Winter In Autumn

Chapter 25

Kyst's POV

Finally, it's our 4th anniversary.

The table is ready and everything is all set. I wanna have dinner with my soon-to-be-wife. Gusto kong bumawi sa kaniya. I will restore her love.

I cooked some of her favorite dishes, I ordered sweets and cakes for her. I also bought a bouquet of tulips, her favorite flower. Fresh from the flower shop just to make sure na hindi malalanta agad.

I heard someone opened the door. Probably it's her. Finally my love come back home. How I miss her presence.

I smiled genuinely. "Love, you're here!"

I take off my apron, I come over her. I wanna hug her so tight so that she could know how much I miss her.

I was about to greet her, but . . .

She was just passes me by, parang wala siyang nakikita o naririnig.

Do I look like a ghost? What the hell, Leign.

"Leign!" I stopped her.

Huminto siya. Hinarap niya ako na salubong ang kilay. Bigla akong nakaramdam ng kaba. May problema ba? May nagawa na naman ba ako?

"Bakit?" She asks.

Umurong ang dila ko. Bakit siya ganyan? Akala ko ba nagiging okay na ang lahat? Akala ko nagiging okay na kami? Last time I checked she comfort me the night I'm crying and begging for her forgiveness. She also kissed me that time. Pero ano 'to? Parang bumalik siya sa dati. I t-thought . . .

Masiyado lang ba akong umasa?

Hindi ako nagsalita, hinawakan ko ang kamay niya para dalhin siya sa table na inihanda ko.

As we got there, I handed my present.

"I just want to give you this." I gave her the bouquet as I bite my lip. She looked at me with so much confuse. I don't know how to respond with that face of her so I smile awkwardly. Please have it love, I know it's your favorite.

She looked at it, she faced me again. "Sinusuholan mo ba ako?"

What?

Agad akong umiling. "N-no, love. Bumabawi lang ako. "

"Edi inamin mo rin. Binibigay mo sa'kin 'to para mabawasan ang galit ko sa'yo and just to feed your ego."

Y-you misunderstood me.

"L-leign." Don't say that . . .

Bigla niyang binato sa sahig ang hawak niya. "Sa tingin mo ba madadaan mo ako sa ganyan? Akala mo ba papatawarin kita dahil lang sa bulaklak na 'yan? Kyst, kahit flower shop pa ang ibigay mo sa'kin malabo pa sa tubig na may sabon na mapatawad kita. Nasasakal ako sa ginagawa mo, please, tumigil kana."

Her hurtful words almost killed me. Wala akong magawa kundi ang salohin at tanggapin lahat ng mga sinabi niya. Hindi ko siya kayang sumbatan dahil kahit saang anggulo tingnan kasalanan ko lahat.