The Audacious Pillars

Chapter 8: Voyage

I went back to my room.

Lalo tuloy akong hindi makatulog dahil sa narinig ko mula kay Mom and Dad. I'm bothered about everything that will happen when I left. I thought it is going to be easy since my Mom and Dad has never questioned what I wanted to do but after seeing how Mom reacted kanina, iniisip ko kung tutuloy pa ba ako. But I really wanted to go there.

Maybe, they're reacting like that dahil their only daughter is leaving. I must understand it.

Madaling araw na at hindi pa ako nakakatulog. I went to the veranda para magpahangin. Napatingin ako sa malawak na lupain sa harap ko. Bata pa lang ako ay ito na ang napakalaking playground namin ni Kuya. We will play the game of tag kahit dalawa lang naman kaming magkalaro. I will surely miss this.

Humangin nang malakas dahilan para hanginin ang buhok ko.

I collected it and placed it on my right shoulder. While feeling the coldness of the night air, I suddenly felt a sudden jolt of extreme headache. It feels like there's someone drilling my head.

Agad akong napaatras dahilan para masagi ko ang metal table sa veranda ko. It made a loud noise but I know that no one can here it as they are all deeply asleep by this time.

I want to scream but the pain is too much to bear that even scream can't get out of my mouth.

I squeezed my temples so hard to the point that I don't know if it's the headache or the knuckles that I'm planting on my temples is the one hurting me.

I looked around and everything is getting blurry.

I tried to reach out to the sliding door behind me so that I can go back to my room but even a small movement brings me another doze of pain.

I started to catch my breath.

I wish I can just sleep this pain in the ass headache-off and go to sleep peacefully. I can't handle this anymore.

Then, the last thing that I remembered is me falling then everything went black.

***

Nagising ako nang tumama sa mukha ko ang mataas na sinag ng araw. I tried to block it with my hand which is no use. I looked in that direction and saw how my sliding door to veranda is widely open.

Shit.

I just remembered what happened yesterday. Iniisip ko pa lang ay parang nahihilo na naman ako.

Hindi ko maalala kung paano ako nakapunta sa higaan ko but the last thing that I remembered is me falling. Napabangon ako and checked my arms, legs and I touched my head if there's a scratch or something pero wala akong nakita at nakapa.

Napabuntong hininga ako. Mabuti naman kasi for sure mahihirapan akong mag-explain nito kanila Mom kapag nakita niyang mga galos ako. Hindi naman kasi ako nalabas ng bahay so hindi siya sanay na magkaroon ako ng sugat. Hatid-sundo pa ako buong buhay ko so wala talagang rason.

Remember nung na-ospital ako? That's why halos himatayin si Mom at isama niyo na si Dad, dahil hindi sila sanay na nakikita akong nasasaktan.

Anyway, tumayo na ako to eat my breakfast even though it is pretty late to eat one. I was thinking na baka naman dahil lang sa gutom yung kagabi kahit kumain naman ako ng dinner. Ewan ko. Or maybe dahil sa puyat.

Kinalimutan ko na lang yung nangyari kagabi and headed downstairs.

They served me a plate of pancakes and a glass of warm milk. I just ate it standing in our kitchen island. After finishing my meal ay lumabas ako in our front yard—no, that's too big for a front yard and I don't know what to call it.