How to Break a Heart (To be published by LIB)

Two

 Allie

Mabilis akong naghilamos sa harap ng salamin habang pinipilit na habulin ang sarili kong hininga. I chapped on my now pale lips and shook my head in my own silliness. Sino ba naman ang loka-loka na biglang baba ng kotse ng boyfriend niya para tumakbo papunta ng restroom?

Ako lang.

It’s a good thing na walang tao sa restroom na ‘to. Kung hindi ay baka kanina pa ako pinagtitinginan o di kaya ay iniismiran. I jumped a little when a knock blared on the restroom’s door.

“Babe, nandiyan ka ba?” I heard Dom’s muffled voice from the outside at inangat ko naman agad ang ulo ko para tingnan ang pinto.

“Yeah.”

“Are you alone?”

“Oo.” sagot ko ulit dito. Ilang segundo ay bumukas rin ang pinto sa girl’s restroom at hindi nagdalawang isip na pumasok sa loob si Dominic. He looked really worried and all of the sudden, gusto ko ulit umiyak. I’ve been crying this past few days and it’s not healthy.

“Bakit ka tumakbo?” lumapit sa akin si Dominic. Kinuha niya ang sarili niyang panyo sa bulsa niya para punasan ang basang mukha ko. I pouted.  

“Naiihi na kasi ako.” Dominic chuckled at me.

“Dapat sinabi mo, edi sana binilisan ko ang pagpapatakbo.”

“Traffic kaya. Would you rather I peed in your car if ever?”

“I’d rather see you do anything than see you running away from me. You really caught me off guard Allie.” tinaasan ako ng kilay ni Dominic at ngumisi nalang ako dito.

“Sorry.” I sheepishly cooed, wrapping my arms around his body and burying my face on his neck.

“Don’t do it again.” he scolded.

“Run for my bladder’s sake?”

“No, run away from me again. It was scary. It’s enough that you said you’ll be breaking up with me.”

“I didn’t say that. I just said it in a hypothetical form.”

“You still brought it up. And you won’t bring it up unless you’ve been thinking about it. You can’t break up with me Allie. Nakatali ka na sa akin habang buhay.” biglang namula ang pisngi ko sa sinabi ni Dominic.