Navigating Hearts ( Aviation College Series #1)

Chapter 23

“Kailan mo pa alam?” tanong ko kaagad nang makapasok kami sa kaniyang unit. Iginaya niya ako sa couch at pinaupo roon.

“Why? Do you even have plan to tell me?”

I sighed. “Don’t answer me with another question, Aeros.”

“Sa ating dalawa, hindi ba dapat ako yung may mas karapatang magtanong? You didn’t say a thing to me, Maru. I respected that, but it doesn’t mean I’m not curious at all, that I didn’t care at all.”

I heaved another sigh. Our strong gazes locked on each other and none of us are willing to break the tension.

“I’m sorry,” I gave up. “I had to do it alone. Alam kong pag nalaman mo, tutulungan mo ako, and I don’t need help from anyone.”

“How can you be so sure? Don’t you trust me enough to tell me about your plans? Ang hilig mo kasing pangunahan ang mga bagay.”

Napayuko ako sa sinabi niya.

“That night I saw your SOA, you lost your scholarship, right?”

Tanging pagtango lang ang naisagot ko sa kaniya dahil hindi ko siya magawang tignan pa.

“You started to change. At first, I wasn’t worried. May tiwala kasi akong kaya mong gawan ng paraan kaya hindi mo sinabi sa’kin,”

“And so I let you, I didn’t ask. Hinayaan kita, but things took a turn for the worse. Ate Linda told me you were starving yourself and I couldn’t stay still. Hinahayaan kita pero hindi pwedeng ganun, Maru. You don’t know how much patience I had to take seeing you looking like this. Seeing you barely living.”

Tears automatically pooled in the corner of my eyes. I sobbed ‘cause I couldn’t stifle it anymore. I felt Aeros’s hand on my mine, slowly caressing it.
Kaya pala ganun kung makaasta si Miss Linda.

“Don’t cry, please. I’m not mad, baby.”

Mas lalo akong naiyak ng mapagtanto ang mga bagay na ginawa niya para sa’kin. Bakit ba pag siya ang kaharap ko, pakiramdam ko ang hina-hina kong tao.

“I already paid your remaining balance, you don’t have to overwork yourself.”

Ano daw?

Kunot-noo akong tumingin sa kaniya. He wiped my tears using his thumb.

“Bakit mo ginawa ‘yun? Aeros naman eh, kaya ko naman yun.”

He chuckled softly. “I know, but I wanted to, okay?”

“Sabi ko na nga bang makikialam ka eh.” I rolled my eyes.

“Hey, tapos na yun.” He was about to hug me pero tinampal ko ang kamay niya. He laughed even more.

“Utang yun! Babayaran ko yun!”

“Whatever, baby.”

Hindi na ako nakaangal nang bigla niya akong hilain pahiga sa couch. He embraced me tightly that I couldn’t breathe properly.

“Now, hug me back. I missed you, Maru.”

Napabalikwas ako nang maalala ang utos sa’kin ni Miss Linda.

“What?”

“May inutos pala sa’kin si Miss Linda, babalik na ako sa lobby.” I panicked.

“No. Mom wants to see us in 10 minutes.”

Mas lalo akong kinabahan. That sophisticated woman earlier was his mother and she seemed serious about seeing the both of us.