hindi pang women's day

it started with an exchange of texts messages.
him: wer r u?
me: sa mtg. y?
him: kailangan ko kausap.
me: tapos ako ng 5 pm, then i'll go to ofis. san ka ba?
him: sa kumunoy ng depresyon.
me: san ba yun? andito ko morato.
him: hehe, tange!!

a few more exhanges of texts then we decided we could meet for coffee. the resto where we usually have coffee has moved to another location so we ended up at starbucks.

we don't often see each other but everytime he's sad he remembers me. i'm on the top of his list because i always listen to him intently and i was never 'clinical' with my approach. but last night was different. he could feel that i was already feeling blase. and yes, i started being clinical.

he began lamenting about his love-hate relationship with his live-in partner. i laughed. he was upset that i did and he almost clammed up. but i said, "you told me the same problem two years ago. how could i not laugh? two years ago eh wala akong karelasyon. nagkaron na ko ng karelasyon, sumaya na ko, nahiwalay, nalugkot, nagalit at ngayon eh masaya na ulit pero ikaw yan pa rin ang sinasabi mo!"

i wasn't sorry that i laughed at him; i meant to be straightforward and i didn't care if he was offended. i made him realize that he's stuck in his miseries. he knows exactly what to do to end what's bugging him all these years he only has to start doing something, and really do something. he realized that i could get tired of listening to him but he also knows that i've always been the friend he could trust.

before the night ended, he was laughing with me again. we parted ways, got a goodnight text from him, "salamat sa 2 beses na untog". with that i knew i'm not going to hear from him again for the next one or two months at least.