My Haven in Cebu | 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗱

Chapter Five

Chapter 5

"Kakapoy! (Kapagod!)" Reklamo ni Ainah at nahiga sa buhangin.

Indeed true. This day was so tiring yet enjoying. We did many underwater activities. Kahit ano na lang pinag-gagawa namin sa dagat kaya napagod kami. Actually it’s six in the evening and we just arrived here at the resort, lumibot kasi kami sa kabilang island. We plan to eat our dinner here at the shore, they’re serving seafoods here and we’re glad ‘cause we want’s to eat seafoods. Naglatag lang kami ng tela at nag bonfire while waiting for our food.

Loving and appreciating nature is truly the best. I started loving photography when I turned twenty. Nahihiya pa nga ako magsabi kay Ate Annie na isa sa mga hobby ko ay ang pagkukuha ng litrato kasi alam kong wala pa man akong sinabi ay bibilhan niya ako agad ng camera. To be sheltered is beyond grateful kaya hindi na ako nanghihingi pa.

"Isha! May plano ka na bang umuwi? I mean your vacation is up until?"

I sighed and look at Neshie. "To be honest, I still don’t know how long will I stay here..." Bumuntong hininga muna ako bago ituloy. I think I trust them enough to let them know what happened to me the moment I entered here and the reason why I am here. "Ang totoo kasi niyan, I came here to meet my internet boyfriend. I called it ‘interney boyfriend’ because I just met him in internet. We were just chatmate for six months until we decided to meet up here. I was so dumb to trust and gave in easily. I never did background check on him. Nagpadala lang ako sa kilig. So to make it shorter, nagpanggap lang ang gago, tanginang adik at rapist na ‘yon!"

Napasinghap silang dalawa. Napatakip pa sa bibig si Ainah habang nanlalaki ang mata. I don’t know if it is because of what happened to me or she can’t understand what I say.

"What the? Seriously, ang gago nun ha! Sasapakin ko ‘yon!"

I laughed at what Neshie said. Ang oa niya banda ro’n.

"Pero kumusta ka na ngayon? Are you alright? Did he hurt you? Did he touched you or worst raped you?" She ask with widened eyes.

"No! Of course no! Glad someone help me and dumating agad ‘yong mga pulis kaya nahuli siya agad. Turns out he’s missing here."

"Ah.. sorry pero naa na atong pagkaon. (Ah.. sorry pero nandito na ‘yong pagkain natin." Ainah interrupted.

I help them arranging our food at the mini table we put here. We also ordered wine. Before we started eating I lead the prayer. When I’m done praying we started eating, sa sobrang pagod namin ay ginutom kami. Imagine we started at seven am in the morning and ends up at six am in the evening. Gosh my skin.

Nakakataka siguro ‘no kung ba’t napakadali naming naging close pero kaya nangyari ‘yon kasi aside sa magkapareha ang vibes naming tatlo ay pareha’s rin kaming tumatakas sa problema. Sa problemang ‘di namin alam kung masosolusyunan ba namin o hindi. I know I just made this meet up thingy to cover up my real reason.

I’m sad. My anxiety is coming back. Nandiyan naman si Ate Annie na hindi nagfail sa pag gabay sa ‘kin pero ewan iba pa rin talaga ang nararamdaman ko. I always felt sad the moment I’m all alone. Ang gulo ko nga kasi gusto kong may kasama ako pero gusto ko ring mapag-isa.

"Alam mo Ish, I came here because I am dead tired. Tired from family problem. Wala na lang ibang ganap sa pamilya namin kundi puro away, ang gulo nila mommy at daddy. They always fight even small things. Pero meron pang mas masakit dito, nagplano silang maghiwalay na lang kasi ‘di na naman daw sila nagkakaintindihan. It hurts. It hurts seeing my mother crying every night. He loves my daddy so much but daddy’s not happy anymore..."

I look at Neshie and hug her, gano’n din ang ginawa ni Ainah. I can’t relate because I never experienced those things. Ang naranasan ko lang ay ang maiwan ng sariling mga magulang. Ang maiwanang mag isa at kumayod para sa sarili.