"I love you...,"
Sandali lang, wait! Don't g-
"BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!"
Napabalikwas ako ng gising at agad pinatay ang alarm clock. Tinignan ko yung oras at nagtaka dahil "Start... 120:00:00" ang nakalagay.
Bakit ganyan? Countdown ba nalagay ko? Pfft... Whatever.
Kinuha ko yung towel sa gilid at pinunasan ang pawis sa buing katawan. What is happening to me? And my heartbeat is reaaly really fast.
It's another dream about that woman saying "I love you." then when I am going to ask her who is she, everything's going to fade and I am going to woke up.
Actually, lagi na lang nangyayari 'to tuwing april. But never mind.
I was about to come out when the door opened and I saw my two kids wearing their uniforms.
"Good Morning! We thought you are sleeping so we came upstairs to wake you up," Athena said.
"Drive us down to school, we're late!" Eros murmured.
"Alright, go downstairs and pack up we-re going now. Okay?" I said.
"Okay!" Athena said while Eros just walked out while putting his earphones on.
I'm in the middle of going downstairs when I smelled the morning breakfast inside the house.
Dumiretso akong kitchen and I saw their mother cooking bacons and eggs. Lumapit ako sa kaniya and gave her a peck of kiss.
"Morning hon, how's your sleep?" she asked.
"I don't. It's just a about an I don't know." I answered.
"Dad! Come on! We're running late!" Eros shouted.
"I want bacons, Hon." I said before I leaved.
"Come on Kids! Let's go." I said.
"Don't forget to eat your lunch their inside your bag." she suddenly said while pouting the bag.
"Okay Hon! Bye!"
It's a sunny hot day today. Today is april but I enrolled them in a summer class because of my work.
5 minutes later we arrived at their kindergarten school. They started getting their bags and stepping out into the car.
"Bye dad!" Athena said and gave me a kiss.
"Bye," Eros said.
I watched them leaving before I leaved in that place. Athena is such a lovely kid, even though she's an orphan. Eros is my child and he is kinda like me.
Today is the big day! I stepped out into my car and I saw many employees are waiting inside the door.
What is happening?
Before I go inside, I heard them counting.
5...
4...
3...
2...
1...
I pushed the door and suddenly the world inside me stopped.
"Kailangan na kita... Zeus."
0...
"Surprise! Sir Zeus!" They shouted.
"Good morning! Sir!"
"Congrats! Sir!"
What is that? Who is that? Why did everyone suddenly stopped? What is happening?
"Where's your wife Sir? Ma'am Francine? Where is she?"
"It's such a lovely day Sir!"
"We really missed you Sir Zeus and of course your wife! Ma'am Francine! We heard tgat you to got married! It's in the magazine!"
Lahat sila nagtanong, nagcongrats, naggreet, nagcompliment, nagmessage, etc. But that voice that I heard. That voice...
That voice...
It's kinda...
Familiar...
I looked at the digital wall clock and it's "120:00:00" I looked at my wrist watch but it's "120:00:00" I looked at my employee's watch and it's "120:00:00"
Something weird is really happening today.
Before I leaved and go to my office I made a liitle speech to my employees. The sweat is covering my body. The way my heart beats is unstoppable.
What is happening?
I pushed my door and a shadow of a girl is covering the sunlight over my big window inside my office.
Who is that?
I saw her turned and I can't see her face. But the way she moved...
It's familiar...
"Hello? Excuse me? Who are you?" I asked and closed the door.
Hindi siya kumibo at nanatili siyang nakatayo at sinusuri ako. Nakita kong ngumiti siya at may mga tubig na nagreflect sa mukha niya.
Why is she crying?
Lumapit ako sa kaniya pero umaatras naman siya. Anong ginagawa niya? I stepped one more time pero hindi na siya umatras.
Tuloy-tuloy ang lakad ko sa kaniya pero bawat lakad ko ay ang pagdami ng pawis ko. Ang pagbilis ng tibok ng puso ko.
I stopped walking when I saw she dropped something in her hand. The gold color light reflected at my eyes and there is something written in that necklace.
'Property...of...Zeus...'
Doon ko lang naramdaman na kanina pa pala tumutulo ang luha ko. Bakit? Bakit ako umiiyak?
I looked at her at her eyes, those eyes...
"Kailangan na kita... Zeus."
Tumakbo ako papalapit sa kaniya at niyakap siya ng mahigpit. I don't know what am I doing. Pero bakit ang sarap sa pakiramdam na makita ko siya.
"The clock is ticking..."
I closed my eyes and hugged her more tightly. I really really really missed your eyes, your smile, your lips and yourself.
Why am I doing this? Why are you driving me crazy?
I opened my eyes and I saw her fading away in my arms.
NO! PLEASE DON'T GO!
"I love you..."
I reached for her but I can't. I saw the necklace reflecting at me. I reached for the necklace and hugged ut tightly.
"The timer starts now..."
5...
4...
I kneel and begging for her to comeback. My tears didn't stop falling.
3...
My heart didn't stop beating. My breath didn't stop hitching. But...
But...
The time...
2...
Didn't stop ticking...
NO! SUMMER! PLEASE COMEBACK! I NEED YOU NOW!
1..
I tried to reach for her but everything suddenly got stopped, the sound, the beating of my heart, the way my hand is in the air, my breath, my tears, the time.
0...
And then darkness spreads throughout my eyes...
"Kailangan na kita... Zeus.
Let the countdown begins..."
