UNEXPECTED EXCHANGE (completed)

CHAPTER 31

Bella's POV.

After everything I need to do, I go out from the bathroom. At wala ng Kent akong naabotan, where did he go? I sat down on the edge of the bed. And inalala ang insidenteng nangyari kanina, I'm scared at that moment I was about to close my eyes and just letting the universe do its thing.

But when I see Bryan swimming towards me, I don't know pero parang bumalik lahat ng alaala ko noong mga panahong kasama ko siya.

I look outside the window, ang ganda ng nakikita ko sa labas ng bintana ito ba yun universe? Is this the moment na ipaparealize mo sakin na mali ang desisyon ko? Ito bayung kailangan kona talagang pumili sa kanilang dalawa bago pa maging huli ang lahat? Is it?

Someone just entered the room, I see Kent na may dalang tray. There's a lot of food on it, bat niya inakyat. So it means dito kami kakain? "Why you bring all of those here?" I immediately ask when he put down the tray to the table. He looks at me, "love I said to them na dito na muna tayo kakain." Kumunot naman agad ang noo ko.

"Huh? But Kent I ca-" He stopped me from saying something.

"It's love Bella." After he say that, natigilan ako. Alam ko kung ano ang ibig niyang sabihin, merong namumuong tensiyon sa paligid namin. Nagsisimula ng kumapal ang ambience sa paligid na hindi naman namin usual na nararamdaman.

After I dried my hair, umupo ako sa tabi niya at nagsimula na siyang kumain, ni hindi niya man lang ako hinintay. I can feel na meron siyang gustong sabihin and I think pinipigilan niya lang.

"How are you." Tanong niyang walang emosiyon, what's happening? what did I do wrong? "I'm fine." I said, in a coldly way too. When I realize something, oh my god, I think it's because of earlier. When Bryan save me, and I'm just letting Bryan do what he wants to me at hindi ko man lang siya pinigilan. Knowing him, that's he is just inches away from us. I look at him, he's just eating slowly at parang walang pakialam.

Nagalit ba siya sakin? I shook my head, what should I do now? Should I say sorry or what? "Sorry." Agad nabura ang pagiisip ko at tumingin sa kanya. I was about to say that, pero bakit siya ang nagso-sorry?

"W-why?" He looked at me.

"Because I didn't save you sooner that Bryan did it instead of me. I was at your back, and I'm suppose to save you rather that him, that was in your front." I can feel the tension and the frustration in his.

"But you still came for me as faster as you can." I said. "Yeah, but still not enough. That I should do my part as your boyfriend but Bryan did it." And that exactly I've been waiting for, I knew it. Alam kong magdadamdam siya sakin because of that.

I hold his hand, "and I'm sorry too." I said, he don't look at me and just continue from eating his food. "I'm sorry also because I'm letting Bryan instead of you." He just smiled and look at me. "It's fine." He said, "I know it's fine but it hurts."

Kent's POV.

I feel ache inside my chest when she says that. She know that it hurts but she still let me to feel it. We feel a barrier between each other's that we don't want to start a conversation.

After I finished my food, I left her to the table and go to bathroom. I know it's weird that after having a dinner people go to comfort room but. Here I am, There's burden inside of me. Shit! I don't want to feel this anymore, fuck! Leave me alone!

My eyes start to creating a tears. I look myself in the mirror, I know, I know na meron pa, alam ko naman eh.

Alam ko naman talagang meron pang namamagitan sa kanilang dalawa. Maybe not relationship but the love, I know that the love is still there.