His Third Downfall (MSS#2) [Completed]

Kabanata Sesenta y seis

66th Fall

Freed

"Please be my girlfriend."

Sa gitna ng paghikbi ng aking kaloob-looban ay bigla iyong nagtahan dahil sa sinabi ni Jack. My world suddenly stopped from spinning and the very words that's spinning in my head were his last words.

Did he really tell me to be his girlfriend? For real?

Ako ang kumalas sa kanyang yakap sa pamamagitan ng pag-atras. Hinayaan niya akong lumayo ng bahagya. His serious eyes not leaving mine.

It's funny how the broken pieces of my heart could still beat fast despite of everything that had been shoot right through me.

Lahat ng sinabi ni Manang Tania ay tumatak sa aking utak. Bull's eye. I wouldn't thought there's still most painful thing I could feel aside from not being loved back. And that's the feeling you are tasked to continue a love your very own sister had failed to do.

Ibig bang sabihin noon, kung hindi nawala ang kambal ko ay wala na akong karapatang tapusin ang pagtatapos na gusto ko?

Is the end of this love story depends on how it doesn't ended years ago? Am I really feel obligated?

But I cannot afford to end it. Kahit iyon ang gusto ko. Kasi kung sasaya man ako, hindi magiging sukdulan ang kasiyahang mararamdaman ko.

How can I end it when my twin never ended what she and Jack have years ago?

How can I love Jack thinking he's my dead end when Aziel's still holding him? Makakaya ba iyon ng konsensiya ko?

Now, I've come with a conclusion. Their love never ended. It wasn't closed years ago and still continuing right now.

Aziel died. Jack was left behind. But that doesn't mean their love also ended and was left behind.

I am not the heroine of this love story. I am the antagonist who's very desperate to mediate with their love story.

Right now, Jack's my dead end. But I'm not his dead end.

Patuloy ang pag-ihip ng hangin sa aking buhok. May mga kalas na napupunta sa aking mukha at natatakpan ang aking mata pero hindi ko iyon ginalaw.

I could hear the hushing waves hitting the evening shore. And the faint talks and laughs of people all around us.

While us, we're here. Staring into each others' eyes. The world had no idea we're already breaking each other right now.

"Jack..." I called his name softly. Like it was an equivalent of the word precious in my own vocabulary.

Jack continued staring at me. Parang ako lang ang pinaka-interisadong bagay na gusto niyang pagtuonan ng pansin. His eyes is full of expectation.

"Are you sure you want me as your girlfriend?" I asked in a measured voice.

Jack's face turned more firm and serious. "Tatanungin ba kita kung hindi ako sigurado?"

Imbes na gumaan ang pakiramdam ko ay mas lalo lamang iyong nadaganan.

"Jack, I'm not Aziel..."

Nalaglag ang panga ni Jack. What I've said almost hit home. Ibinuka niya ang bibig na parang may sasabihin ngunit kaagad niya itong itinikom. Napuno ng pangamba at takot ang mga mata niya.

Wala akong nagawa kundi ang mapangiti ng mapait. Well, did you just realize it, Jack?

"Dressa... It wasn't like that..." he struggled.