Kabanata 27

Seeing him again after months of avoiding him feels so strange. Nakakapanibago. Parang bumalik kami sa umpisa. Iyon bang mga panahon na hindi kami magkakilala. Pansin ko rin na may nagbago rin sa itsura niya. Hindi ko alam kung ako lang ang nakapansin pero mas nagkalaman siya. I looked away when he caught me staring at him.

Tumikhim siya. “Kumusta? Are you doing well?”

Gamit ang nanginginig na kamay ay ibinaba ko ang hawak na chuckie at dahan-dahang tumango. “O-okay lang naman. Ikaw?”

I cleared my throat and tried so hard to calm myself down. Sa totoo lang ay hindi ko napaghandaan ito. Kahit kailan naman siguro hindi tayo magiging handa sa buhay. I mean, we can survive under the rain using our umbrella, but we don’t know what would happen to us on the road. There’s a chance that we would be hit by a car, hit by a large branch of a tree, or even struck by a lightning. Minsan pa nga kahit ano’ng gawin nating pag-iingat at