Again • Darren Espanto {AMNESIA Book 2}

Chapter 34 - Nothing Like Us

NOTE: Prepare your tissues! Damdamin niyo yung chapter na to cause this is like rlly emotional and feels overload haha so yeah. Goodluck! xoxo

-Darren's POV-

Bella just finished singing, and now she's on her way to go backstage. I know she doesn't want to see me when she leaves that stage and I'm very sure she'll just walk past me like we never even met.

"Bella," I spoke as our eyes met. She quickly avoided my gaze but I grabbed a hold of her wrist. "Bella, hey-"

"Now you know. Now you know the story of how I still love you, and I get that you want to tell me that everything we ever had for the past 16 years now remains as nothing to you." She faked a smile, eyes filled with tears. "You're going to say sorry cause you hurt me, and... and-"

"Hey." I cupped her face with my hands but she didn't look at me.

"If you're just going to break my heart again then don't even bother trying." she shook her head.

My heart sank. Of course I know how much of an asshole I am cause I hurt her innocent heart but seriously though, I just have NO idea why Cassy and I are even in a relationship and how we even got there. Siguro nga kasi naaawa ako sa kaniya although I'm not supposed to feel that way but why?

"Bel- talk to me when you're man enough." she cut me off blankly then walked all the way to JK and the others.

"Darren you're up." they spoke, then I jumped up and down a bit before proceeding to the stage.

I heard screams from the audience then I smiled.

"A year and five months ago, I had to say goodbye temporarily to 5 of the most important people in my life. These 5 people mean the entire world to me, but sadly I was the stupidest of all human beings to hurt them. Now you may be thinking; why hurt someone you love? My answer is because I was stupid. I was a jerk."

"That one time they told me about the arrangement, my heart broke. I thought that I could survive 1 year and 5 months without them, I had to. But as much as I wanted to, I couldn't. Life without them just feels so incomplete."

"So I kinda made a mistake, a huge one to be exact. I got drunk and I met someone while those 5 people were away. My friends warned me, but I didn't listen. That person I met became my girlfriend. I had no idea how, but it was the biggest mistake I have ever made."

I let out a sigh before I looked at everyone. "I hurt many people when I made that mistake, but of all those people, I know I hurt one person the most."

"She gave me all her trust and all the love in the world and all I did was break it. How stupid was I?" my tears started flowing, causing them to all chant my name. "She's my world, my strength and my weakness, she's the reason why I'm living up to this day. She's my motivation and inspiration and I love her with all my heart."

"Now I don't know if she'll ever be able to forgive me after what I did. I know she still loves me, but is afraid I'll break her heart. I'm scared to ever make the same mistake again, but I promise I won't do anything to harm or hurt her. She's had enough pain. I was mostly the cause, but she survived it all. She did because she loved me. She loves me, and God knows how much I love her. The whole world knows and I'm not at all afraid or ashamed to tell the world that I do."

"She knows who she is, and I don't- I don't care if after this she'll rant to me about how much of a liar I am but the truth is I am in love with her. I'm truly, madly, deeply in love with her. And no matter how much she doesn't believe in that, at least I do. God knows. You guys know that I love her, right?"