When Love and Hate Collide [Completed]

Chapter 13: The Ten Musketeers

ARANYA

Parang biglang tumigil ang mundo ko sa sinabi niya. I thought the time itself stopped when he said that he doesn't want us to see each other again. But why?

My heart feels like it was stinged by something. It feels a sudden pain and I don't even know how it got hurt. Is it because of feeling bad about not seeing him again? So my feelings already bloomed this much?

"O-Oh...I-I see."

I don't know what to say anymore. All I'm thinking about right now is to control myself not to cry. My eyes are starting to water now and my nose is also feeling kinda heavy.

I tried to avoid my gaze to him and look at the window beside me so that he won't see how I try to hold back. Umiinit na ang mga mata ko at buong mukha pero pinipilit kong huminga nang maayos para hindi ako tuluyang humagulhol.

"I badly want to see you again Ara but it will only cause too much problems. Just wait until the school ends and I promise I'll find you. I will be looking for you and we'll spend some time together again." He said that somehow changed my emotion.

I thought he meant that we will not see each other again ever. I never thought he meant that only when the school year ends. But why though? Why would it take that much long?

After calming myself down, I turn around to look at him and it was also the exact moment he turned to look at me. He gave me a bitter smile facing his head forward.

"I don't know if I can leave you after this. I don't want the observation to end anymore. If I can just turn back time to keep on spending this moment with you then I would've done it a minute ago."

I can feel his sadness. Even if his monotonous voice never tells his emotions but there is something about his aura that tells me what he feels right now. And it breaks my heart. It breaks my heart really hard.

I want to hug him tight and tell him that I feel the same way but since he's busy driving, I can't do it right now. Maybe I just have to wait for him to finally stop the car.

"I would've done the same if I could." I admitted before bitting my lip after realizing that I slipped.

The next thing I know, the car stopped on the side of the road where there are tall trees and quite dark. I thought it was just some sort of car problem but I got shocked with what Seth did next.

He caught me off guard and gave me a kiss. Both of his eyes are shut before pulling my nape to deepen his lips more to mine. And all I did was just let him but then I find myself kissing back.

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"Where have you been? I'm so worried about you Ara! Tumawag ka sana or nagtext!"

Pagkarating na pagkarating ko sa bahay ay agad akong sinalubong ni mama na ngayon ay nag-aalalang nagtanong kung saan ako nanggaling.

I felt guilty about getting home late but my head is flying over cloud 9 and still reminiscing about my first kiss. I can still feel Seth's lips on mine right now and I can't help but to smile in my mind.

I never thought it will make me feel this happy. It didn't took that long but the feeling is still here. I bet this feeling will last long. Too long that even I turn old and gray, I will tell this memories to my teenage grand children.

"Aranya nakikinig ka ba?"

Agad kong iwinaksi ang pagsasariwa ng mga alaala ng kanina dahil agad na niyugyog ako ni mama. Mukhang nahalata niyang natigilan ako bigla.