I Miss You Like Crazy

"Punta ko..."

It was Adik. I smiled. I knew the purpose of the visit. It was his usual line so it goes without saying that this visit was indeed a true blue booty call.

"Yeah sure, nasa gym lang ako. Pauwi na din.", I replied.

So I started getting dressed. Adik, as usual, had good timing. I was actually thinking of something to do. He was my someone to do. A few minutes later, Adik was already at my door. He had his usual grin.

"Uy kamusta?"

"Pasok ka..."

"Saan?", he asked.

"Tarantado!"

He hugged me tight.

"Kamusta ka na!!!", he was so excited.

"Ganun pa din... tapos eto, bakasyon agad... hehe", I replied.

He placed his bag on the nearby desk and went directly to bed. Kamustahan muna. He then started asking me stuff: stuff that I have been doing the last few days; the things I still intended to do; stuff that he wanted to ask me in person. More importantly, Adik had something else to tell me:

"Aalis na ko next week...", he finally said.

"Aww... saan? Kelan? May date na?"

"Sa ____. Mga Tuesday... basta pag dumating na ticket."

Adik was relocating somewhere in the Philippines, far from the metro... very far - for work. I can sense he was a little scared of the move. I can sense he was undergoing the same anxieties I experienced before I left the country.

"Don't worry, you'll be fine...", I assured him.

"Yeah... basta bahala na.", he replied.

"Tara, dinner muna tayo...", he continued.

Aba nagyayang mag-dinner! Kakaiba ito. For a moment, I was confused. Adik and I never met outside my house. We have never been together beyond the sack. But, just before I left, I had sensed some changes in Adik. He became more intimate. He then started opening up to me while I was away. He became a friend during the times of extreme sadness. Pinapatawa ko nito kahit malayo and he never left me hanging - not even during the worst of times - kahit confused na confused na sya.

We later found ourselves at a Japanese restaurant - different from the usual place I go to. He loved Japanese pala and wanted to try out my favorite restaurant - the place where J worked - I convinced him to try another place. He's totally clueless about J kasi and I wanted to keep it that way. Besides, I would definitely have a hard time flirting with J if we had gone there, d ba?

Over dinner, he told me stories. He told me how difficult it had been for him to talk to someone else while I was away. He told me that he relied heavily on prayers. Naman! He told me he wanted to ask me stuff but I was almost always not available online. He told me that there was basically no one he could talk to about the other side of his world. He told me that there was this guy...

I felt a tinge of sadness when he finally told me his story. Adik had finally found someone - someone he could hang out with - after me. I can sense how happy he was with the new guy but, at the same time, he was so confused. He was in a very unfamiliar territory.

"Oi Adik, date to ah...", he told me.

"Aba! At kelan mo pa ko di-nate?", I retorted.

"Ngayon... namiss kita eh..."

Ay, I miss you like crazy lang? Haha.