Crystal Breeze

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CB41

I loved him before but I also know that it will be convenient for that love to disappear. Kasi tapos na. Kasi wala na akong magagawa pa at hindi na muling magtatagpo ang landas naming dalawa. It was best to be forgotten...

Kinailangan kong gawin iyon para makasabay ako sa daloy ng buhay. Because that time, I know what I should regret... I know where everything went wrong... but I cannot bring myself to regret him because he's such a very beautiful memory to me.

So I buried that love dead in the deepest part of my soul.

"Syn! Ikaw nga! Anong nangyari? Sir Rion, bakit may sugat ka sa mukha!"

"Yaya, please get a first aid kit and some clothes for her. Pakidala sa kwarto ko," utos ni Rion pagkatapos niyang alisin ang tingin saakin. My eyes, on other hand, remained to him only.

"Oh sige, may iba ka pa bang kailangan?"

"Iyon lang muna."

I was okay for years. I lived normally like any other. I met new people and started a new life. It was all good. So when he came back, I thought it was just a product of that lost love. Mawawala at tuluyan nang mapapakawalan kung hinarap.

I thought I was in the middle of letting go... but I'm wrong. I was, in fact, falling in love again... with the same person.

I guess, no matter how I meet thousands of people, love a few of them, and gain new memories, I will only belong to one...

Regardless of the times, it will still be the same person.

"Can you open it?" he requested when we reached his room.

Walang reklamo kong inabot ang kanyang doorknob upang buksan iyon. Saglit kong sinulyapan ang pintong katabi ng kanyang kwarto. I drew my breath heavily.

It's my room... before.

Pumasok kami sa kanyang kwarto. He put me down on his bed before he returned to the door to close it. Inikot ko ang tingin ko sa paligid. There were slight changes in it... no, there was a lot.

Inalis niya ang kanyang suit na kanina pa nakabukas at iniwan iyon sa couch, ganon din ang ginawa niya sa necktie niya. The blood in his white dress shirt became more visible because of what he did.

Pinanood ko siyang maglakad pabalik saakin habang tinataas ang sleeves ng kanyang dress shirt hanggang sa kanyang siko. Umupo siya sa tabi ko at agad inabot ang braso ko. He examined my wound in there. Pagkatapos ay iyong nasa mga tuhod at paa ko.

"Unahin mo muna 'yang sugat mo."

Hindi niya ako pinansin. "Where the hell is your shoes? Why are you suddenly barefooted?" kunot-noong tanong niya habang ininspeksyon ang paa ko. Nakakahiya pa dahil medyo madumi iyon.

"I need to use something for defense..." I pursed my lips a little. "My heels are pointed so..."

Sumulyap siya saakin at nagbuntong hininga.

"May masakit pa ba sayo? Shall we go to the hospital?"

Nanlaki ang mata ko dahil sa narinig. "Ayos lang ako!" mabilis kong sagot. "I mean, w-walang masakit..."

Sobrang seryoso niya pa rin habang tinititigan ako. It felt like I won't be able to convince him no matter what I'll say.

"We'll go to the hospital," saad niya at tumayo. Naglakad ito papunta sa pinto ng banyo at binuksan iyon bago naglakad pabalik saakin.

"Wag na nga sa－"

I gasped when he carried me again. We heard a knock on the door before it opened. Nagpakita si Ate Rose saamin na may dalang mga gamit.