The Badboy's Beloved

Chapter 8: The Talk

                              Alessandro's POV

Hindi ko alam kung ano ang gagawin ko! I expected that she'll run or whatever but instead she stayed in her place. With widened blank looking eyes. Isn't she scared? Of me? That I'm here?

"Althea." I whispered, she looked away. Natatakot ako!

Natatakot ako na sa oras na lumapit ako papunta sakanya. Tatakbo siya. Lalayo siya. I heard her sigh and looked up above the night sky. I'm standing still, memorizing her face, she didn't changed.

I took a deep breathe and started to wak slowly, palapit sa kanya. She seems to not mind, but still I can feel she's cautio, of me.

"Thea." I said, i don't know what to say. At last, nakita ko na siya. Face to face. After eight torturous years. Nagulat ako nung ngumiti siya. Smiling? To whom? To me?

"I should've known. Important guest. Influential and powerful. Feared. Ruthless. Ikaw pala iyon." Her voice. Oh god! How i longed to hear her voice.

"Y-you knew that I-i'm the guest?" Fuck! I'm goddamn stuttering. Only her can make me stutter. Fuck! I'm really whipped.

"Nag conclude lang ako. I heard a Del Fierro arrived in New York. I never thought it was you. Napagtanto ko lang na ikaw when I realized the guest is ruthless." She's speaking so casually to me. Like nothing happened before.

"Aren't y-you scared of m-me?" Goddamn it Alessandro! Malamang takot siya! Fuck! I fet my whole world stopped when she looked at me directly in eyes. There's no emotion. Her eyes looks empty.

"I was. But not anymore." Malumanay na sabi niya. I gulped.

"I already forgave you." My jaw dropped. What?! She already forgave me? I looked at her. Still staying in my position. On the side of the bench. Natuod ata ako sa kinatatayuan ko.

"What?" I still can't absorb the fact that se already forgave me.

"Why don't you take a sit? Hindi ka ba nangangalay diyan?" What she said caught me off guarded. Inaalok niya ko?

"Beside you?" I think  asked the most stupidest question.

"Of course." Dahan dahan akong umupo. But I made sure there's a space between us. I don't want to scare her off.

"Can i ask something, Thea?" Her name. I missed saying her name. My heart starts pounding wildly. God! I really love her.

"Go."

"Why aren't you scared of me? I thought you'd scream or run." I want to say more. But one at a time.

"Honestly. Nung nakita kita. I got scared. Gusto kong lumayo. Pero sa tingin ko, oras na siguro para mag usap tayo. Although I'm not yet ready to face you and the reality of us. Kailangan na siguro." I think my heart stopped when she looked at me.

"Pwede bang magtanong rin ako?"

"Of course. Ask anything." Fuck! Paulit ulit kong minumjra ang sarili ko sa isip ko. I want to kiss her, touch her, feel her in my arms lke the way i used to. Pero pano ko gagawin yun kung inuunahan ako ng kademonyohan ko. Fuck!!

She breathe heavily, "W-why did y-you do that to me? 8 years ago." I frozed. Hindi man niya diniretso. I know what it is.

"I-i.." I don't know how to say this. Madali kong nasabi sa mga kapatid ko. Pero kay Thea. Damn! I don't know what to say.

I gulped. Closure. The both of us needs closure. So that we both could learn how to let go our past.

"I-i was blinded by jealousy. Kaya ko nagawa yun. Thea, no words can express how sorry i am to you. Gago ako kaya ko nagawa yun sayo. Everyday of my life ever since that night, i always regret it. Walang araw na hindi ko naiisip ang ginawa ko sayo." I kneeled in front of her, something i never done to anyone, kneeling means submission and weakness, i kneeled once infront of dad, and i won't do it anymore, but when it comes to Thea, i will always kneel. I looked at Thea, her eyes are teary.