The stranger in house

Jay- Jay's POV

The day I thought which will be happiest for me turned into a dooms day, how can it be, how can God be that cruel to me?. Kuya Angelo consoled me, he literally fulfilled the place of my father, he handled me in this tough time.

I cried,  I cried a lot by hugging Kuya and Aries, but how long. I've to accept the fate, but what to do with that one percent of hope that he might come back. Cause only traces of the plane are captured not him.

Well, last night I sneaked out from the balcony and went to Keifer's home, it's all dark like always but today my life was darker. His scent was all over the house but him, he's no... I went to his room, it was arranged well.

I never know life is so unpredictable, without a proper good bye he left, and for forever, what about the promises, what about your last word to me Keifer, "Don't Give Up on Me", now what I'm supposed to do.

I squatted against the wall holding his tshirt in my hand and cried my heart out, I had no words left, just a question, "why can't I be happy?".

And that was the last day I cried for him, for my life then I left expecting anything from my life. Just decided to accept whatever was happening. A month passed and it's time for my final exams of school.

Section E kept trying to cheer me up and for them I put off all my sorrows aside and showed myself as happy. Yuri wanted to come close to me, but it's impossible for me to move on, and I made it clear to him.

I missed my last competition due to the incident but again I was given the opportunity to participate in my province. I did that, i performed well but I know I was facing shot anticipation. I had to cop up with it. Kuya Angelo gave me permission to join a 4 month training camp.

After the training camp I was a perfect shooter, and participated in the National championship but lost it , still all my efforts were devoted towards it, I did quit writing songs, and actually didn't have any time to do that. When I returned to Manila, I thought I was over him but, still memories kept haunting me.

Every moment we lived together, every time we were together and created beautiful moments. I just wanted to remain busy all the time to escape from all my thoughts and decided to pursue higher education abroad.

*Flashback over*

I was feeling strange, without any reason I was still following the voice, thoughts running over in my head, and if my heart rate was measured, the instrument might break. Well I was so close and the music stopped when I reached near the ground.

I stepped out in the crowd and just a bunch of students were there discussing “oh he’s wonderful”, “he’s in our college, wow”, my eyes were looking for the one who’s singing the song, a hope or maybe the fear, if it’s really him, Keifer, the one for whom I fell, the one who loved me crazily.

I felt a tap on my shoulder, and I got startled, “Hey Jay- Jay!  Why are you looking so nervous, just like you saw a ghost?”, and I wiped off my tears without getting noticed, “it’s nothing Isla, I was…”, and she cut me off, “whatever, you finally came out of the library, can we go and eat”.

Isla dragged me towards the canteen, “aren’t you tired of working, college assignments then internship, are you a human”, yes once she starts she can’t stop her talks, I’m used to it as she's the only one I have here.

But today not her, my focus was somewhere else, the voice, the music and the lyrics, it’s only reminding me of him, it’s almost a year and I’m here in Canberra miles away from the place once I used to love and cherish, but it’s all changed, that day changed everything.

Here 'm trying to become the best version of me. My own identity, everyone knows me but I doubt it if I know myself, but at least I'm not lost, but living a life, with a purpose.

Isla pinched me, “eat it”, and I saw she ordered my favourite spring rolls, I smiled, “only you care about what I love”, and she pulled my cheeks, “if I don’t then who will do”, she came into my life as someone who made me realise life is to live.

My phone buzzed, it’s the landlord, “yes, okay fine”, I answered and hung up, “what’s up with your rented place”, Isla asked. I sighed, “nothing my old roommate just left home, so a new one is shifting today, so he just informed me that”.

She nods, “who’s your new roommate?”, I just moved my eyes to a gesture that I don’t know yet, “I wish not someone who bothers me, a decent one please”. And after having meals, I collected my belongings from the library, which I left like they’re not mine after hearing the music and went to attend classes.

The professor was teaching about connection and from nowhere he started talking about Chinese mythological invisible thread theory, “no matter where you’re if that thread connected, you’re destined to be with each other”, and I get lost in my own thoughts, “was it really him, I remember it well, he wrote those lines for me, and that voice”.

The class gets over, “Keeper is in our college, he’s so handsome”, and students were murmuring, I didn’t paid a lot of attention but, “he sang so well, turned our campus into a sweet place”, this caught my attention, I turned to the girl who said but before I ask my phone rang, it’s Mr Amrand, my HR demanding the update on new project.

I immediately left for my home, without even meeting Isla, I reached my home, and started working on the project. Isla's number popped in my cell phone, “why the hell you left without telling me”, her voice was loud, I knew it’d be her probable reaction. I calmed her down, “I need to submit the work, so I did”.

She sighed, “there’s one more world apart from your work”, I know but that’s something which made me forget that there’s another world where I feel alone and lost.

She continued, “you know that famous singer, but always remained into shadows, is a student in our college”, actually I isolated myself from social media, and specially things related to music, “Keeper, his pen name, he’s so handsome”, she’s blabbering but my doorbell rang, “probably the new roommate is here”,and I hung up.

I reached near the door, peeped from keyhole, it’s a masked man, “a man”, I was shocked, “he can’t be my roommate”, I asked from inside, “who’s this”, he replied, “I’m new tenant of this house”, I was shocked, a male, I’ve got a male roommate.

Instead of opening the door I called the landlord, “how can you send a male roommate?”, his reply was really the worst I could hear, “money doesn't have a gender”, it’s literally the worst thing that happened to me, and the door clicked and opened.

When that man entered the house, he was wearing, it’s surprising as Covid 19 was years ago, seems like a year but it’s been five years. Well, his eyes were covered under glasses, had a cap on head. Is it really a roommate or a thief, a stranger in my house, my heart raced.

I went near that man, “what..”, my voice trembled, “what do you want? Who are you?”, he was busy bringing his belongings inside, after I approached him, he turned towards me. I don’t know but my heart skipped a beat, it’s familiar, I could sense it.

His face was covered, but I could feel the energy he had, he was standing still like someone petrified him, even I was nervous but I snapped my fingers in front of him, “Excuse me? Are you my roommate?”, he was just staring and gradually his hand reached the glasses covering his eyes and he removed them.

To be continued....

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