Coming Home

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Topher's PoV

I didn't want what happened a year ago. Ayokong umalis, hindi ko sila gustong iwan. More importantly hindi ako ang may gusto na ipalabas na namatay ako.

All I knew was that... after I had an attack and I woke up, nasa ibang kwarto na ko. Nasa ibang bansa na pala ako.

Nalaman ko na lang days after that it was my parents plan to bring me there. They took my attacks as an opportunity to get me out of the Philippines.

I naturally felt angry and wanting to go back home at hindi yun nakatulong sa kundisyon ko.

I became critical for months dahil sa tuwing makikita ko parents ko galit ang nararamdaman ko lalo nang malaman kong pinalabas nila sa lahat na patay na ko.

Nang makarecover dun ko lang napagtanto ang ginagawa ko sa sarili ko. That I can't die not seeing her. I can't die like she knew I did. Kaya sinabi ko sa mga doktor ko to do what they have to do to heal me. Maybe not fully pero basta mabuhay lang ako ng normal. At makabalik lang ako sa babaeng mahal ko.

At ngayon... when I have the chance. Natatakot ako. Natatakot akong magpakita sa kanila. Pero nasasaktan akong nakikitang nagluluksa siya sa pagkawala ko

Ellie's PoV

Andito lang ako ngayon sa labas ng kwarto ko, staring at the stars, stars that remind me of him. When will I ever move on?

I looked down because I can't hold myself up.

He's made the biggest mark in my life and yet he's made that mark the biggest scar I'd have my whole life.

May napansin naman akong pigura sa di kalayuan. A silhouette of a man.

"Sino yan?"

When I spoke up biglang umalis yung lalaki

"Topher... I miss you so much. So much" nasabi ko na lang when my attention went back up the stars