Before You Let Go
Pero may look siya na mas mahirap harapin kaysa galit.
The I’m trying not to be hurt, pero hurt ako look.
My stomach twisted.
“Mika…”
“Okay lang,” she said, too fast. “I mean, may bago ka na namang lunch routine, obviously.”
“It’s not like that.”
“Then ano siya?”
I shut my locker slowly, buying time kahit wala naman akong mabibiling enough. “Complicated.”
She gave a small laugh, pero walang humor. “You keep saying that.”