"Rain, someone drop this off." Jini handed me a bouquet of white rose. I looked for the card first before accepting it.
"Thanks."
Nang makita ko ang card ay biglang bumilis ang tibok ng puso ko. It has a handwritten words of I'm sorry. Kahit walang pangalan alam na alam ko ang sulat kamay niya. She sent this.
"Guys." I called my classmates attention. And tumingin naman sila sa akin. I walked in the front while carrying the bouquet.
"Oi si Mayor may manliligaw." Kanstaw ni Lovely. Kaya naman tinutukso na ako ng mga kaklase ko.
"Nagpagupit ka kahapon Rain pero bakit ang haba ng buhok mo?" Ani naman ni Irish. I flipped my not so short hair and rolled my eyes at them. Nagpagupit ako kahapon para naman mabago ang pakiramdam ko. And yes I feel lighter now than these past few days.
"Pila kayo." I demanded kahit may pagtataka ay ginawa naman nila.
Nauna pa nga ang dalawa kong kaibigan.
I gave them a flower one by one buti na lang 2 dozens ang flowers. Tag-iisa kami. Pinaupo ko na sila matapos mabigyan.
"Kapag mamatay ako yan ibigay niyo sa libing ko."
"Mas mauuna pa itong mamatay kesa sayo." Sagot naman ni Remy.
"Di mo sure bai." Natatawa kong saad.
"Woi, sure kami. Masamang damo matagal mamatay." Ani naman ni Jini.
"Gusto mo ikaw na mauna Jin." Saad ko naman.
Kasalukuyan akong nagpeperma dito sa opisina ko. It's already dawn pero hindi parin ako binibisita ng antok. My phone buzzed kaya kinuha ko ito. A text message. I opened it.
Hi, I'm outside.
Lumabas agad ako sa opisina and I saw her facing her phone. She's really beautiful.
Lumapit ako sa table niya. I can't stop myself na hindi siya lapitan.
"Miss." I called her and I saw how her eyes lit up when she saw me. Mixed signals again.
"Please sit down." Namamaos niyang sabi. She's an instructor normal ng mapaos ang boses nila.
"I'll get something first." Naglakad na ako papuntang kusina at naglagay ng lemon sa hot water. I hope this helps. Bumalik agad ako dala dala ang tumbler na pinagtimplahan ko.
"Drink this." Pinatong ko ang tumbler sa table niya before I sat down in front of her.
"How are you?" She opened the tumbler and smelled the scent of it.
"I'm good Miss. You po?" I answered politely.
"I'm not. Knowing that I've hurt you." She paused and took a sip in the tumbler.
"That was one of the best feeling I've experienced Miss but I do regret it. I don't want to destroy someone's relationship." I said it while looking into her eyes. She flickered. Like something is bothering her.
"I'm sorry Cyril. It was my mistake." I waited for her explanation pero puro sorry na lang. I think she doesn't want to explain and that's okay. That's already a closure for me.
"No need to worry about it Miss. Let's forget about it and just treat me as a student like nothing happened. Since I'm gonna forget about it also." I sighed deeply.
"You'll forget about it?" She asked and her eyes was saying a lot but I couldn't read it.
"Yes so no need to worry. I'll go now." I stood up and left her. Until when this pain subside? I'm hurting. It's hard to walk away from the person you truly want but it's worth to leave rather than cause a misfortune for others.
BINABASA MO ANG
Intersected Lines
RomanceA part time instructor with a major in Math. A student that aims to be a statistician. They were intersected by their faith in theorems and love in data. Will they be able to use the theorems that they've known and data that have been gathered to...
