Acute Nostalgia

CHAPTER 10

YOU SCARED THE HELL OF ME

"Why do I always see you in tears?" he asked when he already near me. He look refreshing and alluring yet mysterious with his colored gray hoodie jacket and trouser. His hand was place inside his hoodie's pocket while an headphone hung on his neck. For unknown reason, I found him dazzling with his round eyeglass. His eyeglass made him more serious and intimidating.

I looked away and wept my dried tears. "I didn't crying," I lied. I didn't notice that my tears feel on my cheeks.

"Okay. As you say so," he just bluntly said and started to walked away.

"Ahm, Z-Zach," I called. He stopped but didn't look back. I observed his hair. It was soft and dark black synonymous to the strands of hair I saw on the paper. "Dumaan ka ba sa dorm ko kanina?" I asked.

He slowly turned to me, and tilted his head. "Why?" he questioned.

He love to answered me with another question. I sighed and answered,"Nothing."

Akala ko noong una'y aalis na s'ya. Ngunit nanlaki ang mata ko ng magsimula s'yang lumakad palapit sa'kin, at inilagay ang hood sa ulo ko. Natulala lang ako sa kanya habang inaayos n'ya ang hood sa aking ulo.

"Why did you went out? You're not totally alright," wika n'ya habang inaayos ang hood. Hindi ito nakatingin sa akin kaya't laking pasalamat ko dahil masyado ng naghuhuramentado ang aking puso. Hindi ko na ata kakayanin kapag tumingin pa s'ya sa aking mga mata. Why out of sudden my heart throb for him?

3RD POV

"Oh my son! What happened to you?" Mark's mother cried. She ran to her son who have a bruises in face and drown on alcohol.

It was 3 o'clock in the morning when Mark went to there home with that state. Lumabas ang kanilang ama, pati na rin ang dalawa nitong babae dahil sa sigaw ng kanilang ina.

Dali-dali nilang dinaluhan si Mark. Putok ang labi at ang pisngi nito. Bukod pa dito'y lango pa ito sa alak.

Halos maiyak na ang kanyang ina dahil sa kanyang sitwasyon. It was painful for the mother seeing her child have bruises and suffer a lot.
Dinala sa sala si Mark at doon pinaupo upang gamutin ang mga sugat nito. One of his sister get the first aid kit in the kitchen. Samantalang, ang isa naman n'yang kapatid na babae ay kumuha ng kanyang damit. Halos punit-punit na kasi ito at may mantsa na ng dugo. Napasapo na lang ng noo ang kanyang ama dahil sa nangyayari sa kanyang kaisa-isang lalaking anak.

"Oh my son! Are you alright? Who did this to you?" tanong ulit ng kanyang ina.

Mark stood up and face his mother. And suddenly chuckles as if his mother crack a joke. Pinanood lamang s'ya ng kanyang ina't ama na tila naguguluhan sa kanyang inaakto.

"Who did this to me? Why don't you ask yourself, mom?" he sarcastically asked to his mother.

Natigilan ang kanyang ina at hindi nakapagsalita.

"Bakit hindi ninyo tanungin sa sarili n'yo kung bakit ako nagkakaganito? Bakit. . . hindi n'yo alamin kung bakit nangyayari sa'kin 'to?" His voice raised and his eyes was full of hatred but it started to heat up–forming some tears.

"Are you now happy, mom? Are happy seeing me miserable? Matapos ninyong gawin 'yon sa'kin, tatanong mo ako kung ayos ak–" Hindi n'ya na natuloy ang kanyang sinasabi dahil lumagapak na sa kanyang pisngi ang kanang kamay ng kanyang ina. Sobrang lakas nito kaya napabaling ang kanyang mukha sa gilid.

"Mom! Why did you do that to him?" Mula sa hagdan ay tumakbo ang kanyang kapatid na babae na nangangalang Marize papunta sa kanya upang siya'y daluhan. Samantalang ang isa pa nitong kapatid ay napasinghap na lamang sa nangyari, habang ang kanyang ama ay 'di alam ang gagawin. Hindi n'ya alam kung magagalit s'ya sa kanyang anak dahil sa pagsagot nito sa kanyang ina, ngunit hindi rin n'ya masisi ang kanyang anak dahil nasaktan ito ng todo.