Forgive or Forget

Chapter 21

It's the day! The day I've been waiting and preparing for.

I'm wearing my light red fitted dress and my hair's flowing in a wavy style. I put my favorite hair clip on and put a light make up on my face. I walked towards in the mirror and took a selfie of myself. When I'm contented already in my pictures, I chose two photos and uploaded it on my Instagram account.

Happy holiday, everyone and to you...

In just a seconds, there's a lot of reacts and comments in my post. A lot of them were greeting me and saying that I'm referring to Hans.

Natawa na lang ako. It's okay, they are fans so it's normal. At alam ko naman sa sarili ko kung sino talaga ang tinutukoy ko doon.

Before I go downstairs, I checked my messages if there's a message from my brother... but there's still none. Hays. I tried to text and call him but he's not yet responding. I'm actually worried again.

My sad face turn into a happy one when I saw someone calling me. Damn, his effect on me.

"Jiu!"

I heard him chuckles, "Kamusta?" Pagkagising na pagkagising ko kanina ay agad ko na siyang binati. Ako pa nga ata ang mas excited sa birthday niya, haha.

"I'm okay. How about you? What are you doing now?"

"Hmm, tinutulungan ko sila papa mag-asikaso ng handa para mamaya.
Sinabi ko nga na huwag ng masiyadong maghanda ng marami pero dinahilan lang nila na para na din sa noche buena, kahit alam ko namang doble-doble talaga 'yung hinahanda nila." natatawang kwento niya.

"Aww, that's so sweet." nakangiting ani ko.

"Yeah. But..."

"But?"

"It'll be more sweet if you're here." mahina ang boses ng sabihin niya iyon. Hays. Sinabi ko kasi sa kaniya na hindi ako makakapunta ngayon dahil nandito sila dad. Maghihinala sila kung aalis ako dahil alam naman nilang wala akong trabaho ngayon. Wala din naman sila Czeah at Lei dahil may kaniya-kaniya silang events para ngayon.

I want to be with him all day. I want to see his smile the whole day. I want to greet him personally. But I can't.

"I'm really sorry, Jiu..."

"It's okay, I understand. You greeted me already, that's enough for me." this guy's making me fall so damn hard.

"We can do skype all the day if you want."

Matagal siyang natahimik sa kabilang linya. "Is it... possible?"

"Of course! Hmm, what do you think?"

"Hindi na. Ayos lang."

My forehead creased, "W-what?"

"I know you're with your parents, have bond with them. You missed them, aren't you?" bakit ba kilalang-kilala na ko ng lalaking ito?

I pouted my lips, "Yes, I miss them... a lot. Bilang lang sa kamay ang panahon na nakakasama ko sila. But it's your day! So I wanted to be with you today, Jiu." Isa pa, you're the one who's always there for me. My parents? They don't know about me. I don't think if they know me anymore.

Gusto kong sabihin sa kaniya ang mga iyon dahil gusto kong maging open sa kaniya, pero hindi ko ginawa dahil birthday niya at ayaw kong mag-alala pa siya sa'kin at baka masira pa ang araw niya.