The Grim Reaper's Possession

Chapter 37

Chapter 37

Maeve's POV

"Maeve?! Maeve! Thank goodness at nahanap din kita, saan ka ba nagpunta?" Sel asked as he rushed towards me. He looked shocked when he saw my face.
"Bakit ka umiiyak? May nanakit ba sayo?" tanong nya and I shook my head.

Through my clogged nose and sniffles, I managed to ask him.
"P-Pano mo ko nahanap?"

"May nakakita daw sayo na bumaba ka rito, bakit ka nandito? Atsaka bakit ka nga umiiyak?" Pagu-ulit nya sa tanong nya.

Again, I shook my head,
"It's nothing. I'm sorry kung pinagalala kita. I just thought I saw someone that was important to me."

"Sino?" Pangungulit nya.

"No one. I-I'm tired. I'm sorry kung nasira ko yung friendly date natin.. Pwede na ba tayong umuwi? Bawi na lang ako next time." I said.

"Sure." he said, smiling softly.
He seems to notice na kahit mahaba yung mga suot ko ay nilalamig pa rin ako.

He took off his blue jacket and draped it over me.

"You don't have--" he cut me off by shushing me.

"Pabayaan mo na. I need to take care of you."

"Thank you." I said, smiled and let him lead me home.

Time flew by so fast. I haven't got a decent sleep since that night, the night where I saw him, and before I knew it, isang taon na pala ang nakakalipas. Naghanap ako ng trabaho and as of now is that kaka-apply ko pa lang and I'm waiting for their call.
I'm already 29 years old and me and Sel are going along great.
Okay, maybe not that great.

I have rejected him for almost a hundredth time, saying na I'm not looking for any relationship right now, and even though I didn't know how that happened, I also told him na may mahal na kong iba.
Yet, he kept persisting.

It has been a year and sometimes when I'm staring at the ceiling at night, I always thought.. What if the thought of loving Grim was just a result of the coma I was in?
What if hallucination lang yung nangyari sa ilalim nung bridge?

What if everything that happened was not real at all? Na gawa-gawa lang pala lahat ng utak ko? Na nababaliw na ako?

No, that can't be. I still have his messages. Dun sa fb.
Was it possible na ako din lang pala ang gumawa nun?

As of now, I'm on a cafe with Sel kung saan kami laging nagkikita. I stirred my melon shake slowly, my mind drifting from far far away.
I was snapped out of it nang magsalita si Sel.

"Kamusta ka naman, Maeve?" he said and I look over at him.

A few strands of his hair were on his face, slightly covering his shining hazel eyes and that handsome boyish smile was on his face as usual.

"Why are you always asking that?" Medyo natatawang tanong ko.

"I don't know. Kasi lagi ka na lang tulala, that's why I'm asking you the same question." He said and I smiled.

"And I'm gonna kept saying the same answer. Okay lang ako. Just--" I said but he cut me off.

"Tired?" he completed and tumango ako.

Ngumiti lang sya and took a sip on his iced coffee.
I mentally sighed. I don't deserve someone like Sel who was always looking out for me.
Ilang beses ko na syang ni-reject saying that I only think of him as a friend but he was still persisting na kaya nyang maghintay.
I haven't met his family and when I asked him about it, he said na nasa taas daw sya at binabantayan kami.
So his parents are dead and only child lang sya. That or maybe all of his family died.
I wanna asked him about it but gusto ko na sya yung mag-open up nun sakin. Baka masyadong sensitive yung topic para sakanya.

I look over at the glass window and closed my eyes, remembering what my father said to me a few days ago,

"Anak, walang masama kung gusto mong sumaya ulit. Bigyan mo ng chance si Sel at aralin mo na mahalin sya.. Sigurado ako sasaya ka sa piling nya."

Sasaya nga ba ako?
I gaze over at my father, not really knowing what to say.
"Pero pano kung hinde?"

"Hindi mo malalaman kung hindi mo susubukan." he said and sighed.
"Sayang si Sel anak, naghahanap sya ng paraan na kung saan ay maipagmamalaki mo sya. Tapos ang bait pa at hinihintay ka. Use your brain anak."

I look down. Hindi nyo kasi naiintindihan. At kahit ie-explain ko man sainyo mas lalo lang magugulo.
I sighed, muttering under my breath.
"But what about my heart?"

I opened my eyes and I'm back in the cafe, my gaze going back to Sel who was already staring at me.

"May problema ba?" tanong ko.

He smiled,
"Itatanong ko lang, Maeve. Sino nga ba ako sa buhay mo?" he said suddenly making me furrow my brows.

"Ha?"

"Sino nga ba ako sa buhay mo?" paguulit nya sakanyang tanong.

"As I said before, isang mabuting kaibigan." I said and he sighed, taking my hand in his.

His hand was warm. So unlike Grim's that I remember touching the last time that I saw him. Or what I thought the time that I saw him kung hindi nga hallucination ang nangyari nun.
After that incident, wala ng kahit anong nangyari ulit. No reapers, no paranormal things.. No Grim.

"Sigurado ka na ba?" he asked and lightly squeezed my hand.

My mind went back to the words my father had said.

'Use your brain,'

'Use your brain,'

'Use your brain,'

'Sigurado ako sasaya ka sa piling nya.'

"I'm not sure." I said truthfully.
"Pwedeng bigyan mo ko ng time? About three days to think about it?" I said and his eyes lit up.

"Sure. Take all the time that you need. Maghihintay ako." he said.

"But Sel.. What if--" I said but he cut me off again.

"What if talagang kaibigan lang talaga ang turing mo sakin?" he asked and I nodded slowly.

"Then I'd stop chasing you and irerespeto ang desisyon mo.. I have to accept na hindi ko sya mabubura sa puso mo, kung sino man sya." he said.

"Thanks Sel. Are we still in good terms after that?" Tanong ko.

"Definitely." he said and gave my hand a final squeeze before letting go.
"Uwi na tayo?"