Let Me Be Your Cure (COMPLETED)

CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER 1

Death

AS SOON as work's done, I immediately went to the locker room to change my clothes to a normal one. I took out my cargo pants, tank top and combat boots from my locker and started wearing them after undressing.

"Where you going my lovely friend?" asked Jane, my colleague.

"How many times do I have to tell you that I'm not lovely, Jane?" Tanong ko sa kaniya habang nagsusuot ng damit.

"Yeah yeah yeah whatever you say, you're still lovely in my eyes. Ewan ko rin, e. Kahit ganyan mukha mo, sobrang cold na walang kaemo-emosyon, mukha ka pa ring anghel sa aking mga mata. Ginayuma mo ba ako Praise? Panagutan mo 'ko!" mahaba niyang litanya.

Ignoring her presence, I sat down to tie the laces of my boots na siya namang pagdating ni Eman. "Again, Jane? Still confessing your feelings to Praise?" Umiiling-iling na hindi makapaniwala niyang tanong. He was just leaning at the door while his hands were in the pockets of his pants, not really entering the room.

"Ginayuma niya kasi ako!" She ranted to Eman whilst pointing her fingers at me.

Napa-poker-face si Eman sa kagagahan niya. "Enough with the act Jane. Baka matuluyan ka na niyang mahulog sa kaniya. Bahala ka, hindi kita iwe-welcome."

"Iwe-welcome? Saan naman?" naguguluhang tanong nito.

"Iwe-welcome... sa buhay ko." Eman winked.

"Talaga?!" Tuwang-tuwang tanong ni Jane habang nakadaop ang mga kamay at kumikinang ang mga matang nakatingin kay Eman. Ngunit pagkalipas din ng ilang segundo'y biglang nawala ang ngiti nito at napalitan ng seryosong mukha. "Ulol mo. Whooo!" She shook her head. So, she was just faking her reactions. For a second, I thought it was real. "Kunti na lang magiging lesbian na talaga ako dahil sa babaeng ito, tsk tsk tsk," iling niya sa sarili.

I stood up after tying the laces of my boots. "Huwag mo ng ituloy maging lesbian, hindi kita tatanggapin. Just be with Eman, he's free." Seryosong payo ko sa kaniya habang nakatingin kay Eman, pinapahiwatig kay Jane na sa kaniya na lang ito sumama.

"Oh no no no." She shook her head repetitively and submissively raised both her hands. "Okay, fine. I was just kidding. Straight ako at mananatili akong straight! Hindi naman ako mabubuntis kung sa kapwa babae ako kakalampag. Hmp kay lieutenant Harold lang ako."

Hindi sinasadyang mapadako ang tingin ko kay Eman na ngayo'y tahimik lang na nakatingin kay Jane. Hmm, whatever, I shrugged. I took out my maxi coat and wore it. I'm now set to go.

"Saan ka ba kasi pupunta?" ulit na tanong ni Jane sa akin.

"Market."

"Market... as in palengke?"

I nodded.

"Nang ganyan ang suot mo?!" hulog ang mga pangang hindi niya makapaniwalang tanong.

"Is there anything wrong with it?"

"Akala ko may importante kang pupuntahan. I mean, couldn't you be more normal? Wala ka bang t-shirt, iyong mas normal na damit?"

"What? This is normal to me." What's the big deal? I like wearing tank tops so I can move freely when catching jerks. I wear dresses like what I'm wearing right now to intimidate jerks, not people.

I heard Eman's chuckling from the doorway. "As expected from my Praise."

"Stop owning me you people. Lastly, I'm not lovely. I'm not anything near to that. So I'm out." Nilampasan ko si Eman na nakangising nakatingin sa akin nang ako'y papalabas. Pagkalabas ko ng locker room, dinig ko sa aking kinatatayuan ang hagikhikan nilang dalawa.