UNTITLED: DEADLY VENGEANCE

#2- THE GUY

The Guy

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After the day that guy named Owen visited our house, I didn't see him again for about weeks.

But again, here in the park, I saw him playing with the kids sa katabing playground ng park.

Just like him. Nakakatawa mang sabihin pero kaparehas na kaparehas talaga siya ni Osphi. Alam kong imposible pero kilala ko ang lalaking mahal ko, ang lalaking minahal ko ng maraming taon. Kabisado ko na siya, si Osphi.

Hindi pa alam nung lalaking nagngangalang Owen na I'm here again because he is obviously busy playing with the kids that made me remember him again. Months already have passed but I can't forget him. I can't forget Osphi because I don't let myself. I am sitting in our favorite place, eating our favorite foods, staring at our favorite pictures. And how I would even forget him when I am seeing his look alike face? Everything is just confusing!

Months passed after that incident, I just saw a guy who have this same looks as Osphi.

Osphi's brown eyes, it is the same with Owen's eyes. Osphi's smooth and wavy dark brown hair, it is the same with Owen's hair when I accidentally touched it. Osphi's pointed nose, it is the same with Owen's nose. Osphi's reddish and small lips, it is just the same with Owen's lips! Everything are the same with them! It gives me creeps because I am seeing a guy just like the man I loved. Just like a clone or something.

Is my conclusion right? Did Osphi—

"Hey!" Napalingon ako sa tumawag and saw Owen walking.

"Oh, hey." I smiled lightly.

"Is something wrong?" My smile became wider.

"Nothing." Nagpaalam ako to buy icecream sa hindi kalayuan.

I knew it. They were really the same. Osphi, my love, he is not gone.

After I and Owen finished our icecream, he invited me to the playground.

"Hi, kids. This is your Ate Naih, short for Naive."

It is really awkward to call me Naive but I can't do anything about that, that was my Mama named me. It is more awkward for me to be called Glum, as what my first name is, how funny my name be like that. Glum Naive Vinasque, you read it like Glam Na-iv Vinaske. And Osphi's full name is Osphi Dett Vinaldez. How funny, right? It's funny but kinda unique also.

And that hit me. Owen called me Naih, he called me by my nickname that Osphi and my friends only knew.

FLASHBACK

"Dapat may nickname tayo sa isa't isa na tayong apat lang ang nakakaalam!" Osphi exclaimed that made me and Shianna giggled and Sean chuckled also.

"Okay, okay! Basta kay wifey, Naih. As in, Na-ih. Kay Shianna, Iyah. As in, I-yah. Kay Sean, dagat." And then Osphi laughed kaya nahawa kami ni Shianna, which is Iyah.

"Dagat?! Anong kinalaman?" Reklamo ni Sean, which is dagat.

"Sean, came from ocean, in tagalog ay dagat. Napaka-slow!" Osphi exclaimed that made me and Iyah giggled once again.

"Eh, ano sayo?" Iyah asked.

"Phidett!" I shouted and giggled after.

"Galing sa Osphi at Dett niya." Dugtong ko at sabay kaming natawa ni Iyah.

END

"Phidett." Even me is shocked when that word suddenly came out from my mouth.

I saw how Owen stopped at playing, his smile faded little by little.

"S-sorry. I'll just buy icecreams for them." I physically slap my head.

"I knew it. I knew it. I knew it." I repeatedly said.

I need to find out why. I need to answer my questions. But he can only answer it.

"What happened, Phidett?"

I am staring at my ceiling in my room for about 40 minutes, I guess. I can't obviously sleep. I can't sleep! I can't!

Something is bothering me. Actually, it is someone. Someone is bothering me. I don't know if it is Osphi or Owen because they are freakin' just the same!

They are the same. No, they are just one person. Osphi and Owen, they are one.

Do Osphi think I would not recognize him? Why did he think that way? Bakit hindi na lang siya nagpakilala? I will surely be happy and glad to know that he is alive, after that incident that happened. But why did he hide it for about months? What is he thinking?

Do he think we will not be happy if we knew that he is alive? Anong dahilan niya? Bakit hindi na lang niya sinabi na buhay siya imbis na nagpapanggap siyang maging si Owen na to the first place ay hindi naman!

Osphi, what are you doing?

I think hindi ako nakatulog buong gabi. I kept on thinking him. So many whys, what ifs, dos and many more. I can't avoid thinking him. I just can't.

"'Nak, mag-ayos ka nga ng sarili." Gulat kong tinignan si Mama na kasama si Owen.. or should I call him Osphi?

Agad akong napatakbo sa itaas ng magsink in sa akin na hindi lang kami ni Mama ang tao sa bahay at magulo ang buhok ko! Ni hindi pa ako nagbibihis!

I mentally slapped my face when I heard his chuckle.

I miss that chuckle. That laugh. That smile. That smirk. Everything.

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Short update, sorry.