VS3: Kenry Zoleigh Vergara (BxB) (On-Going)

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Apollo Simon Delgado

"So how did you guys became friends?" Dad asked us while we are having our breakfast.

"Sa gym lang po Tito, pareho ho kasi kaming nagpapractice roon." Cap answered Dad's question, he was seated beside me.

Gaya ng napag-usapan ay dumating nga siya ng maaga. I opened the door for him pero nanatili lang siyang tahimik, hindi siya nagtanong tungkol rito. It's like he was waiting for me to tell him about it.

"How did that happened?" Dad curiously asked once again.

Tumingin naman ako kay Cap at nakita kong nakatingin rin ito sa akin habang nakakunot ang noo.

"The ball hit him so bad, ako ang may gawa kaya nilapitan ko siya at nagsorry." Tumingin ako kay Dad at ngumiti ng tipid. Alam kong walang kwenta st hindi kapani-paniwala ang sinabi ko. Pero totoo naman talagang tinamaan siya, hindi nga lang ng bola pero ng kamao ko. "After that incident we became friends."

"Right, the ball hit me so bad. Hanggang ngayon at ay ramdam ko pa rin ang sakit non." Tumawa pa si Cap, alam ko namang kunwari lang 'yon, para lang mas mukhang convincing.

"Hindi ko naman na pala kailangang mag-alala. Seems like my son is in a good hands." I look at Dad at tumingin naman din ito sa akin. And for the first time, hindi ko na maalala kung kailan niya huling ginawa 'yon pero ngumiti siya sa akin, not the fake one but a real one. "You should teach him how to play basketball on your free time, Kenry. You guys should teach other and stick together more."

"Ah sige po Tito, hayaan niyo po at tuturuan ko itong si Monsi, este Polo maglaro ng basketball." Si Cap, bilang pagsang-ayon kay Dad.

Tinutukan ko na lang ang pagkain ko. Maayos ng nag-uusap silang dalawa. All I care now is my food.

"What did you call him?" Napatingin ako kay Daddy dahil sa tanong niya kay Cap.

"Mo-monsi po Tito." Hindi ko na siya kailangan lingunin dahil rinig ko na sa boses niya ang kaba.

"Where did it came from?" Dad really don't run out with questions. He will just keep on asking and asking para lang mapahaba ang pag-uusap niyo.

"Sa second name po niya. His second name is Simon, inuna ko lang ho banggitin 'yong huling pantig bago ang una." Pagpapaliwanag ni Cap.

Tahimik lang akong kumakain pero lihim akong napatango-tango. So that's how he created the name, bakit nga ba hindi ko rin naisip 'yon?

"Great, that's great." Papuri ni Dad. "You should keep on calling him like that."

"Sige po Tito."

After that ay tumahimik na ang hapagkainan. Natapos kami sa agahan. It's still new to me kung paano ako nginitian ni Dad kanina, but I guess for the first time he was happy about something that I did.

"So?" Nilingon ko si Cap, he was currently driving to school. His eyes was on the road at seryosong seryoso siya.

"He asked me about who did dropped me off last night." Pagsisimula ko. "He doesn't know that I am like this and he knows how loner I am. He doesn't know about Crisha, Carrie or even Kevin. He doesn't know about my sexuality." Nagkibit balikat ako kahit pa man alam kong hindi niya ako nakikita.