Life After You

Chapter 1

Gumawa ako ng bago di pa nga tapos sa isa huhu

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"Pre ano na kayo nung jowa mo?"

Pambungad na tanong sakin nung bobo pagkapasok ko sa studio. We're forming a band and I'm the guitarist also the vocalist.

"Kami pa din, 2 months pa lang naman. May 1 month pa ako."

Wala naman talaga dapat akong girlfriend ngayon, kaso pinilit nila ako dun sa babaeng yun. Yung babaeng di marunong mag-ayos, maingay, maligalig.

In short ayoko sa kaniya.

"Buti nakakaya mo pakisamahan yon?" Tanong ni James, tropa ko den, also the drummer. Yung nagtanong kanina ay si Kenneth, the bassist.

"Gago ka ba? Ikaw kaya pumilit sakin don."

"Kawawa naman pre eh, halatang crush na crush ka. It's called, fan service." Sabay tumawa silang dalawa. Mga siraulo.

"Ingat pre, baka mag-backfire sayo yan. Goodluck, sana di ka mahulog." That's Gabriel, our pianist.

At ano daw? Pfft, ako? Mahuhulog? Dun sa babaeng yun? Lul, asa.

"In a parallel universe maybe, but here? No I don't think that's possible." Because that is just so close to impossible.

We practiced for three hours straight before packing up. Uuwi na sana ako kaso pinaalala sakin ni Gabriel na dadaan ko pa si Nicole. My... girlfriend.

Yeah, right.

Today is friday, wala kaming pasok every friday so that day is for our band practice. But even on normal school days, I still go to Nicole's building to fetch her. Those asshole says it's a boyfriend material thing, and I don't like it. May paa naman siya kaya niya na umuwi mag-isa.

I was waiting in front of their building for 20 minutes already, where the fuck is she?!

"San ka na?" I immediately asked when she answered my call. Sinusundo na nga ang tagal pa.

"Ay hala sorry, uwi ka na. Hinahanap ko pa yung notes ko. May exam kami next week eh."

So that's it? I came here for nothing? Ang burara naman kasi eh hindi nag-aayos ng gamit!

"Matagal ka pa? Sayang naman pag-punta ko dito."

"Ah, sorry na-istorbo kita." She sounded sad, or is it just me? I can also hear flipping papers coming from her side, kung saang notebook niya na naman siguro nilagay yung notes niya.

She's not organized in everything she does, she's clumsy, and she doesn't care about her appearance. Who would like her? I mean, look! Wala kang magugustuhan na katangian niya.

"It's okay, una na ako. Kailangan ko rin umuwi ng maaga."

"Sige bye. I lov—" tinapos ko yung tawag bago pa niya tapusin yung sasabihin niya.

Kagaguhan tong ginagawa ko, at medyo gago den ako kaya di ko na dadagdagan. I won't say 'I love you' to her because I really don't. It contains action, not just empty words.

Everytime she tries to say that, it's either I change topic or pretend that I didn't hear it. Di naman siya nagrereklamo na hindi ko siya sinasagot pabalik so we're good.

I was about to get into my car when I saw her walking while searching inside her bag like she's looking for something, not even looking at the direction. Hay, tanga talaga. And as expected, she bumped into someone and because her bag is open, her things fell on the ground.