Keeping the Memories

5 //

"You act like you don't know me."

Sabi ni Keeper habang kumakain kami. Or should I say, habang pinapanood ko siyang kumain.

I just can't stand eating with a guy I barely know.

"Hindi nga kasi kita maalala."

I mumbled.

"What did you say?"

Tanong niya habang ngumunguya. Talk about table manners. Tss.

"Wala."

Sabi ko nalang.

"Pero seryoso. Why do you act like you don't know me at all?"

Tanong niya ulit.

Makulit din talaga siya. Psh.

"Anong hindi? Kilala kita syempre."

I lied. I should backread more often to avoid these kinds of situations.

"Then tell me kung paano tayo nagkakilala."

Gulp.

I'm dead. I'm totally dead.

"Nagkakilala tayo sa ... AAAAAH!"

I hold my head. My fake aching head to escape the situation.

"ARAAAY!"

I acted more hurt.

"Why? What's wrong?"

Lumapit si Keeper sakin with a genuine concern written all over his face.

"Ang sakit ng ulo ko Keeper. Feeling ko sasabog siya in any minute now."

I said with my most convincing tone.

"Damn it. Tara na sa ospital."

Tumayo na siya and he grabbed my wrist.

"Promise?"

"Promise." 

Said the boy and girl in my mind.

Damn. I don't have time for this kind of random imaginations.

Damn damn damn. I cussed more.

What should I do now? Hindi naman pwedeng bigla nalang hindi na masakit ang ulo ko. 

"ARAAAY!"

Kahit na medyo naiipit na ako sa sitwasyong ito. Papanindigan ko nalang and I'll just look for a way to escape.

"Hold on for awhile. Idadala na kita sa ospital."

He really sounds concern. Medyo natouch naman ako.

Sinakay niya ako sa kotse niya.

And I swear, feeling ko mamamatay ako sa bilis ng pagkakatakbo ng kotse ni Keeper.

"Dahan-dahan lang. Ouch."

Mahina kong sabi. Napatingin naman siya sakin and he slowed down the car.

"May brain tumor ka ba or any brain illness? Skull fracture? Amnesia? Tell me Memory. Tell me."

He asked.

"I .. I .. I don't know. It's just recently when I first felt this kind of pain."

Palusot ko.

God. Please spare me for lying this much.

"Damn. You really need a check up."

At medyo binilisan na niya ang pagmamaneho.

In no time, nakarating na din kami sa St. Louis' Hospital.

He hold my wrist.

"Please, wag mo akong iwan." 

A little girl said.

Ugh. Saan ba nanggagaling tong mga random imaginations na ito? It's already driving me insane.

As I roomed my sight in the hospital, I felt something strange. Something familiar. Like I have been in this place before. Did I really went here? I'll backread my diary entries tonight or maybe I'll asked my mother.

"Let's go inside."

Hawak hawak niya padin ang wrist ko and more random scenarios are flashing in my mind.

"Bakit ka aalis?"

"Kailangan na naming pumunta sa States. Sabi ni Mommy."

"Mamimiss kita."

"Mamiss din kita."

"Aalis ka ba talaga?"

"Oo." 

These mysterious little boy and girl are flashing in my mind.

Who the hell are they?

I don't have any time for this. Ang kailangan ko, makaalis dito. Or else, Keeper would find out that I'm just lying.