Flashed Golden Photographs (Sunset Avenues #1)

Chapter 11

Chapter 11

Insult

The hug lasted for a while. His breathing tickled my ears and his arms around my waist. I stopped sobbing but the tears flowed like a never ending river.

It was a memory I wanted to keep in a photo album. Wherein everything feels nostalgic and pure. Only the moon and the place knew. It was a picture captured only to be placed in a dark room. A photograph of love in the ancient Spanish era with modern dressed subjects.

Sometimes, it is not the place nor the ambiance that makes a moment magical and almost a make-believe fairytale illusion. It is the person whom you are with and the emotions you are emitting. I find this place more historical and romantic. Because I've been here with my first love.

"You've got me worried. Huwag mo nang ulitin pa iyon," he whispered gently.

Why the hell he's here but we can't make it real, a salt to a bruise. He had always been there.

Pinaharap niya ako sa kan'ya. He looked at me gently. Here's the eyes I admired the most, more than my own. Here's the face of a prince charming, made for me. Only for me.

He was wearing a black hoodie but it didn't help him a bit to hide his handsomeness. He's eye-captivating, standing in the middle of an old and aesthetic city.

While I was there, completely blown away, always soul in awe whenever given the chance to stare at him in a closed distance.

I didn't care about the people around us. They have their own lives too. It doesn't matter to them so why does it matter to me?

"From Santa Maria to Vigan City, naisip mo ba ang maaaring mangyari sa'yo? Given the fact that you were damn alone!" He gritted his teeth.

You're adorable!

"Right tense, were, past. Nandito ka na." I am not alone anymore. I smiled, like a happy five year-old girl.

He closed his eyes in frustration. I wiped my own tears and laughed a bit. I find situations like this amusing and funny.

"Sasakit ang ulo ko sa'yo." Inakbayan niya ako. Pulled me closer to him while we walked along the busy streets of the city. This is where the silent and unusual treatment ends.

Nahalinhinan ang hapding naramdaman ko kanina ng bagong emosyon. The feeling of being secured and contented just by standing near him, beside him. How a single person could affect you to the point of bringing mixed emotions..

"Nagpunta ako sa school. Kung hindi lang sa pagkadaldal ni Luis, hindi ko pa malalaman na sinundan mo ako rito," he snapped. May bahid ng iritasyon at pagtatampo.

Parang hindi ako pinapansin ng almost a week kung makaasta ah?

"First, bakit ka nagpunta ng school when you are supposed to rest immediately? Second, why blame Luis? Kung hindi dahil sa kanya, hindi ko pa malalaman na ngayon pala ang game niyo. Nilihim mo pa sa'kin. Lastly, importante ka naman masyado kung susundan kita?"

Bakit kailangan kong magsinungaling? Maybe it's not yet the right time to tell him the truth? Really, when do we know that it's already the right time?

There are secrets that must be kept. Spill when the right time comes with the right person who's willing to listen.

"Oh really? Pretty little liar."

"Aray ha!"

Mas lalo niya akong diniin palapit sa kan'ya. Nang umaray ako ay saka naman siya natawa. Natutuwa ka pang siraulo ka.

"Teka. Hindi ka na nagtatampo?" I asked in amusement.

Solid magtampo si Archi, from Monday to Friday.