"What are you doing here?" Bai Xian asked Bai Zhen.
"Shouldn't I be the one asking you that? Why are you here?" balik-tanong ni Bai Zhen kay Bai Xian.
Matagal bago sumagot si Bai Xian at bahagyang tiningnan ang sarili.
"Can't you see? I am a Princess here."
"Princess my foot! You are really a princess. What I mean is why are you in the mortal world pretending as the Princess? Do you want to marry your grandson-inlaw?"
Mabilis na tinapal ni Bai Xian ang bibig ng kanyang kapatid.
"Be careful of what are you saying. Are you crazy? Why would I want to marry Matthew?"
"Then why are you here?" tanong ni Bai Zhen habang nakahawak sa kanyang bibig na tinampal ni Bai Xian.
"I came here to help him."
"Who? Matthew?"
Tumango si Bai Xian bilang sagot.
"Oh dear. I don't know how to say this but do you know that Matthew is not the emperor that the Princess knew?"
"Do you think I am stupid? Of course I know."
"Then are you saying that you are helping him to get married to the Princess quickly?"
"No!" malakas na sagot ni Bai Xian saka mabilis na hininaan ang sarili saka bahagyang inilapit ang mukha kay Bai Zhen.
"Matthew has the one-fourth part of Ye Hua's soul. I need to make him safe."
Natigilan si Bai Zhen saka wala sa sariling napalunok.
"Oh." tanging sagot niya saka inilayo ang sarili ng bahagya.
"H-how did it happen?" tanong ni Bai Zhen kahit alam na niya ang sagot.
"I have no exact idea but I am sure that it is because of Yanna. She might have shared her blood to him before."
Tumango-tango si Bai Zhen habang wala sa sarili na napakagat sa kuko.
"I heard she was the one who heal Matthew about his sickness that was cause by the demon tribe."
Nanlaki naman ang mga mata ni Bai Xian nang maalala niya yon.
"That's right. So it means Ye Hua has been living in Yanna's body for a long time?"
"I... think so."
"If so, now that Yanna died. Does it mean that Ye Hua's soul also dissipated?" Bai Xian asked hyterically slowly losing her senses that made her brother panic a little bit.
Oh dear, what do I do? aniya sa sarili ni Bai Zhen habang bahagyang hinawakan at hinagod ang likod ng kanyang kapatid.
"Sister.... please calm down. I.... I don't think Ye hua's soul had really.... dissipated. You know.... what... I mean is... maybe his soul was uhmm how do I say it.... s-sometimes some soul doesn't always live fully in someone's body to recuperate."
"What do you mean?"
Tumikhim si Bai Zhen.
He is thinking how he could explain it to his sister without knowing her truth. Bai Xian must not know the truth or else Yanna, Matteo, Matthew and Ye Hua will all be in danger.
"You know... Matthew has the one-fourth part of soul of Ye Hua. Then maybe...uhm someone also has the other half other than Yanna? What do you think?"
Oh dear. What I am saying. ani sa sarili ni Bai Zhen saka lihim na kinagat ang pang-ibabang labi.
BINABASA MO ANG
Unopened Rose (DRAFT! DRAFT!)
FantasiShe traveled back to the time where her birthmarks were her scars. Nectars and Hagonoy plants were sacred. Roses and its petals are powerful. And pollen is her life.
