Owned

Chapter 16

Caloy didn't even move from his position. He's just standing there while staring at Ayel. Ganon lang ang naging posisyon nila kaya jessma and jus decided to give the two some time to talk with privacy so they excused themselves and left the room. Now it's only Caloy and Ayel who's in the condo

Lumapit si Ayel kay Caloy at inayos ang pag kakabutones ng polo nito. Yes he did broke her heart couple of times but it didn't erase the fact that she loves him. Sinuklay nya din gamit ang mga daliri nya ang mga buhok nito

"Don't make yourself look terrible, hindi bagay" she said while wiping the tears that are still continuously streaming down on his face

Agad namang hinawakan ni Caloy ang mga kamay ni Ayel na kasalukuyang naka hawak sa pisngi nya at pumikit. Ayel can't help but melt because of what she's seeing

"Sorry for not being man enough. Sorry for not fighting for you, for what we have."

"Ayos lang" tinanggal nya ang kamay nya sa pisngi ni Caloy at hinatak ito paupo sa couch. Sila ngayon ay mag kaharap habang nakaupo sa iisang couch

"Bakit ba ang bait mo? Caloy asked and started to mess his hair out of frustration "you should be mad at me, you have all the rights to hit me and to even hate me but here, look at you, you're still being so nice"

"Anong gusto mong gawin ko saktan ka? Suntukin ka? Sampalin kita?" walang gana nitong tanong

"If that can lessen the pain, if that can somewhat gather your broken pieces then oo gawin mo!" Caloy said with a hint of frustration in his voice

"Sa tingin mo pag nasampal na kita ayos na yun? Sa palagay mo ba pag nakita na kitang nahihirapan ehh ayos na?" she said at hindi naman ito naka sagot si Caloy

"Gusto mo talagang sinasaktan ako ehh noh?" she said and faked a laugh "sa tingin mo ang saktan ka pabalik ang magiging solusyon sa lahat? Di mo ba naisip na mas masasaktan ako pag sinaktan kita?!"

"Then stop being so nice to me!" he said at napayuko "stop pretending that it's not hurting you when it actually is" he continued as he tugged his hair again "mas nasasaktan ako Yel" he started tearing up again

"You know Caloy, there's one thing that I learned from loving you" she said whithout looking at him and stared at the books that were neatly placed on the table in the middle of the living room

"It is when, you truly love someone if you don't hate them for breaking your heart" she softly said at napatingin si Caloy sa kanya

"But--..."

"It's my choice to love you and be broken Caloy" she said as her tears are also starting to build up

"Ayel, it's getting really unfair already"

"It is Caloy"

Caloy was left speechless. Hindi nya na din kasi talaga alam kung ano ba dapat ang gawin at sabihin. He's trying to find the best words to say but he ended up being speechless

"I'm sorry"

"Enough with your sorry" she said at umayos ng upo

"Let's just continue the agreement, mag tulungan parin tayo. We can still act as a couple for the mean time for the party na inorganize ng Dad mo and also for Zim to stop sending me things na he thinks na makakapag pabalik sa kung anong meron kami" she said while wipping her cheeks

"I got scared maybe because you mean more to me than any other person. You are everything I think about, everything I need, everything I want." he said na parang hindi narinig ang mga sinabi ni Ayel. He's more calmed now but he's still not looking towards her direction

"Tell me all of that pag hindi ka na nasasaktan dahil kay Ced and maybe there pag nagawa mo yun baka nga totoo na lahat yan"

"Let me prove to you that it's really you that I love"

"Stop doing and saying things na hindi mo naman pinaninindigan. Don't start things when you don't have any plans of finishing it"

"Bakit ko tatapusin? Yel I don't have any plans to stop on loving you"

"I had too much of that from you Caloy, napunta lang din naman sa wala" she said and faked a laugh

He didn't respond at bigla na lang tumayo. Agad syang umalis sa living room at nag punta sa kwarto, Ayel was left in the living room still figuring out why Caloy walked out.

Minutes had passed and hindi parin bumabalik si Caloy, she was about to stand up para ayusin ang sarili at umalis na sa condo ni Caloy ng muling lumabas ang binata at presentableng tumayo sa harapan nya. He's now wearing a different shirt, he's hair is neatly done and he looks fresher than before.

"Ayel" Caloy said and looked straigthly in her eyes

She didn't answer, umayos naman ito nang up and just confusingly looked at him

"Can I court you?"

"What?" gulat na tanong ito

"I said can I court you?"

Hindi naman ito nakasagot. She tried formulating a response to what he said but she ended up being speechless

"Well that was not actually a question because even if you say yes or no I will still court you"

"Ako Caloy hindi na nakikipag laro sayo ahh" she said na may halong inis

"I'm not playing with you as well Ayel"

"Will you please gather you pieces up at wag mo akong sabihan ng kung ano ano, try calling ced she might be in a good mood na at pumayag na ulit maging girlfriend mo"

"Everytime na nag kakabalikan kami, it's not me who chases her, it's her who comes back"

"And you always accepts her with arms wide open and wipe me off the picture"

"How many times do I have to say sorry?"

"Caloy, if you throw a glass object on the floor and it breaks into pieces, will saying sorry to the glass object will put its broken pieces back together?"

"Ayel that's why papatunayan ko sayo na even if I broke the glass object into pieces I would pick all its broken pieces up even if it means hurting myself too para lang mabuo ulit ito"

Di na lang sumagot si Ayel. She's just too exhausted to start another argument again

"I myself will stick the pieces back together, and pumayag ka man o hindi liligawan na kita simula ngayon"

She don't know what to react or what to answer to what he said. All she wanted right now is to be alone and mag isip isip

"Caloy aalis na ako" she said and stood up

Hindi naman na nakapalag si Caloy at malumanay na tumango na lang. Ayel immediately went out of his condo at umuwi sa sarili nyang unit