A Walk in Nami || On-going

05

" Kumusta, SoKor?"

Tanong agad ni Maria pagkaupo namin. Nandito kami sa cafe ni Zalea, tatawag ko sana si Zalea kaso busy daw sabi ni Maria kaya mamayang gabi na lang siguro. Kakauwi lang din namin kahapon nila Kyle at Ashley

"Frappe and slice of red velvet cake" I said when Alex approached is. Kakilala niya rin kami dahil kaibigan namin ang owner nito at lagi akong tambay dito

"Sige po, salamat" Alex said before she left us

"So, anong nangyari sa inyo ni Geun?" Maria asked again

"Wala" I answered

Wala naman talaga, kahihiyan lang

"Bakit wala?" Dismayadong tanong niya. Baliw talaga

"Kasi wala talaga" I said. I grabbed my phone to read some messages. May message rin mula sa school, mamaya ko na lang babasahin dahil alam kong about sa meeting lang 'yon

"I saw Ace" I immediately looked at her. She was typing on her phone, not looking at me

"Kailan mo nakita si Patrick?" I asked, making her eyes turned to me 

" 'di ko expected pero kasama pala siya sa dinner namin kagabi" 

So, kagabi lang? Anong ginawa niya? Shit

"anong ginawa mo?" 

"nilandi" 

Napanganga na lang ako sa sagot niya. Lintek na babae 

"tapang" giit ko at ngumiti naman siya na parang aso. Si Maria dapat ang tinutularan namin ni Zalea 

Master Maria 

" pero halos maging estatwa ako nang makita siya. After a year" she said. I knew that feeling 

"gumawa ako ng kahihiyan, umiyak ako sa harapan niya" I said. She was about to answer me but Alex approaches us to gave our order

"Thank you" Maria and I said on sync while Alex gave us a slight nod before she left us 

"anong nangyari?" she asked. I sipped the frappe first before putting it back to the table 

"'di ko pa kayang magkwento ngayon" I smiled

"pero okay ka lang?" tanong niya at umiling ako 

Wala naman akong rason para magsinungaling sa kanga. Maria and Zalea became my family and we all knew the secrets of each other. 

"ang sakit ng nangyari sayo" she whispered, enough for me to hear 

"masakit nga" I said while I kept nodding

Pinakamasakit na siguro iyon, sobrang sakit 

"sacrifice" she whispered 

Sabi nila, when you love someone, you need to sacrifice. Mukhang totoo nga.

"Mahal ko siya at alam kong pagdating ng araw ay isa sa amin ang magsasakripisyo. Dumating na ang araw na iyon" 

" Pero hindi niya alam na nag sakripisyo ka" 

I stopped thinking when Maria said those words. Geun didn't know the reason why I left him 

"Past is past" giit ko bago muling humigop sa frappe. Sumubo naman ng cake si Maria habang nakatingin sa labas 

" Is that Geun?" 

I looked at her, she was still looking outside so I followed her eyes. She was right, Geun was happily talking with a girl