Love Blood

19

Nathan's PoV

"She... her eyes... t-totoo ba yun?" Tulalang tanong ng nanay ko

"Yes ma! She's a monster!! Don't you see that?!"

"AJ! Enough!" Sita ni papa kay kuya

"Pa?! Bulag ka ba?!"

Sa inis ko kay kuya I approached him and punched him in the face as many as I can hanggang sa pumagitna na samin si papa.

"Both of you! Follow me! Now!"

Mica's PoV

"Hey... what's wrong?" Sambit ni mama coming inside my room

"Mahal ko na ma ehh... mahal ko na pero... pero parang... hindi para sakin ma..." sambit ko as tears come down on my face

"How can you say that? Pano mo naman nalaman?"

"The... the way his mom was shocked to see me... in... in this evil state... parang gusto ko na lang magpalamon sa lupa ma... I know it was my destiny to be one... pero kaakibat ba talaga na lagi ako masasaktan? Yung... yung tingin pa lang ng nanay niya ma... alam ko wala na..."

"Come on sweetie. Give them time... no normal human will be open arms embracing someone na hindi normal sa paningin nila... but that doesn't mean they can't accept you forever"

"What if they won't?"

"Then it's not in our hands anymore" napayuko na lang ako sa sinabing yun ni mama

"Pero alam mo?"

"Po?"

"May isang taong kumakapit sayo ehh"

"H-huh?"

"Si Nathan? He really loves you. We can see that."

"But loving me distances him from his family. I can't let him sacrifice his relationship with them just to be with me ma..."

"My daughter's so selfless..."

"I... I just love him so much ma. Pero wala ata talaga..."

Naiiyak na lang ako lalo nung niyakap ako ng nanay ko pagkatapos. Hindi ko na talaga alam...

Third person's PoV

Naiwang tulala sa loob ng bahay si Nats while Gab dragged both AJ and Nathan out the garden since hindi sila nagpapapigil sa pag-aaway.

Halos italsik nito ang dalawa sa lupa

"Now where did I go wrong with you two?! Ano ba?!"

"Pa!! You saw it with your own eyes!"

"That's not the fcking point AJ so shut up" inis na sambit ni Gab, "I treated you like my own son. Sacrificing my own kid just to show that you belong to the family, kasi tropa ko tatay mo. Minahal ng nanay mo ang tatay mo bago ako. Pero hindi naman na tama tong ginagawa mo AJ."

"Pa?!"

"I said shut up"

"You planned this dinner to what? Expose? Di ba ex mo si Famica? How can you do that to someone you had a relationship with before? Pinaglaruan mo lang ba feelings nung bata?!"

"I don't do relationships with monsters!"

"Ikaw ang nagiging halimaw AJ!" Singhal ni Gab sa anak, "don't you see that?! She's a vampire but she didn't harm anybody! Ano? Ikaw pa ang nanakit?! Di ba?! Nasan utak mo?!"

"Tapos ikaw?! Masasagot ba ng bugbog ang alitan niyo ng kapatid mo?! Ano magpapatayan na lang kayo?!" Singhal din nito kay Nathan. "I expected more from the both of you. You disappoint me, bigtime"

"Pa, sinasaktan na ni kuya si Mica eh!"

"Matatapos ba ng suntok mo yung away? Natapos ba?! What now? Gusto niyo ituloy? Ikukuha ko kayo ng kutsilyo?!"

Himinga ng malalim si Gab pagkatapos "ang tanda niyo na pareho. You both should know better. You both should know better than revenge, than hate. You guys are greater than that. Ano naman ngayon kung bampira si Mica? She still didn't hurt us? Or Nathan? Or you? Kayo lang dalawa ang may problema. Wala dun sa bata. Wala sa bampira. Nasa sa inyong dalawa"

Natahimik ang dalawa sa sinabi ng ama. Before they can even defend themselves nagsalita ulit si Gab

"No ones going out of Nathan's room. Both of you will stay there. Hangga't di niyo inaayos mga utak at ugali niyo walang lalabas ng bahay na to"