Your Voice (ON HOLD)

CHAPTER 10 : MI

| C h a p t e r 10: Mi |

I woke up this morning with a certain expectation that Clef would be in the kitchen cooking or preparing something for breakfast, I didn't know why. I was a little disappointed to seeing Kuya Re in an apron and flipping the pancakes. There was something wrong with me. 

A few hours before lunch time, I had already checked my phone for a hundred or more times than I should've. It wasn't that I was waiting for his message or text but it was just very unusual for him not to be leaving me any message like he usually would. I mean, those days that I didn't speak with him, he would still text me. Greeting me good morning or whatever. 

"You know, kung gusto mong maka usap yung tao.. itext mo, tawagan mo." Kuya Do said, sitting beside me as I watched season 6 of Brooklynn Nine-nine. I was going to continue watching CLOY but it just didn't feel right to continue watching without the person that I last saw it with. 

I flipped my hair and rolled my eyes towards our eldest brother. "Di ko alam anong pinagsasabi mo, naghihintay lang naman ako ng message sa Globe kung magkano bill ko this month." 

My two older brothers decided to laugh at my poor excuse, they didn't even try hiding their little tease towards me. It had been awhile since we acted like this, it definitely had been a while since they haven't treated me as if I was fragile. 

Kuya Re sat beside me, putting his arms around me. "Text mo na lang kaya si Clef, Mi... bakit mo ba pinahihirapan ang sarili m?"

"Bakit ako uuna magte-text sa kanya? And maybe he's busy. I don't want to disturb." I said as they just shook their heads towards my direction. 

"If busy yung tao, then he could just read his texts later when he isn't busy. So wala namang masama if magte-text ka." Kuya Do said. 

I pretended not to hear what they've been saying and tried to focus on what was going on in the TV, I tried to focus on the episode wherein Amy and Jake was having their honeymoon with their boss, Captain Holt. 

Still quite unsure about what I felt from his confession yesterday, I laid in bed, tossing and turning, trying to figure out how I should react. Was he expecting me to say something about it? Did he want me to do something about it? I honestly don't know. 

I sighed, I guessed I should be honest.. I was getting kind of lonely without him annoying me. When I got my phone, it suddenly started ringing. It was from an unknown number. 

I picked it up and listened to who was on the other line. "Hello, Mi? Is this your number? It's Jon, I got your number from Clef's phone... Kung hindi ka busy, baka naman pwede mong puntahan si Clef. He's... in a very bad shape right now. May nangyari kasi kagabi.." 

 I didn't care if I was using my voice to talk back to Jon because this was an emergency. Something had happened to Clef. "Nasaan siya, Jon?" 

"I'll message you his address." 

I quickly changed to a baggy shirt and denim shorts, putting on my sneakers and booked a grab. I've already explained to my older brothers where I was going and why I was in a rush. 

Just as I arrived at his condo unit, I tried to knock his door before using the doorbell. "Clef, it's me. Can you please open up?"

I was just about to sit on the doorway when I heard the clicking of the door unlocking. I stared at him, waiting for him to say something but he didn't. I, too, didn't know what I was supposed to say. 

So I walked closer to him and wrapped my arms around him, he placed his head on my shoulders and held me tighter. That was when I realized and felt his tears. Clef was sobbing, he was full on sobbing on my shoulders.