Art of being a Player...

Achilles Heel

Looks like we made it
Look how far we've come my baby
We mighta took the long way
We knew we'd get there someday

They said, "I bet they'll never make it"
But just look at us holding on
We're still together still going strong

(You're still the one)
You're still the one I run to
The one that I belong to
You're still the one I want for life
(You're still the one)
You're still the one that I love
The only one I dream of
You're still the one I kiss good night

My lips parted.

Parang nanandya ang pagkakataon.

O baka nang aasar?!

Who would have thought na biglang magpapalit ng love song ang kanta at 'YOU'RE STILL THE ONE' pa ang nasakto?!

"See..even our fate is telling you that I'm still the one!" nakangising sabi ni Cian.

"Convince yourself Cian..because I'm so done with you remember?! The moment you turned your back to me for that girl, I decided to remove you from my system!" I said then I grabbed the shot glass and drink the alcohol on it, then I took my pouch and left him without waiting for his response.

I fished for my iphone inside my pouch then texted my friends that I'll be leaving early. I know they will get mad at me especially Luke. But I really have to go, I don't want to spend more time with that guy. Because everytime I see him, the pain is coming back.

"Hey Gorgeous wanna dance with me?" a man in early twenties blocked my way. He looks drunk.

"No thanks, I need to go.." I said as I tried to push him, but he grabbed my wrist.

"Oh come on!" he said then he pulled me towards him.

"Ano ba! Let me go!" I said as I tried to pull my wrist from him.

"Hey dude, who do we have here?"sabi naman ng isa nyang kasama habang tinitingnan ako mula ulo hangang paa.

"Chicks bro!" sabi pa ng isa.

"Stop this or you will be all going to regret messing up with me!" I said bravely kahit na medyo kinakabahan ako. I could have handle them if I'm not tipsy, pero medyo may tama na ako sa dami ng ininom ko kanina dahil sa inis ko kay Cian.

"Woah man, you've got a fierce girl in here!" sabi ng isa pa nilang kasama.

"The way I like my girl to be!" sagot naman ng may hawak saakin. "Let's see what you're going to do after I do this." He said then he holds my face and he leaned down to me.

He was about to kissed me when suddenly he was on the floor, punched and kicked by Cian himself.. His friends seemed shocked at what happened since they just watched Cian turned their friend into a punching bag. I just stood there frozen then I just felt a hand pulled me and placed me behind his body. I look up to see who's the guy, and I am faced with Cian's furious face. Then the next thing that I know is that all hell broke loose when the guy's friends tried to attack Cian while I was at his back. Cian immediately Shielded me with his body and took all the punches from those guys, and all I can do at the moment is to scream. But my Scream got drowned beacause of the chaos around us. I'm not even aware that I was already crying not until Cian touches my face and wiped my tears away.

"Hush..don't cry..I'm just here, I won't let them touch you." He whispered in a soft voice.

"Cian.."

"Are you alright Gorg?" he asked in a worried tone.

And I just stared at him.

"May masakit ba sayo?"

Umiling lang ako.

"I'm sorry it's my fault, I should have not teased you a while ago..kung di ko sana ginawa yun maybe hindi ka nag walk out, at hindi ito nangyari..I'm sorry.."

I bliked.

Once

Twice

Thrice

Before I was able to digest what he was saying to me.

We are on the floor sitting, his body is shielding mine. That's when I noticed that our friends are already exchanging punches with those bastards. I sat up properly, then I turned to look around..nagkakagulo na sa buong palagid at nagkalat na ang bouncers. Napatingin uli ako kay Cian, hindi ko gaano maaninag ang mukha nya dahil medyo madilim, pero napansin ko na may dumi sya sa may noo nya. Automatic na napataas ang kamay ko para pahiran ang dumi. Biglang napakunot ang noo ko ng mapansin na basa ito.. tiningnan ko ang kamay ko na pinampunas ko sa dumi sa noo  ni Cian, medyo malagkit iyon, pinagmasdan ko maigi ang kamay ko.

Hindi sya dumi, kundi...

"You're b-bleeding—"

"I'm fine.." he said then he smiled at me.

"Why didn't you fight back!" I yelled at him.

"I can't!" umiiling nyang sabi.

"Why?! You should have fought them! Why did you let them hurt you!" naiiyak kong sabi.

And he just stared at me.

"Ang yabang yabang mo kanina, pero you can't even fight those bastards..i know marami sila pero at least you should have tried!" I whined.

He chuckled and touches my face. He's looking at me as if I am a child who can't understand what he was saying.

"If I fight back, then you would have to stand here alone. What if one of those guys pulled you and do something to you? I can fight them, kahit lima pa sila o labing lima.. I can win against them because I am trained. But you are my Achilles heel and they could have used you to make me stop, they will beat me while you are their hostage, and I don't want that to happen. So I just chose the easier way, I let them beat me..they can beat me as much as they want but they can't touch you." He said while still caressing my face. "At least when I shielded my body to you, I ws able to hold you close to me, without you complaining. " he joked.

"You think that's funny?!" I sobbed while hitting his chest. "You are so stupid! Baka! Babo! Estupido!"

Hinuli nya ang mga kamay ko at niyakap ako ng mahigipit.

"Yeah, You're right, I'm foolish..foolishly in love with you." He whispered. And then he lost consciousness.

"Cian!"