What if one day, you found out that everything that happened are just made of false assumptions and accusations? Are you willing to forgive and forget? Are you willing to restore what has been broken?
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Ares' PoV
"Baby?"
"Hmm?"
"The school tabloid asks for an interview"
"Oh wow really?"
"Yeah"
"Bakit daw?"
"Di ko pa sinasagot pero baka dahil sa nangyari satin this past months? The issues?"
"Ganun ba tayo kakilala dito talaga?"
"Should I get this?"
"It's up to you. Maybe this will also be your chance to clear your own name. Kung di sila maniwala then let them be. Basta mahal kita okay?"
"I love you too baby"
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Athena's PoV
"Hi!"
"Hello" bati ni Ares when we came to the publishing office. Oo, isinama ako ni Ares. This issue is about the both of us so, sabi niya it's better for me to be there.
Pero knowing him, gusto niya lang talaga may kasama. He's not familiar with interviews. Especially when the publishers said na video interview to, gusto niyang magbackout.
"I brought my girlfriend since I think I know what this interview is all about"
"Sure! No problem! So let's start?"
"Sure" sambit namin pareho
"So... let's welcome, Athena Gonzales and Ares Flint!"
"Hi... dang this is awkward haha" Ares
"How long are you two together?"
"2?? Going 3 years" sagot ko sabay tingin kay Ares. He held my hands afterwards
"Ayy ano ba yan ang sweet!!"
"Simple things like this is normal for us sa tagal ng relasyon namin" Ares
"In the past years of being together... what was your biggest struggle?"
Napatingin ako kay Ares when I felt his grip tighten at napabuntong hininga siya
Ares' PoV
"Siguro alam niyo din naman haha" i started and tried to calm myself
"Everything was okay. We're fine. Me and Athena were doing good but then..."
I felt Athena's comfort through her hands grip. She also tapped my hands kaya nagsimula na ko
"The beginning of this school year, actually I started getting a lot of hate and getting a lot of bash... I don't know if that's the right term kasi di naman ako artista haha, but a lot of it was just like completely false and wrong."
"I didn't know anything that happened so I myself was in doubt at first. Pero sobra sobra yung galit na nakuha ko sa mga tao. Lalong lalo na sa school natin. Don't get me wrong, I'm not holding a grudge against everyone who is saying something right now or has said in the past and will say in the future... but I am questioning myself most of those times... is what I did enough for me to be burried down and dumped like that?"
"Did the commotion lead to your almost breakup?"
"Yes"
"How did you two handle this?"
"Athena... I am really thankful she gave me another chance. Kahit walang kasiguraduhan na wala nga akong nagawa, andyan siya. I'm really lucky she understood and didn't let go"
I looked at her and smiled. Dang, I don't want to cry. That's not me.
"She never left and even helped and supported me after we talked things out. She was spmehow having borders at first, but I felt her slowly coming back to me. At sobra sobra ang saya ko don"
"Everyone thought you broke up"
"Yeah. They even called me a, not so good kind of boy, if you know what I mean. At wala akong magawa nung wala akong alam, kundi tanggapin kahit masakit. Coz I thought I deserved it"
"Anong masasabi mo sa kanila ngayon? Through this interview?"
Napaisip naman ako sa tinanong nung nagiinterview bago sumagot
"One of the hardest things I've ever had to do... I've had to learn to do is to forgive people. This might not help them or you might not take it... but if you hate me for some reason, I mean go ahead do whatever you want because in the first place, buhay niyo naman yan ehh. Forgiveness is not for the other people actually, the forgiveness is for you because if you hold it, it will hurt more... It gets harder for you."
"Sa kada bato nila ng insulto, pagpapatawad na lang sinusukli ko, kesa magsalita at pumatol"
"But some said that kaya ka tahimik was because you're guilty about it"
"Silence doesn't mean yes or no. Silence doesn't mean guilty or not. Silence means that... I just didn't want to speak out. There's no point because it takes energy and one of the things I learned and I'm gonna bring it spiritual because this is really something that stuck with me pagkatapos ng lahat ng naranasan ko... namin. It's EXODUS 14:14... The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still."
"Wow. That speaks a lot Ares for sure"
"Diyos lang una't huli kong makakapitan sa mga gantong bagay kaya sa kanya talaga nanggaling yung tatag ko kasama ni Athena"
