The Red String of Fate [ON HOLD: PLEASE SEE NOTE]

✎ Chapter Eight : A Million Words to Tell You

~*~*Esperanza~*~*

Months have passed and there were a lot of changes between Lorenzo and me. And those days I change myself towards him. He started to come to our house frequently to join me and have picnics in our gardens.  We talk a lot and we laugh, and sometimes we lay on the grass thinking of ourselves.

Also, whenever he’s not busy with some office work, he would escort to their training camp to meet his co-officers. As I learned, Facundo is his closest friend. Alejandro was the badass. Narciso is fond with music. Iker is the oldest of the group. Sebastian… I already knew him because of my sister.  Marcos was the intellectual one, but a lover of many said Facundo. Manuel, Mateo and Salvador…they’re quiet but Facundo said they’re heavy drinkers.

And Lorenzo…the love of my life. The youngest of their group, but the strongest and smartest of them as Alejandro said.

The men asked if we are lovers. Lorenzo and I looked at each other, as we don’t know what to say. Well, we do look like lovers but we’re not yet officially kept and trust each other’s hearts. We’re just friends…but not friends. We’re just something more than friends. Eh. I don’t know. 

“Our stars cannot cross yet to form a shape. And the red string is too short to reach our pinkies,” Lorenzo laughed. What the heck does he mean? The men would just raise their brows and return to their drinking.

At the camp, he would teach me how to fire a gun. Afterwards, both of us play in the fields running at each other. It’s tiring, though. But it’s fun play with him!

Now, we walk through the beach. Mama and Papa allowed me to go with Lorenzo in a far place from Manila. As we walk, I brush my feet to the sand making a little blow. We were too silent and we could only hear the waves.

Finally he breaks off the silence, “Esperanza, may I ask you something?”

“Uhm…sure. What is it?” I smiled. “Would you want me to protect you from everything and live in my heart?” I was stunned. The moment I’ve been waiting for is just right in his mouth. We stopped walking and Lorenzo came in front of me.

I know our relationship bloomed already. But the thing is I don’t know if I’m ready. It’s like I’m too innocent and I have learned too much yet. And at the same time, I love him. I don’t know what to say.

~*~*Lorenzo~*~*

“Esperanza?” I snap her out. I caught her staring in the sand so long. I bit my mouth, and I’m too nervous. I roam my eyes around with a worried brow.

“Could you wait, for a little bit longer?” she said. My heart sank. I thought I could win her. I made a little frown and I saw her soften her eyes.

“I’ll be waiting for you,” I covered my frown with a smile.

I invited her to watch the sun set then we sat on the sands. We were talking about a lot of things lately, and we became closer than we thought. “Back in Spain, I used to watch sunsets everyday as a kid. Our house was near by the shore and I love it there,” I told her. “Aren’t you a son of an aristocrat? Then why did you live beside the shore?” “Yes, that land was exclusively for us. It was a gift by the King to Sofitia’s excellence in school,” he looked at the waters.

“Wow,” she mouthed. I rolled my eyes off her and shouted, “So you like her!?” She hugs her legs and buried it in her knees. “That bitch! Every time I made something good, she would always step me down, down, down, down!” I began to grip my hands in the sands and threw some.

I was shaking, and I guess she felt it. She sat nearer to me and squeezes her hand on my shoulders. “But whatever you do in the world, she’s still your sister!” she screamed back. I turned myself to her and I didn’t know that I threaten her much. Her eyes began to enlarge.

“Sorry,” I lower my eyes. “Just that she makes my nerves bigger. But I guess you’re right,” I scratch my head and she chuckles. I went near her and wrapped my arms around her.

“I knew you Lorenzo,” she leans to my shoulders.

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