Fix You

FY71

"Boi, baka naman wala si Ly diyan?" Kiefer said.

"San naman yun pupunta. Di yon aalis kasi broken-hearted." Deej joked.

"Gago." Kief said and they both chuckled. He knocked on the door again and tinawag na rin si Alyssa. "Ly! Pabukas naman ng pinto! Uy, Ly! Kanina pa kami dito! Buksan mo na, please! We know you're just inside." He said and knocked again.

"Aly! Buksan mo na, please!" Sabi rin ni Deej.

"Tabi diyan, bubuksan ko." Ly said. Kief and Deej looked behind them and saw Alyssa standing there na may dalang dalawang paper bag. She looks like she came from a convenience store. "If you're gonna ask me what happened, umuwi na lang kayo. Ayokong pag-usapan." She said as she went in. Sumunod naman sa kanya yung dalawa.

"Si Den?" Deej asked.

Ly smirked, "Tangina, kuya." She said and rolled her eyes on him.

"Tanga talaga 'to. Kitang kaka-break nga lang kanina eh." Sabi naman ni Kiefer.

"Lumayas nga kayo dito! Mga anak kayo ng diyablo!" Ly said and binato yung dalawa ng itlog na una niyang nahawakan kasi kumukuha siya ng yelo sa ref.

"Gago, Alyssa! Adik ka ba?" Natatawang sabi ni Deej. Sabay silang napatalon ni Kief sa couch dahil sa ginawa ni Alyssa.

"Linisin niyo yan, ah." Ly said. She went to the living room bringing in a glass with ice and two bottles of beer with her. She sat on the couch at binuksan yung TV.

"Iinom ka?" Kief asked pero hindi siya pinansin ni Alyssa.

"Boi oh." Natatawang sabi ni Deej sabay abot kay Kief nung mop. Siya naman yung nagpulot nung balat ng itlog. "Ayusin mo, baka di tayo bigyan nito ng beer." He joked.

"Pustahan, bibigyan tayo niyan. Kalahating bote pa lang, lasing na yan eh!" Kief said and he and Deej laughed.

"Tangina niyo talagang dalawaaa!" Alyssa said at mas lalong natawang si Kiefer at Deej.

Nagbibiro lang yung dalawa para wag maging sobrang awkward at malungkot yung atmosphere. Alam naman kasi nila na Alyssa's really going through something right now and as the bestfriend and the twin brother, ayaw naman nila na maramdaman ni Alyssa ng sobra yung lungkot.

"Ikaw na magbalik sa CR, ako na kumuha eh." Deej told Kiefer sabay naupo na sa tabi ni Alyssa. "Pwede pahingi?" He asked at tinuro yung bote ng beer sa harap nila. Alyssa just nodded so Deej got the other bottle and opened it.

"Ako, wala?" Kief asked pagkabalik niya.

"Sa fridge." Ly answered. Tumayo naman ulit si Kiefer para kumuha ng inumin niya.

"Ayaw mo talaga pag-usapan?" Deej asked. Ly shook her head. "Eh bat ka umiinom?"

"Ha?" Ly asked, confused.

"Bat ka daw umiinom eh alam naman nating lahat dito kung gaano ka kadaldal pag lasing ka na." Natatawang sabi ni Kiefer habang pabalik sa living room.

"Alam mo, tanong ko rin yan matagal na." Deej said. "Bakit kaya pag may problema or malungkot yung tao, umiinom sila? Maso-solve ba yung problema nila o mawawala yung lungkot pag umiinom? I mean, ganun din naman ako, pero bakit nga kaya, no?"

"Kasi, humans are sunog-baga in nature." Kief chuckled and nag-apir sila ni Deej. "Ikaw, Ly? Tingin mo bakit ganun?"

"Kasi, its obvious na alcohol makes us forget things even just for a little while." Ly answered. "Pag lasing na tayo at wala na tayo sa sarili natin, we somehow forget our problems, kasabay ng paglimot natin sa nangyari during the inuman." She said and chuckled a bit. "Nawawala yung lungkot at sakit dito." She pointed her chest. "Kasi, ulo na yung masakit."