This afternoon as soon as soon as I returned to Sebastian's bedroom he asked me to sing him a song. Kinantahan ko siya ng " If I die young" ng The Band Perry. Gandang ganda naman ako sa sarili kong boses. Kung hindi ako naging family nurse ng mga Aragon marahil naging vocalist na ako ng isang banda. Nakapikit pa ko habang kumakanta. Feel na feel ang bawat line ng lyrics. Tiningnan ko siya kung nagandahan rin ba siya sa malaanghel kong singing voice. (oo na. binuhat na ang sariling bangko). Nakapikit siya. He wasn't moving. I shook his body. Tulog siya! Nakatulog siya? It was so embarrassing for me that I started opening up his drawers one after the other. When I found the name pen I immediately drew on his forehead- an image of the sun.
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Medyo may pagkaisip bata si Sebastian. Punong puno kasi ng pokemon stuffed toys at action figures ang dambuhala niyang kwarto. Natatawa akong kinuha ang isa sa mga stuffed toys at nilagay sa tabi niya. I also left a small mirror on his chest and a note beside the pokemon stuffed toy.
Actually ang mga pocket monsters niya ang nag bigay comfort sa kanya during his darkest hours. Nung mga oras na hindi niya magawang makapagsalita dahil umano sa trauma na naranasan niya when he was only just eight years old. He was the sole winess to his own father's murder.
It was known that it was only his kuya Steve who was able to cheer him up. Siya lang ang nakapagpangiti muli sa muted na batang Sebastian. Apparently, whenever Steve could visit their home from his school in Manila the two of them always spent time watching the pokemon series on tv. Ganun kababaw. Sebastian's smiles became laughter. And the laughter eventually turned into a voice. Steve brought his voice back. He was his savior
Hearing myself tell this story I realize that it sounded shallow. Napakaliit na bagay kung pakikinggan ng marami. Pero napakalaking bagay naman nito para kay Sebastian. I realized na may mga bagay na malaking bagay para sa akin at maliit naman para sa iba-and vice versa.
Big deal siya para kay Sebastian, kaya naman malaking bagay rin ito para sa akin. I knew many details about him since we had been bestfriends for 11 years. Matalik na kaibigan ko na siya since I was 13. Right then he was only 12 years old. Yet still I want to learn more things about him. I was not satisfied about the things that I knew about him- Does he feel the same for me?- I asked myself. I hope not. Dahil sa oras na malaman niya kung ano ang nagawa ko sa kapatid niya, ika nga sa lyrics ng awitin na kinakanta ko para sa kanya. I will certainly die young.
SEBASTIAN
Did I hear her sing? Was I just imagining things in my sleep? And why is jigglypuff right beside me? Also, what is this thing on top of my chest while I was sleeping? A mirror? What the...? May drawing sa mukha ko. She drew on my face. Bakit?
Okay. Naalala ko na. So she did sing. And I fell asleep. And so she imitated jigglypuff. Niyakap ko si gigglypuff. What was happening to me? Kinikilig ba ako? Nabasa ko rin ang note na nakaipit sa stuffed toy "Love, jigglypuff"
