Mister & Miss Virtuoso

27: Stay

[Liam's Point of View]

"Liam... Gising na. Kumain ka muna bago ka bumalik sa pagtulog,"

I heard a voice. Its gentle and feminine. That voice makes me feel safe and secured. It makes me feel like I am special and important to her.

"Liam... gising na oh,"

After the feminine calls, I feel a gentle tap on my cheeks. As if someone is trying to wake me up and pull me off this darkness.

Slowly, I open my eyes. And the first thing I saw was Amor's face. She look tired and dramatically worried. Despite of that look on her face, she still look beautiful. One thing that I didn't knew when and how did I admit.

"May masakit ba sayo? Kaya mo bang umupo para kumain?"

Even her voice sound so worried. I like it. This is the first time na may nagalala sa akin ng ganito. My mom used to be pero nang lumayo ako sa kanila, hindi ko na ulit naramdaman na may magulang ako. Even Andrea herself didn't seem to have done the same thing as what Amor is doing right now.

I just stare at her while I'm busy with my thoughts. Her eyes speaks so much emotion. Her face is sweating, black strands of her hair is sticking all over her face. Ganon padin ang suot nyang damit since kanina during game.

Looking through her deep black eyes, I asked, "what time is it?"

Tumingin si Amor sa cellphone nya and she informed me na mage-eleven na ng gabi. So she stayed up this late para sakin? Is she a real silly? She's worried about my health pero she's not looking out on her own.

"What about your brothers? Nag-aalala na sila sayo, sigurado."

Umiling si Amor. "Ang alam nila kayna Maureen ako matutulog."

"You lied to your family for me?"

"Lying isn't a bad thing especially kung ginagawa mo naman ang tama, and other's betterment." Then she put distance between us dahil umupo na sya in the edge on the bed. "Kumain ka na oh, tapos uminom ka ulit ng gamot. Tapos makakabalik ka na sa pagtulog, saka na ako aalis pag naayos ko na yung kusina mo." She put the tray next to me and then she sat again on the bed.

With an arched brow, tinanong ko sya, "aalis ka? At this time? Pano kung may mangyaring masama sayo sa daan? It's not safe especially to a silly girl like you na magisa sa lansangan ng gabi."

"Ano ba namang mangyayare sakin? The probability is low, same as steuck with lightning."

"It might be low pero hindi yun impossible."

"Kumain ka na nga lang jan, maghuhugas muna ako. Tapos may pangpalit ka jan sa tabi mo, magpalit ka na din ng damit."

Amor stands up and then she walk away.

"Your not leaving, right?"

She tilted her head then shrugged. "Bahala na,” she said then she made her way out.

I started eating comfortably when I'm already alone. After I finished the meal and I drink the tablet, pinilit kong tumayo at pumunta sa bathroom to pee and to brush my teeth. Afterwards, I waited for Amor to return. I was kinda losing hope na babalik sya but I saw her phone in the bed. Naiwan nya for sure. I stretch myself para abutin yung devil device and I succeed. I pressed the power button and it lits up. Her wallpaper was a selfie picture of her and her dad. After looking at her wallpaper and envying her relationship with her father, I swiped the screen and it leads me to her phone's home. Walang safety lock yung phone nya. I browse her app and at the first look, alam mo talaga na pangmatalino ang may-ari ng phone because all of her download app was dictionary of different languages and aspects there was at least 5 dictionary app on her phone. And her games was word puzzle, suduko, and iba pang games for brain.