“Luisa… Luisa… Luisa, wake up.”
Papungas-pungas akong nagmulat ng aking mga mata nang maramdaman ang paulit-ulit na pagyugyog sa balikat ko. Anong oras na ba?
When sleep finally abandoned my whole system, my mind immediately searched for Alas to check his temperature. Pero natigilan ako sa pagbangon nang mapagtantong nakahiga na ako katabi niya. Alas was now sitting beside me, looking down at me. last time I checked, I took the ottoman, sat there and lie my head on the extra space of off his bed. What happened now?
“Did you…” I motioned the vacated ottoman and looked at Alas questioningly. Pero hindi ko na tinuloy ang tanog na gumugulo sa isip ko. I didn’t need to ask the obvious, I knew.
Instead, I moved near him and reached for his forehead to check if his fever subsided. A small smi
