T-Shirt Girl (COMPLETED)

TSG 10 - Right Girl

"That if you ever needed someone to pick up the pieces in your life..." --Right Girl, The Maine

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Gamit ang kaliwa nitong kamay, sinapak siya nito. Sa sobrang lakas, pakiramdam niya'y naalog ang utak niya.

"Aray!" Napasapo siya sa ulo niya.

She couldn't hide her displeasure. Masama ang tingin nito sa kanya.

"Hindi ako band-aid, Toby. Hindi ako panakip-sugat. Hindi ka gagaling sa 'kin."

Sumeryoso siya. "I don't see you as a band-aid, Jae. You're more like an alcohol. You sting."

"Akala ko dahil nagdi-disinfect ako. I kill the bacteria so the wound won't be infected. And later on, it will heal."

"Yep. Pero masakit."

"Pero gagaling naman ang sugat."

"Oo nga. Pero masasaktan muna ang nasugatan."

"Talagang masasaktan ka sa 'kin!"

He looked at her intently, not sure of what she meant by what she said.

"So... tinatanggap mo na?"

She pulled her hand away. Sya naman ay itinaas ang dalawang kamay bilang depensa, thinking na hahamapasin na naman siya nito. But she just stared ahead.

"What are you trying to do here?"

"I'm trying to move on," he answered seriously.

"Paano kung hindi mo magawa? Where will that leave me?"

"Gusto naman kita e," he assured her.

"You like me but you love her. And if she would only love you back, you wouldn't even like me."

"That's not true. I believe that we met for a reason. Naalala mo noong muntikan ka nang masagasaan?"

She nodded, frowning. "You saved me back then. But I didn't need saving. I intend to die that day."

"Tingin mo coincidence talaga na at the lowest point of my life, I met you at yours?"

"I still think your idea's stupid."

"Maybe." He shrugged. "Pero posibleng makapag-move on tayo kapag naging tayo."

"Posible ring hindi."

"Bakit ba ang nega mo?" He looked her in the eye. He tried to hold her hand again but she stashed it away, beneath her. "Why can't you simply accept the fact that I like you? What are you afraid of?"

She gave out a sigh. "It's just that... JT promised to stay with me forever and look where he is now. He's moved on while I'm... I'm stuck. Pwede mo ring gawin 'yon. Mangangako ka tapos iiwanan mo rin ako."

"Hindi ka naman iniwan ni JT, di ba? You pushed him away."

"But he's not supposed to go."

"Jae, hindi kami manghuhula. If you tell us one thing, you should mean it. Hindi iyong magsasabi kayo tapos kabaliktaran ang gusto nyong mangyari. It's not always our fault that we misinterpret things. Sometimes, you just give out mixed signals."

She looked like she's considering what he just said. Her lips are pressed together and she was frowning. Tumingin ulit ito sa kawalan at bumuntong-hininga.

"So, are you saying that it's my fault?" she asked, her voice edgy.

Nagkibit-balikat sya. "Well..."

He should have seen her hands coming but she's too quick for him. Hindi niya nasalag ang hampas nito sa oras. Pinigilan niya ang sariling magmura. Just like always, idinadaan na lamang niya sa pagbibilang ang pagkalma sa sarili.