Inclement Season 2

Chapter 5

Chapter 5

Tahimik kaming nanonood ni Mav ng movie dito sa sala niya. Nakaakbay ako sa kaniya habang siya naman ay nakasandal ang ulo sa balikat ko.

I miss this kind of date with Mav. We always do this when I'm courting her during our senior high school. I wonder what would happen to us if I waited for her to come back and didn't just think about my feelings?

Maybe we are doing our usual date.

Maybe we study law and graduate together.

Maybe we do a review together and passed the bar exams.

Maybe we celebrate together because we passed to bar exams.

But those maybe will never happen anymore. I'm still regretting what I did to her years ago.

Nakakapanghinayang na hindi nangyari sa amin yung mga 'yon kung hindi ako naging makasarili sa aming dalawa.

Kung hindi ko inisip lang nararamdaman ko noon.

Kung hindi ako kinain ng galit at ego ko.

Sana nagawa naming lahat nang 'yon.

Hanggang ngayon nanghihinayang ako. Kasi hindi ko man lang nakita ang lahat ng achievements na nangyari sa kaniya. Wala man lang ako sa tabi niya noong nahihirapan siyang mag-aral ng law dahil hindi naman niya pinangarap 'yon. Wala man ako sa tabi niya noong namatay ang kaibigan niya.

She only has herself after I left her. It hurts to think that she only has herself... that she's alone because I left her when she needed me the most.

Then the problems of our family happen. Naduwag naman akong ipaglaban siya. Wala pa din ako sa tabi niya noong nakakamit nanaman siya ng recognition. Palagi akong wala sa tabi niya.

I'm always thinking about my sister's feelings and my mother's situation. I never thought that Mav is also hurting but still willing to stand by me because she loves me so much.

I remember our usual date before. We are studying together in a near coffee shop or our favorite place moon leaf. That was our kind of date before.

Hindi kami tulad ng iba na nagpupuntang mall para manood ng cine. Sa bahay kami nila nagpupunta kapag manonood ng movie together.

Mas madalas naming panoorin ang sunset at city lights kesa sa movie.

Hindi kami katulad ng iba na nagpupunta sa isang fancy restaurant or romantic places kapag nagdadate kami. We just usually go to a near coffee shop or library to study together because our priority is our study and dreams.

Now. I only have one dream na hindi pa natutupad hanggang ngayon... to change her surname and to build a family with her.

To wake up, every morning beside her, to cook breakfast with her every morning. To see her morning face every day, to live happily with her with our kids.

I glanced to Mav when the movie is already done. She's already sleeping peacefully on my shoulder. I showered kisses on her forehead before carrying her. I walk towards her room and put her on her bed. Nilagyan ko siya ng kumot hanggang dibdib niya.

"I love you, Mi Amore. Good night." I whispered to her and kiss her lips. "I'll come back tomorrow."

It's already 2 am when I go out to her condo. Habang nagdridrive nakita kong tumatawag sa akin si Renzo kaya sinagot ko kaagad iyon dahil baka may kung ano na ang nangyari kay Ate. I am being paranoid after seeing Ate's condition. She looks so broken.

"Bakit?" Tanong ko agad sa kaniya pagkasagot ko ng tawag niya.

"Tumawag si Mommy. She keeps on calling you daw kaso hindi mo sinasagot kaya ako ang tinawagan niya. She wants to talk to you tomorrow. Pumunta ka nalang daw sa bahay bukas ng umaga." Inaantok na sabi niya.