Someone You Loved (COMPLETED)

3 - Crisis

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"Sabi ko na nga ba't magtatrabaho ka lang eh."

She looked at me briefly with disbelief and go back to typing right away. "I leave my work once a week for 5 weeks now just to visit you so shut up there, RJ. Enjoy your coffee." Isn't she bossy now, talking to me without even looking?

"You have a personal secretary. Can't she do that?"

"I hate making orders."

"You just ordered me to enjoy coffee, that's equivalent to telling me to shut up."

"You're an exemption. I love bossing you around."

This woman.
"Wow. So what am I now, your slave?"

"RJ, lemme finish this okay? I need to meet a deadline. Promise, mamaya dadaldalin talaga kita."

She's so engrossed with her macbook she didn't notice I got her phone.

What? Hwag maging malisyoso. Hindi ako mamumulis ng phone. Maglalaro lang ako. Iniwan ko kasi ang cellphone ko kasi pag Zoe time, Zoe time lang. Sobrang effort na nga ang pagpunta-parito nya para sa akin, di ko pa ba ibubuhos ang atensyon ko sa kanya?

Yes! Nandito parin ang ML app nya. Pinilit ko syang mag-register last year when the both of us spent Christmas Eve at home. I taught her how to play it because my little brother wants to play with her. He adores her so much.

Pero ano ba naman tong ML ni Zoe, hindi updated. Kelangan ko pang iupdate.

Antok na antok na ako kaya I need to entertain myself to keep myself up.

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"Zoe, may dala ka bang power bank?"

What the fudge? Tulog?

Knock out na pala tong kasama ko. I looked at my watch. Is it fuckin 5 am?!

"Zoe... Zoe. Hey, wake up."

"Hmm... antok pa ako."

I picked up her stuffs and made her stand up. "Kaya mo ba?"

She nodded.

"Alright. Let's go." Inalalayan ko sya.

"Dun tayo sa condo mo please."

"Okay."

On the way, paminsan minsan kong tinitingnan si Zoe. She's sleeping. Mabuti nalang wala pang traffic. Mabilis kaming makakarating.

I mentally checked the guest room. Napalinisan ko naman yun the other day. Dun naman natutulog si Zoe everytime wala ako at may business meetings sya dito sa Cebu.

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"RJ gusto ko ng fresh juice before I go to sleep."

"Sure."

"I'll just turn the ac on."

"No problem. Settle yourself there. Dadalhin ko nalang dun ang juice mo."

"Thank you."

She walked towards me and kissed my cheek. "Babawi ako mamaya. Hindi na talaga kaya ng powers ko. Tinatawag na ako ng dreamland." She chuckled.

I nodded.

For years of being in a structured life, I can easily get away from it when Zoe's around. It feels... normal again. But she respects the life choice I made and sincerely helps me be the best version so I often am reminded of things like boundaries. She even asks about my life inside and she listens tirelessly to me. She's in control of her life and I'm happy to see her that way.