Vee and Vince (V series #3) (#Wattys2019) - COMPLETED

15 - Forever In My Life

Vince's POV

I don't want to wake Veera up so when we reached their house, binuhat ko na lang siya paakyat sa kwarto niya just like what I usually do. Nai-higa ko na si Veera sa kama niya when she suddenly opened her eyes. I smiled when I saw her look at me.

"Hi, Vee." I whispered. "Ano nang nararamdaman mo?"

"I'm okay, Kuya." She answered right away. "P-Pero I need to-"

She wasn't able to continue kung anong sasabihin niya because she suddenly threw up. Her vomit is all over me.

"Oh my God! Sorry, Kuya. Sorry, sorry."

"Vee, it's fine ha? It's fine. Let's go to the bath room, fix yourself, okay? Tapos matulog ka na." I calmed her down. Bigla kasi siyang nag panic and that might make her dizzier.

She nodded. "Okay, Kuya. Sorry ulit."

I told her that it's okay saka ko siya tinulungang pumunta ng CR. Agad naman siyang napa-suka ulit. Buti na lang at malapit siya sa toilet.

I took my shirt off na nasukahan ni Veera. Tinupi ko 'yon so that I can use the other side of it to wipe Veera's face.

"Vee, okay ka na ba? Are you still dizzy?" Tanong ko sa kanya while wiping her face. "Gusto mo ba ng tubig? Or coffee? Or anything else? Tell me, Vee."

She shook her head slowly. "No, Kuya, I'm oka-"

Hindi na naman niya natuloy ang sasabihin niya when she threw up again. This time mas marami siyang sinusuka kaya inayos ko ang buhok niya and held it in a bun para kahit paano, komportable siya.

"Vee naman. From now on ah, hindi ka na pwedeng uminom without me. Sasamahan na kita whenever you and your friends are drinking." Naaawa ako kay Vee pero hindi ko naman maiwasang sermonan siya.

"I'm sorry na nga, Kuya. 'Wag ka nang magalit, please." She said at humawak sa ulo niya. Clearly, her head is throbbing right now. Naawa naman ako.

I sighed. "Sorry na rin, Vee. I didn't mean na sermonan ka. Ikaw rin kasi ang nahihirapan sa ginagawa mo. . . And you know na ayaw kitang nahihirapan, right?"

It seems like naintindihan niya naman ako kasi she nodded. "Pwedeng payakap, Kuya?"

I didn't say anything. I just opened my arms at agad naman siyang lumapit sa akin and hugged me tight.

I don't have a shirt on kaya ramdam na ramdam ko when my bare chest got wet with her tears.

Umiiyak na naman siya.

"Bakit ganon, Kuya? Ang hirap naman tanggalin nung sakit." She said between her sobs. "I let myself get drunk kasi akala ko it will lessen the pain kahit sandali. Ganon daw 'yun 'di ba? Bakit parang hindi naman?"

I felt my eyes well up with tears too. Ayokong makita si Vee na ganito. And what hurts me more is that I can't do anything to take her pain away.

"Vee, it's okay to get hurt. A broken heart doesn't heal overnight. Hayaan mo muna ang sarili mong masaktan ngayon." I told her habang yakap ko pa rin siya. "Moving on is not easy pero alam kong kaya mo, Vee."

Humiwalay ako nang yakap sa kanya, I held her face para mai-harap ko siya sa akin.

"Alam kong sobrang nasasaktan ka ngayon, Vee, and I promise to be here for you. I will stay by your side, I will hold you in my arms until you're not hurting anymore."

Her face is still damped with tears but a weak and small smile formed in her lips.

She raised her pinky finger. "Promise, Kuya?"

I smiled, knowing that somehow I made her feel better. "Promise, Vee."

I intertwined my pinky finger with hers.

I helped her fix herself and she wants to do the same for me but I declined dahil sobra na nga siyang nahihilo.

She doesn't want me to leave and I don't want to leave her either.

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Veera's POV

"Kuya. . . Dito ka lang muna, please? You won't leave me, right?"

"Oo, Vee. I'll stay for the night. I won't leave you like this, okay?" Humiga siya sa tabi ko at niyakap ako. She put my head over his naked chest and sang for me until I fell asleep.

That was all I could remember sa mga nangyari kagabi. Para kasing ang bilis ng mga nangyari. Hindi ko na nga namalayan kung paano ako nakapag-bihis.

We were still in the same position when I woke up. Naka-higa pa rin ako sa dibdib ni Kuya Vince and I'm still wrapped in his right arm.

Ang ganda talaga ng katawan ni Kuya Vince. Wala siyang abs and I believe that he doesn't need it, wala rin naman siyang bilbil. Ang lean lang ng katawan niya, and his chest is firm kahit bihira lang siyang mag-gym. And I like his body this way.

Though I'll like it kung magkaka-baby fats siya para mas lalo siyang maging huggable.

My hand traveled from his chest to his abdomen. I leaned closer to his chest and inhaled his scent from there. Ang bango niya. Bakit ba parang laging mabango si Kuya Vince?

He moved dahil sa ginawa ko kaya I immediately turned back to my original position bago pa man siya tuluyang magising.

He opened his eyes. He greeted me when he saw that I'm already awake.

"Kanina ka pa ba gising, Vee?" He asked as he tightens his arm around me. "How are you feeling now? Masakit ba ulo mo? Do you need anything?"

I smiled at him. Sobrang maalaga niya talaga. "My head hurts a little but I'm fine. Masakit pa rin but, yeah, I'm fine."

"So, when you said 'masakit', are you still talking about your head? Or is it your heart?"

"I was talking about both, I guess." I said then I got up. Mas lalo ko tuloy naramdaman ang sakit ng ulo ko.

He got up, too saka niya ako niyakap ulit. "I'm sorry, Vee. I'm sorry that I can't do anything to take your pain away."

Instead of answering, I hugged him too. I held him as tight as I could.

"Anong wala? Honestly, I want to thank you, Kuya. You might not able to take the pain away, but at least you're always there to ease it, to make me feel better. And that's more than enough."

He smiled at what I said.

"That's because I promised you that I will always be here for you, right? At hangga't kaya ko, tutuparin ko sa'yo ang promise ko, Vee. I will always be by your side whenever you need me."

"Always, Kuya?"

"Always, Vee." He promised once again.

Mas hinigpitan ko ang yakap sa kanya, feeling the warmth of his body envelope me.

He tapped my shoulder saka siya humiwalay ng yakap sa akin. "Tara na, Vee. Ako na ulit ang magluluto ng breakfast."

Natawa naman ako. "As if you have another choice. You know very well na hindi edible 'yung mga naluluto ko."

He laughed at me, too. "Hay, paano ka mag-aasawa niyan, Vee?"

"Well, I'm afraid that you would have to cook for my family for the rest of our lives." Natatawang sabi ko sa kanya.

He smiled once again. And seeing that smile made me realize that I'm so lucky to have someone like him in my life.

I hope he'd stay in my life forever.

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A/N: So ayun, I wasn't able to update last Friday. Pero next Friday ulit, sure na na may UD 😉