Part 2: Kakaibang Bakasyon

continuation of Part 1: Kakaibang Bakasyon (here)

(wish ko lang)

"What are you doing there? Why are you hiding in the dark?", asking him with so much hesitation and curiosity. 

I moved hastily to his direction. As soon as I got to where he was standing, I was panting but found pleasure in seeing him once again after so many years.

"Wala lang! Nahihiya kasi ako sa inyo. Kilala mo pa ba ako?" , he asked. He was reluctant to smile but managed to do so after I warmly tapped his shoulder. 

"Oo, naman. Kaw pa makakalimutan ko." I looked at him from head to toe like a policeman making sure I got the right person. He seemed to have lost weight and got darker. His eyes were pale as if they were begging me to take him back.

"Musta ka na? It's been 4 years since I last saw you." I haltingly asked while the scene at the bus station in Cubao started to flashback. 

That was mid September in 2008. I was teary-eyed that time, watching him getting on the bus without saying a word. Now, I wanted to know the reason why he decided to leave me and never kept in touch. But I was rather tongue-tied and speechless. At the back of mind, I was juggling between staying for a while to have a small talk and leaving him behind since my beki friends were already waiting. But my feet were glued. 

"Eto, na-mi miss ka.", he took my hand like what he always did when he wanted to say something important. My feet began to shake. "Nabalitaan ko kasi kahapon na andito ka, kaya pumunta ako dito. May tatanong lang ako sa 'yo. Importante lang." He continued.

"Ano yun? Wag naman sana tungkol sa pera." I joked. 

"Ganun ba talaga ang tingin mo sa akin". He replied and was red in the face.

"Ano ka ba, di ka na mabiro." I answered, but I knew that I did it to imply something. I wasn't generalizing all of them, however, let's face it, that is the truth. " O ano nga yun tanong mo?". My remark sounded like I was excited yet anxious. 

"Seriously, mahal mo pa ba ako?". I knew it. "May iba ka na bang kinakasama ngayon?" He was very serious this time around.

Though I expected that he was going to ask me those questions since I had heard before from one of his friends how much he wanted to go back to Manila with me and how he regretted leaving me for no reason. Was it really for no reason at all? I didn't think so. There must have been something that led him to leave me. I was dying to know. 

"Bakit mo ko iniwan?" My voice was a little shaky. I could feel the pain inside but I was able to contain the tears from pouring out. I wanted to make him feel I was OK and had moved on. 

(tahan na beh)

"O, di ka makasagot....", before I could even finish it, he hugged me tightly and started to weep like a little boy. The poor boy melted my poor heart...again. He continued to blubber until his lacrimal glands had nothing to secrete anymore. Yes, literally. He wasn't the usual cry-baby but I didn't know why he was one that dawn. 

Approximately after 25 minutes, the relatively romantic scene was rudely interrupted by a text message from my friend Lody. (Rudely talaga) LOL

"Annacel, ano na? San ka na?" The message read. As I was composing my reply, he sheepishly sat on one of the rocks near the Acacia tree. He covered his reddish face with his big hands while gasping.

I told Lody and the rest of the bekis to go ahead and just wait for me at Boybi's house. It would take me sometime to appease him. Besides, he had lots of explaining to do, and I was ready to listen.

(to be continued)


(pictures were grabbed from Google)