back to me ; [chanbaek]

xxxviii

Park Baekhyun

"Daehyun? Ikaw ba nagpadala nung ibang medical books ko and other stuffs na naiwan sa Barcelona? Omg! Thank you so much!" I said. He chuckled on the other line.

[["No problem, Baek. Anything for you. Do you still need help in organizing them?"]]

Umiling ako na para 'bang nakikita niya ako. Tuwang tuwa ako nang makita ko ang tatlong box na bumungad sa labas ng pintuan ko kaninang umaga. These boxes were from Barcelona, I'm guessing na ito yung mga naiwan namin.

Naiwan ko pa ngang bukas yung pintuan eh dahil kinuha ko kaagad ang phone ko para tawagan si Daehyun.

"No! No! It's fine, kaya ko na. Thank you talaga ah!" Lumabas ulit ako kasi narinig 'kong bumukas at sara yung pinto ng kabilang kwarto. Lumabas na yung neighbor ko?

Paglabas ko wala naman ako nakita. Ever since we moved in, sa Unit 6103, hindi ko pa pa nakikitang lumabas yung kapit-bahay namin na nakatira sa unit 6104. Not even once.

Hindi rin ako nakakapag-padala ng rice cakes kasi busy. Siguro sa susunod na araw nalang.

[["Baek?"]]

"Sorry! Dae! Ano nga ulit yung sinasabi mo?" I asked while carefully pushing the box with one hand, papasok sa unit.

[["Is Jesper there?"]]

"He's at school bakit? I'm going to pick him up at dederetso kami ng mall. Bibilhan ko siya ng mga damit at kailangan ko din mag-grocery eh." I said while I closed the door nung maipasok ko ang box.

[["Hindi kita masasamaham mamaya, marami akong inaasikaso sa hospital; do you need someone to accompany you? Tatawag ako ng tau--"]] agad akong nagsalita.

He doesn't need to do this for me. "Hindi na! I can manage! Just do your thing, Daehyun. I'm sorry hindi ako nakapasok ha? If you see Luhan, please tell him I said hi." Narinig ko naman siyang um-oo at nagba-bye bago nagbaba ng tawag.

Tinabi ko muna yung box sa free space ng salas. I need to fetch Jesper; I was told by Sehun na half day lang sila ngayon dahil may meeting ang teachers.

Agad-agad akong naligo at nagbihis. I took my car keys, wallet and phone and left the unit.

Nakarating ako ng school just in time. Sehun was saying his goodbye bago nag-pa dismiss.

One by one kids came greeting their parents, Jesper saw me at dali-daling yumakap.

"Ma!" I kissed his cheek.

"How was your day?" Tanong ko habang inaayos yung buhok niya.

"Okay po Ma! I got 2 stars!" He showed me his forearm. "Partner ko nga pala si Hanse sa isang game kanina po! Then kumanta po kami ni Taeoh sa harap ng klase po!" I knew his friends. Sila yung mga anak ni Kyungsoo at Luhan. I haven't met their kids, but they mentioned and showed me their pictures nung nasa hospital kami.

"Really? Are you tired? Gusto mo pa 'bang sumama sakin sa Mall," I asked. "Or you want to rest at home and watch tv? Tumango naman siya, jeske hindi ba nauubusan ng energy itong anak ko?