*CRAY'S P.O.V*
"tito... gising na po ba?" i heard a girl said
di ko pa maidilat ang mga mata ko sa ngayon
parang hanggang ngayon ang bigat ng mata ko at ang hirap idilat
"hindi pa ee.... baka buka pa siguro?" sagot nung isang familiar voice
"ganun po ba? sige po " sagot ulit nung babae
i felt excited the moment na marinig ko ang mala-anghel na boses ng babaeng iyon
i know kung sino yung babaeng 'yun.
kahit na hindi ko siya nakikita.
i know who she is
pinilit kong muli na idilat ang mga mata ko and this time?
sa wakas!
naidilat ko na siya
at first everything was blurry white...
and then, hanggangs a unti-unting nag-aadjust ang paningin ko
it's a white room....
malinis ang paligid
sa sobrang puti at linis ng paligid, masakit masyado sa mata ang pagka-puti nito
maya-maya...
i can feel stares at me
then, unti-unti ko silang nililingon
and there, i saw them...
Tito Romy and Nehia, standing by the door nakatitig at tila nagulat nang makita ako
our gazes met
i felt electrified with her stares
i can't believe who i'm seeing right now
i can't believe i'm looking at the girl that i've loved so much all these years, and lost for some quite of time
this girl that i never imagined would be the one that i'll love so much
tsaka lang kami nag-iwas ng tingin when Tito Romy cleared his throat na agad namang napapunta ang tingin namin sakaniya
"alis na muna ako" Tito Romy said after clearing his throat.
alam kong alam niyang gusto naming magkaroon ng quality time na dalawa ni Nehia kaya, i know it's really his intention na umalis nalang, instead na magtagal pa dito, specially now
i'm awake...
and SHE'S WITH ME
we both nodded and then slowly our head turned to look at each other's faces again
hindi na namin napansin na nakalabas na pala agad si Tito.
we just heard the door shut and tsaka lang kami napatingin sa direction kanina ni Tito Romy and saw nothing on it
napatingin kaming muli sa isa't-isa and then slowly, a smile started to rise up on her lips, and waters started to flood her eyes up
and even mine
:')
i signaled her na lumapit sa'kin and so she did.
we were still stunned seeing each other
nahihiya ako kasi may mga sugat-sugat at black eye pa'ko, pero hindi ko na ininda yung mga iyon, kahit na masakit pa ang katawan ko, i managed to sit up straight para lang mapa-upo ko siya comfortably sa tabi ko
