Love Me Back [Completed]

Forty Four

The Tales of Love

Third Person's POV

Walang magawa na napasabunot si Phoenix sa kanyang buhok at saka inisang inom ang alak na nasa harapan.

He loves her so much but he can't see the same eyes of the woman who loved him before.

She was at peace.

While he's in chaos.

She's freed.

While he's still in caged.

She has moved on.

But he hasn't.

Maraming tao na ang nagsabi sa kanya ng mga payo, na kalimutan ito, na dapat ay gumalaw na sya at iwan na ang lugar kung saan sya naiwan. Na ang nakaraan ay maaaring itama ngunit hindi na maaaring balikan.

Celine always tells him to moved on, to start living a life for himself and not with the hope of getting back Aliah in his arms.

His time with her has already ended, the times when she was there but he chose to follow his brain rather than what his heart says. The times when she loved her but he chose to break her heart.

Mahal na mahal nya si Aliah, pero ang pagmamahal nya ay hindi na kailangan ng dalaga.

Once another glass of whiskey was given to him, he drank it in one shot like it was just nothing.

Sa mga nakalipas na taon ay ni wala na yata syang nagawang tama. Aliah was there to keep him grounded, to keep him stable, she was the kind of anchor, so strong and firm that she was able to surpass what Celine could do to him as a friend, he didn't realized that until it's already too late.

Kung hindi pa nakielam ang kanyang ama ay hindi sya makakalabas ng college. Ngayon nga ay halos wala syang isang tamang landas na tinatahak, wala syang trabaho at umaasa pa rin sya sa kanyang ama. Kinasusuklaman man nya ito, pero kinukunsinti pa rin nito ang mga luho nya.

Gabi-gabi ay laman sya ng mga bars at clubs para maglasing, para makalimutan ang dalaga sa kanyang isipan na hindi naman nya magawa-gawa.

He was full of what ifs, of what could happen if he chose to hug her that night when everything started instead of leaving her.

That what if, he followed his heart instead of his brain. What if he chose to protect her from her friend rather than use her as a bait.

All of those what ifs ended with his version of today as a result.

A mess, a trash, a useless man.

"Phoenix, please, can't you stop drinking??? Wala ka ng ibang ginawa kundi uminom, paulit-ulit na lang." Bianca said as she tried to grab his glass but he shoved her hand away.

"The f*ck with you?? Leave me alone will you???" Iritang saad nya sa dalaga na napakagat na lang sa ibaba nitong labi.

Naiiling na nag-iwas ng tingin ang binata sa dalagang palagi na lang sumusulpot bigla kung saan naroroon sya.

She's far from the Bianca that he knew, ang una nyang nakilala ay mahinhin, tahimik, at palaging abala sa pag-aaral na tila walang pakielam sa iba. Pero isa lang pala itong pagbabalatkayo at ito sya ngayon, maikli ang suot na one piece dress na hapit sa katawan nito, nakasuot ng kulay itim at mataas na di-takong na sapatos, mapupula ang labi, matatapang na mga mata. Nakakulot ang dulo ng mahaba nitong buhok na kinulayan na tila para magmukhang tsokolate.

She even smell too sweet it irritates his nose. Bianca had been the one whose bugging him since day one.

Noong umamin ito sa kanya na gusto sya nito, hindi nya ito pinansin, pero hindi rin ito tumigil sa pangungulit sa kanya ng palihim. Until he realized that she can't show her aggressive side to her 'bestfriend' dahil iba ang pagkakakilala ni Aliah sa dalaga.