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LATE NIGHT TALK

LATE NIGHT TALK

(Kindly play I need you more today by Caleb Santos para mas dama. Thank you :')

I have that one favorite person whom I want to spent my time talking. Tipong tinatamad na akong mag entertain o mag reply ng ibang messages pag hindi galing sa kanya.

2:20 am

Rondal Hegge: sorry na late ba ako?

I smiled when I saw his message. Sabe na nga ba e, darating siya.

Mich Suarez: medyo pero ok lang.
Rondal Hegge: sorry ha?
Rondal Hegge: marami kasi akong ginawa, sorry ha?
Mich Suarez: ok nga lang.
Rondal Hegge: call tayo. Ako tatawag.
Mich Suarez: sige.

Most of the time when we're talking we share our dreams and problems to each other. Rondal is not a good listener pero ok na rin, as long as may napag sasabihan ako ng problema ko, ok lang.

Wala pang dalawang minuto ng mag flash sa screen ko ang pangalan niya, I answer the call.

But we're not couples nor anything, we're just friend who have the same situation and mindset.

Humaba ang usapan namin hanggang sa...

"Bakit may mga ganong tao?" I said and wipe my tears.

Narinig ko siyang tumikhim, [I don't know but there's one  thing im sure with.] He said.

We're both teenager kaya kayang kaya naming mag puyat dahil malakas pa ang resistensya namin.

"Ano yon?" I asked between my sobs.

[Na hindi naman kayo para sa isat isa, C'mon Mich open your heart again. Hindi lahat ng lalaki sasaktan ka like what your fucking ex boyfriend did before. It's been 3 years tapos dika pa nakaka move on? Pambihira.] Mababakas sa boses niya ang pagka dismaya, [Bakit kasi di nalang ako?] He asked.

At first, I laughed. Hindi ako agad sumagot kasi kilala ko si Rondal bilang masiyahing tao at palabiro, hinihintay kong sabihin nyang 'charot' o 'joke'.

5 minutes have passed pero wala pading nag sasalita samin.

"Uhmm---Rondal---"

[If you think im joking, you're wrong. You know who am I, at hindi ko kayang mag biro sa tuwing nag sasabi ako ng totoo. Damn, I don't want to confess anything diko naman aakalaing ngayon ko ito sasabihin. I wan't to heal your heart. Fuck, Mich im fucking inlove with you----] I smiled when I heared those things from him.

"Ron. I don't want to hurt you pero hindi kita gusto. Im sorry." I said and ended our call.

1 week have passed. We already talk about his feelings for me at nangako naman siyang pipigilan niya. He also said he's feelings is not that too deep so I don't need to worry cause he can control it naman daw.

I thought that it wasn't a big deal to us.

Normal padin naman pag uusap namin pero hindi na ganon kasigla tulad ng dati.

He started being cold and distance to me. Parang ayaw na niya akong kausapin parang nawawalan na siya ng gana.

Until the worst day of my life came, kilangan ko siya ngayon. He's the only person I trust.

Tinadtad ko siya ng messages pati chats and calls but there's no Rondal show up.

Nag tuloy tuloy na ganon and only my sobs could be heared in my room.

Halos isang buwan ng ganon, kung mag o online man siya saglit lang para i chat ako ng 'Hi' at 'Hello'.

Binabasa kaya niya mga messages ko?

Hanggang sa dumating sa puntong pagod na ako, my body is too weak. I can't lessen the pain so I hug my self tight and cry.

"Rondal...Ron...dal..." Lagi kong tinatawag ang pangalan niya, pero para akong kumakapa sa dilim ang hirap tukuyin kung ano bang nangyayari samin.

Napatawa ako ng mapait, it's so funny being slepless cause I sacrificed my sleep waiting for him to pick me and build me up.

I lost my late night talk person cause he confess, funny right?

At the end I got nothing but a pain. A long lasting pain.