Of The Shattered Compass

Epilogue

                     RHYS CALI FRAZER

One day ago....

"Are you available?" was the first message I received (in messenger) when I woke up early in the morning.

Still sleepy and not minding the sender, I messaged back.

"Available for what?"

Hindi naman siguro for booking ito 'di ba? For petes sake, masyado pang maaga para may magyaya ng ganoon dito. It sinked in my system and it suddenly creeps me out, bigla akong naihi sa naisip. I was about to get up when the chat head appeared, and I once again ignore the sender.

"For video call, I wanted to talk," mensahe nito, bakit sa lahat ng kakausapin ako pa?

Ang aga naman makipag-usap nito, sino ba ang hinayupak na 'to? Tinignan ko maigi ang nagsend ng message, and to my surprise, it was Kade.

Hell. It was Kade.

Ilang beses kong kinusot ang mata ko, si Kade nga at walang duda. Bukod sa narealize kong hindi ko pala siya na-block sa messenger, ano kayang nakain nito at gustong makipag-usap sa akin? Gusto niya pa ba na ipa-mukha sa akin na nakuha na niya ang lahat? Na hindi siya nakuntento sa personal at pati sa video call ay wala siyang patawad.

"Sagot. I'm really sleepy, I waited for hours just to talk to you asshole, don't waste my effort," saka ako napatingin sa oras.

Hinintay niya talaga akong magising para makipag-usap? Ano bang sasabihin ng gago na 'to?

I was about to answered his chat and will say "I'm busy" when suddenly it began to ring, the dimwit really wanted to talk. This is so wrong and fvcked up but I ended up answering the damn video call.

"Are you on drugs?" bungad ko nang sagutin ang video call ni Kade.

Sumimangot siya.

"Do you think I like this?" he hissed.

"Bakit hindi ba? Ikaw ang tumawag 'di ba?"

"I just wanted to talk, about Rheiko," he said, unhesitantly.

Napatihimik ako. I breathed out heavily as if I'm running for an hour, biglang lumakas ang tibok ng puso ko nang marinig ang pangalan ni Summer, ginulo bigla ang buong sistema ko.

"What about her? Wanna heard my congratulatory message?" I smirked, masking my true feelings behind, when the truth is, hearing just her first name really fvcking hurts.

"I'm giving up, on her, on us. She loves you and you loved her too, then I'm giving it up. Umuwi ka na, balikan mo siya." this idiot is a way far from me but it feels like we're just one seat apart and he's creepin the hell out of me.

"Are you for real?" I honestly want to punch my face after saying this because once again, I easily get hooked by his trapped.

I know for sure, it was a trapped.

"She's pregnant, with you, and you leave her, you-- fvcking coward," bigla akong natigilan sa narinig, muntik ko pang mailaglag ang cellphone.

Wala man lang siyang preno, walang reaksyon ang mukha niya at para bang nagsabi lang na may assignment sa math, ganoon ka-boring ang itsura niya, walang feelings.

"Are you playing dumb on me? Is this one of your newest strategy just to---"

"Fvck you! Just see for yourself," then he showed me the goddamn pregnancy test.