Sin to commit (Valentine Series 1)

Chapter 28

I should've asked her why, when she called my name in that same light and soft tone, I should've asked her. Why did she get to decide what I was feeling? Why did she turn her back on me? Why are you back here embracing my sister?

But I didn't, I turned around with my sister and left her there. I shouldn't care, but my mind raced, paano siya uuwi? May dala ba siyang sasakyan?

"Sa kotse mo na ako sasakay, Ate." Aurora mumbled.

"How about your car?" I asked her.

"I lend the keys to the girl I was with, she's the one that drove the car kaya napunta ako rito, she didn't have any lift so I gave her my keys muna." she explained, I nodded.

"Alright."

There's this silence between us. Hindi ko alam kung ano na ang susunod kong sasabihin. The thought that she was hugging my ex bugged me. Hindi niya alam, that's the truth, but if ever she likes her, then I don't have anything to do with that. Tapos na kami. Iniwan niya ako.

It's also probably because of the fight that left unsolved between us, namatay na lang si Papa 'di pa kami nagbabati, and I feel like this is just the right time to tell her that I am sorry.

"Rora, I'm sorry," I paused, stopped walking and gave her a glance, then continued walking, "For what I said, for what I made you feel, I'm sorry if you felt like no one understood you, and if you felt like no one is on your side, I'm sorry I made you feel so alone, bunso." I told her, gentle, not wanting to damage her more.

"No, I'm sorry, Ate." she looked down on her shoes and I can't help but bite down a smile before wrapping her in an embrace.

"Don't be mad at me na, mag-aalala na si Mama." she nodded her head in my chest, her arms hugging me back. I smiled, my bunso.

"Let's go?" I asked, pulling away.

She nodded, wiping her tears, I chuckled before continuing my pace earlier.

When we reach the gate of the school, I looked at the guard and motioned to him my sister, he nodded at us and told us to be safe.

I opened my car and as soon as we entered and I started the engine she asked me something that made me stop on my tracks.

"Do you know the girl I was with?" I contemplated in telling her the truth, but I just lied, it was easier that way.

"No, though I'm surprised she knows my name." I answered, not looking at her.

"Well, maybe because you are a singer and an actress." she concluded.

"Hmm, maybe."

Ako yung iniwan n'yan, bunso, hehe.

I tried to focus on the road but the fact that I just saw her again for the first time after years of being left behind, I couldn't shake her off. My heart still continued to ache, because of the passing of my father and because of her, dahil sa biglaan niyang pagpapakita sa akin.

After what she's done, after all her accusations, after she made me question myself, and after she left me.

I used to think na kaya siguro siya umalis ay dahil nga sa akin. Baka nga dahil may nagustuhan akong iba.

Pero tangina, paano ko magugustuhan ang taong hindi ko naman kilala? Paano ako magkakagusto sa iba kung nasa harapan ko na siya, everything around us darken when she's face to face with me and only her seemed to glow. Takte, eh mahal ko nga siya, ano bang mahirap tanggapin doon?

Ang kapal ng mukha niyang mag-assume, ang kapal ng mukha niya na isipin na ganoon ako kababaw, na mabilis mahulog sa iba, na mababaw lang ang pagmamahal sa kanya.