Astonishing Us

XLIII

RIDGE

I cannot take it anymore. I thought as I stood 2 meters away from Aether kissing Jaime in the street of Barcelona.

Maybe in the eyes of others it was a very romantic moment for a couple but for me it was a live torture. I swallowed the hard lump from my throat as my eyes started to get blurry and felt hot.

I couldn't breathe. It was like I was suffocated with the scene in front of me, my knees were trembling like anytime I would fall on the ground kneeling in front of them.

That should be me, that should be me she's kissing. I parted my lips to breathe out using my mouth. My whole body was shaking as I held my ground and stopped myself from crying.

I endure the pain on my head like twitches that made me frown as tears build up on my eyes, I doesn't have enough sleep ever since the issue exploded out of nowhere.

I clench my jaw and fists; my tears are already on the edge of my eyes. I remained silent, habang pigil ko ang mga luha kong h'wag pumatak mula sa aking hilam na mga mata, kakaiba yung sakit pati pagtibok ng puso ko ang sakit na din, sa bawat paghinga ko ang sikip at sakit ng aking dibdib.

Marahan akong bumuga ng hangin at nanginginig ang mga labi ko ng ibuga ako ng malalim na hiningang hinugot ko.

When she finally looked at me, I was waiting for her to at least push Jaime away, I wasn't expecting any explanations anymore, but she didn't, she did not push Jaime away like what I am silently asking her as I stared into the depths of her hazel brown eyes.

I simply roamed my eyes around her and then slowly removed my leather jacket I'm wearing when I saw her dress and walked towards her to wrap it around her shoulders.

Pinilit ko s'yang nginitian kahit kanina pa nanginginig ang buong katawan ko sa pagpipigil na huwag umiyak, but that forced smile I gave her becomes the reason why my tears started to roll down my cheeks.

"You must be cold, Bubbles, winter season is still far yet the night is so cold y-yeah?"

Is the night really cold? Or I just feel cold because of the scene I just saw?

She didn't answer me, it was Jaime who did it for her and it pained me even more when she finally responded and told me her home is him, if he is her home then what am I to her? The fact that he was her ex and now they're together it is fucking killing me...

My bloodshot eyes that were looking at her, hoping that this time she might go home with me, died when I heard her words.

"No. I'm going home with him. And you should go home too. You shouldn't be here. You're not supposed to be here."

Tears after tears wet my rosy cheeks. I cried and bite my lower lip before taking a deep breath and tried to explain things to her but of course she will listen to me, she turned her back and walked away with Jaime beside her.

Iyon na ata 'yong pinakamasakit na pagtalikod sa buhay ko. I couldn't lift my feet to run after her because my knees were trembling weakly. All I could do was call her name but I ended up crying out the pain.

"Aether! Aether! Plea— Haaahh!!! Aghhh!!!"

My knees fell on the ground as I broke down.

I was sick, I'm burning with fever but I couldn't take rest all I could think is that scene I saw on the street as it keeps on replaying on my mind my eyes is already tried but it continued on producing so much tears.

I was sitting in the driver seat when my new phone beeped. I never ever was so grateful to someone till that night Axel reported to me about Rogue's plan, my unknown brother who had been the fuel of this raging fire issue that is burning my relationship with Aether down to ashes.