A/N: Part 1 of 2! Love love 💕
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It's been a month already since she last spoken to him. She didn't even recall when was the last time they saw each other in flesh. What she knew is that they are not in good terms. She always received his text messages but opted not to reply until last night when he said, what she felt like it was rude and inappropriate during his Monday presscon. She didn't watch that particular video but she got surprised when people are suddenly talking about her in social media and her phone keeps on ringing. She felt rage. She felt like her skin is on fire.
She just said things that will probably hurt him but she doesn't care about that earlier when she's composing her statement in a tweet. She said what she said. She sighed. It's already 3am and she's on her way to Naga together with Jillian to visit the typhoon stricken areas around the region. She looked outside the window and thought about him. She bet this time he's still up, sitting down on his chair by the window or maybe still working. She bet he's tired from long hard day. She hopes that he's wondering about her sometimes. She wanted to text him or call him, and maybe ask questions but she can't. She just cannot do it.
"What if he didn't reply?"
"What for?!"
"Ako ba may kasalanan?"
"Is it worth it?"
She bombarded herself with too many questions that she cannot even answer. What she knew is that she isn't ready to talk to him yet. She knew she would just hurt herself if she does. She closed her eyes for a moment to relax only to open them up again as she felt her phone vibrated. It was a text message from Sara. She was surprised.
Mayor Sara Duterte: 1m ago
Can I call?
Leni stared at the screen for a moment trying to assess whether she's dreaming or not. Anong pag-uusapan namin ng alas 3 ng madaling araw? She frowned. Nevertheless, she knew that it's always important whenever Sara called so she replied, yes, of course.
"Hello?" Leni answered calmly.
"Di na ako magpaligoy-ligoy pa ate, I've read what's on Facebook and Twitter, ikaw at si Digong ang topic. What happened?" Sara said.
"I don't know, Sara."
"What do you mean you don't know? Kailan pa kayo may away?"
"Di naman siguro away...um siguro tampuhan lang, di ako nagrereply sa kanya mag-iisang buwan na. Akala ko maliit na tampuhan lang hanggang sa ganon na sinabi nya sa presscon."
"I was surprised when I watched some clips nung presscon nya. Saan man daw galing yung mga sinabi nya? Nag-usap na ba kayo?"
"I'm not sure kung saan galing pero sigurado ako Sara na nagsisinungaling yung nag sumbong sa kanya. Sana lang di sya agad naniwala. Nagtanong muna sana sya di yung ganon na agad sinabi nya. Wala naman akong ginagawang masama, pati ba naman yung oras ng pag-uwi ko gabi-gabi kailangan naka-report sa kanya!"
"I understand you Ate. Siguro stress lang din si Digong tapos di ka pa nagrereply, eh alam mo man yun masyadong impatient. Hayaan mo, awayin ko for you. Uuwi daw sya dito sa Davao next week kasi magdalaw sa sementeryo."
"Thank you, Sara! I really appreciate you calling me now. Talagang nabigla ako when I read the transcript of the presscon. Pasensya ka na din kasi baka di ako makasama sa Papa mo dyan sa Davao, dapat sana magkasama kaming dadalaw sa sementeryo kasi birthday ng lolo mo. Mukhang pass muna ako."
"Ay okay lang ate! Ako na bahala kay Digong pagdating dito. Basta awayin ko talaga para sa'yo!"
Leni laughed, "Hayaan nalang muna natin sya. Papalamig muna kaming dalawa."
