The Black Suitcase

diyes

I woke up when I felt my head throb. Unti-unti akong bumangon habang nakapikit pa rin ang mata ko.

Unti-unti kong binuka ang mata ko at nilibot ang paningin ko. I'm in my room. How? The last thing I remember before falling asleep is the manly scent of Dio's bed. Did I sleep walk papunta sa kwarto ko?

I decided to push back my thoughts. Tumayo ako at pumasok sa banyo para maligo. Natagalan pa ako kasi medyo antok pa ako kaya nakatulog pa ako sa shower.

I dried up and looked at the time in my phone. 9:45 A.M. Well, it's time to get breakfast. I fetched my keys and my wallet before going out of the room.

Did Dio have a problem with me kagabi? My sister use to say that I get too hard to handle when I'm drunk. But I was not drunk. I was just tired, with a tiny influence of alcohol.

I ordered fried rice, bacons and orange juice. As usual, I was told to wait for 30 minutes.

Today is my last day here in Bohol. Bukas, babalik na ako sa realidad. I'm supposed to be happy kasi finally, I can go to med school na. But a part of me doesn't want to leave this beautiful island. And the guy I met here.

What will happen kaya once I get back in Manila? Will Dio and I still communicate with each other? Will we be able to see each other? Who knows kung saang probinsya or bansa galing yung lalaking yun.

"May I sit here?" Nagitla ako ng may biglang magsalita mula sa likod ko. I didn't have to turn my head to see who was talking. Sino pa ba ang kumakausap sa akin dito sa resort kundi si Dio lang naman.

"Sure." He sat down on the chair across me. He still has that stupid smile plastered on his face. That stupid smile that I will miss.

"Thank you nga pala ha." I started. "Thank you for taking care of me kagabi. I hope I didn't trouble you that much," I timidly said. I heard him chuckle.

"Of course not. You were sleeping like a baby. Well, my baby in that case." He winked. Natawa naman ako sa kaharutan ng lalaking to.

"Ang aga-aga, humaharot na agad." Tumawa siya ng malakas dahil sa sinabi ko. Then the table became silent once again.

"Bukas na alis mo diba?" Tanong niya.

"Yeah. Bukas ng umaga." I heard him chuckle faintly.

"Mamimiss kita." To say that I was stunned with what he said was an understatement. I was shocked. To hear that from your crush. Pwede na ako mamatay. Char. Landi.

"Wow naman. Padalhan kita ng maraming pictures ko para hindi ka bagutin sa stay mo dito." I laughed. Hanggang next week pa yung stay niya dito.

"Pwede ba?" Mas lalo akong natawa. Para namang gagawin ko yun. We continued talking until my order arrived.

"Have you eaten your breakfast? I see you didn't order food for yourself," sabi ko while I started eating.

"I had my breakfast kanina. I was just about to go for a swim when I saw you here. Then I remembered you were going home tomorrow so I dropped by," he continued. I just nodded. We continued to chat as I finished my food.

He invited me to a swim so I excused myself para makapagbihis sa kwarto. I want to enjoy my last day here with him.

When I finished changing into my swimming attire, agad akong bumaba sa beach. I saw Dio, topless, seating on one of the beach lounges.