You Again, Professor [GL• #2]

PART 2: CHAPTER 6 (18+)

Warning!!

Isla's POV

Through the years and my experiences, I've learned that life is full of sacrifices, pain, challenges, and sadness. There may be moments filled with joy or even endless happiness, but in the end, they don't always last.

They say you can be happy if you choose to be, but I believe we only truly remember happiness when we are sad and hopeless. And for me, happiness will always find its way back, making you feel it again.

Love is happiness, patience, and enduring...and those are the things that can stay forever.

Love is a life fulfillment; it doesn't make a perfect story, but it will assure us to have someone who will stay with us in every imperfect chapter of our life. At some point it will be quiet or silent, that may teach us to wait.

Love doesn't make you understand it; it makes us feel it and live it. It's the most beautiful thing that could ever happen to someone's life. Love will teach us to wait, be strong enough to fight, and be soft enough to understand each pain.

They say there are three stages of love, but I believe there aren't. Because you can feel them all in just one love. We can fall in love again, maybe over and over, with the same person.

The only thing that makes it different is when you fall in love with two different people, in different timelines.

Hindi ko hiniling ang mahalin si Khaiy, I just woke up one day and realized that I'm into her. In billions of people in the world, my heart chose her. I believe that she's a gift from God, which I will be forever be thankful.

Peabo Bryson was right, the best of all romances deserves second chances, because true love will always finds each way to come back.

Khaiy was peacefully sleeping beside me. She was hugging me so tightly, as if I might disappear from her side at any moment. We were both naked. I was exhausted, naubos ang lakas ko sa halos thirteen hours na ginawa namin. She kept teasing me that I was too old because I got tired easily, but I wanted to prove that I could still keep up, kaya umabot kami ng ilang oras. She had endless energy, kung hindi ko pa sinabi na ubos na ang lakas ko, hindi pa kami matutulog.

Sandali lamang akong nakatulog. I don't know why, mas gusto ko ring pagmasdan ang magandang mukha ni Khaiy habang natutulog siya. A memory from years ago suddenly flashed in my mind, and I remembered all the pain I caused her.

Hindi ko napigilan ang sarili kong umiyak. Ayaw ko siyang magising, but I couldn't stop myself. Kumuha ako ng tissue sa table, at dahil doon ay mabilis na nagising si Khaiy.

Nanininingkit ang mga mata niya habang tinitingnan ako. "Hey? What's wrong? Bakit ka umiiyak, baby?" Tumingin siya sa daliri niya. "Masakit ba?" she's worried.

Umiling ako. "No, hindi naman."

Umupo siya, kaya nakita ko ang hubad niyang itaas. "Hey? What's wrong, baby?" ulit niya, sabay hawi sa buhok ko.

"I hurt you so much," panimula ko, "I'm such a bitch, I'm sorry..." sabi ko, at mabilis siyang umiling. She's aware that I keep blaming myself for what happened to us, and just like what she always do, she's assuring me.

"Baby, it's already done..." pinunasan niya ang luha ko. "What happened before, it's all a lesson for us now. Huwag ka nang umiyak. And I really, really, really understand your reasons, baby. Even if I were in your shoes, I'd do the same thing-" pinutol ko siya.

"No... I don't think you could hurt me," umiiyak kong sabi. It was true, and she knew it.

"Kahit na saktan mo pa ako ulit, babalik pa rin ako sa'yo," she softly said while caressing my back.