2 weeks after
It's again a regular school day, until now hindi padin namin makausap katulad ng dati si Eli. One time tito had to force him to eat dahil wala na siyang balak pang lumabas ng kwarto niya.
We made him go to school but sometimes his subject teacher would ask us why he didn't attend the class, and we would find him staring at Via's tomb.
"Hindi paba napapagod si Eli magmukmok? i mean he has the rights to, pero sana isipin naman niya sarili niya"— Lia
"We have to understand"— Darryl
After a few hours, linapitan na siya ni Darryl para umuwi na kami. Hindi ako sumabay dahil sinabihan ako ni Kavyx na magkita daw kami
"What are you up to? Maggagabi na" bungad ko
"How was Elijah?" - Siya
"He's not fine" bumigat nanaman ang pakiramdam ko
"Stop blaming yourself" -Siya, ilang beses ko nadin kinumbinsi ang sarili ko na hindi ko yun kasalanan pero end up, sinisisi ko padin sarili ko
"Part of me was still mad at myself. But i only had two choices, if i didn't change anything Eli would've died, but i did—" hindi ko natuloy ang sinasabi ko dahil sa nagbabadyang pagtulo ng luha ko
"Tigilan mo na yan, just stay beside Eli" -Siya. Tumango nalamang ako at hinayaang manahimik kami pareho ng ilang minuto
Kavyx brought me to the same coffee shop where we talked before
"Wait, tito already dropped his candidacy so that means you're not my BG anymore right?"-Ako, tumango ito at ilinapag sa lamesa ang librong napili niyang basahin
"Well i guess i won't be recieving full payment"-Siya
"Wow ha. Anyways anong gusto mong gawin ko dito?"-Ako
"Watch me read"-Siya
"Are you crazy? 22 ka na nagpapababy ka pa"mahina kong wika
Hindi niya ako pinansin kaya naman pinagmasdan ko nalang talaga siya, i drank my iced choco while looking at him. His face has strong features, na nakakaintimidate kapag naka straight face, but he's cute. psh
"Do you still think this is a dream?" bigla niyang sabi, umayos ako ng upo
"Ani"-Ako, ibinaba niya ang libro tila interesado sa usapang ito
"I think now, everyone here stands as our dreams. Stands as my dream" tuloy ko
"What do you mean?"-Siya, i smiled. I pointed at him
"You stand as a dream of mine where i want everything to turn into a fantasy. A dream where i can just be myself freely without worries, and a dream i love dreaming the most" as i said those words, nakita ko sa gilid ng mata ko ang pagiba ng paligid
It was sunny outside again, we are not in the coffee shop anymore. I still couldn't figure out what is behind this, still doesn't have no clue how it works.
Hindi naputol ang titigan naming dalawa, i counted the seconds of how long we are staying here.
"It changes whenever i feel my heart beating" i froze when Kavyx spoke
"W-what?" utal kong tanong
V: CHAPTER 15- SOLUTIONS
We are back at the coffee shop again
"What about Eli? what kind of dream he is?"-Kavyx
"Kavyx, nakikita mo din ang pagbabago ng paligid?"-Ako, he kept a straight face
