Ray’s POV
“Zero? Paanong—”
“Shh, let’s talk later.”
He immediately pulled the trigger.
Natamaan si Shawn sa braso, Zero shot him another set of bullets but Shawn was too fast to escape.
Nagmamadali itong tumalon pababa, ang dalawang lalaki naman sa likod namin ay tinutukan si Zero ng baril at agad kong binunot ang baril sa baywang ni Zero at binaril ang dalawang iyon.
Gunshots were heard all over the building at nang tumingin ako sa ibaba ay nakita ko si Mint at Jordan na binabaril ang ilang mga lalaki sa ibaba habang ang isa— ang nagpanggap na si Zero.
“One? You good?” Tiningnan ko si Zero na may kausap sa walkie-talkie.
Right, that's One.
“Oo. Hindi naman malala—” Hindi pa nga tapos magsalita si One ay sinabit na ni Zero ang walkie-talkie sa baywang n'ya bago ako lingunin.
Nagkatinginan kaming dalawa before I averted my gaze.
I stepped back, nahihiya akong makita ni Zero sa ganitong kalagayan ko.
His eyes drifted on my face, down to my arm and hands.
I could feel my heart racing, natatakot sa sasabihin n'ya, hindi ko nga alam bakit s'ya andito— did he really come here to save me?
He stepped forward and I stepped back.
“Hey, you know it's me—” he defended himself, raising both his hands and immediately stopped walking.
Muli akong umiba ng tingin kay Zero, nahihiya ako sa kanya, after everything I told him, after I pushed him away that made him left us, yet here he is, saving me.
I tried looking up to stop my threatening tears to fall.
I can't believe he came back... For me?
“Come.”
I looked at him and he opened his arms,
I don't want to let my guard down— but oh, to be vulnerable in Zero's arms...
I stepped forward and Zero raised his eyebrows, as if encouraging me to move closer.
A few steps forward and I'm already in his arms, embracing me, welcoming me like I didn't hurt him, like I wasn't mean to him.
“I’m—I'm sorry, hindi ko talaga alam ang mga nasabi ko, I—I'm just—I—”
F*ck it, my words were incoherent, drowned in my own sobs.
The frustrations of everything that happened, the guilt of spitting out harsh words to Zero when he's always been so nice to me, for pushing him away, the frustrations from Shawn when he tortured me and almost raped me, the pain in my body, I sobbed them all out in Zero's arms, embracing him like a lifeline.
He was so cold— yet so comforting.
He let me sob on him.
He allowed me to stay like that even when gunshots were all over the place, dead bodies were everywhere, even when everyone was killing anyone... I was in his arms.
Being put in a violent place, I find comfort on his arms and chest, his hands were softly rubbing my back, comforting me in his embrace.
“It's okay, why are you apologizing? ‘Wag kang mag-sorry, wala kang kasalanan, I shouldn't have left you like that, I just needed time, I'm sorry.”
H—He's apologizing?
I cried even more.
“Hey, hey, it's okay, you're okay, I promise you're okay, we're okay, hm? I'm back and we're okay, we're good, Ray—”
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