal ni Mok. "We can't just leave you here."

"Of course you can--"

Hindi ako natapos nag salita nang pumasok si Coach sa room namin.

"Oh Cyd, linalagnat ka raw?" he asked me. "Ano nararamdaman mo?"