Zipper Mo Bukas (Completed)

Fifty Two

Chapter Fifty Two

"Si Ali kasi, e."
"Anong meron kay Allison?" I asked.

Naramdaman kong bumilis ang tibok ng puso ko—hindi dahil sa pagmamahal ko kay Keanu kundi dahil sa rason na maaaring bigkasin ng mga labi n'ya. Natatakot ako. Hindi ko alam kung handa akong marinig mula sa kan'ya ang lahat.

Ugh tangina.

"Buntis kasi s'ya," mahinang sabi ni Keanu habang nakayuko.

Tangina????

I heard my heart shattered. I feel like I saw it broke into million pieces.

Keanu's Point of View

Nakatayo s'ya sa harapan ko. I unconsciously smiled. Ang ganda kasi n'ya.

God damn it. She's so pretty.

She moved closer into me, smiling. I smelled her. It was her natural scent but she smells so good.

I heard my heart went wild and I felt my blood rushing to my face and it feels really hot.

Damn it. Damn it Zia!

"Mahal kita, Keanu. That wasn't a prank," she said then gave a peck on my lips.

I was stunned.

She... she loves me??

I have no chance to think immediately... I don't know what to answer, all I know is my heart is beating hella fast because of Zia.

I blinked.

Everything came back into me.

Allison's phone calls that I kept on rejecting.

Her asking us to get back together.

Kevin's stares into Zia.

The reason why I approached Zia.

Kevin...

Kevin's love towards Zia.

Kevin... I'm sorry. The bro code.

Gusto ko lang naman na ma-realize mo na anyone could snatch her kung mabagal ka... but I didn't realize that I'll want her myself... I didn't realize that I'll fall for her, too.

I didn't know that she'd fall for me, too.

But I am sorry Kevin, I am really happy that she did.

But even though it will hurt me so much, I have to let her go.

I mustered all my courage to look her in her eyes.

"I'm... I'm sorry Zia. I can't return your feelings."

I want to smile. I want to say that yes, I love you too but I can't and I should not. Damn these feelings.

"I see," she said with a sincere smile.

Shit. Paano n'ya nagagawang ngumiti? Tangina, Zia. You're really something. That's one thing I love about you. You try to smile no matter what.

"At least nahalikan kita. Sige bye," she said then left me.

"Yeah. And that was the best kiss I ever had," I said to myself staring at the sky full of stars. They are twinkling like Zia's eyes.

But...

Ali...

I don't know...

I think I've finally moved on.