Hindi ako makapaniwala sa sinabi ni Treena.
Mukhang nahalata din niya kasi nagsalita siya ulit.
"I'm not sure if I should be telling you these things. Before this happened, Emerald was going to talk to you. She was going to tell you everything."
"About what?"
"About herself."
"I guess it's something to look forward to, right?" Kahit hindi sinasadya, sarkastiko ang dating ko.
"Do you think I want to be in this position right now?" Galit ang tono niya.
Kahit mahinahon ang tono niya, I can tell that she was mad kasi kulay lumot ang mga mata niya.
Tulad ng sa akin kapag hindi maganda ang pakiramdam ko.
"Do you think she'll wake up?"
"She will if she wants to. But if you've known her as long as I have..." Pinigil niya ang sarili.
"I know you what you mean. I think she's happy where she is right now."
Napangiti si Treena sa sinabi ko.
Gumaan ang pakiramdam ko kasi naging ice breaker ang sinabi ko.
"She was right when she said you have a different humor."
"By that you mean morbid?"
"For most people, yes. But I'm not most people. I've been with Emerald for so long that talks of death and dying are regular topics of conversation between us."
Bago tuluyang lumayo ang topic, meron akong naalala.
"Why was she trying to stop you from getting married?"
Sumeryoso ulit ang expression ni Treena.
"Because she thinks I'm making a mistake."
"You believed her then?"
Kumunot ang noo niya.
"Because you didn't go through with the wedding." Paliwanag ko.
"Because I know that if there's someone in the world who will always look out for me, it's her." Naiyak si Treena sa sinabi.
Humigpit ang hawak niya sa paper cup hanggang sa tumambok ang mga ugat niya sa kamay.
"You must be really close."
"She didn't tell you?"
"What?"
Huminga siya ng napakalalim bago pinakawalan ang laman ng dibdib.
"God. I really hope she wakes up soon."
"Why can't you answer my questions? Am I breaking a secret pact that you two have?"
"The two of us promise each other that whoever found a potential partner, they should be the one to tell them about us."
"But in this case, I may or may not be waiting for nothing to happen."
"What if she wakes up tomorrow or the next day?"
"What if she doesn't?"
Hindi siya nakasagot.
"Besides, what is it about the two of you that I should know about?"
I saw her holding back.
"Let me guess. You used to be together."
Napakagat labi si Treena.
"I really don't know a lot about her." Kahit hindi siya umoo, her silence was a yes.
BINABASA MO ANG
Forever Live & Die
Fiksi UmumThe only thing that Emerald wanted was to die. TRIGGER WARNING: This story contains depictions of suicide. *** All rights reserved. No part of this work may be published, distributed, extracted, re-utilized, or reproduced in any material form, incl...
