[Quin]
"Your sorry can't do anything to stop them from crowding over us." I took a step back, ready to walk the other way if needed as I eyed him accusingly. The defeated look on his face made my stomach churn, but not enough to make me let him.
"I'll send someone over to assist you home... secretly." May napansin akong kakaiba sa boses niya. Para siyang nanghihina.
Is anything wrong?
"Bakit mo gagawin 'yun?" I can't help but ask. Why would he waste time and effort to make sure I won't be seen by the media? Others would even forget about this and ignore guilt for the rest of their lives!
Even pay me for my silence!
"You'll know soon. For now, do me a favor and wear this." Isinuot niya sa'kin ang mask na kinuha niya mula sa bulsa ng kanyang pantalon. Saglit akong napatittig sa kanya habang seryoso niyang isinusuot sa akin ang mask.
"I'm... I'm not really feeling well, Quin. If ever I... Just please run away." Hindi ko pa siya mas'yadong naiintindihan hanggang sa may naramdaman din ako. Nanlamig ang aking katawan nang bumigat 'yung katawan niya at tuluyan siyang natumba. Dahil na rin sa hawak niya ako ay nadala ako pababa.
His head was on my shoulder and his body almost pushed me down the ground if I did not use my hand to support our weights.
"Raven!" I obliviously screamed, almost at the top of my lungs in shear panic. Anong nangyayari sa kan'ya? Is this about his gun shot wound? Dahil ba sa pagtakbo niya? Sa pagod niya habang may iniinda siyang sakit at binat na binat na siya?
"O-Oi, Raven. Wake up, you brute! Don't do this to me!" Tinapik-tapik ko ang pisngi niya pero wala siyang response. He passed out. Nakapikit na siya at ang kaninang mabibigat na hininga ay unti-unting naging banayad.
Napalinga-linga ako sa paligid para mag-isip ng gagawin pero naunahan na ako ng mga pulis na saktong nakarinig at nakahanap sa'min sa kasukalan. The surrounded us and it made me numb.
"Nandito sila! Tumawag kayo ng ambulansiya! Ligtas na ang mga biktima!" one of the officers shouted. Naging mabilis ang lahat. Moments later, I felt the painful flashes of camera in my face as the paparazzi surrounded us and the police were assisting me.
Naging maagap naman ang mga pulis sa pagharang sa kanila. Ang ingay ng paligid. Sa sobrang ingay ay mas pipiliin ko na lang mabingi. They kept on asking me things again even't why and where did they get. Usually, I would ignore them. But now, paano? They're crowding over me at wala akong daan palabas!
I wonder how he managed to live like this. Being on the spotlight where millions of eyes watch every move you make, even the things you hate and the like— your commitments, relationships, and social interactions... It is scary. Parang hindi mo hawak ang buhay mo.
You live to entertain people even if you can't entertain yourself. You live to make them happy even if you can't make yourself happy. 'Yung kailangan mo pang maging perpekto para matanggap ka ng mga tao. Para mas sumikat ka at maging angat sa iba.
Even if they say it's what they love, won't they get tired? Yes, passion means it is what you want to do... but I don't think I can still love it if a lot meddle with your privacy that most of the time, it is suffocating. Is it even worth the risk?
Nandito na ako sa puntong buong mundo na ang humahabol sa'kin. If I let them get their hands on my identity, then I'd be screwed up.
Kahit sa kaunting panahon, I realized Raven's like a star. I can feel it.
Isang makinang na bituing hindi mo maaangkin. And being shiny could mean a lot has their eyes settled on you.
Ngayong nasangkot ako sa isang pangyayari kasama siya, magugulo na ang mundong buong buhay kong pinrotektahan. I hate the noise. I hate anything messy, unorganized, chaotic. I hate attention.
BINABASA MO ANG
A Crossroad ✔
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