Unchained Love

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"Please never walk away from me. " Ivo sternly said without looking away.

"Wh-what?... What are you trying to say Ivo?" I nervously asked because I don't know what he really meant for that .

"Just .. just don't walk away from me like that .. just don't."

I looked at his eyes and saw pain and confusion?

Why?

How could this man unfold feelings I thought I was no longer capable of, no longer deserving to feel something uncontrollable?

"But-" He cut me off before I completed my sentence, still that jerk I have known.

"Stop asking it's annoying."

He held my hand tightly as tight like as if I will run away from him ... from all of these ... from reality.

We walked silently feeling the solitude and calmness between the two of us. I want to ask questions that are running in my mind right now but I don't have the guts to, maybe this is his way of comforting me for what happened in the mansion. He don't have to but still he do. We barely knew each other but the security and comfort he can make me feel is too much for me.

I looked at the sky and I got mesmerized on how flawless the stars are.

Can I be a star too?

Out of awareness faded smile formed in my lips.

Naramdaman ko ang biglaang pagkalas ni Ivo sa pagkakahawak sa akin kaya naman biglaan akong napatingin sa kanya na may pagtataka. He looked at me as if I was foreign thing to him.

"Hey are you okay?"

"Are you happy?" Ivo asked and I looked at him suspiciously, like he told some weird jokes.

"Saan papunta ang usapan na 'to manyak ka?" Tatawa-tawa kong sagot kay Ivo.

"You really know how to ruin the mood eh?" Mataray niyang sagot.

"And you really know how to be a monster eh." Kumunot ang noo niya na lalong nagpahagalpak ng tawa ko.

"Seryoso na, are you happy ... now?"

"Where is the playful Ivo I have met days ago? Where is the Ivo that used to put a game on me? Why turned in to this serious Ivo?"

"Don't answer me with another question." Nauna na siyang naglakad habang nilalagay ang dalawang kamay sa likod ng bulsa ng pantaloon niya.

"Fine .. fine I'm sorry okay, sorry for being bitchy."

Ivo stopped walking and looked at me by only tilting his head side ward. "You're not coming with me?"

Ang pagsataray talaga ng lalaking ito.

I come to him half running and stay at the back of him. Why? The view here is magnificent, looking at his broad shoulder and well built back ... you can say ... that ... I'm so blessed standing after him.

Naramdaman kong napatama ang mukha ko sa isang matigas na bagay kaya naman nagmulat ako ng mata at tumambad sa akin ang dibdib ... dibdib? .... Dibdib? Fuck.

Lumayo ako kaagad at sa kanya at masama siyang tinignan habang siya naman ay nakangising pinagmamasdan ako.

"Enjoying the view, babe? Looking at my perfect back with that devilish look."

"Aba't ang yabang mong gago ka ah, kung hambalusin kaya kita ng sapatos ko ng makita mo ang hinahanap mong manyak ka." Hingal na hingal na bulyaw ko kay Ivo.