HEIRO HAS TO GO BACK before his parents realize that he went to the Philippines instead of joining a field visit with other students during an event in their University. The activity is supposed to take a week kaya mupuslit lang siya kahit pa alam niyang problema ang sasalubungin niya pabalik.
I remember tracing the virile features of his face as I whispered my goodbye. Madaling araw at ni hindi ko man lang siya naihatid sa airport.
“I still won’t be able to contact you.”
Malungkot akong tumango.
“I think I could count on Braire.”
Tumango ulit ako.
“Umamin na siya sa ‘yo?”
Hindi agad ako nakasagot.
“He told me first before he did that,” saad niya.
Napaubo-ubo ako. “He did
