MESSENGER

07:09 A.M.

Monty Dela Cuesta

Apple:
Gising ka na? 🙁

Monty:
Yeah. Eating breakfast. Why, love?
I was about to text you.

Monty:
I don't have classes today but I can pick you up and drop you off. I also need to buy some stuff at the grocery after.

Apple:
It's okay. I can manage.

Apple:
Sean texted me last night.

Monty:
Oh? What did he want?

Apple:
He wants to talk to me. After months. Bakit, iniwan na ba siya nung babae? Kaya ako na ulit kinukulit.

Monty:
You don't have to talk to him, Apple.

Apple:
But I do. For closure. And ito na siguro 'yon. I owe it to me to forgive myself too, because I don't think I can fully heal until I face this.

Apple:
Kaya kahit alam ko sasabihin niya, somehow, I feel like I need to do this.

Monty:
If that's your choice then do it. If that's what's gonna make the burden easier to carry, then do it.

Apple:
And I owe this to you too. Hindi mo deserve na ganito ako, kahit paulit-ulit mong sinasabi na tanggap mo ako. I still think you deserve the whole me. Iyong tipong kayang suklian 'yong nararamdaman mo.

Apple:
Don't you think so?

Monty:
The way I want to hug and kiss you right now.

Apple:
Kiss?

Monty:
Yes, love. Kiss. But that will have to wait until you're ready.