"If tomorrow comes and I forget about this, and I forget about you, will you still love me?"
Yesterday. Love. Nothing else matters to Lee Gabriel than Odyssey Lee. If love was a manifestation, iyon ay ang pag-ibig ni Lee. At unti-unti rin yong naram...
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May 01, 2019, Later that night
Nanginginig si Odyssey habang inaantay ang ticket booth attendant sa Mactan Cebu International Airport na sabihin sa kanya kung makakasakay ba siya sa susunod na flight. He did try not to lose his cool earlier pero tumaas talaga ang boses niya nang sabihin ng babae na wala ng available seats for the next flight. Like it was their fault.
He then just offered them he'll book for the business class ticket basta lang mapasakay siya. From an agit customer, he turned into someone who's practically begging for a plane ticket. Halos lumuhod na siya sa mga ito para lang pasakayin siya. They even questioned of he really wanted a business class ticket sa halos isang oras lang namang byahe.
"I'll take it. I'll even take a cargo ticket. Just please let me go back to Manila." He can't even recognize his voice. Ilang taon na rin nang huli siyang maging ganito. At hindi siya makapaniwalang ipinapakita na naman niya ang kanyang vulnerable side on an airport. Just like when he's about to leave the country back in 2013. He had the same beseeching voice back then. The memory made him shut his eyes so tight, it hurt.
"Mr. Lee, yes here's the ticket. Pakitakbo na lang po sa gate, Airbus321 will be leaving in a bit. Do you have any baggage?"
Umiling si Odyssey at naglakad papunta sa departure area. At first it was brisk walking. Pero hindi na rin niya namalayan na tumatakbo na siya bago makarating sa service na maghahatid sa kanya sa tarmac kung saan nandoon ang eroplanong lalapag sa Manila.
Ni wala man lang siyang maleta at pera. All he has is a 1 thousand peso bill, and his credit cards.
Pagkaupo niya sa designated seat, he tried so hard to resist getting his phone.
Hindi lang siguro halata kanina habang kumakain sila sa dinner ng conference, pero nakita niya pa lang ang itsura ni Eli, kinutuban na siya. Maybe did just conditioned himself not to expect so much from life's goodness kaya hindi niya hinahayaan ang sarili niya na agad isipin ang tungkol dito. But really. The last time he saw this harassed fatigue nuance in Eli was also during that time they couldn't find Lee.
Odyssey might not want to remember anything from that day again, but his thoughts drifted towards that memory. Painfully, he remembered it vividly.
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