Ate

It was one Saturday night when Alwyn, a first year college student, called her older cousin, Jaja, to stay with him even at least up to 10pm. 10pm is the curfew for the visitors in that specific condo tower for students.

“Ate, pwede mo ba akong samahan dito sa room ko kahit hanggang 10 lang ?” Alwyn texted her ate. Alwyn is a masscom student in one university in the university belt in Manila. He is from Cebu, that’s why he depends on his older cousins whenever he needs something.

"Ha? Bakit? Ok, I’ll be there.” replied Jaja.

“Tnx ate. D best ka talaga! Hehe..”

Her ate arrived at 5pm in his room.

“Bakit mo ako pinapunta dito Al? May kelangan ka ba?” Jaja asked.

“Wala naman ate. Nalulungkot lang ako kasi mag isa lang ako dito. Yung mga room mates ko umuwi sa kanila kasi malapit lang naman mga province nila. ” Alwyn answered with sadness painted on his face.

“Kawawa ka naman pala. Sige, I’ll stay with you kahit hanggang mamayang gabi lang. Suggestion ko lang, matulog ka bago mag 10pm para may kasama ka sa pagtulog mo. ”

“Okay ate. Salamat talaga ha.”

“Oo ba. Basta ikaw.”

The 2 bonded for that day. One bought 1.5 coke, one bought big chips, and they
watched movie all the time and chitchat until 9pm arrived.

“Alwyn, tulog ka na. Alis ako 10, at bukas, andito na ako pag gising mo. ”

“Talaga ate, pupunta ka ulit dito bukas?”

“Oo naman. Para sayo."

Then Alwyn already moved to his bed and slept. Awhile later, he was awaken by some movements he heard in the kitchen side. It seems like someone is doing something. Then Alwyn stood up and checked who is in the kitchen.

“Ate? Bat andito ka pa?” Alwyn said and checked the time in his watch. “It’s 1am na ah. Buti at di ka sinita. Astig ka talaga te. Sige, tulog na ulit ako. ”

Jaja is standing in front of the dishes but the lights are turned off.

The next day, one text message made Alwyn cry.

“Anak, ang ate mo, wala na siya. Naaksidente siya kagabi habang umuuwi sa house nila. ” a text message from his mom.

And more than, he also missed 7 calls from her ate. He thought of the image he saw last night. Maybe her ate visited him because he missed the calls from her, he thought.

Alwyn cried all that day and until to this date, he is still depressed and haven't moved on yet because of that
sad and tragic event.

-PandemiC-


P.S: I would like to thank the posters of my stories on PinoyWap.Net. Because of them, I was able to retrieve this post. Thank you! :)