Aatras

Kriesthal's POV

Matapos ng gabing iyon ay dumating si Kuya Khaizuo, siya yung tinawagan ko. Alam ko kasing siya yung taong makaka-relate sakin.

Ang sakit pala mang iwan, bat ganun?

"Krie why the f*** are you crying? Sinong nagpa-iyak sayo?!?" sigaw agad ni Kuya pag-dating palang niya.

Nandito ako sa may bench sa labas ng hospital, naka-upo habang agos ng agos yung mga luha sa mata ko. Why can't I just tell him kasi? Ayaw ko nga palang maging pabigat.

Masama bang kahit ngayon lang, ako naman yung kakapit sa tao? Na ako naman yung may kailangan sa kanila? Masama bang manghingi naman? Bat ako lagi yung nagbibigay?

Muni-muni ko, I don't seem to care about passing people staring at me. Wala akong pake kung naka gown man ako.

"Kuya, ansakit."

"Sh*t. Physically? Mentally? Emotionally? Alin ba Krie. Yung puso mo ba?" nalilitong tanong ni Kuya.

Oo nga naman, sinong di malilito eh may sakit ako sa puso.

"Y-yung P-puso ko K-kuya. Di ako M-makahinga." nauutal na tanong ko.

"Shit! Pasok na lang tayo diyan sa ospital. Buti na rin na andito ka." suhestiyon ni Kuya.

"W-wag andiyan si R-raf. Hindi niya a-alam"

Naguguluhang napailing si Kuya. "Bahala ka diyan Krie. Tigilan moko, diyan kita ioospital sa ayaw at gusto mo. Baka maano kapa" sabi niya at nagtawag na ng nurse.

After this, I know things won't be the same again. Wala nang taong nag-aantay sakin, wala na yung taong kinakapitan ko. Yung dahilan kung bat ako masaya kahit sa kaunting panahon.

"DISMISSED." I commanded and with that, I left the meeting room.

Kanina ko pa namamalayan na nakatingin at nasasakin lang ang attention ni Rafreal. Tsk, nahumaling ka ba sa ganda ko? Too bad, ayaw ko na sayo. Tss. Sadyang ayaw ko lang makipag-landian sa meeting room. May kwarto naman kasi para sa paglalandian diba? Omg, my beautiful and innocent mind.

Narinig kong bumukas yung pintuan ng meeting room at may tumatakbo. Pero, di ko napinansin yun. Ano ba yan, kay la-laki na nila tas tatakbo-takbo pa? Tss,,,,

"Kriesthal Wait!" Tawag nung nasa likod ko.

"Yes?" I asked. Magsasalita na sana ito pero di ko siya binigyan ng pagkakataon. "Please refrain from touching me, specially if you're here in my company. If you don't have anything to say then may I please excuse myself because, I have many things to do rather than talking with you."

Dali-dali akong pumunta sa office ko. I made sure that it's locked bago.

"Dahil ikaw ang unang lumapit sakin Rafreal, then you better put this in your head. You made the first move, kaya akin ka lang dapat. What's mine is mine. I don't share, lalo na sa mga higad."

As soon as I finished saying that, ay mayroong kumatok sa pintuan ko.

Bruh, just when I thought I'm all alone again.

"Come in." sabi ko at pinindot yung remote to open my door, and to my surprise si Bella ang pumasok.

"Bitch, you should've told me na nakalabas ka na pala." bati niya sakin.

"Language, Bella! Nasa kompanya kita, I demand you to filter your filthy mouth." sabi ko.

Ugh, kairita!

"Yeah whatever! By the way, what the heck is your ex doing outside your office?" ani Bella.

"What ex? Sino ba dun? I can't remember." sagot ko.

After what happened 10 years ago, I toyed with boys. Tons of boys. Who cares anyway? Not me.

"Gaga, your Real ex of course." sabi niya.

"Really? What expression is he wearing? Something like —I'm attracted to her and I want her— expression? Is that it?" I asked while smirking.

She looked at me with disgust in her eyes. "Ew, you're too full of yourself. He's face was like —I don't wanna see her, and Im dismissing this project—" she said.

How dare he do that! He's the one benefiting from this anyway!

"Pustahan? I never lose Bella. You know that." hamon ko. It's true though, just like 2 years ago.

*** Flashback ***

"See that hot guy over there? The one that's always staring at us? Pustahan ako ang hihingan niyan ng number." pangha-hamon ko kay Bella.

I can see that the hot guy is actualy just staring at me. His hair is in a man bun, while he's wearing some plain ocean blue shirt and some khaki shorts.

Bella and I are already 25 years old, and we already graduated and we both have our own companies na, so we just spend time wondering aroung the world. Nasa US kami ngayon, to watch some famous Movie here. Dito pa kasi ito napa-palabas kaya kami na nag adjust.

Maya maya pa ay lumapit na samin yung hot guy, at hinarap ako. "Hey Miss, can i get your number?" sabi nito sakin at in-offer pa ang kaniyang cellphone.

"Thanks, but no thanks" sabi ko at hinila na si Bella papasok sa Cinema.

*** End of Flashback ***

"Sure, I'm confident sa pustahan nato........ So ang ipupusta ko is my newly bought Gucci Leather Jacket that costs $18,650." sabi ni Bella.

"The Eff? You buy one jacket thats effing 900,000 peso worth? Sis, lumayo ka sakin. Nandidilim paningin ko." sabi ko, totoo naman kasi.

Bruh, Bella is the synonym of expensive.

"Kaya single ka since birth eh. Nobody has guts to waste their credit cards for you." sabi ko at inirapan niya naman ako.

"Btw, Im just gonna bet $18,000 then." wika ko at binuksan na ang aking pintuan, and to my suprise. Andito parin si Rafreal, nakatayo.

"So, what brings you here? Come in." nagsimula na ang pumasok at sumunod naman siya

"I don't know why naging partner kita bigla sa deal na ito. But I wanna tell you that, Im Cancelling the deal." walang hintong sabi niya.

"Oh! How bold of you. Then do it! Who cares? Not me, nor you." sabi ko at tumawa bigla, I'm not shocked after all.

"W-what the hell happened to you before?" biglaan niyang tanong, na nagpa-hinto sa pagtawa ko.

"Nothing much. If I sum it all up, I just lived while wasting money every second." i shrugged.

Totoo naman.

"Weird" sambit niya at umalis na. Pagkalabas niya ay nawala agad ang ngiti ko.

Ahhh, how painful and unfair life is.

I've lived in the hospital for 5 years. Studied for 3 years, traveled for 1 year. Lastly, spent 1 year growing this company till now.

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Konnichiwa! Arigathanks to whoever is reading this.

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-natasha-