His Friends

"Here," I said, handing a paper bag that has Eion's jacket to him in his office the moment I arrived before my shift. Emma was still here since it’s still her shirt. Nagising talaga ako ng maaga para labhan at ipatuyo ang jacket nya and got in the store again.

Buti nalang maaraw ngayon at mabilis tong natuyo.

He looked at me, then to the paper bag on my hands before asking, "What's that?"

"Uhmm… your jacket?" Did he forget about it soon? Tsk, hinahanap nya pa sa akin ito kahapon yapos ganito lang rin pala.

"Keep it." He said, "I don't want it anymore."

Hindi ko alam kung narinig ko sya ng maayos o baka may sira ang tenga ko. He even came back last night to get the jacket from me, right? And now that I am giving it to him, he doesn’t want it anymore. Ano ba tong robot na to! Nag effort pa akng gumising ng maaga!

"Okay? Iwan ko lang to dito ah. Salamat ulit kagabi, Eion." I just left the paper bag by the door and returned to th