Piece by Piece

Chapter 6

My heart might be bruised, but it will recover and become capable of seeing the beauty of life once more.
—Paulo Coelho

6

She was walking towards him

He was smiling, he was waiting

Every step she took felt non existent

The closer she tries to be with him, the farther he gets

She was crying, calling out his name.

Then she got closer.

And when she got to touch him...

Every inch of that man fluttered away and turned as butterflies, hundreds of them.

Then he was gone.

All the butterflies chose to cling on that one beautiful flower, not with her.

And she was left alone...

Again.

*tok tok tok!*

*ding dong! ding dong!* (awkward)

*tok! tok! tok!*

Her eyelids flickered open due to that sudden noise. Tears visible in her eye and she is still panting because of the nightmare she just had.

She checked the clock. 6:14 am, who could that be? Although annoyed, she got up to answer the door.

Dahil sa antok ay hindi na nag abala pa si Karylle na icheck kung sino ang nasa pintuan.

"What do you—" cat got her tongue when she saw who it was.

Here in front of her is the 'once stranger' she kissed on her cousin's wedding night.

Parang bigla naman siyang nagising.

"Anong ginagawa mo dito?" Tanong ng dalaga.

"Ay ewan ko. Tanungin mo dun sa pinsan mong brat na pinaglihi yata talaga kay Lucifer." Sagot naman ni Vice.

He was wearing his white oversized Moschino tee paired with his Balmain distressed slim fit jeans and white Balenciaga marble sneakers. On his face was a huge Dior mirror reflect aviator sun glasses. He had no make up on and no hair extensions but still he looked, rather, expensive.

"Oh. Breakfast. She cooked these before they left for Maldives and she annoyingly woke me up at 5 in the morning just to tell me to get these to you. Ano papapasukin mo ba ako o hindi?" Masungit na tugon nito.

Sa di niya malamang dahilan ay nagbigay daan lang siya para makapasok ang kaniyang unexpected visitor. In a normal scenario she would have backlashed.

"Kainin mo daw yan bago ka pumunta ng work." Walang emosyong sabi nito sabay patong ng pagkain sa table at saka dumiretso sa couch na nakita niya kanina.