T.L. Ako Sa'yo

Chapter 62 (Our hearts became one)

(Warning: This chapter is Rated SPG, hihihi. Don't judge me. It's my first time making something like this.)

Thia's POV

The moment he kissed me, I felt happy. The moment he embraced me, I felt safe but I came to my senses and pushed him away from me. He just stared at me.

"Pwede ba Arkin, stop doing this. Lalo mo lang akong sinasaktan." Mahinang wika ko as I started shedding tears.

"I'm sorry Thia."

"Sorry? After all this time sorry lang ang sasabihin mo? Alam mo ba kung gaano kasakit sa akin noong iniwan mo ako ng ganun-ganun nalang? You broke up with me while I was hospitalized. After that, you never talked to me. Ni hindi mo nga ako pinapansin kahit nakikita mo ako sa school. You always avoided me. Alam mo ba kung gaano kasakit nun? You left me just like that."

"Thia, I had no choice." Tugon niya.

"You had a choice and you chose to break my heart."

"Believe me Thia, it was the hardest decision I ever made my whole life." Wika niya.

"The decision to break my heart?" tanong ko.

He paused for a moment wiping his tears.

"Thia..."

"Alam mo ba kung gaano kasakit sa akin nung nalaman kong umalis ka ng bansa? Ni hindi ka manlang nagpaalam sa amin? Sa akin? How could you be so cruel?"

Tahimik lang siya.

"Then after ten years, this stupid fate, we met again and then I found out you were dating Yana? For ten years? Gosh Arkin, you dated her after we broke up? You were even engaged and you acted like its nothing? You acted like it's just normal? Alam mo ba kung gaano kasakit sa akin na nakikita kayo ni Yana? Alam mo ba kung gaano kahirap sa akin na magpanggap na hindi nasasaktan in front of you? In front of my family? Akala mo ba manhid ako?"

"I'm sorry, I was stupid, I didn't know..." wika niya as he reached for me and embraced me.

"Ang daya daya mo. You were happy the whole time while I suffered a lot."

"No Thia, believe me. All this time, all I wanted to do was to go home and tell you I still love you. That I only did this because I was stupid. But I was a coward." Wika niya.

Hindi na ako makapagsalita because I was sobbing.

"Thia believe me. I came back because of you. Nandito ako dahil gusto kong itama ang mga pagkakamali ko."

Kumalas ako sa pagkakayakap sa kanya.

"How? Are you going to break up with Yana? You're going to break off your engagement? You're going to break everybody's heart? It's too late Arkin." wika ko.

"Thia."

"As I said, it's too late. Masaya na ako kay Wallace." Wika ko and stood up tinalikuran ko siya cause I don't wanna look into his eyes. It's my weakness.

"Are you?" tanong niya as I felt he also stood up and he was behind me.

"Pwede ba Arkin. Si Wallace, he was the one who has always been with me the whole time you were not. He always held my hand when no one else did. He always knew that I was in pain even though I'm not showing it. He loved me even though he knew I couldn't love him back."

"Do you love him?" tanong niya.

"Matututunan ko rin siyang mahalin." Sagot ko.

"Thia, it's hard to fool the heart." Wika niya. "I know it because that's what I've been doing for the past ten years. I thought matututunan ko ring mahalin si Yana. She was like Wallace, all she ever did was to love me. She loved me her whole life and that made me feel guilty that I couldn't even love her back. At one point, she came to know that I don't love her but she just stayed. She stayed with me. She loved me more kahit alam niyang ikaw parin ang mahal ko."