Sibling Serye

41.

The wind is blowing Kristina's hair in every direction and yet she doesn't mind tidying it because she's busy fiddling with her hair tie.

Kyle smiled softly before seating beside her on the pavement, "talikod."

"Ha?"

"I'll put your hair on a braid."

"Marunong ka?"

He smirked, "bakit tingin mo ba mga kuya mo lang marunong? Talikod na."

"Did achi Mei taught you?"

"Yeah. Sabi niya kasi kung magkakaasawa at anak ako in the future dapat marunong akong ayusin buhok nila so my kids can go to school with a good hairstyle." he explained while combing her hair with his hand. "Achi taught me a lot of things growing up, she believes in me more than anyone else until Patch came."

Kristina's body tense up, okay, her we go.

"Nakilala ko siya first year college, sa isang gig. Kumakanta siya sa bistrong pinuntahan namin. Nabuyo akong maki-jam tapos ayun nag-click but I'm not really into singing, I like it, but, my passion is this, this whole DJ-ing I'm doing but it all changed because of her and as we kept on playing beautiful songs together on gigs, we fell in love. Then, slowly, I started to build a new dream where she's a part of. I was so afraid but, Patch believes that I can, we can and she promised to always be there."

Kristina can feel her insecurities eating her up so slowly she's just glad Kyle can't see her face right now. Kyle's into music, you're not. She can sing, you can't. He built his dreams with her and well, you...

"For the first time I felt how good it is to be in love tapos sabay pa namin inaabot yung pangarap namin. Ang sarap sa pakiramdam na may kasama ka, na yung taong mahal mo naniniwalang magagawa niyo, na kaya niyo. We knew back then that we're going to sing together for the rest of our lives, write songs together, produce an album and tour the world we were so sure of what we wanted or so, I thought. Hair tie?"

She doesn't want to hand it over because she knows that after that she needs to face him and she feels that she can't.

"Kristina, tali."

She sighed before giving it. You can do it.

"What happened?" she asked when Kyle finished tying her hair.

"The truth happened. She loves me, she said pero kailangan niya raw muna hanapin sarili niya kasi parang puro na lang kami pakiramdam niya she lost herself in the process. She wanted space, time to think, to wander." Kyle is not looking at her, that's why she can't completely decipher him. "and I let her. Mahal ko e."

"Naghiwalay kayo?"

Kyle turned to look at her, he chuckled, "pwede bang magkaroon ng break up kahit hindi kayo?"

"Oh."

"Hindi kami umabot dun. We're just friends."

So, are we. "Nanghihinayang ka?"

"Ang impokreto ko naman kung sasabihin kong hindi. Syempre merong hinayang na hindi man lang naging kami pero okay na yun kaysa naman naging kami nga tapos hindi naman pala siya masaya. Ang maganda lang sa nangyari samin ni Patch natutunan ko na kahit pala mahal niyo yung isa't isa, it won't be enough. Hindi pwedeng mahal niyo lang yung isa't isa, you have to love yourself, rediscover yourself. Dapat alam niyo anong gusto niyo and then work together to make it happen."

"So, that's Patch for you."

"Yes. The one who taught me how to make a relationship work without actually being in a relationship with her."

"But you're still friends now, hindi niyo ba sinubukan ulit?"

He sighed, "we're still friends kasi wala naman akong nakikitang rason para hindi but we didn't try it again kasi wala na yung feelings na yun nung bumalik siya and I'm no longer the Kyle that she left and whether she admit or not she's no longer the Patch I fell in love with. It's a done deal already and it's pretty clear that we're not meant to be more than friends. Mukha namang masaya na siya ngayon, she found herself and as his friend I am glad she did kasi alam ko yung pakiramdam na mapunan mo yung void sa puso mo on your own."

For the first time, in that talked, Kyle saw her smile.

"You're not as selfless as I thought you were, you're so much more. You deserves all the love in the world."

"Aanhin ko naman yun if you don't give me yours."

"Kyle!" she hissed.

"I'm serious, Kristina." he stated holding her hand, "I want to earn that love."

Kristina starting to feel anxious, oh God. I'm not ready for this.

"I like talking to you, gusto kita laging nakikita. I love making you smile. Gusto ko okay ka parati, safe ka. I don't like seeing you sad be cause you're important to me."

She swallowed the lump forming in her throat, "why are you telling me this?"

Kyle stared drawing circles on her knuckles to help her lessen her anxiety, "because I don't want to confuse you, I want to court you. Robbie Kristina, I want you to give "us" a try."

Shit.

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Sibling Serye by ceeayech
05 November 2016 | 16 June 2019 (revamp)

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