Just Too Sick To Function

20

Marcus' POV

Nandito ako sa cafeteria, it's already night and raindrops are falling

I don't know where's Emma or Meryl or Clent, and the others already went home.

Today's a disaster

Now, I don't know how to make it up to Emma, not in a friendly way but like I really want to confess my feelings but I don't know how to start and where

Meryl's sitting beside me now, and silence fills the air for awhile

"How's she?", I asked her

"She's--- she's fine", Meryl replied

She twisted her body in my direction and faced me, "Do you like her?"

Hindi ako sumagot agad-agad

"Marcus, gusto mo ba si Emma?", she asked again

"Yes, I do but--", she cut me off

"Then do something about it, wag niyo namang tratohing mind readers ang mga babae. Isang tingin niyo lang, alam na naming may gusto kayo sa'min? Ganon ba?", hindi seryoso ang tono niya

Tumingin ako sa kanya

"Oh ano?", she laughed a little

Kahit papaano, hindi ito matinong kausap

"I will Meryl, pinag-iisipan ko pa kung paano", I responded

"Just--- just be honest and tell her. Stop being scared Marcus, I told you, we don't have time for it"

O ngayon, may pagka seryoso na

She left her chair, "Oh and if you're thinking that Emma's afraid, no she's not, she's trying her best not to and I know that because she's been showing it the past few weeks, I hope you're not blind to not see that"

"Salamat Meryl ha", funny tone in my voice

She punched me lightly in the arm, "whatever scaredy cat"

I faced her, "scaredy cat?", I laughed a little, " You gotta be better than that"

"Ahh gusto mo?", tanong niya

"Hindi, tara na nga", tumayo ako

"Hoy, sagutin mo ako no face", sabi niya

Lumakad na ako palayo, "call me what you want"

"Alam mo ba 'yon? Yung sa anime?"

Hindi ko nalang siya pinansin at nagpatuloy sa lakad ko

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Emma's POV:

A week have passed since Marcus' birthday, and December is only a few days away

I keep on my dialysis schedule, and as I keep on going, I lose my hearing ability

On my first days, the doctors said that one of the symptoms for Alport Syndrome is hearing loss, but strangely for me, it is only now that I lost them

It's just Mild Hearing Loss, which means I can still hear sounds between 25 and 40 dB. They said even though it's not that severe, it could be hard at times, so yeah, there's that for me

Now, I'm wearing hearing aids

It's really really hard to adjust to it but the doctors said I should just focus on my improvement