Mabilis na tumalukbong si Yanna sa loob ng kumot at itinago ang sarili nang makitang pumasok si Matthew sa kwarto niya.
Matthew walked towards her and sat beside her bed.
"If you say something about blood and periods! I swear I will kill you!" Malakas na sabi ni Yanna sa loob ng kumot.
Matthew smiled and can't help to laughed.
"You're laughing?!" Inis na tanong ni Yanna habang ang mga mata lang ang nakalabas sa kumot.
She was still shy.
Ngumiti si Matthew.
"What do you want? Lydia told me you might need something sweet to eat to calm your mood."
Dahan-dahang ibinaba ni Yanna ang kumot hanggang sa ilong niya. Iyong tipong noo at mga mata lang niya ang nakikita.
"Do you have chocolates here?"
"Chocolates?"
"I don't want anything!" Inis na lang niyang sabi saka nagtalukbong ulit nang mapagtanto niyang walang chocolate sa mundong to.
Matthew smiled and held out his hand. He slowly pulled Yanna's quilt and showed her the small box of Toblerone.
Agad namang napabangon si Yanna at mabilis na kinuha ang chocolate sa palad ni Matthew.
Nagmamadali niya itong binuksan at kinain.
Matthew can't help to smile watching her.
"How did you get this?" Ngumunguyang tanong ni Yanna.
"Lydia brought it from your world."
"Lydia? The old woman? I knew it. She was the old woman who came to me." Nakanguyang sabi niya.
Tumatango-tango si Matthew at bahagya pang pinunasan ang gilid ng labi ni Yanna saka dinala sa labi niya.
Yanna stopped chewing and stretched out the chocolate to Matthew's mouth.
Matthew laughed and bite on it.
"Hmmm... So this is what your food taste like. No wonder you love it." Sabi ni Matthew.
Humagikhik si Yanna na parang bata.
"But is it okay to bring something from my world? How did she manage to bring it?" Naguguluhan niyang tanong dahil maging siya nga ay hindi niya magawang ma-summon ang gusto niyang palabasin gamit ang kapangyarihan niya mula sa mundo niya.
Matthew shrugged his shoulder as an answer.
"She lived long already so I think she have ways."
Tumango-tango si Yanna bilang sagot saka kumagat ulit sa chocolate.
Matthew look her in the eyes intently.
He realized that Ileanna is Julia and Julia is Ileanna. They are just one.
Hindi mapigilan ni Matthew na mapangiti.
"Why are you always smiling? Are you teasing me? Or are you happy that I am in pain?"
Hindi sumagot si Matthew at nananatili pa ring nakatitig sa kanya habang nakangiti.
"Thank you." Buong pusong pasasalamat ni Matthew kay Yanna.
Natigilan naman si Yanna at napatitig kay Matthew.
"Thank you for what?"
"Thank you for protecting me. Thank you for saving me."
BINABASA MO ANG
Unopened Rose (DRAFT! DRAFT!)
ФэнтезиShe traveled back to the time where her birthmarks were her scars. Nectars and Hagonoy plants were sacred. Roses and its petals are powerful. And pollen is her life.
