Scent of Eclipse

Chapter 73: Promises

Hindi niya inalis ang pagkakayakap sa'kin hangga't hindi ako tumatahan. Wala na akong mahihiling pa kung hindi ang mas mahabang oras kasama siya.

I thought all these years, I won't need anyone on my side. That I would be forever alone. That I can be what I am on my own. That night he asked me if I was hurt... I wanted to hold into him so I could tell him that I am not fine. So he could be there to help me find my way back home.

There will alwayas be a person who will come to save you. What makes you happy for today won't make you happy for tomorrow. That's how our hearts beat. We are intended to find something new as the sun rises for new days.

And that's what he taught me in this long journey. Our journey hasn't ended yet. There are still chapters to fill. I will never let fate to end us.

I will fear every step that I will take. But when I'm with him, all my worries goes. I have nothing to wish for but to continue these remaining chapters with him.

Ilang beses akong umiyak habang nasa daan. He pleaded me not to cry if possible so I did. I should make this day memorable. Dalawang araw lang ito at hindi ko ito puwedeng sayangin.

Sunod naming pinuntahan ang isang vineyard. Hindi ko alam kung saan ito pero malayo ito sa siyudad. Nakatitig siya sa mga ubas para pumili kung alin ang matatamis.

"Wala akong alam sa kung paano pumitas ng ubas." Reklamo ko. "Pumitas ng buhay, puwede pa."

Umiling siya. He smirked as he clicks his tongue to make a sound.

"Huwag mong pilihin 'yong masyadong matamis. Hindi rin 'yong masyadong maasim at hindi pa puwede." Sagot niya lang habang sinusuri pa ang mga ubas.

"You mean I should stick with perfectly ripe grapes?"

Itinuro ko ang nasa gilid ko. Ngumiwi ako nang mapansing hindi makinis ang balat ng ubas. Perpekto nga, hindi naman makinis.

"We don't actually pick perfect things." He  put me away from the vines so I won't stick my skin with the leaves.

He cut the bunch I pointed. Napa-oh ako dahil hindi naman iyon maganda para sa wine. Pangit ang labas niya kaya siguradong pangit ang loob nito.

"Learn to pick based on what's on the inside and not with what's on the outside. If we know how to see the soul, then there will be no exemptions for the word perfect." He softly said.

I picked one piece and ate it. He's right. It tastes good somehow.

"Then there should be no villains... I saw my mom's soul and she's an exemption for what she did." Mapait na sagot ko. "She didn't even think of coming back to see if I really died. Edi sana hindi kami nagkasakitan kung talagang may mabuti pa siyang parte." I scoffed.

He laughed at me. I keep on pulling the leaves and they keep on falling. Tinatapakan ko ang bawat dahong nahuhulog.

"She's a perfect woman, babe."

Pinigilan niya ako sa pag-ubos ng mga dahon at hinarap sa kanya.

"You misunderstood her and she misunderstood everything. Her good side was you. It's you... Alright? Stop it now."

Lumayo ako sa kanya at itinuloy ang ginagawa. Kaya ko namang bayaran kung sakaling mamatay ang tanim nila.

"How can you say that when you saw that she's a monster. She already saw me... Pero nagpumilit pa siyang patayin ako. Kung talagang mahal niya ako hindi niya gagawin 'yon."

"She may be rotten on the outside but trust me, she's pure in the inside. She won't be a monster if her love wasn't pure for her daughter." Pagpupumilit niya kaya wala na akong nagawa.