Nasa hagdanan na ako ng marinig ang kalansing ng mga pinggan. I wonder who was preparing. I can hear, Nanay and Fritz talking in the sofa area. I was too curious so I decided to go straight to the kitchen. There I smell the perfume again and then I saw the face that I’ve been wanting to see. The person that I trusted the most next to L. The person who knows everything about me because of L.
“MA? What are you doing here?” Halatang-halata sa mukha niya ang pagkagulat.
“I think..” nabablanko ang utak ko, “I’m the one who should ask you that,” muntik ko ng malimutan ang pagtatampo na nararamdaman ko sa kaniya.
“Do you live here?” I didn’t replied. “Believe me, I have no plans of searching where you live. My friend just tagged me along because he wants to visit his Nanay-Nanayan daw here.”
And that pierced me. He has no intention of looking for me.
“So why are you the one who’s fixing the table?”
“I volunteered. Because there were so many things they have to catch up with each other,” he answered.
Just like us, AJ. Why did you stop looking for me? I totally hoped that you were still waiting for me all this time but sadly I heard the news that you already have you girlfriend.
“So magkakilala kayo, Sis?” Fritz asked.
I looked at them at the dining entrance. I saw how happy Nanay is, together with Fritz and the guy I never saw before.
“Dude, you know her? You know what, based on Nanay’s kwento, she was similar to the girl you’ve been searching.”
Girl that AJ has been searching? I looked at him and I found him looking at me too.
“Yeah, Dude. She is the one I’ve been searching,” sagot niya sa lalaki.
“What a co-incidence!” he clapped.
Nagkamali ako ng isiping hindi na niya ako hinahanap. Pero bakit pa? May girlfrieend na siya. Sabagay, halos magkapamilya na ang turingan namin. Ang gulo ng isip ko.
“Ang gandang balita naman niyan! Buti nalang pala at naisama ka ni--” hindi ko na naintiindihan ang mga sumunod na sinabi ni Nanay.
Hindi ko namalayan na kumakain na pala kami at kung hindi lang ako tinapik ni Fritz ay hindi pa din magagalaw ang aking pagkain.
“Nako, ‘Nay! I brought AJ here because he was too brokenhearted with his girlfriend. She broke up with him and he wants to hangout somewhere else. Eh, it has been a while din naman since I last visited you two, so I decided to take him here,” pagkukwento nung lalaki.
So kaya mo lang pala ako hinanap kasi break na kayo ng girlfriend mo? Tanong ko sa kaniya pero sa isip ko lang habang nakatingin sa kaniya.
“Mauna na po ako, ‘Nay,” paalam ko.
Pakiramdam ko parang hindi ako matutunawan kapag ipinagpatuloy ko pa ang pagsabay sa kaniyang kumain.
I brought a soju and a box of chocolate with me. Nasa bakuran ako ngayon habang pinagmamasdan ang buwan at bituin sa kalangitan.
“You haven’t changed. You still drink with chocolates. While looking at the lovely moon and stars,” he looked at me, “just like you,” he smiled.
“I changed a lot. And so are you.”
“I have changed because of you.”
Napatingin ako sa kaniya. Bakit ako?
