Eleven
Past, present, future
“I-I thought…” hinawakan nung babae yung braso ng lalaki pero umiwas ito.
“…you love me.”The girl looked away in pain.
“I do.” Sabi nung lalaki na napayuko rin matapos niyang sabihin yun. Then he looked at something else, away from the girl.
“but this is just different.”
I felt the pain in those words.
And because of those words, my mind drifted away.
It drifted to a dream, a nightmare that I’ve been denying all this time.
“Cian, listen to me. Please.” naiiyak na ko.
Feels like my last hope is falling away.
“I’ve heard enough, Niobe. And I don’t want hear it anymore. Sa tingin mo ba hindi ako nasasaktan sa mga nangyayari? Ginusto mo man yan o hindi, nangyari parin. And its hurting me like hel, Niobe!”
I fell silent sa mga salitang binitawan ni Cian.
I know perfectly na hindi madali ‘to, na hindi basta basta ang bagay na ‘to.
But I still gotta try.
Kasi tulad nga ng sabi ko, Cian is my only hope now.
My last chance.
But it seems like…
“Don’t you love me?” lumapit siya sakin at hinawakan ang mukha ko with both of his hands.
“You know I do. I love you and there’s just no other word to describe it. But…”just as I thought.
He dropped his hands and turned away from me.
“…this is different, Niobe.”
“ui, Niobe.”
Natauhan lang ako ng bilang may kamay na nagwewave sa harap ng mukha ko.
Napatingin tuloy ako sa taong nasa tabi ko.
“Kanina pa kita kinakausap, hindi mo ko pinapansin.” Sabi ni Gab na may nakakatawang facial expression.
Natawa tuloy ako bigla. HAHA.
“Sorry. What we’re you saying?”
hindi naman siya sumagot. Umiling-iling lang tapos ngumiti at tumingin sa TV.
Ako rin tuloy e napatingin sa TV. Kanina pa pala tapos yung pinapanood kong romantic film. HAHA.
BINABASA MO ANG
53.000 Steps
Teen FictionNiobe Alcaraz, the perfect daughter, ran off to a far away country to escape the impending controversies, scandals, and heartbreaks which are brought about by a certain conflict she wishes to hide. Upon her departure from her comfort zone, she cross...
