Love, Halo Book 1 (Completed)

Chapter 36: Rushing Memories

NOTE: Play the song in the multi media for this whole chapter.

HALO'S POV

At last! Malapit na mag-second semester so it means kaunting buwan na lamang ay ga-graduate na kami nila Molly. It feels so nostalgic... before pumasok ako ng college hindi ko alam kung anong naghihintay sa'kin.

I become an Editor-In-Chief of the college publication. Become a member of lots of organizations that leads me to what I am today... thanks also the people whose believing in my capabilities even though I don't have a proper training at all.

A typical day here in the office... same faces... same energetic personalities and same children that I managed to uplift the best in themselves. Narito ako sa maliit na espasyo ng aking opisina... pinagmamasdan ko ang mga batang ito na naging parte na ng buhay ko mula ng maupo ako sa pwesto.

I just can't imagined that I'm gonna missed them... hindi naman lingid sa lahat na malapit na kaming magsipagtapos. At maiiwan na namin si Vienna.

This kid really means to me. The first time I saw her... kakaiba. Hindi ko inakalang siya ang isa sa mga taong makakasama ko habang sinusubukan kong hanapin kung anong kulang sa'kin.

Naalala ko pa kung paano ko ito nakita... hindi isa kundi dalawang beses. Ang mga mata nito noon... nanghihingi ng tulong.

Pilit ipinapaintindi sa mga taong kailangan niya naman ng tulong... somehow I see myself in her. Ganyang-ganyan ako noon. Used to be there for someone else but never been chosen. I used to help others but no one ask me if I need a hand.

I was like a ghost... I learned that not minding other's business makes me more powerful in my own ways. I betrayed not once but too many to mention. That's why I learned to set an invisible boundary surrounding myself from the people just need me when they're haven't choice.

Not until the day I saw her. I already saw something in her eyes. It was like pleading to someone to make her freed in the dark cell. I see something in her... it was like a powerful entity that really needs to unleashed.

Something that makes her stronger when she learned how to controlled it... I was shocked the moment she's literally sitting in the office patiently waiting for me. Nervous is all written on her eyes. She's fidgeting but still managed to answered all of the interview questions.

Humarap ako sa gawi nila. She's there... laughing like she didn't have any pain in her heart. Hindi pa rin natatanggal ang cast ng kanang braso nito. Subalit malapit na rin naman itong tanggalin ng doktor.

Kita ko ang saya sa mga mata niya subalit alam kong front niya lang ito. I know she's aware that the time is more like to be fast these months. She's somehow good at hiding feelings now.

Napatingin ito sa gawi ko't ngumiti bago kumindat... napatawa na lamang ako ng mahina't napailing. Muli ko itong pinagmasdan maging ang mga kasama nitong sila Jade, Jasty, Yev, Nheri at Hans... ang mga taong naging parte ng pagkatao ko sa napakaigsing panahon.

Pumasok ako noong walang alam sa pagsusulat. Wala akong maayos na training. Natutunan ko na lamang ang ilan dahil tinuruan ako ni Raizer na sumulat ng balita dahil dati itong sports writer ng isa naming pahayagan noong senior high.

Noon lagi akong nauuna sa loob ng aming opisina. Hindi ko alam kung bakit sila nagugulat kapag binubuksan nila ang ilaw at nalalaman nilang nandoon ako... ang weird ko raw. Ni hindi ko man lang daw binubuksan ang ilaw kapag pumapasok ako.

Isang beses pa nga halos magsigawan sila noong "nag-hi" ako sa kanila. Hindi ko alam basta tuwing papasok ako roon at iintayin sila'y iba ang pakiramdam kapag patay ang ilaw.