SEVEN AND ARROW (Montana Series 2 | BXB)

10: Avenoir

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Arrow's sudden lost of consciousness made my mind raced with worry. Mabuti na lamang ay nagising siya matapos ang ilang minuto, dahil kung hindi ay baka tumawag na ako ng ambulansya.

"Are you sure you're okay?" I asked, giving him a glass of water.

"Yes, don't worry," he said and took the glass from me to drink.

"That's ten minutes of losing consciousness, sigurado kang ayos ka lang?" muli kong tanong.

He gave me a look after drinking his water. "I told you, I'm fine. You don't need to worry. Pagod lang ako at siguro ay dahil marami rin tayong nainom."

"Are you sure? Because this is not the first time you collapsed in front of me. Remember, nawalan ka rin ng malay sa school kaya ka nabagok."

Mabilis na tumayo si Arrow sa kanyang upuan at ibinaba ang baso sa lamesang nasa harapan namin. "Inuulit ko, ayos lang ako, and please, don't tell this to my mom. Baka magalala lang 'yon."

"But..." I wasn't able to finish my statement because he stamped his foot and stormed away.

Madali siyang umakyat sa kanyang kwarto at iniwan akong mag-isa. Tila bumalik na naman ang mainitin niyang ulo. It was as if he's avoiding to talk about something.

The next morning, Tita Meryl went home early in the morning and cooked breakfast for us. Arrow and I acted like we didn't spend the night at the Merry Pub, and we just forced ourseleves to act lively in front his mom.

Sa katunayan ay hindi na kailangan pang umarte ni Arrow na parang walang nangyari dahil dati na siyang malamig sa harapan ng kanyang ina. I had eyebags, but thanfully, Tita Meryl didn't notice it.

"So how's your day at Wacky World?" she asked.

Arrow stared at me, as if he was telling me to answer his mom. Sa dami ng nangyari sa buong araw hanggang sa madaling araw ay hindi ko alam kung paano ko sisimulan ang aking kwento.

I cleared my throat and began talking. "It was fun, tita. I enjoyed it so much!" I said, trying to sound energetic.

"Good to hear. Sumakay ba kayo ng Roller Coaster?" tanong niya.

Ngumiti ako sabay sabing, "Opo. Halos mabingi nga ako sa sigaw ni Arrow."

Mabilis akong tiningnan ng masama ni Arrow, dahilan kaya napayuko ako at mabilis na sumubo ng isang buong sausage.

"Really?" reacted Tita Meryl while staring at her son. "You must be happy for fulfilling one of your bucket list."

Arrow snapped him a look. "How did you know about my bucket list?"

Tita Meryl looked surprised with her son's question. "Ah... Well, your teacher told me about it."

"When?" he asked again, as if he's interrogating his own mother.

"When you were in tenth grade," she answered. "Remember, your teacher told you to write your bucket list and then she told me what you wrote."

Arrow clenched his jaw. "I don't even know where that bucket list now, and yet, you still remember what I wrote there."

"I'm your mom, of course, I will remember," Tita Meryl said, smiling.

Hindi na umimik si Arrow at nagpatuloy na lamang sa pagkain. I didn't really get why he looked so pissed eveytime his mom was trying to talk to him. Malambing at malumanay namang makipagusap si Tita Meryl sa kanya kaya nakapagtataka na gano'n niya itrato ang sarili niyang ina.