willing to be your knight (Knight Series, #2)

32: Setback

Liam

Naalimpungatan ako sa sakit na nararamdaman ko sa likod ko. Habang minumulat ko ang mga mata kong parang napatungan ng simento sa bigat, nakita ko ang isang pamilyar na pigura sa gilid ko na tila ay mayroong hinahalo.

"Layn?" I said, weakly.

My throat hurts and my whole body is like deprived of everything. Sobrang tamlay.

"Kuya?" He put his drinks aside and went immediately beside me. His eyes were forming tears but I know him, he would hold it in front of me.

"Are you okay?" He then held my hands. The strange and weird feeling went through in me. He had never been this close to me...mainly because I don't allow him to...but now? It feels so warm.

I then nodded my head to confirm that I was fine beside feeling tired lying in bed. Tumingin ako kay Layn at nakita ako ang mga mata niyang namumungay. Hindi ko alam kung bakit pero natuwa akong makita ang mukha ng kapatid ko.

Nanumbalik ang mga pangyayari saakin. Lahat. Mula sa kwarto hanggang sa elevator na naging saksi ng pagbagsak ko sa mga bisig ng kapatid ko. Sa bilis ng daloy ng mga pangyayari hindi ko na namalayan na tinatawag na pala ako ni Layn.

"Tatawag lang ako ng doktor, kuya." Sabi niya saakin kaya hinayaan ko na lang siya na lumabas ng kwarto.

Wala pang isang minuto ay bumalik na siyang may kasama na doktor at ilang nurse. They were surprised to see me. Halata sa mga mata nila.

"Do you feel any discomfort?"

"My neck stings from time to time." Sabi ko sa doktor. "Masakit rin ang likod ko at ang paa ko." Dagdag ko pa.

Tinuloy niya lamang ang ginagawa niyang pagtingin sa katawan ko at agad na rin silang umalis matapos nilang bilinan si Layn sa mga dapat gawin at sabihin na kaya masakit ang mga parte ng katawan ko ay dahil sa mga injury na natamo ko.

I was seeing the city, wind gently blowing through the cheeks of me when I heard Layn speak from beside me, holding the wheelchair that I was seated on.

"Kuya, do you want me to file a case against that bastard?" Bakas ang galit sa boses ng kapatid ko.

Kahel na mga ulap. Katulad ng nakikita ko lagi sa condo ni Drey tuwing hapon bago ako magluto ng aming hapunan. Napangiti ako ng bahagya. Nasaktan ako sa ginawa niya saakin pero alam kong may dahilan kung bakit niya yun nagawa. Bagama't hindi katanggap-tanggap ang ginawa niya sa mata ng iba...naiintindihan ko siya.

"Huwag na siguro Layn. Hayaan nalang natin siya—,"

"I want to beat him to death so bad...if I hadn't known that you would be angry too, he wouldn't see tomorrow."

Lumingon ako sa kaniya at nakita kong nakatingin rin siya sa mga ulap na tumatakip sa araw na patuloy ang pag-lubog.

"Alam mo, Layn?" Pagsimula ko. "Kahit na nagawa akong saktan ni Drey. Hindi ko magagawang magalit sa kaniya."

Tumingin akong muli sa langit. Narinig ko rin ang pag-singhal niya ng mahina sa nasabi ko.

"Binigyan niya ako ng tahanan, pinakain, inalaagan." Sabi ko. "I learned many things from him. I even knew how to understand people because of him."

"If there's something that I learned the most from him, it was to be rational and balanced."

Kahit na alam kong hindi niya nagawa ang pagiging rasyonal sa nagawa niya saakin. Alam kong may pinagdadaanan siya. Alam kong hindi niya yun magagawa saakin kung nasa tama siyang kalagayan.

Naramdaman ko ang bahagyang pag-lapat ng kamay ni Layn sa balikat ko. He pressed it gently as I felt him ease a bit. That's one thing I liked about Layn...he listens.

"Let's go." I heard Layn.

~*~

Axl

As I heard my alarm went ringing, filling the deafening silence of my room, my body unconsciously went alive. Though I felt no energy getting up, I need to.

It was a Thursday. It has been a week since the brothers left my house. I still have not been used to it but by time I need to be.

I tried contacting Liam but I guess they blocked me already from every means possible. I could hire hackers to get them but I know that Layn isn't gonna be happy about that. He's pretty much ready to kill me.

"Agh." A loud sigh exited from my lips.

This is all my fault. I should've never done that to him. It was so dumb of me.

Walking slowly, starting to warm my run, I put on a cap. Running isn't my thing but since it's a morning with no people around me, I had to do something.

Mornings were my favorite part of the day when I thought of it. Back in America, Valerie would always make me breakfast even though I told her that I had a cook—

I suddenly shrugged that thought.

I was still hurting. Remembering how I thought us was real makes me wanna die honestly. That's why I try get off that thought out of my head.

All those year went down the drain and the biggest setback for me is not losing her. It was losing the one who cared for me truly.

Mornings were the best. He would cook breakfast for me and Layn. We would talk about the most random things. We would laugh over the things I would never even let out a chuckle to before. We were happy. He pretty much took care of me when I told myself he's my responsibility. I took him for granted and now that he's gone—I don't know where to start. Valerie was all I had until he came.

...and now, they're all gone.

"I'm sorry." I murmured as I pushed myself to run even more parallel to the raging cars.

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A/N

I'll do my best to update more often, I'll just finish my last semester and I promise I will write even more often! Sorry and love you!

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