One Damn Shot of a Lifetime [COMPLETED]

Chapter 38: Farewell My Friend

I found myself in a familiar scenario. What? Why am I here?

I'm in the kitchen staring through a glass door. Then I saw a man...

A god handsome man standing near the pool.

My eyes immediately stinged and I ran towards that man and hugged him tight.

"You're here!" I said in the midst of crying in his arms. He too was hugging me very tight. This is so unreal! Oh please tell me I'm not dreaming.

"Catherine, My sweet girl." His soft and calm voice dazed me. He wiped away my tears and smiled. The smile that I thought I would never see again.

"Quin I'm sorry for not doing anything." I can't stop the emotions that was flowing through me and all I can do was cry.

"Hey, it wasn't your fault." He said and scooped up my chin making me look at his angelic face.

"Why did you do that?! You could have just ran away and saved yourself! Ako dapat 'yon eh!" My hands was shaking as anger and sadness crawled into my veins.

"I promised to protect you, and I didn't regret my decision to give up my own life for you to live." My heart was aching at every word he said.

"Idiot! I'm not even that special to you para ibigay mo ang buhay mo sa'kin! Ang daya mo! Sabi mo sa'kin noon na hanggang maputi na ang buhok natin ay bestfriends pa rin tayo, pero bakit ang aga mo aalis?!"

"Cath you are special to me. Parang wala naman atang kwenta ang pag salo ko sa mga bala kung hindi ka importante sa'kin, and please know that no matter where I am and no matter how long time will separate us, I will always be your bestfriend and you will always be my hardheaded baby girl." his words made me sob even harder. Parang dinudurog ang puso ko, nasasaktan ako kasi alam ko na this will be our last time to talk, nasasaktan ako kasi this will be the last time that I will see his magnificent face, and it's driving me crazy.

"Thankyou Quin. Thank you." 'yon lang ang nagagawa kong sabihin.

"Promise me you will take care of yourself and don't do anything reckless." Sabi niya at nagawa pa niyang tumawa at guluhin ang buhok ko. His touch and his laughter that I would never encounter ever again.

"Quin, please don't leave." bumalik ako sa state na kahit lumuhod ako sa harapan niya para hindi lang siya umalis.

"Cath listen to me. I gave you a second chance to live. Please use this chance to live in my place.

and you need to accept that your reality and my phantom will never meet again."

His words echoed through me ears and I felt the whole world on my back. Masakit, sobrang sakit tanggapin na the one person that I can ever lean on will no longer be there standing firm for me.

A splash of memories came crashing into my head. The bar, the clinic, the flowers, the despidida party, the son that lost a mother, the person who hit the can with closed eyes, the person who shot those man in black in the parking lot,

His eyes

His lips

His smile

His laughter

The Dauntless Gunman.

"I love you Quin." I said and hugged him as tight as I could na parang ayaw ko na bumitaw.

"I love you too Cath. Please live, for me." His calm voice said and he hugged me back tightly. That's right Quin, hold on, don't ever let go, stay with me.

But as the wind blew on my skin, I opened my eyes to see him slowly fading into thin air. He was still holding me and so did I to him, but a few moments later I saw myself hugging nothingness.

Quin, I hope you're happy in wherever you are now. No matter how much I want to be with you, you are now in a place where I couldn't go nor visit you. You wern't just my friend, you were my brother. Nobody will ever replace your spot here in my heart and I will treasure our memories forever. No matter how far away you are, no matter how long time will keep us apart. Our bond will never be broken. No time, no distance can ever fade away how much I love you and how great a person you were. I just want you to know that no matter how different our existence is now, you and I will always be connected.

My reality and your phantom will never again cross path.

Until we meet again my friend.