"@JudgeBlake, come see me outside the office. This is CODE RED."
I looked once again at the message I sent just few minutes ago.
I felt my heart racing inside. I guess, this is now or never.
Halos isang dekada ko na s'yang kilala, isang dekada ng palihim na pagkagusto. At sa tagal na iyon, ngayon lang ako nagkaroon ng ganitong klase ng lakas ng loob. Dati nga'y kahit tingnan lamang s'ya sa mata ay hindi ko magawa.
Pero ngayon, pagkakataon na yata ang nag-uudyok sa 'kin na gawin ito. Sa isang buong dekada, ngayon lamang kami nagkaroon ng ganitong klaseng koneksyon. Ang pinakamalapit nga lang na naging magkasama kami ay sa iisang classroom at iisang school organization. Pero ngayon, pareho kaming nasa malayong lugar, nasa iisang building, iisang grupo, at iisang trabaho. Nakaka-usap ko na s'ya at nakakabiruan kung minsan kahit na dati'y tapunan lang ako ng tingin ay hindi n'ya magawa.
Napangiti ako at napabuntong hininga. I have to fight for this love. I can't just let Aubrielle to take what's mine. Sabi nga ni Andrius, we have different ways of protecting what's ours.
Just like Courtney defending Traise, Tyler protecting Avery, here I am, guarding my Cliford Andrius Blake.
I smiled once again as I looked up the sky.
Just then, I heard footsteps coming closer. It stopped right few steps away from me.
"Andrius," I said, without looking back. "5 centimeters per second."
"What?" he asked.
My system almost shivered when I heard his voice. It really hits different when you're also attracted with someone's speaking voice, ain't it?
I looked back and our eyes met. He was wearing his usual attire: gray coat, white polo tucked inside his gray slacks, his black shoes, eyeglasses, but this time, his hair was brushed up.
"5 centimeters per second is the rate," I said and looked deeply in his eyes. "The rate of me coming closer to your heart."
No emotion could be seen in his eyes.
I took a step.
"One step," I said and took another one. "Two steps."
"What... are you doing?" he asked, his eyes were inquiring.
"Hindi ba halata?" I asked. "I'm coming closer to what's mine."
I took another step and just then, he stepped back. My eyes widened.
"Andrius..." I uttered.
Is this rejection?
"Neska..." he said and scratched the back of his ear. "I... I... uh..."
He seemed uneasy.
"Why?" I asked. "Hindi mo ba 'ko gusto?"
He seemed more uneasy.
"You said you want to protect people like me," I said. "Then protect me for the rest of our life."
"Neska... It's just that..."
"That what?" I asked.
He closed his eyes hardly and sighed.
"I... uh..."
BINABASA MO ANG
"Kill Me, Attorney." (Law Series #3)
Romance[PUBLISHED UNDER LIB] #3. "If I won't have you then might as well kill me, attorney."
