Missing Zodiac [Season One]

Chapter Twenty one

Hope

Miza

"Bye lov-- ay Bii!" Masayang kumaway-away sa'min si Bambam at saka pinaandar ang kotse niya hanggang makalayo na sa'min. Kalalabas lang namin ng mall, habang siya ay dumeretso sa parking lot sa underground. Nakangiti naman akong kumakaway sa kaniya hanggang sa hindi ko na siya makita.

Inaaya naman niya kaming ihatid, but I refused, mukhang naintindihan naman ako ni Bambam kaya hindi na siya nagpumilit na ihatid kami kanina.

"Is it okay for you to walk a bit? I'll grab us a taxi over there." Tanong ko kay Taurus at tinuro ang direksyon na kaunti lang naman ang layo. "It's okay! I also want to walk a bit more para pagmasdan ang iba pang lugar dito."

"I'm glad to see you enjoying the trip." I smiled at him at saka na ako tumalikod sa kanila para manguna. Nakasunod naman sila sa'kin while Scorpio is still hiding behind Taurus.

"Uuwi na ako."

Agad kaming napahinto at nilingon si Scorpio na diretsong nakatingin sa'min. "Oh okay, thanks for joining, sister." Masayang sabi ni Taurus, tila dahilan para mapatitig sa kaniya si Scorpio.

"Are starting to feel your actual freedom?" Tila curious na tanong nito, mas na-curious naman ako dahil hindi ko gets kaya nilingon ko rin si Taurus.

But my brother seems to understand the question, so he smiled genuinely. "Nakita mo na, she's not her anymore. She may remember a bit, but there's no way for her to go back to what she was before. Because of her, I think we could do better now...like what father said."

Oh...

Hindi ko kayang sumingit sa usapan nila so I remained silent. Palipat-lipat nalang ang tingin ko sa kanila. Saglit akong sinulyapan ni Scorpio at muli rin tumingin kay Taurus.

"How...how can you be so sure? Na hindi siya babalik sa dating siya?"

Well now I'm sure they're talking about me. There's sadness in her voice ngunit nakakunot ang noo niya.

"I'm sure, sister, dahil kung hindi, do you think she'll choose to say sorry? Ahahaha! There's no way she'll do that. If she's gonna be the same as before, dapat hindi niya gusto ang sarili niya ngayon and that Bambam wouldn't be here."

Oh...

"Hm.. Touché," sabi lang ni Scorpio at napaiwas ng tingin.

"The empe—f-father gave as a surprising permission to go out and enjoy ourselves. A thing he never did before, s-sa tingin ko rin...if it weren't because of her, there's no way I'll be here without our brothers and sisters insulting me. T-they can't still accept the fact about her but they can't say anything about it."

Huh.

"Nasa kanila naman 'yong problema. Who would want to be with someone na gano'n ang klase ng pagiisip." Bulong ko tuloy out of the blue habang nakatingin sa kung saan. It's not my problem anymore if they can't accept me. There's no way na po-problemahin ko pa sila, if a new memory came to me again just like a memory I got about this two, 'yon lang poproblemahin ko.

I'm a chill person.

Pero dahil do'n, tila naramdaman ko agad ang pagtitig ng dalawa sa'kin kaya natigilan ako at napalingon agad sa kanila. "A-ah what I mean is--"

"See? Ahahahaha! Alam mo ba, pinagluto niya ako ng three dish kaninang umaga. I don't know what it's called but you should try it!"

"Huh? She cooked for you?"

"Yeah! She even made me a white creamy tea--"

"It's milk."

"Milk! Ehehe."