"But what if that happens?" I ask him, tears streaming down my face.
"Mae, no. Hindi yan mangyaya--" I cutted him off.
"What if, Alexander. Tell me, what if that happens? We all know, that there is a big possibility." breaking my voice.
He remained quite, he just kisses the top of my head while hugging me. He just let me cry, until I don't anymore. But this time, I know what he is thinking behind the silence we have...
"Rachelle, stop crying... I really hate it, seeing you cry. Di bagay sa'yo. I remembered the first time I saw you crying."
FLASHBACK
"Nasaan ka? I need you." and then I hang up the phone.
Minutes later, I saw someone who kneeled in front of me, pag tingin ko, siya. I automatically hug him, and cried on his shoulders.
"What happened?" breaking the hug and wiping my tears. Hindi ako makapagsalita, I'm just there crying. "Rachelle, tell me what happened?" tanong niya uli.
"W-wala." I said in the middle of my sobbings.
"You are going to lie, na umiiyak ka na?" he asked. "Mae, anong nangyari?"
I didn't answered him. The bell rang, and I don't have any plan to attend my class. We were both on the field, mabuti nalang dinala niya bag niya at akin. "Don't you have plans, on attending your class?" I asked, changing the topic.
"You don't have plans on attending it too. So hindi na din ako aattend. You don't have any plans to stop crying either. Might as well, skip my class and comfort you. Until you tell me what happened, and huminto ka sa kaiiyak." he said.
Silence... Filled the air... I know he's waiting for me to talk and tell him what happened...
"Steven, do me a favor please?" I started. He didn't answer so I continued. "Wag ka munang masyadong dumikit sa akin." I said. And without looking at him, I know his shock.
"Bakit?" he ask.
"Ayoko munang sumama sa'yo. Nasasakal ako." I said, kahit hindi naman talaga totoo.
"No." he said.
"Just please..." I said, begging.
"Mae, if it's because the reason why you cried. I can't. Why? Kasi pinapatunayan mo lang na totoo ang sinasabi nila o ano ba diyan. Making me stay away from you, won't change anything. Walang magbabago. It's better if you prove them wrong. Alam mo ang totoo. Why are you letting people to judge you and hurt you. Nagiging totoo lang naman ang chismis kung paniniwalaan mo ito." he said. Speechless...
"You knew?" I asked.
"Yes, I do. Before I got here, I already knew what happened. Nagtanong ako sa nakakita sa'yo. I just want it from you." he said. Wow just wow. "Now, Rachelle Mae, you can't do anything, people will judge you. Wether you like it or not. May sasabihin at sasabihin parin sila sa'yo, kahit gaano ka ka anghel. Because that's how people mind's work. It's up to you to prove them wrong, on what they're saying. And besides, we're friends, close friends. Kaya bakit mo ko papalayuin sa'yo?"
"Because... Because..." wala akong maisagot.
"See? You don't have any reasons to tell me. Now, is it gonna help you feel better? If I'm gonna stay away from you?" I shrugged. Hindi. Kasi among all of my friends, he's the one who is always there for me. "See? Nothing's gonna change. So might as well, just do what we do before." he said, kissing me on the top of my head.
