RAINY DAY

6

"Ang bagyong monra ay mananatili sa Luzon hanggang sa biyernes kung kaya't inaasahan na ang ating mamamayan na nakatira sa tabing ilog at sa mga lugar na prone sa land slide ay lumikas na, ito ang pahayag ng LTFRB Chief"  

We were sitting on the couch of my bedroom while I bit my nails, looking through the screen of the television, seeing houses with no roofs, floods that run up past the waist, and an increase in water in the dam. mas lalong sumikip ang dibdib ko nang makita ang naka blur na walang buhay na katawan ng isang ale, Napaiwas naman ako ng tingin. Romar wrap the big blanket around me sensing that I felt anxious. Tumingin naman ako sakanya thanking him with my eyes. 

When the news continues to display different dead people on the screen, Romar quickly reached for the remote and turned it off, napatingin naman ako sakanya "Nanginginig ka na" he look at me with worried eyes. 

Umiling ako sakanya "Okay lang ako" He look me in the eye and says "Hindi ka okay" He insisted. I was about to tell him na okay lang ako nang he cut me off by putting his hand on my shoulders ngayon ko lang narealize na sobra pala yung pagnginginig ko. "Huminga ka ng malalim" he calmly instructed  I quickly nodded closing my eyes and tried to breathe in and breathe out. It took me a minute to be fully aware na hindi na ako nanginginig and my breathing is even out.

"I'll make you a cup of tea" he quickly gets up at pumunta sa kitchen. When he left me on the couch. I was alone with my thoughts as I was looking out the window, seeing what was happening outside, seeing how the trees and their branches were swaying back and forth dahil sa malakas na hangin. I am lucky to be sitting here at my couch I realized. Hindi ako nagwo-worry na wala kaming kuryente, o hindi kaya kung may baha ba sa bahay namin, Hindi rin ako nagwo-worry na kapag lumikas ako ay may mababalikan pa kaya ako na bahay? I feel bad. Incredibly bad for feeling sad, for feeling that I'm so unlucky, when people at other places are dying because of a calamity.  

My thoughts were cut off when I felt his presence back, putting the cup of tea at the tea table. Linapit niya ito saakin ng makaupo na siya. "Here, drink this " tinignan ko siya at ngumiti "Thank you" kinuha ko naman ito at ininom, The heavy feeling sitting in my stomach earlier fades as I feel the warm soothing liquid down my throat.

He starred at me, waiting for my reaction.  I was silent but I slowly sit comfortably at the couch, he smiled already knowing what I mean.

"Masarap" I look at him he raise his brow hindi pa siya sure kung maniniwala ba siya saakin, that's why I gave him a thumbs up proving my point.

He chuckled "Buti naman nagustuhan mo" he sips his own tea.

The room was filled with comfortable silence as we let ourselves indulge in the taste of the tea.

"Nung bata ka ba umiinom ka na talaga ng tsaa?" he asks his eyes filled with curiosity

I nodded " Yup, nasanay kasi ako na nakikita ko yan sa table tuwing umaga kaya nung tinry ko hindi ko na tinigilan"

Natawa naman siya "Ganun talaga pag nakasanayan no? Itutuloy tuloy na natin" He smiled

"Ikaw?" Napatingin naman siya "Do you like tea so much since you were a kid?" I took a sip out of my cup.  

"Sa totoo lang hindi" umiiling iling siya, I raised my brow "Katulad mo nasanay na lang ako sa lasa hanggang sa nagustuhan ko na" napatawa naman siya. I nodded at him "Nasanay ka because?" He sigh deeply, I sense that it came from a heavy reason because at first he was reluctant if he's gonna tell me or not I notice how he hums to himself first and tap his fingers on the table  "Yung mama ko kasi may sakit kaya nahilig kaming pamilya sa mga herbal tea" He smiled his fingers stops tapping the table as he remembers his past memories.