Chapter 44: 44
“So? Are you gonna answer my question or not?” she asked.
“No.” I said.
“No what?!” she exclaid.
“I’ve only sent emails to Raphael, Earnest, Roi, Darelle, Kenneth and Kris from our batch.” I said flatly.
“…” she just looked at with a sour expression.
“I’m sorry. You told to be honest. So, I did.” I maintained my calm expression.
“That’s very cold.” she said as she hugs her knees.
“Being honest?” I asked.
“Yeah, it hurts.” she said while looking at the ground.
“I’m sorry.” I did the sa.
“Well, you could’ve laid it out softly.” she said.
“To be fair though, I told everyone when I found out about this at first.” I looked at her again.
“Everyone? This? What do you an?” she asked with a furrowed brow.
“The world, this virus.” I said.
“What?” she got confused.
“A few years ago, when it was just and Oscar, our plan was just to hole up in the bas.e.m.e.nt and wait 10 or more years until everything is over. If we have everything in this place now, we could survive for much longer if it’s just us two. I disagreed with that thought so I convinced him that doing that is pointless, humanity will be over if it’s just the two of us left standing. After a while, he got to thinking and he agreed with so we expanded this compound, we built a few more houses and we made the bas.e.m.e.nt bigger. After that, I tried posting everywhere and I even tried to contact various organizations about my findings.” I explained.
“What happened then?” she asked.
“What do you think? Would you even co with three years ago if I told you that zombies are coming and I need you and your sister in my house?” I said.
“…” she was silent.
“I’d like you to answer honestly too.” I said straightforwardly.
She was taken aback, but she answered honestly after a long sigh.
“No.” she said.
“And that is a normal and honest response, thank you. I’d say that to too. It’s like the story of the boy who cried wolf but they didn’t believe him the first ti he warned them. It hurts when you’re trying to tell sothing with all your heart and no one listens.” I said earnestly.
“…” she was silent.
“But still, thank you.” I said to her.
“For what?” she asked.
“At the airport, you believed then. I think that’s what’s important.” I explained.
“I’m the one who should be thanking you at the airport, if it weren’t for you, my sister and I would be gone now.” she said.
“…” I just smiled.
We just stayed in silence for a while and then she spoke.
“I should also be saying sorry.” she said.
“For what?” I asked.
“Asking a very stupid question.” she explained.
“What question?” I asked with a straight face and eyebrows raised.
“Earlier, I asked you if you thou-” she tried to speak.
“Can’t rember that.” I cut her off.
“What?” she got confused again.
“Can’t rember what you said earlier.” I tried to pretend not to know.
“When I asked you if you thought of m-” she tried to explain.
“Nope! Still can’t rember.” I cut her off again waiting till she ‘gets’ it.
“…” she was silent for a while and looking at in confusion.
I gave a grin and then she realized what I’m doing. She closed her eyes and when she opened it, it’s already starting to water. She’s about to start crying but I ruffled her hair wildly. Her hair now got tangled up and she glared at . She removed the tie on her hair and it flowed once again on her shoulders. She’s smiling now though her eyes are still watery. I wiped the tears off her eyes with my jacket and I leaned myself to the wall. I patted the space next to and she moved close while she placed her head on my shoulder. We just sat there in silence for a while.
“For the record though, I never said I didn’t think of you. I just didn’t send you an email because we haven’t had contact in years. I planned on stopping by your place even though I didn’t know if that’s still your address or you’d be there. I owed you a lot you know, I won’t trust in an email if you could reach this place. I also pondered that if you would be with your dad, everything will be fine.” I said as I looked at her.
“…” she was silent as she gives a pensive look.
“Hey, why did we stop contacting each other after we graduated then? You rember right?” she asked as she tried to rember.
“Oh, I was busy moving my things to go to college since it’s far and I need to prepare everything. I figured that you would be busy as well though we sotis kept in touch through social dia.” I said.
“Right, it was a very busy ti after graduating. However, I can’t rember why we stopped contacting each other.” she said.
“We still used to send a few short ssages back then but I stopped when I saw a picture of you with soone else. I had to give so space, right?” I said as she looked down.
She finally rembered what happened back then. She t soone where she studies at while I focused on other things. Inevitably, ti set us apart and that’s why we haven’t had contact in years. It’s not a unique story, it’s just one of the things that happens to people. We’re not even a couple back then, just bestfriends that t by chance.
“Lucky for we t at the airport. We know that this thing is coming, we just don’t know the exact mont.” I said.
“And if I didn’t greet you, you would’ve left there!” she exclaid though she has a more lighthearted expression than earlier.
“Hahaha! Right, but it was before we saw the news with your pilot. I was really surprised that you recognized , I was very different now from back then.” I explained.
“True, I feel bad for saying this, but if our pilot didn’t get attacked, we won’t be here now. Well, I will always rember those eyes of yours, or is it the way you look at people?” she said.
“What? My eyes? The way I look at people?” I asked.
“Hmm, well your eyes can’t grow muscle, don’t they? Just kidding, they look deep and sharp. And the way you look at people is different. When you looked at at the airport, I felt like you analyzed everything that you see about . It’s the sa sensation back then when I introduced myself to you at the classroom back then.” she said.
“Hmm, it’s the first ti soone said that to . That sounds about right, I do that a lot to be honest.” I said.
She adjusts her position and now she’s laying her head in my lap while I play with her hair. I’m trying to braid the other side of her hair while she cracks her fingers.
“You know, there was two tis I was wrong about you.” I said.
“Hmm?” she said.
“First ti was when we were in school, I thought you were gonna be the sa as everybody else.” I said.
“You’re welco. What’s the second one then?” she asks.
“I never thought that you were gonna be this strong.” I said as she paused.
“No, you’re right about thinking that. But thank you for saying that I’m strong, that coming from you ans a lot more than you think. I wouldn’t know what to do if it happened at the airport and you’re not there.” She said.
“I think you’ll manage though.” I said.
“Stop lying, I know when you do.” She said imdiately.
“Okay, you got there hahaha… How’d you know though? However, if you have your gun there, you’d have a chance.” I explained.
“Not gonna tell you why I know. If I have my gun there, I won’t need you there! I’d clear it all by myself and build my own empire!” she exclaid sarcastically.
“Done!” I exclaid.
“Huh?” she said.
I opened the cara on my phone and I showed her what I did with her hair. The left side of her hair now is braided up to the back while rest stayed the sa. She smiled happily as she angles the cara to see every corner of her new look.
“Sky! This is cool! It looks really wicked!” she exclaid as she sat up. She leans very close to and she took a photo of us. I quickly covered her eyes when the photo was about to be taken much to her surprise. She glared at and then we took several photos after. We stared at it for a while then she sat on top of my lap facing .
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