Fixing A Broken Star |⭐

Chapter 6

I am smiling until I got home. But it has faded when I saw Marco waiting for me in the living room.

Hindi ko siya pinansin at dumiretso ako pataas. I didn't expect him to follow me inside my room. He locks the door and then look at me.

"Hershel, we're not yet done talking",

"Marco please, let's just talk some other time."

"I.want.us.to.talk.now" he said it with conviction

"What do you want to talk about?"

"About the girl, it's not what you think-"

I cutted him off.

"Then what Marco?, I'm not gonna buy that bullshit",

I saw how his face darkened he went near me and hold my arms tightly.

"I told you it's nothing, why can't you believe me!?", He shouted at me

"Because it's not the first time I saw you with another girl", I said with tears in my eyes

He let go of me and leave me alone. I was shaking that's why I used my hand to support me.

The next day was so hard for me because I had to hide my bruises caused by Marco. I always wore jacket to hide my bruises on my arms. It's not that big but because maputi ako, it's so obvious.

We are now on our last period this afternoon, which is P.E so we had to change into our P.e uniform.

We are playing volleyball. I'm not good in volleyball. Michelle is the one who's good on this, kaya naman siya ang team captain ng buong school. And fortunately, napagrupo ako sa kaniya ngayon.

Avril is complaining Everytime we got to score. It's so unfair daw because Michelle is playing in our team. Pero tinatawanan lang namin siya. It's just a friendly game anyway.

After the game. We just rest on the benches. Kakatapos lang ng game namin. Ang boys ay kanina pa tapos, and we don't know where are they.

It was a fun game, Lalo na sa boys. It's a volleyball game but it turns out to be like soccer.

Someone handed me a bottled water. I look at him and it was Kylo.

"Thanks " he just nodded.

He then go to Uno who's staring at me intently. Kinabahan ako sa tingin niya kaya naman tumalikod ako sa kanila.

Pasimple pa din akong sumulyap sa kanila, and they are talking serious now. Maybe it's an important matter.

Maya Maya pa ay lumapit sa amin sina Jace, Eric, Josh and Kian. They brought us some snack. How thoughtful.

I really appreciate every single effort that a person or people done for me. Siguro dahil yung appreciation at pagkalinga na yun ang hinihiling ko mula sa magulang ko. Siguro dahil nangungulila ako sa pagmamahal at pag aalaga ng magulang ko kaya, kapag nahahanap ko Yun sa ibang tao, masaya ako.

Pero, at the same time malungkot, kasi kung nagagawa akong pahalagahan Ng iba, bakit hindi iyon magawa ng sarili kong pamilya?

"Lalim niyan ah? Baka malunod ka", It's Jace while giving me a sandwich.

"Thanks" I smiled at him.

"You see the 9 of us?" Nagulat ako sa tinanong niya.

"Of course Jace, I'm not blind" natatawang sagot ko.

"If you weren't blind, why can't you see our willingness to help you? To comfort you. You're both selfish and selfless" he look at me seriously.

I was taken a back by his statement. I never expected him to talk to me this way.

"You don't have to shoulder it alone, we always got your back"  ngumiti siya sa akin na para bang sinasabing magiging maayos din ang lahat, inakbayan niya ako para itap ang shoulder ko.

I really felt appreciated when I'm with them.

"Si Avril, walang ibang ambag kanina kundi reklamo" it's Eric teasing Avril

"Kesa naman sayo iniapply yung galing sa paglangoy sa paglalaro ng volleyball", syempre hindi papatalo si Avril

"At least hindi ako napunitan ng jogging pants", Eric was referring to Kian

"Hersh, what happened to your arms?", kinabahan ako sa tinanong ni Michelle.
Tumingin silang lahat at nag iintay ng sasabihin ko.

"Uh... I..." Come on Hershel think.
"I just hit on something, medyo napalakas ata kaya nagkapasa",

Tumango lang siya, Hindi nakatakas sa paningin ko ang palitan ng boys Ng seryosong tingin, and I know there's an idea on their mind now.

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Since tapos na ang period namin for the last subject. I decided to change clothes.

Nagulat ako sa pag labas ko Ng C.r ay nag iintay sa akin si Uno.

"What are you doing here?" I asked the obvious

"I'm waiting for you obviously", he then rolled his eyes

"Why are you waiting for me? You miss me agad?" I tried to joke around but it wasn't effective

"I want to talk to you"

"Uno we're already talking",

His face became more serious. He grabbed my arms with so much care, as if it's fragile. When he saw my bruises, his breaths became heavy. His face turned darker. Nagsimula na akong kabahan.

"Who did this to you?"

"No one Uno. I told you, I just hit on something" I tried to convince him

"No, someone did this to you!" he didn't even ask, he was so sure of it.

Hindi ako makasagot kaya naman niyakap Niya ako. I felt comfortable on his arms. Kung may makakakita sa amin ay maiisip na may relasyon kami. Pero his care for me and our love for each other is purely innocent. I can feel him shaking in anger.

"Come on Hersh, please tell me what happened", his pleading voice makes me so soft. I wanna tell him everything but I don't want to become his burden. I can handle myself.

"Hershel", a baritone makes Uno loosen his hug.

It's Marco and he's looking at us darkly.

"Let's go Hershel I'll take you home" he then grabbed my arms. I cringed in pain when he hit my bruises.

But before we can even go, Uno held my forearm carefully.

"Bro, I'm taking her home"

"I. Am. Her. Boyfriend", Marco said with conviction

"And. Will. Be. An. Ex. Soon." Hindi nagpapatinag na sagot ni Uno.

I know where this is going that's why I look at Uno with pleading eyes.

"It's ok Uno, we still have to talk about something. Take care"

Uno heaved a sigh. He just nod at me.
Before we can go I saw Marco giving Uno a teasing smile.

When we are on the parking lot, I immediately got into his car.

"You should've not done that",

"The what?", he asked innocently

Hindi na lamang ako umimik hanggang makarating kami sa tapat ng bahay.

I was about to get out of his car when he held my hand.

"Look Hershel, I'm trying to fix things between us. Please don't be too hard to get."

"I'm not being hard to get Marco"

"I'm so sorry for what I did last time. Does it hurt?" he sounded serious, or so it seemed.

I just nodded.

"I didn't mean to hurt you, I was just carried away by my emotions", he then hugged me.

My tears started to stream down my face. Not because I was touched on what he said, but because, right at this moment I realized that my heart, stop beating for him.

He doesn't own my heart anymore.

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