Rains of Sparks (Celebrity Series #4)

Spark 25

Chapter 25

Office Visit

We stayed in the place for a while. Kanina pa tulala si Klein pagkapos kong ikwento sa kanya ang lahat ng sinabi ni Tita Loren sa akin. He was holding my hand and playing with it but his mind seems out of nowhere. I am starting to get worried.

"Hey," I shake his hand a bit to get his attention. Lumingon naman siya sa akin. "What are you thinking?"

Nagtagal ang titig niya bago dahan-dahang umiling. "I think I need to talk to my mother."

"Hindi ka naman magagalit sa kanya dahil sa mga sinabi niya sa akin?"

He sighed heavily. "I need to talk her."

"There's no need to worry, okay? Malaking bagay na sinabi niya 'yon sa akin, Keene. I understand that you're having a hard time admitting it to me so your mother telling it to me is a great thing."

"I still should be the one to tell you. She doesn't need to meddle on us."

"She's not meddling. She's clearing the misunderstanding. I misunderstand you all this time without knowing what you have been through. Don't think it that bad way, okay?"

"I love my mother so much, Shan. But this time..." he sighed heavily, parang bigat-bigat sa dibdib niyang sinabi iyon ni Tita sa akin. "I really need to talk to her."

Tumango ako at ngumiti. He stared at me for a while before looking down at our hands. Slowly, he intertwined it and held it tighter.

"Shan," masuyong tawag niya.

Kumalabog ang dibdib ko. "Yes?"

"Can you..." he paused. "Can you call me Klein?"

Natigilan ako.

"Just call me Klein. I want you to call me Klein."

Napatitig ako sa kanya. "Why? You don't want to be called Keene?"

He held my hand tighter and played with it. Hinaplos-haplos ng thumb finger niya ang palad ko. "Hearing you calling me my name is my favorite all this time. I want you to keep calling me that. Keep calling me Klein."

I smiled and nodded. Maybe he wasn't comfortable being address as Keene given that he doesn't even have a single memory when his name was still that. He prefers being called Klein dahil iyon na ang nakasanayan niya ngayon. Wala namang problema sa akin 'yon. Either Keene or Klein, it's still him.

Nagtagal pa kami ng ilang sandali roon. I was asking him how was he and how did he coped up after the accident and he patiently answers too. May mga pagkakatataong natatahimik siya sa mga tanong ko at madalas pang hindi nakakasagot pero sinusubukan niya naman.

Dahil pareho naming dala ang kotse naming dalawa, kailangan namin mag convoy. I was about to enter my car when he ran towards me and pushed me in my car's door. He moved his body fully on my front, covering all of me. Hinawakan din niya ang suot kong cap at bahagyang itinaas 'yon.

"Are you free tomorrow?" he whispered after securing that I'm already caged.

I went stilled as my heart started racing fast. "Titingnan ko." Tumikhim ako. "Bakit?"

"Pa-hitch naman ng oras." seryoso siyang napahawak sa batok niya. "I can't reach you too easily these past days. Kahit anong pakiusap ko sa manager niyo, hindi ko talaga mapakiusapan. Noong napakiusapan ko naman, ikaw ang ayaw makipag-usap, amp."

"Yeah, I'm sorry about that." I sighed. "Tito became much more stricter after I recovered. He's worried that visiting us may cause another accident again that's why he doesn't allowed anyone for visit and for talk. And I'm at house while recovering too. No one is allowed to visit me there."