Scarlet Strings of Love

Chapter 1: Scharlachrot

"People destined to meet will do so, apparently by chance, at precisely the right moment." —Ralph Waldo Emerson.

"I'm really sorry for what happened, Luxus..." Persephone said as she pat Luxus on the shoulder to comfort him. Nakayuko lang si Luxus, not wanting to show Persephone his eyes filled with tears. Tears were threatening to fall from his eyes any moment and he is trying his hardest to prevent it from doing so.

He laughed even though his heart is full of sadness right now. Hindi siya makapaniwala na si Persephone pa talaga ang unang lalapit sa kaniya, yung mga taong inaasahan niya na makakaintindi sa nararamdaman niya, sila pa ang nang-iwan sa kaniya.

Iniwan na siya ng mahal niya, iniwan pa siya ng mga kaibigan niya. To top it off, the students starting spreading rumors about him and Ysabelle. Hindi man lang nila inisip na baka nasasaktan sila, they don't really care as long as there's rumor to spread around. Wala silang ibang pake, kundi ang mga rumor na 'yon. Even the teachers believe it. It got worse when Ysabelle suddenly left the country, she told him hindi niya na kinakaya ang araw-araw na nakikita ang mga taong nanakit sa kaniya kaya lumipad siya pabalik sa London.

"I know I'm not in the position to ask this but," he heard Persephone saying as they walk towards the school field. At least dito tahimik at walang mga estudyante, "Bakit hindi kayo nag-sabay ni Anne that night? I remembered you two were always together kahit saan kayo pumunta..."
She looked at him and he knew that he couldn't hide it from her, not from the person who took the initiative and comforted him even with all the rumors spreading like fire across the school.

"Oh my god, you mean to say. . ." Persephone covered her mouth with her hand, Luxus nods and smiled as he looked at the grass on the field.

"I should've let her go. I shouldn't have tried to bring back what was already lost."

Hindi napigilan ni Luxus ang luha na tumulo mula sa kaniyang mata. Persephone didn't know what to say so she just chose to hug him and rub his back.

'Ang pathetic ko talaga. I'm so vulnerable. I'm so weak, isn't that right, Anne?' sabi ni Luxus sa kaniyang sarili habang yakap-yakap pa rin siya ni Persephone. They let go of each other bago pa may makakita sa kanila at gumawa na naman sila ng bagong issue. His and Ysabelle's issue were traumatizing enough to make Ysabelle fly back to London. Ayaw na niyang maulit pa iyon.

Persephone bid goodbye and wished Luxus good luck. He just smiled but he didn't really know if 'luck' even existed, or if 'good luck' was even applicable to him. There was no good, no luck, no friends to support him, no girlfriend, and no one in this school trusted him because of what happened with Scarlette Anne.

He felt so lonely even though he just had a talk with a friend, he felt so lonely even though he has a family who loves him no matter what happened. He felt ashamed of himself because of how pathetic he is. Habang naglalakad siya palabas ng Blue Knights Academy, he could feel the students looking at him and some of them are whispering, he glared at the students.

"Wala na ba kayong ibang magawa kundi ang magpakalat ng mga putanginang kasinugalingan? Mga wala kayong kwenta. Ang bobo niyo."

He wanted to say that but he couldn't, hanggang tingin lang siya dahil ayaw na niyang mas lumala pa ang issue sa kaniya. Mag-isa na lang siya ngayon, Ysabelle's back in London for more than two months now dahil kakasimula pa lang ng school year nila ay hindi na siya nakatagal dahil sa araw-araw niyang nakikita si Angelo at dahil sa mga kasinungalingang pinapakalat ng mga estudyante sa buong school. Persephone is also gone, she's going to migrate to New York and she's never coming back, matagal na niyang napagdesisyunan iyon dahil gusto niyang makasama ang boyfriend niya at dahil na rin sa trabaho ng kaniyang magulang.