Brutal (Sour Hour Series #5)

Chapter 33

Chapter 33

4 years… 4 years have passed but our love for each other remains. We may be wounded, we may hurt each other, but we didn't take that opportunity to fall out of love.

This may sound really cliché and cringe, but our love is like a wildfire. No matter how many times it got soaked by water, it didn't burn down— instead, the wildfire became more tender and more powerful.

That's why… I can see our love for a wildfire. No matter how many times we were wounded and felt pain… our love for each other became stronger.

And today, I can say that… indeed, it was much stronger than before.

Love is... an unwavering feeling, free of doubt because you know he's the one for you. And... love... as you both experience pain, as problems arise, your love for each other will grow stronger.

Jainx was holding my hand as we both arrived at the stadium. Dito na kasi ang last concert ng paboritong banda ni Jainx— ang pinuntahang concert namin noon, kung saan doon ako umamin ng totoong nararamdaman ko para sa kanya.

And now, we're back here again— not as friends anymore— not as me, who's still scared to admit my feelings for him. Because, as we stood at the crowd together, I then looked at Jainx. We're now back here again, as a couple together. A couple who experienced a lot of pain and sorrow, but in the end… their love remains.

"This is the last time we're going to hear their song at the crowds," malungkot na sabi ni Jainx.

Ngumuso ako. "All things are really temporary, 'no? Just like that band… kahit marami na ang nagmamahal sa kanila, pero may pinirmahan silang contract, kaya… wala na silang magagawa dahil natapos na."

"Yes, all things are temporary, except for one thing." he said.

Nanatili lang akong nakatingin sa kanya.

"My love for you… was the only one that is not temporary in this world, because my love for you is for eternity."

Agad akong natawa sa binanat niyang iyon. Nag dim na ang lights, senyales na magsisimula na ang concert. Nagsimula na ring magsigawan ang mga tao, and as if on cue, dumating na ang banda.

"Thank you everyone for attending our last concert tonight! And our first song is gonna be about a man who's in love with this woman, and like an angel for him."

Nagsimula na ang instrumental ng song. Agad akong napatingin kay Jainx na ngayon ay nasisinagan na ng kulay asul na kulay na nang gagaling mula sa lights.

"I know we're too young… To be in love this way… Why can't you teach me… To stay away from pain?... But the waves on my heart… Keeps splashing at its beat."

"Nowhere to be found… Within your arms… 2:45am when we kissed..
Under the moonlight, stars, and skies… You tell me your feelings… Shouldn't I be scared?... I thought that this feeling was eternal… Am I really scared to admit this… That my young heart had fallen…"

Nagulat ako nang biglang marahang hinawakan ni Jainx ang kamay ko habang sinasabayan ang kanta. Napangiti naman ako sa kanya habang pinagmamasdan siya.

Ilang oras ang nakalipas nang dumating ang oras na ito na ang magiging last song ng banda.

"Before we continue to our last song, we would like to thank Sir Jainzen Lizarda for helping us to write this song together. Sir Jainzen, if you're watching, this song is for you!" sabi ng isang banda.

Kumunot ang noo ko at agad na napatingin kay Jainx. Jainx then chuckled.

"Ako 'yon!" sigaw ni Jainx, napalingon naman siya sa'kin kalaunan. "I helped them write that song after we broke up."