I Got The Boy

Prologue

"Uuwi ka na ng Pinas?" bungad na tanong sakin ng kaibigan ko. Si Casey.

We're here sa cafeteria ng work namin. Nagtatrabaho ako ngayon sa isang company dito sa Canada. It's been I think almost 5 years now, na hindi ako umuuwi ng Pilipinas. Almost 2 years na ko dito sa Canada, natransfer ako dito mula sa UAE. Simula nag ibang bansa ako noong 2018 hindi pa ko umuuwi hanggang ngaun.

I sighed. Ang tagal ko ng hindi umuuwi pala. Sabi ko sa sarili ko.

"Oo, bakasyon din pag may time. Hehehehe" sagot ko sa kaibigan ko.

"Ehem, hahaha aba'y dapat lang. Susko tagal na tagal mo nang di nakakapagbaksyon, puro ka trabaho. Daig mo pa ako na may pamilya eh, Hahaha single ka naman. Masyado mo binubuhos ang oras mo sa trabaho." Casey smiled and smirked at me.

"My friend hindi sa ganon, hahaha nag eenjoy din kaya ako minsan.Blehhh" Sabi ko pagkagat ko ng sandwich ko.

"Sus, wag ako Ly, Hmmmm ni jowa nga wala ka eh hahaha, tagal ng di ikaw na didiligan oi!"

Nasapak ko sya dahil sa sinabi nia, "Bunganga mo talaga kahit kailan oh, baka mamaya may makarinig sayo, kainaman ka!" Sabay tingin sa paligid.

Casey laughed, "Ano ka Virgin? Hahaha saka siraulo ka, wala naman makakaintindi ng sinabi ko noh, as if maiintindhan ng mga nasa paligid natin eh mga ibang lahi yang mga yan. Baliw toh!"

I rolled my eyes on her, "Kahit na noh, minsan alam nila yun, at alam mo yun kung bakit, hmmmmp minsan ikaw pa nagtuturo ng mga kabastusan sa mga yun, sapakin kita dyan eh."

She laughed, "sorry naman hahaha ang cucute kasi nila pag iimik ng language natin eh hahaha napaka sleeng, ganern hahaha" I laughed too, well tunay naman sinabi niya, kaso minsan yung mga salitang tinuturo nito puro kabastusan nakakahiya minsan hahaha. Mapapailing ka na lang sa kalokohang taglay ng babaeng ito.

Tapos na kami kumain at naglalakad na pabalik ng office namin.

"Kailan flight mo?" biglang tanong niya. Habang naghihintay na kami sa Elevator.

"Next week na." Sagot ko, pagkapasok naming sa elevator.

"Excited ka na? Hahahha for sure may reunion kayo niyan ng mga kaibigan mo." Sabi niya na may halong pang aatig.

Napailing ako sakanya, alam ko kasi ang ibig sabihin niya. I sighed, "Hindi ko alam, halos sila may mga asawa at partner na eh. Baka busy sila so hindi ko sure." Sagot ko sakanya.

"Oo, ikaw na lang wala." Inirapan ko sya.

"Bastos talaga kahit kailan yang bibig mo."

Tinawanan niya lang ako sabay labas ng elevator. Sumunod ako sa kanya, akala ko tapos na pang aasar niya sakin ng bigla syang lumingon bago pumasok sa opisina niya.

"What?" Tanong ko sa kanya. Mauuna ang office nia bago ang sakin kaya madadaanan ko muna sya bago makapunta sa office ko.

She smiled at me, "ready ka na ba Makita si ex?" tanong niya sakin. "Malay mo maybe this time ang peg niyo?"

"May girlfriend na sya!" sabay irap sakanya. Na tinawanan naman niya kay nilagpasan ko na lang sya.

"Ouch, mesheket?" At talagang nagpahabol pa, nilingon ko sya at akmang babalik ako sa tapat niya ng biglang niyang sinaraduhan ang pinto nia. Narinig ko pa malakas na tawa niya.

Napailing ako habang papasok ng office ko, kahit kailan talaga lakas mang asar.

Kakaupo ko pa lang ng may kumatok sa pinto ng office ko.

"Yes? Come in please," I told whoever it is. I'm looking at my emails right now.

"Hi Ly." I raised my head to see him, yeah I know that voice. I smiled and stand up to greet him and kiss him on his cheek.

"How are you Dane?" he's also my friend and colleague, he just came from his vacation.

"I'm good, I've missed you." He smiled at me. We're so close that all of our colleagues thought we're a thing. But we're not. He's a LGBT member.

"I've miss you too. How's your vacation? Did you met someone there?" Nagbakasyon kasi ito sa Malibu. Sabi ko sakanya bago umalis dun sya maghanap ng forever nia.

He smiled. "Ohhhhh, I know that smile. So it means you did?" I sit beside him after he sit on my couch near my desk.

"Yeah, it's like a movie." He smiled and suddenly feel sad.

"Why?" I asked him. Feel ko kasi may something eh.

He sighed. "Well the usual, he can't figure it out. I mean he's still searching his self. Like he's still not totally accepting what he is." I looked at him and smiled.

"Oh babe, it's fine. If it's meant to be, it's meant to be right? No need to rush it." I tap his shoulder and stand up. I went back on my desk.

He stands up too. "So you're going back to the Philippines?" I look at him.

"Hmmmmm plan is vacation, but I don't know, since I am also a citizen here already. I can go back anytime I want."

Tumango tango sya. "Hmmmm you ready to face your ex?" I rolled my eyes. If Casey is here too probably these two will tease me a lot.

"Of course I am, we're friends noh, we don't have any bad blood. I'm always ready." I told him.

"Yeah, but your heart is not." He smiled at me.

"Oh come on! I've already moved on, we're friends and he has a girlfriend now."

"If he doesn't have? Will you confess that you're still in love with him?"

"Oh for the love of God, please. You and Casey are so irritating. I don't have any feelings to him anymore okay? I've already accepted that long time ago."

He pinched my nose and smiled before walking towards the door.

"In denial babe?" He smirked. "You know we'll always be here for you. Love you" Then he went outside.

I look at the door after he closed it.

I sighed.

Am I ready to see him?

We didn't lose any connection with each other. We're still friends. But still I felt pain when he told me year ago that he finally have a girlfriend. Hindi ko maintindihan kung ano yung naramdaman ko. Parang ang sakit. I sighed. Nabigla ako nang tumunog ang messenger ko.

Bumilis ang tibok ng puso ko ng mabasa ko.

From: Jamie

"Sunduin kita sa airport. Next week. See you. J <3"

Hindi ko alam ang isasagot ko. Bigla ako natuliro. Gosh, hindi pa nga ako ready Makita sya.