Not Your Ordinary Angel: Black Angel Seraphim

26. Damn Kiss

26. Damn Kiss

Awkward. Hindi ko talaga alam kung ano ang gagawin. Hindi ko din alam kung ano ang sasabihin. Siguro aantayin ko na lang na siya ang maunang mag tanong?

Hindi ako naging handa nang bigla akong yakapin ni Lauren, at narinug ko ang paghikbi nya at pag-yugyog ng balikat nya.

She is crying.

"Uh, hey Lauren… s…stop crying, please."

Lalo pa ata syang umiyak sa sinabi ko. Hindi ako marunong magpatahan ng umiiyak. I never cried for so long, kaya hindi ko alam paano sya ihandle.

"Thiana I'm sorry! sorry for judging you…sorry!" at humagulgol na sya sa balikat ko.

"Don't say sorry. Wala kang kasalanan, okay? Its not your fault. Walang may kasalanan." sana tama ang sinasabi ko para mapatahan sya.

"No. Ang sama kong kaibigan."

"That's not true! You're good to me. Promise. Lahat naman kayo nagulat lang. I understand all your reactions. Natural lang yun."

"Thiana!" niyakap ulit nya ako ng mahigpit.

We stayed in that position for a minute, nang humupa ang pag-iyak nya ay parehas kaming naupo sa damuhan. I know she has a lot of questions inside her mind right now, so I just be ready to answer her questions.

"Go. Ask me now. But, I don't promise I can answer all your questions. There are questions that are bound not to have an answers." I said, looking at the field.

I heard her sigh. Deep.

"Nagulat lang talaga ako. Nasa state of shock pa ako nung umalis ka kaya di kita nahabol. Maybe ganun din si Eron…"

Really? Eron. But he was not on shock when he asked me who am I.

"Thiana. I wont question you. Ikaw si Thiana Lopez, my friend. And that's all I want."

I want to be honest. Because she is a friend. My first and only girl friend.

"I'm Thiana Lopez, a graduating college student. I love sports. I suck at cooking, parehas kaliwa ang paa ko, makabasag pinggan ang boses ko. I like dark colors. I hate romance books or movies. I love watching action movies. Mahilig akong mang bully, specially before…" Naramdaman ko ang pagpatong kamay nya sa kamay ko. I look at her and smile. I need ti be honest. "…But that's me, the other half…Thiana Lopez, is also Black Angel Seraphim…" napapikit ako. "She was a fallen angel? No. She's an underground fighter. "

Natinig ko ang pagsingap nya at paghigpit ng kapit nya.

"She…fought many underground fighters, she hurt so many fighters, she always win the fight…for so long... but she was doing that to protect her father, she signed a contract, death contract. She was fine with it, until she was transfered to another university. There she met her new and only friend, then there came the guy. All of a sudden, gusto na lang nya maging normal, gusto nyang maging si Thiana na lang. Kaso hindi nya alam paano." ako naman ang bumuntong hininga ngayon. "Then, her father felt her pain? kaya gumawa sya ng paraan para mawalan ng bisa yung contract. And now she is free…"

"Thiana… I don't know… I don't know. I'm sorry talaga."

I hug her tight. Ang gaan sa pakiramdam na may napagsasabihan ka.

"Wala naman talagang may alam. But, she is free now."

"T-talaga?"

Tumango lang ako, para syang bata na kailangan mong utuin para tumugil sa pag-iyak.