~~ AT VINCE FUNERAL~~
The whole school went at Vince funeral, nakita ako ni AJ tapos umupo sa sa tabi ko.
"Izzy, how long have you been with Vince?" tanong n'ya.
"ahm… we met since I was in 7th grade, maybe we've been together for 3 years… kayo?"
"actually matagal na kaming magkaibigan ni Vince, kaya nga para na kaming magkapatid, after all his my childhood friend kaya nga. The problem lang is, we only separated when we moved because I was sent to study abroad with my sister but during that time we became busy with our different activities kaya sometimes nalang kami mag call or text man lang. Na alala ko nga nung bata pa kami, kahit magkaibigan lang kami para ko na s'yang naging kuya palagi kaming nag tulongan sa pag gawa sa assignment naming, mag study ng kasama. So his a great brother to me"
"not just a great brother but also a great friend"
Minutes later I've realized wala pa ang pamilya ni Vince, it's a bit odd that mawala ang pamilya ng namatay sa gilid n'ya diba.
"AJ, ba't wala pa ang pamilya ni Vince? Diba dapat nandito na sila?"
"ahm, I don't know pero nan dito naman si ma'am Inah kaya don't worry about his friends or family… Hey! I have a question on you."
"ask it out"
"do you like Vince?" na surprise ako sa tanug n'ya I mean I didn't expect that question to happened, kaya lang wala akong ma sagut sa tanung n'ya.
"ahm, it's OK kung di mo sagutin ngayon dahil kitang kita naman pero OK lang din"
"Wait! Are you a gay?!" kanina pa ko pa kasi na pansin na para kasing may gusto s'ya kay Vince or soothing like may alam s'ya na di lan n'ya aaminin kaya I've just wanted to clear things out.
"what?! No! not at all, it's just the both of you are very sweet to each other and the thing is-… just forget it. O ito raw ang gustong ipinabigay ni Vince sa'yo after he died" kinuha ko ang flash drive na binigay n'ya sa'kin pero wala talaga akung ma sabi sa pinag sabi n'ya sa'kin I mean paano n'ya nalaman na sweet kami ni Vince e a few days pa kami nagka kilala and it's weird dahil hindi talaga kami masyadong sweet ni Vince sa tutuo lang.
Few hours later, dumating na ang pamilya ni Vince kasama si maam Evelyn at may isang babae na kasama n'ya na medyo familiar sa akin.
"Tita!" tumayo si AJ at bati n'ya ang parents ni Vince and he let a bow kay ma'am at sa babae.
"ano ba talaga ang nangyari ba't nangyari to kay Vince? Why didn't he tell me that he's ill?"
"kahit ako Tita di ko alam, kahit tanungin mo pa yung friends, specially to those close ones"
Habang nag uusap sila AJ pilit kong inaalala kung san ko nakita yung babae pero wala talaga. Pag alis ng parents ni Vince at sila ma'am narinig kung may sinabi ang familiar na babae kay ma'am "at least the marriage is over right grandma? I can be free now" Like what the! Anong marriage ang ibig sabihin n'ya?