*Crimson's Point of View
"Cav!"
Agad naman akong napatanggal ng salamin nang marinig ko ang tawag nina Azu at Bri sa akin. I gradually glance at their direction and saw how they came running over me with a fast pace.
"Did you wake Eve, already?"I gradually asked them. Nagtaka naman ako nang bigla silang magtinginan at biglang nag-alala ang mga mukha nila nang tanungin ko 'yon.
"It's Cee."
They both look at me with concern eyes after saying it, and there's only one thing I know what it's meant. Shit, Eve! Hindi na ako nagdalawang isip na kumaripas ng takbo papunta sa kwarto niya at iniwan sina Azu at Bri sa baba. Damn.
When I finally get there, I immediately saw how Sky and Flame knocking, pushing doorbells, and the want to barge into her room. Nang makita nila ako kay agad nila akong nilapitan.
There, I saw once again the fear within their eyes.
"What happened?"Seryoso kong tanong. Sabay naman silang nagkatinginan nang marinig nila 'yon sa akin.
"We were waking her up, but she's not answering."Then there's only one thing.
Halos mapapikit naman ako nang marinig ko ang paulit-ulit na rason kung bakit nangyayari 'to. I immediately look at her door and make my way towards it.
Eve is not actually the morning person you could ever think of, but she can be awaken easily just by bugging her door. Plus, the fact that Eve grew up having keen senses developed in her body, I can almost think that she can sense all of us outside her room.
She's someone with sharp senses, no one can escape her.
"AHHH!"
I was about to unlocked her room through our emergency intercom, when we suddenly heard a shriek coming from inside.
Nanlisik na ang mga mata ko at nagmadali nang buksan yung pinto ng kwarto niya nang marinig namin ang boses niya, sabay naman nang pagkadating nina Azu at Bri na may pag-alala parin sa mukha.
The moment we barged into her room, we witnessed once again how she almost destroyed everything in front of her eyes.
Hindi na bago sa amin na madatnan ang kwarto niya na halos mukhang dinaanan ng bagyo, dahil halos lumaki na siyang ganito.
Halos wala na naman kaming makilala sa mga gamit niya. It's hard to accept, but yeah.
"CEE!"
"EVE!"
Napabalik ako sa wisyo nang marinig kong sumigaw sila Azu. I rushingly followed their gaze and it directly lead us to someone who keeps on raging like no one can ever stop her while crying her heart out-Eve.
"Ev-ARGH!"
Agad akong napalingon kay Flame na bigla nalang napaluhod sa sahig habang nakahawak sa braso niya. Napapikit ako ng mariin at inalalayan agad siya nang makakita ako ng dugo.
Napalingon din ako kay Eve na may hawak nang mga kunais habang nanlilisik na nakatingin sa amin na parang may sinasabi siya. She doesn't want us near her.
Azu and Bri immediately came to help Flame up.
"Eve."I quickly signaled Sky a big no and prevent him from walking towards Eve.
Tinignan niya ako at napaatras nalang nang nakayuko.
Eve needs this. As much as we want ourselves to help her out in this kind of situation, she will just eventually do things that will make us distance ourselves from her and that's even worse.
What happened to Flame was just a part of it.
Kitang-kita ko kung paano parin siya nakatingin sa amin na may mga tuyong luha sa mga pisngi niya. Namamaga na rin ang mga mata niya kahit halos kulang nalang ay patayin niya kami dito mismo sa mga kinatatayuan namin.
Minutes later, her face suddenly softened that made me smile at her, assuring that everything will be alright.
Maglalakad na sana siya papunta sa akin nang mangyari sa kaniya ang inaasahan ko.
"I'm sorry."From the moment she said that, it was also the moment she fell unconscious.
No baby, I'm sorry that you have to suffer this.
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*Sky's Point of View [Blue]
Nilapitan ko si Eve na halos apat na oras nang natutulog dito sa master's bedroom simula nang madatnan namin siya sa kwarto niya na nawawalan na naman ng kontrol sa sarili niya.
Hinawi ko ng bahagya yung buhok niyang nakaharang sa mala-anghel niyang mukha at ngumiti.
Everything will be alright, Eve.
"Is she awake, yet?"
Nilihis ko naman agad ang atenston ko kay Flame na nakabangon na pala mula sa kama habang hawak parin yung braso niyang natamaan ni Eve kanina.
I shook my head as an answer-that she's still not awake. It made him to look at Eve with concerned eyes. All of us.
Crimson and the other twins went out for a moment. They'll be surely back in a while.
"She's still suffering inside."Tumingin ulit ako kay Red nang bigla niya 'yon sabihin sa akin.
Inalalayan ko naman siya nang sinubukan niyang tumayo at maglakad papunta dito. Umupo siya sa tabi ko pagkatapo 'non.
He caressed Eve's face the moment he sat beside me.
"Flame, all of us know that she's been suffering ever since that happened."Walang pasintabi na kinuyom ko ang kamao ko nang maalala ko na naman ang puno't dulo ng lahat kung bakit nagkakaganito si Eve.
Tumingin ako sa kaniya at dahan-dahan na hinawakan ang kamay niya.
It's been 10 years and every time she's suffering from having PTSD, this always happens.
It is actually the first time again we saw her like this.
"I'm sorry..."
Nagkatinginan agad kami ni Flame nang marinig namin ang boses niya. Doon lang din namin napansin na nandito na rin pala sina Crimson na nakatingin kay Eve na may namumuong luha na naman sa mga mata niya.
She's still asleep, but she's still having an attack and that's having nightmares.
"Dad..."
Pagkarinig palang namin ng salitang'yon ay napahigpit na ang hawak ko sa kamay niya at napapikit nalang din.
A tear immediately fell from my eye.
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