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Awu

    Hi Elijah. It has been two weeks since your last letter. What happened? Are you okay? Is the something wrong? Why are you not writing me back anymore? Was it because I opened up to you? I'm sorry. Please, write back.

- awu

     I was a little bit sad today. Kasi naalala kita and you're not writing to me anymore. Did I do something wrong? I watched the sunset today. It was beautiful. But it didn't make me feel okay. I drew Pali's face, a dog face on my wall too. Why are you not writing back, Elijah?

- awu

     Okay. I don't know what happened. Or what went wrong. I don't know. I miss you already, Elijah. And your stories. I miss your words, your letters. How are you? It has been a month now, Elijah. Is Pali okay? Are you okay? Please, write back.

- awu

But he didn't write back. It felt so awful.

Ang bigat bigat. Ever felt like may nawawala sa'yo? Parang may kulang?

For two months, he became part of my routine. He became part of my life. And I really loved talking to him.

And now, it just stopped. Bakit pakiramdam ko iniwan niya rin ako ng walang paalam? Ganoon ba siya talaga?

I was re-reading his letters. Nakahiga ako sa kama ko at tumutulo na lang ang mga luha ko. I feel emptier now that I don't have him.

Then, I saw his address. And an idea popped up to my mind.

Bakit hindi ko na lang siya puntahan?

Right after that day, nagpaalam ako sa Mama at Daddy ko na may pupuntahan akong kaibigan at magtatagal ako ng ilang araw.

They hesitated at first. Pero sabi ko ay minsan lang ako humiling sa kanila.

I packed my bag. Dalawang bag ang dala ko. At dinala ko rin ang letters niya.

Nagbyahe ako via bus. At habang nasa byahe ako, nakatingin lang ako sa labas, sa tabi ng bintana.

And I watched the sun rises. I took a deep breath and I closed my eyes. I wanna see it with him.