Be The Bride

IKA-NAPULO'G PITO

JEALOUS..

Binigay niya sa akin ang susi niya kaya agad akong pumasok sa driver’s seat. Napatingin ako sa kanya sa labas.

“What are you doing?” tanong ko. “Sakay.”

But instead of going to the front seat, binuksan niya ang pintuan ng driver’s seat.

“I’ll drive,” he just said kaya bumaba ako ng kotse at lumipat.

“Where are we going?” tanong niya after starting the engine.

“Garcia Hospital.”

“And why are we going there again?”

Napatingin ako sa kanya. For a moment, nakalimutan kong andito ang boyfriend ko. Like wtf Karen! What is wrong with you?!

“Naaksidente daw si Khy,” sabi ko na nahihiya? Nagui-guilty?

Inalis niya ang kamay niya sa steering wheel, at hinawakan ako sa braso. Hinigit niya ang braso ko dahilan para mapalapit ang mukha ko sa kanya. Then pinunasan niya ang mga luha ko.

“Don’t cry,” he plainly said saka siya nag-drive.

Tahimik kaming pumunta sa hospital. At nung narating ko ang ospital, nalaman kong nagkaroon ng car accident. At nawalan ng malay si Khy, and he went on a minor surgery. I didn’t understood much of what they said, pero ang sabi nung doctor, okay na daw siya. He’s recovering thank God!

“Ikaw po yung tinawagan ko kasi ikaw po yung nasa pinaka recent dialed numbers niya. Yung nasa speed dial number one niya kasi ay di ma-contact,” paliwanag nung nurse.

“Ah, okay. Salamat po," I just said.

Why? Why am I in his recent dialed numbers? He didn’t call me tho. Or did he tried to call me? But why?

Tinawagan ko ang parents ni Khy, na sobra namang awkward para sa akin. And then I went to his room, leaving Ran outside.

He’s there, sleeping in a hospital bed. He got a few bruises in his face.

Gosh, sobra akong kinabahan. Akala ko ano ng nangyare sa kanya.

Do I still love him? Do I?

But whether I love him or not, he will always have a special place in my heart.

Inayos ko ang pagkakakumot sa kanya.

But this is so not Khy.. getting into an accident. And a car accident? He’s like the most careful person when it comes to driving. He always do a safety check before driving. He never went beyond any speed limit kahit pa nagmamadali siya. And he always check the traffic lights.

So this accident is so unlikely to happen. But anyway, accident is like a thief. It comes when you least expect it. And accidents happen even to the most careful one.

Lumabas na ako ng kwarto niya. And then I saw Ran. Sitting on the waiting benches. Sleeping.

Napasabunot ako sa sarili ko.

Why? Why am I like this to him?

Nilapitan ko siya at umupo ako sa tabi niya. Dahan-dahan kong inilagay ang ulo niya sa balikat ko, careful not to wake him up.

But as I did that, nagising siya.

“Sorry, I didn’t mean to wake you up," I immediately apologized.

“I’ll go home quickly and just take a shower. Babalik ako kaagad.”

“You don’t have to. You need to rest. Pag dumating na sina tita, uuwi na rin ako.”