Coldest War (War Series #2)

Chapter 24

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Chapter 24

Rumor

Days passed by without Hiel contacting me.

I want to contact him but the recent chat I sent him, he hasn't replied to it yet so I am assuming that he doesn't want to talk to me. Hindi pa, kailanman, nagalit sa 'kin si Hiel kaya hindi ko alam kung pa'no ko ba s'ya kakausapin ulit.

When it comes to my friends, I try to adjust to what they would prefer. Kapag ba galit sila, gusto nila ang sinusuyo? O gusto nilang palipasin na muna ang mga araw bago ulit kami mag-usap? Pero higit sa lahat, bihira naman ang mga kaibigang nagagalit sa 'kin. I can't remember a time when I got angry with a friend or when a friend get angry with me to the point that he would not talk to me.

Pero kay Hiel, hindi ko alam kung ano ba ang dapat na para sa kan'ya. Do I talk to him? Or wait for his anger to subside and wait for him to talk to me?

I don't know.

I didn't know he'd hate it this much. I just thought that he'd love to spend a day with Brylee too, even if he doesn't like her the way Brylee likes him. I thought that he'd be glad to reconnect with her because after all, they were close friends.

Were. Past tense.

It must hurt Brylee that her old friend isn't as close to her as before anymore. Because people grow apart. At alam ko, na hindi lahat ng magkakababata, magkaibigan pa rin pagkatapos lumipas ng maraming mga taon.

My friendship with Hiel is rare. Bihira ang pagkakaibigang tumatagal nang gano'n. Now that there has been a rift between us, saka ko naiisip kung pa'no nga ba namin nagawang maging magkaibigan pa rin?

Maybe it's because I wanted to stay friends with him. And maybe it's also because he wanted to stay friends with me. We always communicate. We always spend time together when we can. He visits me abroad. I visit him here. It was a give and take. It was also a choice. 

And we always chose to still go back to each other. He met new friends. I also met mine. Yet at the end of the day, we would still consider each other. 

Although I know that; Although I know how deep my friendship is with Hiel, I still couldn't contact him again. Because the truth is, I hate to confront him. I'm afraid that if I ask him about it, it would create a larger gap between the two of us. 

Because he never got mad at me before. Maybe that's why we have always remained friends. He never got mad at me. I never got mad at him.

Pa'no kung dahil nag-away kami, makita n'yang ayaw n'ya nang maging kaibigan ko?

So rather than facing the confrontation, I thought that maybe space would be better for both of us.

For the next few days, I tried to reconnect with my old friends. Dumating na ang araw ng pagbalik ko sa ibang bansa, hindi pa rin kami nagkakausap ulit ni Hiel.

Buntonghininga ang ginawa ko habang nasa sala ng bahay para hintayin ang cab na ipina-book ko para maghatid sa 'kin sa airport. Nakahanda na ang mga luggage ko at nakahanda na ako para sa flight. Handa na ang lahat maliban sa damdamin ko. 

Pinulot ko ang phone ko mula sa gilid ko para tingnan ang palitan namin ng mga messages ni Hiel. It's been days and he still hasn't contacted me.