Destined with the Bad Boy

Chapter 85

Tinignan ako ni Apxfel ng diretso. Malalim ang kanyang mga tingin. I don't know what look that was. It is sad, it is full of hopelessness. Bakit?

"He's dead." malamig na sabi ni Apxfel.

I bitterly smiled. "Hindi magandang biro yan. Apxfel wag ka namang mag joke. Ano nga? Naka uwi na ba siya?"

Umiling ito.

"I'm not joking, Abi." he said in a low tone. "Wala na si Calix."

"Stop it! Hindi nakakatuwa. Di bali, tatawagan ko na lang siya." tatalikod na sana ako ng mahinang hinagit ni Apxfel ang braso ko.

"Abigail don't make it hard." anito.

"I'm not making anything hard. Gusto ko lang malaman na okay siya-" napatigil ako nang makita kong tumulo 'yung luha ni Apxfel.

He... he seldom cries.

Bilang lang kung ilang beses siyang umiyak sa buong buhay niya. Bilang lang.

And now, at this very moment. He's crying.

Nang lambot agad ang tuhod ko.

Shock suddenly struckes me... big time. I almost fell on the floor but he was able to catch me.

Nakaramdam agad ako ng sakit sa loob ko.

It feels like I am shattered into a million pieces. It hurts... a lot.

Yumakap ako kay Apxfel. And he hugged me too. I actually thought a hug can bring a different feeling... but I was wrong. I didn't feel anything. I'm just hurting.

Hindi ako makapaniwala.

"Paano nangyari 'yun? Kanina lang inatake ako, ngayon naman-" Apxfel immediately cut me.

"Hindi ka kaninang umaga inatake, Abigail. It was a month ago." sabi nito na lubos ko pang ikinagulat.

"What?" I asked like I didn't understand when I actually did.

Akala ko kanina lang ako inatake, akala ko ilang oras pa lang akong natutulog... ngunit hindi.

Matagal na pala.

"You'd been sleeping for a month now. And so am I." Saad pa niya.

"What?!" gulat kong tanong. Nagugulat na lang talaga ako sa mga sinasabi ni Apxfel.

It's like I'd missed the world, when It was only a month.

"Sabi nila, na comma daw ako. Kaninang umaga lang ako nagising. Nung malaman kong wala na si Calix, pumunta agad ako sa puntod niya."

Nang marinig ko ang salitang 'comma' at 'puntod'... hindi ko na kinaya.

It's too much.

It's like someone stomped on me mercilessly... Like I'm being cut deep inside, without me knowing.

"Sabihin mo sa akin na kalokohan lang ang lahat ng ito. Please, Apxfel. Sabihin mo. Buhay pa si Calix hindi ba?" giit ko.

He shook his head.

"There is still one thing you need to know," aniya.

"Ano 'yun?" agad kong tugon.

"The day of the accident is the day you had your fatal attack..." he said. "You need a transplant that day, or it will be over. That's why when Calix was declared dead... his heart transferred to yours. They find out that you two are a match. And even before, he already listed himself as you're donor, in case something will ever happen to him."