AURORA/DULCINEA(METROPOLIS HEIRS IV: ZAI DEL FUEGO)

CHAPTER TWENTY: WHAT LOVE MEANS

🚨🛑⚠️🔞WARNING🔞⚠️🛑🚨

EXPLICIT SCENES AHEAD. NOT FOR MINORS, CONSERVATIVE PABEBES AND HOMOPHOBES. READ FORWARD WITH DISCRETION. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
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"it's so unbelievable
and I don't wanna let it go
something so beautiful,
falling down like a waterfall

I feel like you've always been
forever a part of me
and it's so unbelievable to finally be in love

somewhere I never thought I'd be..."
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after Primo was convicted, the issue died slowly. nagsawa na ang mga tao sa eskandalo lalo na't mas pinili ng magkabilang panig na manahimik na lamang ukol sa nangyari. maliban sa hatol na reclucion perpetua, nagbaba rin ng kautosan ang korte sa kampo ng nasakdal na magbayad ng moral damages kay Dulcinea, dahil nagdulot iyun ng psychological stress at trauma sa dalaga. idagdag pa dito ang permanent protection order na binigay ng korte sa tanyag na modelo para sa kaligtasan nito mula sa panig ng nasasakdal.

ngunit ang pinaka-nagpasaya kay Zai ay ang malaking hakbang na ginawa ni Dulcinea: The supermodel came out in  public and introduced her as the Girlfriend. halos hindi sya makapaniwala sa tapang na ipinakita nito na wala itong takot na ilantad sya sa madla bilang kasintahan.

and as expected, the reactions were mixed. half of Dulcinea's followers cheered and supported them, specially those who are also in the LGBT community. but, unfortunately--- the other half unfollowed her girlfriend and called her lewd and vicious names you couldn't imagine. some even cursed her and wished for Dulcinea's downfall as a model.

may iba na ewan nya kung matutuwa ba sya o mananapak na. binigyan ba naman sila ng blow by blow lecture tungkol sa bibliya. filthy hypocrites.

"don't mind them, okay? wala silang alam tungkol sa atin at hindi nila tayo kilala." wika ni Dulcinea sa kanya. "let them think and say what they want to. what matters most is just the two of us. we knew each other better more than those people do. Okay?"

lambing pa nito sa kanya. Zai smiled and kissed her girlfriend's cheek, in which the latter giggled softly. she then hug Dulcinea as they lie down on their picnic mat at the scenic, spectacular view of the Swan Lake City. bumalik sila sa lugar dahil parte ito ng treatment ng nobya dahil sa trauma nito sa kahayupan ni Primo.

They seek consultation from the country's expert Psychologists to help her girlfriend recover. alam nyang hindi magiging madali ang lahat ngunit dasal nya na sana'y makabawi ito at maging masaya ulit, kasama sya.

mahigpit nya itong niyakap habang pinagmamasdan nila ang mga nagagandahang mga gangsa sa asul na lawa. mula pa man noon, wala talagang kupas ang rikit ng lugar na ito na pinagmamalaki ng kanilang Ciudad.

"Hon, can you tell me something about, uhm...A-Aurora?"
maya-maya'y tanong nito sa kanya. nagtaka naman sya sa bigla ang tanong nito.

"about Aurora?" tanong nya sa kasintahan. "what about her?"

"a-ano... wala lang. like, uh... I just wanna know her. what she's like and... If she's pretty." sagot nito. "yun lang. I just wanna know your first love. I'm just curious. Okay lang ba?"

Zai smiled slyly. She could clearly sense that her girl is jealous.

"well... I'll tell you then, if that's what you want." aniya. She took a deep breath and planted a soft kiss on Dulcinea's fragrant hair. "maganda sya, higit pa sa pisikal na kagandahang standard ng iba. napaka-buti nyang tao na nakahanda laging tumulong, lalo na sa mga nangangailangan nito. kahit nga yung isa sa mga umapi sa kanya dati, tinulongan nya pa rin despite what that person did to her. ganyan kabusilak ang kalooban nya. talagang kahanga-hanga sya. "