Chapter 18: Near and Far

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School's Rooftop

Ella: So, let us congratulate Aly for leaving the hospital.. Cheers! (tinaas nya yung can ng soda)

Yuki: Cheers!

Den: Congratulations! Sawakas nakalabas ka rin...

Aly: Thank you..

Habang nagiinuman sila ng soda sa rooftop bigla namang nag open si Ella ng topic about kay Bang..

Ella: By the way, that girl with the glasses.. Is she still there?

Aly: Ah? Bang?

Ella: Yeah! Yeah! Bang!

Den's POV

Bang is the girl who kissed Aly before I did..

Inassume ko nang sya nga yung babaeng yun..

Habang iniisip ko yun, hindi ko namalayang mahigpit na pala yung pagkakahawak ko ng soda...

Aly: Den?! (natatakot na sabi nya)

Nakita ko naman si Yuki at Ella na takot at nagulat rin sa ginawa ko... Kaya kelangan ko ng sabihin yung bumabagabag sa isipan ko..

Ako: Siya ba Aly?

Aly: Huh? (nagtataka sya pati narin sina Ella at Yuki)

Ako: You guys kissed before, right? (hinawakan ko naman sya sa kwelyo nya para umamin)

Aly: When? where? Who kissed who? Why do you still remember that?(nagmamaang maangan pa)

Ella: Wait Den! Anong pinag uusapan nyo? OP kami dito ah.. May sariling mundo kayo dyan..

Yuki: You'll send her back to the hospital at this rate!

Inawat naman ako nila Ella at Yuki na patuloy parin nilang dalawa pinipigilan yung braso ko..

Ella: You're just "friends" so don't try to suffocate her..

Yuki: Yeah! "Friends" don't interrogate each other like this!

Binitawan na din nila ako pero syempre naiinis parin..

Ako: Che! Being a "friend" is so troublesome!

Tumawa nalang sina Ella at Yuki sa sinabi ko..

Aly: Hmmm.. Well, I gotta go somewhere else now.. (lumakad sya at nagwave)

Tatakasan pa yata nya ako... Hindi pa nga nya sinasagot yung tanong ko..

Ako: Where the hell are you going?! (sigaw ko sakanya)

Aly: I'm going to visit... Bang...? (lumingon sya sakin pero halata kong kinabahan sya sa pagsagot)

Ako: I'm going too!

Umalis na kami at sumakay ng tren.. Magkatabi nga kaming dalawa pero may malaking space sa pagitan namin..

End of Den's POV

Aly's POV

We have become friends...

Den loves me, and..

Den: Wanna buy some fruit?

Ako: Sige.. (pero yung pagkasabi ko nito hindi ako nakatingin sakanya)

I love her too..

But, the distance of our friendship..

Is the distance between our shoulders...

I care about Den now, more than I did before....

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