Night Life in Tokyo

Chapter 26

Chapter 26

Another uneventful week for me. I was left alone in the mansion na walang ginagawa. It's either I will be spending my whole day watching Korean drama's on Netflix tapos magpapagulong-gulong na lang ako sa kama right after. Hindi ko rin naman maiwasang manood ng videos sa youtube. Ang TV lang sa kwarto ko ang kasama ko kapag walang pakialam sa akin ang mga tao sa mansion.

Hindi na nga ulit kami nagkakasabay-sabay from breakfast to dinner kaya minsan pinapahatid ko na lamang sa kwarto ko ang every meal ko. I've also reached the point na sobrang late na akong nagigising. Minsan after lunch na ako nagigising and that's alright, no one will know.

But to my brother's and parents a lot of things happened. Mapapa-sana all na lang talaga ako. Kuya Welbourne went to Paris with his girlfriend Ariane. Ininggit pa nila ako kasi na-meet nga nila in person si Cosette and somehow they mentioned my name to her and I was surprised and they were too that my name was familiar to her. Hindi ko naman alam kung anong ire-react ko ro'n, but I'm happy that I was actually known by someone who I haven't met in person.

While Kuya Nico finally attended his son's birthday. His relationship with his ex-wife became a trouble when he didn't want her to get pregnant. Gusto niyang ipalaglag ng ex-wife niya 'yong idinadala niya no'n. She then lied to my brother that she aborted the child, but then she decided to live abroad for a year that brought Kuya Nico some crazy thoughts that his wife might be really pregnant. And she was. Hindi niya ipinalaglag ang bata. Itinago niya kay kuya at hindi nagustuhan ni kuya ang ginawa ng asawa niya. He doesn't want us to mention their name and that's just the sad fact about it. They eventually got divorced dahil mas importante pa sa kuya ko ang image niya rather than making his family a priority.

My parents then went to Singapore for a business trip. If I was still in Japan, siguro marami akong ginagawa ngayon at hindi lang nakatunganga sa isang tabi. But they are all in Fredrick's wedding now in New Zealand. I didn't confirm my invitation, hindi dahil sa ginawa ni Fredrick—maybe half of it pero ayoko lang sumama sa mga kasiyahan ngayon. It won't suit my mood.

Nang matapos ko ang lunch ko ay pinatay ko ang TV dahil bagot na bagot na rin ako. Naagaw naman ng atensyon ko ang phone na nakapatong lamang sa bedside table ko at never ko ng ginalaw matapos ang event no'ng nakarang linggo.

Tatayo na sana ako pero bigla kong binawi ang sarili kong kunin ang phone sa mesa. Pero sa huli ay kinuha ko rin iyon sa mesa at binuksan ito. It's been a month since the last time I used this phone. It was the moment I left Japan. Hindi ko na ulit binuksan kaya wala akong balita kina Sasa, Trent, at kung sino-sino pa.

I was so happy back then nang umalis si Albertyne kasi solong-solo ko na si Trent, but in the end ako rin pala itong aalis at iiwanan siya. I was so sure that he hated me now. Nang mag-open ang phone ay sunod sunod na pumasok ang notifications, mga tawag, at messages. I was so overwhelmed kaya binitawan ko ang pagkakahawak sa phone at hinayaan muna itong magsidating ang mga message.

I think it took ten minutes before it finally stopped popping notifications and stuff. I grabbed the phone and cleared all the unnecessary stuff until I saw the call logs and a lot of it came from Trent. He only had one message before anyone does.

Where are you, Lav?

At ang mga karamihabng sumunod na message ay galing kay Sasa and she was asking me where I am at bakit ako nagtatago sa kanila. Na tinakasan ko ba si Trent o kung ano man. But all of that messages was already a month ago at ni isang sagot ay wala silang nakuha sa akin.

I took a deep breath para pakalmahin ko ang damdamin ko. Hindi madali para sa akin 'to. I told to myself that the only way to forget about the past is to leave all them behind pero I can't really move on kung nakatali ang past na ito sa akin.