-Klay's POV-
God. What am I going to do? I don't want to be a father. Not this soon. Ugh. I noticed a handkerchief lying in bed with traces of blood in it. Eriah. I hurt her. Damn it, I don't want to hurt her. I saw the blood in my bed sheet. What a bastard am I, hurting her like this? She gave me everything, even her love.
Sometimes I hate myself.
I felt so lonely. Alone. It's stifling me. Choking me. I already miss her. Damn. I should've not done that. I panicked. I hurt her. Eriah.
The next day, she didn't come to work. I placed the flowers in her desk. "Away?" I saw Nikolai, her deskmate, looked at me. I nodded. She smiled. "Away, huh? Kaya pala di siya umuwi kagabi. Babaeng yon. Nag-aalala tuloy ako. Baka asa secret lungga na naman niya yun." Oh. Yung secret lungga niya. San kaya yun? "Nik, text me once na nakauwi na siya, ah?"
"Are you going to propose to her?" Propose? Hmm... I smiled. "Maybe." She giggled with glee. "She'll love that for sure. Oh my. Head over heels yon sa yo. Waah. Ako bridesmaid ah." I chuckled. "Yeah."
I'll make everything right, Eriah. This way, everything will be alright. Kahit ayaw ko ng babies. Sabagay, kasama ko naman si Eriah na magpapalaki sa kanya, if ever. I'm not going to be like my father. I have Eriah. This time I'm not gonna hurt her. I imagined our baby in her arms. A cute red-haired, green-eyed baby girl, or a black-haired, blue-eyed monster baby boy. I giggled, feeling my heart flutter. Somehow, imbis na matakot ako, I find myself excited na malamang nabuntis ko siya, kahit possible na hindi.
48 hours na ang nakakalipas at di pa din daw umuuwi si Eriah. Nag-aalala na ko. Pinagmasdan ko ang singsing na binili ko para sa kanya. Babagay sa kanya to. Sigurado. Eriah, asan ka na ba? I feel so lonely without you.
Then I heard my phone ring. It's Nik. Nakauwi na siguro si Eriah. I excitedly answered the phone. "Hello Nik! Andyan na ba si Eriah---"
"Klay..." Nik was...crying? I felt something bad about this. "Si Eriah... Naaksidente... Nakita yung kotse niya sa lake. Klay... Duguan yung kotse... Di nila mahanap si Eriah... Posible daw...na..." I heard her sob. Di ko na siya pinatapos, kasi alam ko na ang idudugtong niya. I looked at the ring in my hand. Tears began blurring my eyesight. Eriah...
BINABASA MO ANG
Shades of Twilight
Romance"I gave him everything: my love, my heart, my soul. Even my virginity. But a slight mistake and a possible pregnancy made him run fast away from me. How can I ever forgive a man like him?" - Eriah before the accident "I'm sorry. I panicked. I love y...
