The Connection
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DAVIN KERL's POV
I was six years of age that time when I had a fever. Unluckily, pila-pila ang nadatnan namin sa hospital. I remember that day I saw this girl who is sleeping in the lady's arm. The lady is sprained and I know that dahil meron siyang tungkod just beside her. I was shocked when this lady look at me and smile. Kinabahan ako ng kinuha niya ang aking mga palad at pinatong sa may bandang dibdib ng batang babaeng karga niya. Tiningnan ko naman si Mama asking for help dahil hindi ako makapagsalita cause i feel like im under in a spell pero nakapikit ito na halatang pagod. Hanggang sa may lakas na akong bawiin ang kamay ko at ginising si Mama para sabihing nahihilo ako just to be away from the crazy lady.
Days had past and its normal until the night change my life until now. May narinig akong kinakausap nina Mama at Papa sa labas ng bahay. Sumilip ako at nakita ang batang babae na nakita ko mismo sa hospital. She is pale and has this blank expression. I feel scared when she saw me staring at her in the window. Para siyang manika o mannequin na walang buhay. I hurried in my room and locked the door. Nakakatakot para siyang multong may hinahanap. Well, im a kid that time what would you expect? I watch japanese horror movies and it trigger my scary imagination.
Kinabukasan, maaga akong nagising at napasigaw ako when i saw the girl sleeping outside my door room. I called out Mom and Dad and they hurried. Hinayaan daw nila ang bata na gumala sa bahay dahil hindi siya mukhang magnanakaw. Pinatulog pa daw nila ito sa isang kuwarto but now.. sa labas lang ng aking kuwarto namin siya nakita.
Nang magising ang batang babae ay agad siyang tinanong ni Mama kung saan siya galing. And the girl cried and for the first time in my life ako ang nagpatahan sa kaniya. I've even absent in school para tulungan si Mama na hanapin ang mga magulang ng bata.
The next day, may nakasalubong kaming mag-asawa na hinahanap ang kanilang anak. Our parents meet and they return the girl na nagngangalang Qirra. They have a little chit chat which is actually making friends.
A surprising night again... she came in our house with her cute pajama. I smiled. It was the second time around to have her sleep over pero masaya ako. Ako na mismo ang nagpatuloy sa kaniya sa bahay at hindi ko sinabi kina Mama. We went to my room at agad siyang humiga but i ask her some few things like 'why are you here' kaya bumangon siya at umupo. She give me the sweet smile rather than answering my questions. I stare at her and I think I fall. Maybe a puppy love. But again I was just a kid that time. In the morning nagpunta ang mga magulang niya dito sa bahay ,hinahanap siya.
Months again, alam na ng mga magulang ni Qirra kung saan siya nagpupunta. Until we grow up na nakasanayan ko ang buwan buwan niyang pakikipagsleep over sa akin. It was okay with our parents.
Mom and Dad decided na kami naman ang magbisita sa kanila. And find out that it was a far kilometer away from our house in town. So we didn't know how she manage to come in town at young age. Pero hindi yun ang pinagtuunan ko ng pansin even our parents too. It was the question: BAKIT WALA SIYANG MAALALA?
Im 10 this time when i begun to hate her. I visit her weekly kahit na hindi niya ako kilala. And i decided to stop visiting her dahil palagi niyang sinasabi na hindi niya daw ako kilala. How dare she? Every month kaya siyang nakikipagsleep over sa akin yet she doesn't know me? Isa akong bisita pag pumupunta ako sa kanilang bahay na nakakailang na kausapin. Tss.. Pero hinahayaan ko siyang matulog sa tabi ko and the weirdest thing is when i was 16 and she was 13. She came by and I feel uneasy with her short shorts and sando. Katabi ko siya as usual at nakakailang cause im a boy, she's a girl. And I have controllable hormones kaya wala akong ginagawa sa kaniya.
And now im 18, a grade 12 stude.
Last week kasasabi lang ng parents ko na pupunta kami sa Cebu which is a great challenge. A place without her and it's possible na hindi niya rin ako kayang hanapin sa layo ba namin. Pero bakit ako nagkasakit na walang dahilan. I went for a check up dahil sa sama ng pakiramdam ko pero sabi ng doktor wala daw naman akong sakit. Its impossible right?
Then tell me, what am i feeling? Kumukulo na nga ata ang dugo ko that made my high body temperature and this ache inside my chest that affect my brain. This boredom that I cannot kill. And the emptiness whenever I woke up. It SUCKS!!
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Oh sh*t hot girls..
Makakalimutan rin kita Qirra and we'll be perfect strangers.
"Hey handsome", an almost naked lady came with her seductive smile. Morena siya na may magandang katawan at mukha. I wonder how beautiful the treasure behind the strips.
"...", hindi pa ako nagsalita ay sinunggaban niya ako.
Oh, wild...
Just this night. Just this night.