Group Chat (GC Series 1)

GC 87

13 more chapters to go! This is the revised version, so I added some scenes with Blaster and Rhea. Mag-ready kayo ng tissue, haha.

Blaster and Rhea's portrayer [multimedia]

Blaster's POV

Muli akong sumimsim sa hawak kong kape habang kausap si Axiel. Dito na rin niya piniling matulog kagabi dahil hinintay niya akong makauwi. Kinwento ko sa kaniya ang nangyari, lalo na ang pagkikita namin ni Vinassy. I know I was only hallucinating, pero masaya akong makita at makausap siya kahit sa ganoong paraan.

"What are your plans this time?" Axiel asked with concern on his face.

I sighed. "I'll do anything. Even if it's going to get me killed, wala na akong pakialam. It doesn't matter anymore."

"I don't know what it feels like to lose a romantic relationship, but I understand your pain. I'll support you in any way I can."

I watched Axiel as he prepared to leave. He's always been there, quietly supporting me. He never judged how I handled things or tried to steer me in another direction, even when he probably should have. I used to think maybe he didn't care, but as we grew older, I realized it wasn't that. Hindi lang talaga siya pasalita, but I can feel his support and care in his actions.

Lalo na nang mawala si 5th, he never said much, even though he knew our story and how much we loved each other. It was his way of respecting my pain, of letting me find my own way through it. He knew, better than anyone, that grief doesn't have a set timeline, that moving on isn't something you can just decide right away, lalo na kung sobrang bigat ito.

When his mom died, our bloodline constanly told him to move on and let go, as if grief was something that could be switched off. But I never said those words to him because I believe you can't dictate how someone should deal with their grief. Grief is like a shadow—it follows you everywhere, clinging to you in ways you can't always explain.

I headed to my room to take a shower. Hinayaan kong dumaloy ang tubig sa katawan ko habang puno ang isip ko ng iba't ibang mga bagay, lalo na't sa tingin ko malapit nang matapos 'to.

Suddenly, Rhea Lexi entered my mind. My heart ached as the memory of her flashed before my eyes. She was someone I never expected to meet when I was running away. It felt like I was drowning in my pain, needing to escape, to breathe. Yet, she came into my life at a time when I was at my lowest. She comfort when I wasn't even looking for it.

She didn't know anything about 5th back then, but she recognized my pain. She didn't offer cliché advice or tell me that everything would be okay. She just sat with me in silence, offering hugs and her presence as an assurance that I wasn't as alone as I felt. Her kindness was like a lifeline, something I could cling to when the waves of grief became too much to bear.

Rhea Lexi showed me that sometimes, the people who help you the most are the ones you never see coming.

Napatigil ako sa pagpapatuyo ng buhok ko nang marinig ang pagtunog ng phone ko kaya agad kong kinuha ito. A notification reminder about Rhea made my heart skip a beat, especially when a photo of the two of us during our first formal dinner appeared on the screen. Fuck. It's her birthday today.

"Tss. Kahit ngayon, 27 pa rin ang nasa isip kong birthday mo," I chuckled, staring at her face in the picture.

We had a formal dinner together on the 27th because that's what she told me, but her real birthday was on the 16th. She said she really wanted to celebrate it with me kaya kahit tapos na, gumawa pa rin siya ng paraan.