❛Come In With The Rain❜ ┇ ENHYPEN's Sunghoon✔️

thirty-fifth

SUNGHOON

Where was she? I was trying to find her after what happened at the Journalism Club. Why did her reaction became uncomfortable after that Kyle entered the room? Is there something going on with them?

Ahhh! Hindi ko na alam. Andaming dapat ipag-connect but that wasn't the point now. I want to know where Claire was.

I ran towards the school ground but no one was there. Kung saan saang lupalop ng campus ko na siya hinanap pero wala akong Claire na nakita dun. Is she out of the school?

Napailing na lang ako saka tumakbo papalabas ng campus. It was already 6:30, sana hindi pa siya nakakalayo.

I tried finding her sa bawat side walks na mahahanap ko but she wasn't there. Is she okay? Sana naman okay lang siya. I hope na hindi niya masyadong dinibdib yung nangyari kanina.

Besides, she was cool nung sinabi niya dun sa kasama ni Kyle that if she had assigned her a lot of works, then she should leave. I just think that it was just cool and no one could ever said that bukod sa kanya.

Hindi ko alam but I just felt my mouth forming a curve again just by thinking of that girl. Pero hindi ito ang tamang oras para sa pag-ngiti. May kailangan pa akong hanapin.

I couldn't find her everywhere. I tried to message her but she wasn't active. How could I find her kung wala man lang akong communications sa kanya.

I am slowly losing my hope na makikita ko pa siya because it was getting dark and wala rin signs niya ang dala kahit saang lugar. Uuwi na lang siguro ako, sana sinabi ni Jake na susunod ako. But then, I'm sure lalagyan niya na naman ng issue yung mga sasabihin niya kay Heeseung hyung.

Napadaan ako sa isang playground and it was all dark. Akalain mo nga naman ang isa sa mga happy place ay puno rin pala ng kadiliman sa gabi. Just by thinking of it, parang tao lang.

You may see a person as if she was okay nor wala siyang problema outside but when she's alone, when no one is looking at her, she's actually sad. Wala lang, narealize ko lang talaga.

Napatigil ako sa paglalakad nang may narinig akong humi-hikbi mula sa hindi kalayuan. Nanlaki ang mga mata ko at dahan-dahang nilapitan ang pinaggagalingan ng tunog. Hindi kaya minumulto na ako?

Sunghoon, get a hold of yourself! Kung ano ano na lang iniisip mo. Napailing na lamang ako sa sarili ko saka patuloy na hinahanap kung sino man yung humihikbi.

Nagulat ako nang biglang bumukas ang mga lamp post. I was really ready to fight that time and ngayon ko lang narealize that they usually turn on the lamp post para lumiwanag ang paligid every 6 pm.

Napaayos ako ng tayo saka luminga-linga sa paligid to see a familiar figure sitting on the swing. I smiled at myself because finally, I found her. I thought that she already back home but she was still here.

I walked towards her and called her by her name.

"Claire.." Tawag ko sa kanya. Nagulat ako nang itaas niya ang kamay niya like she would like to stop me from getting closer. So I did, we were meters away. Nakatayo lang ako sa pwesto ko while looking at her back.

She was crying, I know that. I heard her sobbing earlier. Does she have any problem? Or maybe dahil dun sa nangyari kanina.

"I was worried for you" Hindi ko rin kung bakit ko nasabi ng malakas ang salitang yan. Yes I was really worried for her earlier, but I should've not told her.

"Please don't get near me" Sambit niya. Hindi ko alam kung masasaktan ako sa sinabi niya or ano. Does she don't want me to be close to her?

"I am ugly when I cry" Nabunutan ako ng tinik sa lalamunan. I thought ayaw niya na sakin. But if that's what she meant, malulungkot talaga ako.

Napangiti lang ako... I just can't help it. I know it wasn't the right time to laugh nor smile kase malungkot siya but it was just cute. I remember when she said that she was ugly kapag tulog, no she doesn't. Kahit anong gawin niya, she still looks pretty.

Hindi ko rin alam kung anong nangyayare sakin but I just want to be with her. I just want to make her happy and feel that she wasn't alone. The moment I met her, I knew she was suffering.

There were times that I can't really wait for the next day to see her again or to peek through their room's door. Hindi naman ako ganun dati eh. It just feels new for me.

And the fact that she was here right in front of me, meters away from each other. I wanted to comfort and make her happy kahit sa maliit lang na paraan.

I took another step but then I heard her talk again.

"Please don't move. Dyan ka lang please" I had stopped for a few seconds but my urge to hug her was keeping on going.

I know she needs someone. So I wanted to be that someone for her. I continued walking towards her and wrapped my arms onto her. She was sitting at the swing habang nakatayo ako sa likod niya and hugging her from behind.

"S-sunghoon" I just smiled at her and patted her head.

"It's okay if you don't want to talk about it but let me just comfort you like this. Let's stay like this until you feel more better" Geez! Saang lupalop ng utak ko ba yan nanggaling? Unbelievable.

I heard her sobbing again kaya naman pinagpatuloy ko ang pag-tapik sa ulo niya.

"He's really a jerk! He's stupid! He deserves all the bad words in the world!" I was just smiling the whole time. Ang cute lang.

"To be honest with you, he was the reason why I wanted to run that one rainy day"

"That Kyle is the reason why we met like this"

"Can I ask what happened?" Finally I had the guts to ask her this question.

"Siguro kailangan ko na rin i-share sa iba. You won't judge me right?" I wouldn't ever judge you, Claire.

"Of course"

"But first, you can seat beside me. Baka nangangawit ka na dyan" Natatawang sambit niya. Ayaw ko mang bumitaw but I also wanted to hear her stories so I obeyed her.

TO BE CONTINUED..