"Mr. Crucifex?"
"Yes!"
"You're the next patient. You may get in now".
"O-okay. Thank you".
It was summer when I visited a medical doctor due to my condition. My heart always seemed to be being hammered and it hurt to the point that I've locked myself in my room and got drown in alcoholic beverages for a reason.
"Anong masakit sa'yo?" Dr. Kate Ruliever asked me in a gentle manner. As my first impression of her, she is a man hater yet still deal with me because of her profession.
"Masakit ang puso ko, doc".
"Aha! You must be fresh from break up!"
"No, doc. The girl whom I love is already married to his man just a month ago. I never had the chance to own her."
And that burst her into laughter.
"Hindi ka nag-iisa. Broken din ako kagaya mo. My boyfriend left me without even saying goodbye or giving me closure. I can't ask query as to where did I lack or am I not enough for him kasi maganda naman ako, sexy, mabait at professional pa".
Yeah, she has it all so do I. We're both in the same boat, sharing the same taste of pain given by the wrong person.
"I check ko lang ang heart beat mo ha".
And that was it. Starting the day that I payed a visit to her clinic, gumaan ang aking pakiramdam. Binigyan niya ako ng gamot dahil may heart disease daw ako. Simula pa pagkabata at lumala. It was my first time to be prescribed by a doctor and be aware of my condition.
"Hindi ko inakala na tayo pala ang nakatadhana para sa isa't-isa. Pareho tayong nasaktan dahil sa pag-ibig. Pareho tayong broken. I have already promised to close my heart and don't fall in love again but you came. You made me break the promise I made for myself, Race." She said as she put her head on my chest, listening to my heartbeat. I am Pilot Race Crucifix, ang nag-iisang gwapong lalaki na sumundo sa asawa kong iniwan dati sa ere. And she is Kate Ruliever, a cardiologist at ang pinakamagandang babae na gumamot sa puso kong minsan ng nasawi sa pag-ibig.
