When It Hits

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"So, anong oras flight n'yo bukas?" I asked him while we were cooking food inside the villa. I'm thinking of a topic just to ease the awkwardness between us, or baka ako lang 'yung nate-tense since mukhang wala naman siyang pake??? 

"Hapon, pero baka mga tanghali umalis na kami." he said without even bothering to look at me and was just  paying his attention at the food he was cooking. 

I glared at him once again while I'm preparing the plates at the dining. Kakatapos niya lang magluto. Ang lalim ata nang iniisip niya kasi hindi man lang siya nakikipag-usap sa akin. Maybe he now regrets what we admitted earlier, huh?

"Hey, bakit ang tahimik mo?" I asked him when I finally couldn't contain the silence between us. 

"Wala, may iniisip lang." he smiled at me before looking away. 

"Mind sharing it with me?" I asked him again.

"Wala. Sige na, kain na tayo maya maya babalik na 'yung magsusundo sa atin." he smiled again before gesturing me to eat more. 

I badly wanted to ask him if something is bothering him but I chose to just shut up, mukhang ayaw n'ya rin namang sabihin. I just ate the pasta that we cooked and volunteered to wash the dishes.

"Ako na, mag-ayos ka na lang do'n." he said to me! Kainis, ano ba ang problema nito? 

"E! Ako na nga, I'll just get bored if I'm not doing anything." I pushed him to the side so I can run towards the sink, mamaya unahan pa ako pumunta sa lababo e. 

At the end, hinayaan na niya akong maghugas ng mga plato. After washing the dishes, drying it all and putting it back on its places, I walked around and rest at the couch. Wala siya sa loob so baka nililigpit niya kung kalat namin sa labas kanina. I looked around the whole living area until my eyes dropped at a picture frame beside a small table near the tv area. I stood up and walked to see it clearly. 

I reached for it and looked at it. It's a picture of a family, the mother and the father are smiling widely while hugging a child in their center. Sa baba rin ng picture, may nakasulat na 'We love you Kiel, always.' Suddenly, sadness and frustration came to me. Parents ba 'to ni Vince? If yes, asaan naman kaya sila? Why is he with another family, anyway? 

I placed the picture back in its place, baka ma-curious lang ako lalo. I was about to turn around again to walk back to the sofa I sat on earlier when I heard his voice from behind. Sobrang lapit n'ya and I can even feel his presence very near!

"Kamukha ko ba sila?" he then asked me, pertaining to the picture I reached earlier. 

"Ha? Ah, oo. Parents mo?" I asked him, but he don't answer me lumakad lang siya palayo, maybe umupo siya sa sofa since narinig ko. Why did I even asked that pa kasi? Obvious naman, Gail!

"Yeah, they are. Namatay si Dad 8 years ago, and si Mom naman... ewan ko kung nasaan na siya... ngayon." he said, smiling.