NOT A RIVALRY

Chapter 29

Chapter 29

EVERYONE sees Callen as if he's flawless, a man that close to perfection because he have it all, he can easily get what he wants, do as he might and be whatever he want to be. But they were wrong, he had a lot of flaws and he's too far from being perfect.

He has a supportive parents and siblings, ever since a kid they're looking up to him because he got the intelligence that a normal kids doesn't have and he even think maturely beyond his age. Sa murang edad iniisip niyang mataas ang expectations ng mga pamilya at mga nakakakilala sa kanya kaya ginagawa niya lahat nang tama dahil ayaw niyang may mapuna ang mga ito sa kanya.

Everything seems fine but there is one problem he couldn't understand and he can't accept it because he used to understand everything so easily.

Ang problemang tinutukoy niya ay nasa katauhan ng bunsong anak na lalaki nina Aunt Sam at Uncle Ash niya. Hindi niya alam kung ano ang ginawa niya dito, wala naman siyang ginawa in the first place pero ayaw na ayaw siya nitong nakikita. Kapag isinasama siya ng Mom at Dad niya sa bahay ng mga ito palagi itong wala, nasa isang sulok nagtatago kaya ang mga kapatid nalang nito ang nakakasama niya. Nagtuloy-tuloy ang gawain nito hanggang sa siya na mismo ang nag-aadjust para dito, siya na mismo ang hindi nagpapakita dito na sa totoo lang ay palihim niya namang pinagmamasdan.

While secretly watching him, Callen didn't realized that he already developed an unknown feelings towards that boy but because he's too young to understand, he disregard that feelings and also that boy was much younger than him. He couldn't understand that boy at all but all Callen knows is that he always want to see him so he secretly continued watching him when he got the chance.

Then the accident happened, he lost his sister and he suffered mentally, he thought that feelings towards Noah would be gone. Oh how wrong he was because that feelings just became worsen. He hate to see him with others— women or even men.

Callen then made a gang and entered the Gangster Arena for him to get used to the noises and violence around him, he wants to immediately get rid of his trauma so he could go back to the way he used to be. Who knows he'll also meet Noah there?

Then one night in his Aunt Sam birthday, Noah was so drunk to the point he already don't know what he's doing. For how many times Callen disregarded the feelings he felt for Noah— just one kiss from his baby that night, it made him woke up and admitted defeats. One kiss it all takes for him to realized and accepted his true feelings towards Noah.

Now that they are together, Callen thought he could handle everything just fine like how he handles all his businesses. He thought he can take care of his baby, that no harm shall befall to his baby bunny at any cost, but he just proved himself wrong again.

Kung hindi sana siya umalis at nanatili nalang sa tabi ni Noah, wala sana ngayon ang baby niya sa ospital. Sana hindi nalang siya umalis para mabantayan niya ito at maalagaan.

He should have just listened to his baby at the airport even though he was just joking. That time noong papaalis na siya, sumama ito sa airport at nagbiro pa sa kanya na huwag nalang siyang tumuloy. Sana pala nakinig nalang siya dito.

Now he don't know how to calm himself anymore, he's already succumb by his anxiety, trauma, fear and so on. He couldn't hear neither see clearly his surrounding, he's completely lost.

"I-I should have just l-listened to him w-when he told me not to l-leave him. I should've just s-stayed beside him." Callen mumbled.

At dahil nakayakap si Isabella sa anak, narinig niya ang sinabi nito na ikinakunot ng noo niya. Kailan pa naging close ang anak niya kay Noah? Hindi sa ayaw niya, masaya nga siya na malamang nag-uusap na ang dalawa sadyang naninibago lang siya. Pero ipinagsawalang bahala niya na muna iyon at mas itinuon ang atensyon sa pagpapakalma dito.