The Last Mon Standing

I took the steps leading to room 210. I was expecting him to be, in his usual spot, in front of the computer typing something. He never ceases to do this monotonous work. Sometimes he even sleeps in that room just to finish the never ending paperworks. Afterall, he’s the editor in chief.

I am, or should I say, was a part of our school Student Publication. I have been a member since June. Yeah I know it was almost too late for me to join, I am a third year nursing student and the work for my course has just become too tedious that it is almost stupid to sleep. But I still entered.

I can never say that everything went out fine. The weather this afternoon was all sunny but the wind is still cold….

As I was climbing the staircase, I was already planning what to say. But I was so surprised when I saw him just above the stairs standing, his back against the building’s railings.

I proceeded, but he never dared to glance. I handed him the flash drive and muttered, “Sorry” ( I was sorry because of the flash drive). “Magreresign na ‘ko” (I’m resigning). It is not that I was expecting a ceremonious resignation, but I still thought, oh so I thought, that we’re in a very good terms. But he did not lift his head. It was almost a split second and I walked away.

I know he has been really mad at me because of the delayed articles that should have been passed before the Xmas break and the flash drive that I should have returned ten years ago, but heck, I was already resigning. What was that all about?

I know I have been the most incompetent wart in the group. I didn’t attend meetings, I could not meet deadlines, and I have the least number of articles to write. Darn it, I didn’t even win the competition in San Fernando City last Semestral break, that’s why I left.

I didn’t realize that he could be this angry with me. I was actually planning to write a different angle of my resignation but my pointer (I only use my right pointer in typing, but I am fast) just cannot suppress this feeling that I just had since that almost-like-a-conversation-with-the-atmosphere-god scenario.

I mean… what the heck did I do?