Rewritten

Unyielding

Ni-ki entered the bedroom and saw Sunoo busy on his phone while laying on his bed. He approached Sunoo and sat on the edge.

"Hey..." Ni-ki cautiously called to Sunoo.

"Hm?"

"Gusto mo ice cream?"

Sunoo hesitated and answered, "Mamayang konte.."

"Okay..." Ni-ki smiled. Sunoo looked at him and he grinned wider.

"Nakakainis di ba?" Sunoo blurted out, exasperatedly, "Sya pa talaga yung galit? Sya pa yung frustrated? The nerve!!"

"Lahat naman tayo may breaking point." Ni-ki said softly.

"Oh wow.. sya pa talaga?"

"No, ibig kong sabihin... kahit sino naman, nauubusan ng pasensya... ng pag-iintinde.. pero di ibig sabihin nun eh ganun sila... na ganun talaga character nila."

"Well, ganun din ako."

"Understandable." Ni-ki paused, "You have ALL the reasons na magalit, sumama ang loob, and masaktan. Pero what if ganun din yung nararamdaman ni Sunghoon?"

"Wow!! Na ano? Sya pa ang galit? Masama ang loob? Nasaktan?"

"Yeah..." Ni-ki smiled.

"Wow haa!! Ano namang ginawa ko para maramdaman nya yun?"

"Exactly. Wala." Ni-ki shook his head, "Wala kang ginawa..."

"Huh??" Sunoo asked, confused.

"I mean, di ikaw ang reason kung bakit nya nararamdaman yung mga yun. He's probably angry at himself dahil naging duwag sya. Siguro galit sya sa sarili nya dahil di nya napaglaban sa parents nya yung gusto nya. And probably, masama din loob nya hindi sayo kundi sa nangyari sa inyo. Do you really think ginusto nya yun? From what you know about him, tingin mo ba masaya sya sa nangyari??? Sa inyo??"

"Well..." Sunoo said, raising his eyebrow.

"And sa tingin mo ba hindi sya nasaktan? Hindi sya nasasaktan ngayon? Ever since he came back, he tried everything he could para maging ok kayo and I think he might have given up on that already... I think yung gusto nya na lang talaga mangyari now is humingi sayo ng sorry regardless kung mapatawad mo sya or not. I think, kahit 'sorry' na lang yung masabi nya sayo."

"Bakit di nya sabihin kung yun lang naman pala?" 

"Binigyan mo ba sya ng chance?" Ni-ki smirked.

"Bakit di nya paghirapan?"

"Sa tingin mo di sya nahihirapan?"

"Okay na ko eh..." Sunoo said, softly, "Bakit kasi bumalik-balik pa sya."

"I may not know Sunghoon personally but I'm sure there's a reason why he came back..." 

"And what would that be?"

"It's you..." Ni-ki smiled, "the reason is you. Always have been, always will be."

***

Meanwhile, Sunghoon stepped out of the villa after his argument with Sunoo and tried to calm himself. Jake and Jay was about to follow him but Jungwon told them both to stay put.

"Ako na! Bias kayo..." Jungwon said to Jay and Jake, "Baka gatungan nyo pa."

"Luh!! Baka ikaw, awayin mo lang kaibigan namin." Jay protested.

"Ikaw kaya awayin ko??" Jungwon warned.

"Luv... baka awayin mo yun ahhhh..." 

"Hindi... baliw... ako na." Jungwon winked at Jay. He then stepped out and found Sunghoon sitting on the fence facing the sea and said to him, "Wow, music video ahhh..."