San Vicente Series #1, Moon Embraces The Sun

Twenty-one

"Ate Zanne?" Asked Christian, Ilios' brother.

"Hey christian, is Ilios here?"

Wala akong natanggap na sagot mula kay christian, nagkibit balikat lamang sya and he gestured me to go inside the house.

Pumasok na ako sa loob ng bahay, maraming luggage akong nakita, i dont care if i see ilios' father here, I came for ilios not for his father.

Dumiretso lamang ako papuntang kwarto ni ilios, nanginginig ang mga paa ko, ang kabog ng dibdib ko ay sobrang lakas, parang kakalas nq ang puso ko.

Mahigpit ang hawak ko sa doorknob, nagdadalawang isip kung bubuksan ko ba ito o aalis na lang.

Bubuksan ko na sana ang pintuan kaso kusa itong bumukas, nag angat ako ng tingin, nakita ko sya.

Magulo ang nga buhok nya ngayon, there are visible dark circles under his eyes, bumagsak ang balikat nya nung nakita nya ako.

"Z-zanne, come in"

Dali dali naman sumagot ang katawan ko kay ilios, kahit ayoko nang pumasok dahil nasasaktan ako sa tuwing nakikita ko sya, pilit ng katawan kong rumesponda sa kanya.

"Are you leaving??" Pagtataas ko ng boses

Nanatiling nakatalikod si ilios, his shoulders are broad, he's tall but not that too tall for me because im as tall as him too.

"Are you leaving....me?" I tried so hard not to cry, my knees started to get tremble then i found myself on the floor, crying.

"Love, please don't cry" aniya

"How can you say that? You dont know how much you're hurting me!" I shouted in between crying.

"I'm sorry"

"Stop saying sorry ilios! Pagod na ako, pagod na pagod na ako!"

It hurts me when Ilios kept on saying Sorry, naiisip ko na nagsosorry sya dahil hanggang doon na lang, ayokong hanggang dito na lang kami.

"Im am here for you, I'm ready to leave everything behind just to be with you" tugon ko habang umiiyak.

Umupo si ilios para magkalevel kami ngayon, hinawakan nya ang pisngi ko at inalis ang mga luha ko, his touch is everything to me.

"Z-zanne, I love you so much" aniya

"I love you so much that I'm ready to go to the lowest point of my life just for your sake" dagdag nya pa

"I never asked you to go there, i just want you to be with me Ilios" i cried and hugged him.

He hugged me back, and in that moment lahat ng problema ko ay nawala na parang bula, i knew it was only him who can make me feel better, ilios brings out the best in me, he's the first thought i have in the morning and the last thought i have at Night.

"Z-zanne Listen to me" aniya. "In another lifetime, I love you and you love me. We love unconditionally to the point neither of us thinks of it a mistake or calls our love is messy. We fight for each other, not with each other, there's trust too, we're the happy couple everyone talks about"

"Why are you saying that?" I asked hysterically

Napahigpit ang yakap nya sakin, kinuyom ko ang kamao ko na nakahawak sa polo nya kaya alam kong gusot na ito.

"Im saying, maybe this is the end for us in this lifetime, that our love will manifest in another lifetime" aniya.

Naramdaman ko ang pagtulo ng iyak nya sa likod ko, nararamdaman ko rin ang panginginig ng katawan nya, mahigpit ang yakap nya sakin, niyakap ko rin syang mahigpit para maramdaman nyang hindi totoo ang sinasabi nya.