The Ghost Of Antonio Luna

SIGNS

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LISTED SIGNS
SOPHIA'S POV

It's almost getting dark, I was wondering around the street of Antonio Luna, Silay City. I don't know how and when did my feet lead me to this place, it was so dark.
I felt like I am lost. Lost like I'm in the middle of nowhere, waiting for death to capture me any moment.
The lights were as dim as a lifeless firefly, lost from his colony.
The creepy street were full of unseen creatures hiding in shadows of darkness.
I took a few steps forward and decided to stop. The coldness in the ground was struggling to enter my flesh and bones, I felt shiver, I know I am not alone.

"Who are you?" I'm trying to sound normal.

The whistling of the wind was singing a poetry of an agony of pain and smells like death.
Being in this dark street felt like a wary kitten inside a plastic bag, thrown in a garbage can, no home, no family, no food and scared to death.
I can hear his breathing, I can feel his presence. He holds my hand saying,

"Don't be scared, I'm with you."

I never knew him but I felt safe. I hold back into his hand, without looking at him, we fill the gap between our fingers.
I rembered my green notebook inside my backpack, containing my hand written signs of true love. There was three and the first happened today.

1. He will appear in the dark and hold my hand
Saying he's with me and in fear I feel he'll stand.

I closed my eyes, savoring each moment, feeling his hand with mine, still not bothering to look at him.
We just walked in a kind of street with a puzzling end.

"I was killed here" he said, "because of my father."

I hold his hand so tight. It was cold and it's burning me. My heart was running out of beat.

"Wha---why?" I manage to say, forcing a bloody voice to serve its master.

"My father is a lawyer like yours, he wins many cases and I became as the target of vengeance of those souls dad defeated in court battle." He paused,
"I was holding a rose for my mother when I was walking here, someone appeared in the dark and buried a bullet on my chest."

He hand me the rose he's talking about. Red as blood, smells so sweet like 1980's and big as palm.

2. He will give me a rose, red as blood
Smells like 1980s and big as palm.

I stared at the rose for a moment, the second sign, I mumbled.
I'm scared of the dark but not in him. Why should I? He is dead. I'm not afraid of ghost, I'm afraid who's behind of every ghost.

"You are the ghost of Antonio Luna street! It's you! The people were talking about you since yesterday, they said someone sees you with a rose. Some believed some doesn't but I do! I know you exist!"
I was full of emotions about the thing i have discovered. I faced him, the most handsome man I have ever seen. I caught his gaze, his eyes meets mine. I can see my reflection, I can see myself insane.

"Yes I am, I stay because of you." I sensed reality and sincerity at his voice. He's telling the truth.

"Why did you do that? Who are you?"

"Because I love you and you will love me in the future and our love will die as I die when your dad raised his gun on me on this street to take vengeance against my father, I am akiyo"

"I don't understand." My head aches. He released my hand and put his hands on my shoulder facing me.

"Listen, I can no longer live in the future so I try to get back in the past which is today," tears begins to fall from his eyes, I don't know why but I can feel the pain too. "Someday, if our paths will cross, promise me you'll never fall in love with me."
"But why?"
"Because after I die, you killed yourself to be with me. I was just trying to save you."
"Oh my God, please what's the meaning of this?"
"I have no time left, I have to go. I love you Sophia, please promise not to love me back."
He kissed my forehead and he disappeared as fast as he appeared in this dark street of Antonio Luna. I looked at the sky, the moon was blue.

3. He will kiss my forehead under the blue moon
And he will disappear so soon.

The third sign.

I wake up with a rose on my hand and with my heavy heart. That dream looks so real.
"Hey Sophia! You're awake. Come let's have breakfast, I have someone to introduce to you." Dad said with his black suit.
"I'll be there in a minute, you have a case to solve aren't you?" I replied.
"Yes. Wish me luck baby. Now fix your self up." He closed the door. I fixed my self and proceed to the dining room.
Dad was with a tall man at his age.
"There she is, Alvin this is Sophia my daughter, Sophia this is Alvin Aguilar my friend, he's a lawyer too" He introduced us.
The man stretched his hand I reached for it.

"Nice to meet you sophia." He said with a polite manner.

"And to you sir." I replied.

"You know what? I have a son. Akiyo, you should meet him. Maybe you'll become a good friends. Here take a look at this." He hand me his phone to look at the picture on it.

It's him.