NANGINGINIG ANG KALAMNAN NI RANDALL HABANG NAKATITIG NG MATA SA MATA SA LALAKING ILANG TAON NIYANG HINDI NAKITA. Hindi niya naiwasan ang kusang paghikbi ng kanyang labi. Napakapit siya sa fence at isa-isang humakbang palayo.
"Randall. Please, just give me a minute," seryosong sumamo ni Farhan.
Kita niya ang pagbabago sa mukha nito. Tila ba pumayat ito at nagkaroon ng bigote at balbas.
"Why are you here?" diretso niyang tanong.
"I-I don't know," naluluha nitong sagot.
"Then we don't need to talk about anything then, right? I'mma leave."
Mabilis na pinasok ni Randall ang kanyang mga nanlalamig na mga kamay sa kanyang bulsa. Nagmamadaling naglakad palayo, habang patuloy na pumapatak ang luha.
Ang akala niya'y kaya niya nang muling makita ang mukha ni Farhan, ngunit tulad noon ay mali na naman siya. Madali siyang tumiklop, tulad ng libro. Ngunit hindi ang kwentong nasimulan nilang dalawa.
"Randall. It has been years, why are you still running away?!"
"Farhan, you better go away, I'm not into your games."
"So, you think this is a game?" tanong ni Farhan.
Huminto si Randall sa fence at muling tumitig sa kawalan. Unti-unting tinignan ang nagsusumamong mga mata ni Farhan, na kahit sandali lang ay makapag-usap silang dalawa.
"I don't appreciate your presence. Get lost!" naiiyak niyang bulyaw rito. "Don't make me feel this sh*tty again."
"Randall, I don't wanna go here for nothing!"
"I know your tactics! You're a douchebag."
"A douchebag? I left my son and my loving wife to follow you here."
"Nobody told you to do that—"
"And you still think, that I'm planning this to hurt you? I left my family, my job, and the woman who love me so much to get here. I just one another chance. I've waited for this."
Galit sa mga nakinang na mata ni Randall ang matatanaw. Hinarap niya ang naiyak na si Farhan at tinitigan ito ng mabuti.
"I don't love you, so f*ck off."
"You know that's not true. Amore mio, I don't want to lose you, not now. Not tomorrow or one day when I woke up. I want you back."
"Farhan, wake up! You're married to my ex-wife! Masaya ka na sa buhay mo. Nakuha mo na lahat ng gusto mo. Why are you making this so hard for me?"
"If I did get everything I wanted, I won't be here standing in front of you. I can lose more, I can lose myself, but not you. Three years feels like an eternity, I'm begging you... You are everything that I want."
"You can't fool me."
Kahit pa nawawala na sa sarili at nanlalabo ang mata dahil sa luha ay pinilit na tumakbo palayo ni Randall. Ang alam niya lang ay hindi siya pakakawalan ng takot nang muli niyang masilayan ang mukha ng lalaking wumasak ng kanyang buhay.
"I know it's cheesy but, I would give you the world if I could. It's surreal but, in a short time, I know you're mine."
Isa-isang naglaro pabalik ang mga sinabi sa kanya noon ni Farhan at ang mukha nito habang sinasabi ang mga salitang 'yon habang nagpapatuloy sa pagtakbo. 'Yun lang naman ang alam niyang gawin.
"I want you in my life, amore mio—" sambit ni Farhan na hindi na niya natapos nang sunggaban siya ng halik ni Randall.
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