2020
▶️: For Your Eyes Only - Belle Mariano
ELLA
"Gusto kita."
Napabalikwas ng bangon si Ella matapos muling mapanaginipan si Jema na umaamin sa kaniya.
Last night was unreal and surreal. She felt like she was still on the cloud 9.
Jema confessing to her was definitely not on her bingo card. She was unprepared and... confused.
She wanted to ask her a lot of things.
But, after the confession, she wasn't functioning anymore.
She lost track of the time and she didn't know how she even got home.
Her head was a mess after Jema dropped those two words.
She didn't know it's possible to lose your sanity after hearing gusto kita.
Pero alam ni Ella sa sarili niya na hindi lang dahil narinig niya ang mga katagang iyon. Dahil kung tutuusin, maraming beses na niya iyong narinig mula sa iba't ibang tao.
Alam ni Ella na dahil iyon sa taong nagsabi no'n. Dahil iyon kay Jema.
Si Jema ang rason bakit hindi gumana nang maayos ang sistema niya.
Inilibot ni Ella ang mga mata niya at natagpuan niya ang sarili sa sariling kwarto sa bahay nila.
At first, she was confused as to why she was alone and no Alyssa and Dennise were sleeping beside her. Then she realized, it was Saturday, her rest and vacant day.
Malapit lang din sa school niya ang bahay nila pero mas pinili niyang mag-dorm dahil gusto ni Alyssa at Denden na kasama siya sa kwarto kaya naman napapayag na siya kahit ayaw naman talaga niya.
Ella peeked on her bedside clock and it's just six ante meridiem. Masyado pang maaga para bumangon at kumilos.
She decided to rest for another 15 minutes before starting her day.
She closed her eyes.
Darkness.
And Jema just appeared out of nowhere.
So, she opened her eyes again.
With a throbbing heart, she stared at her plain, white ceiling.
She closed her eyes to process things again only for Jema to subjugate her sight once again.
But, she didn't open her eyes this time.
It's strange that everything was just black and Jema was the only one with colors. It's pretty.
"Gusto kita."
Those two words kept on ringing in her head. Parang sirang plaka.
She felt like she was on the fair again, sitting on the bench with her. The fireworks were overpowered by the loud banging of her heart.
"Gusto kita."
Jema smiled beautifully. Ella's heart almost went out of her body to run to her.
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"Ella! Gising na!"
"Hey, wake up!"
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