Stay with me

Kapitulo. Quatro

Morning After

Pan Vejar's

"She is dehydrated, her blood sugar is low, her bp is low, she has intestinal infection. Her wound is infected too but her life isn't in danger. She just has to get treated, so she'll be staying in this hospital for some time. But other than that, Mr. Vejar. Your sister is okay."

Kairos thanked the doctor who checked me up. I am lying on a bed, with swero on my left arm. Alele was holding my right hand while touching my forehead. I was looking at him. He was crying but his stare is kind of reassuring me that everything will be okay. I smiled.

"What happened to you?" He asked me. I just shrugged. I didn't want to make kwento because I'm tamad. I wanted to know more about what happened to Toto. Where na kaya is him? I wanna know if his brothers took him to the hospital too. I sighed again.

"Do you have an idea what happened to Toto? You know, the mahirap na lalaki in the island with me? He's a friend now. He's the first mahirap na friend in my list."

"You don't have to know about him." Kairos spoke. I looked at him din. He sat on my left side and held my other hand. "Pumpkin, you're safe now. You're home and that's the most important thing right now."

"But, Kairos, he's a friend. He made me alaga in that island while I was sick. I got sick. Like my lagnat is so taas and he gave me food! He helped me langoy! You know I can't swim and he sagip my buhay! He also gave me lots of BJ so I can survive."

And just like that, Kairos' eyes widened and he stood up. He growled at my face. Alele went to his side and try to kalma him.

"What did he made you do?!"

I didn't know why he's acting like that but when I realized what I said. I laughed like – so malakas.

"Why are you so galit? BJ is Buko Juice! God, Kuya! You're so malibog when nag-iisip." I stopped laughing because I saw blood on my swero. I pouted my lips. "Ih! Until when are you going to keep me here? I wanna go h—" I stopped talking. I don't want to go home. Papa will be there. He didn't come to fetch me so I don't get to come home. It means that he's payag when I takwil my sarili. I cannot live with Ate Amal because Waldo – the mananabas is living with her. I cannot live with Kairos kasi he's like trying to bawi to Iake. I can live with Elisha and Alele, they would want that but I'm nahihiya so I'd rather live in my studio apartment. I have a tiny unit in the Vejar Towers. I can live on my own naman. Like I already did that when I was in Milan and studying.

"I will go home to my unit in The Vejar Towers after I am done here."

"No." Alejandros said. "Mama will be here later and she said you'll make uwi to the mansion and she will take care of you when the doctors cleared you."

"Like no. I can very well take care of myself." I told Alejandros. He was about to make salita when the door opened and my face lit up when I saw Alba, Eros and Ada coming in. Eros had a bouquet of roses and I was sure it was for me.

"Hello, Tita!" Eros said.

"Awww! You're so sweet!" He climbed to my bed and he kissed me. I saw Alba making a face.

"Like eww. Did you see that Ada. Eros kissed Tita Pan. Did she take a bath already? Tita Mariake said she was in that island for seven days. There's no bathroom there."

My mouth parted. Ada spoke.

"Okay lang naman di siya nagligo basta okay na si Tita Panpan. I miss you Tita Panpan." Ada climbed to the bed to kiss me too. Alba stood there she sighed.

"I will kiss you, Tita Pan after you take a bath, okay? But I am glad to see you again po."

"At least nag-po siya." Sabi ni Alejandros sa akin. I just giggled.