Terror Love

19

"Ge..."

Ngumiti lang siya bago lumayo ng bahagya at may kinuha sa bulsa bago nilaro yun sa kamay niya at tumingin saken

"I don't know how to do this exactly... but... I want us to be officially a family... I could never imagine my life without you guys anymore... gusto ko na ipakita sa mundo na akin ka, sayo ako, Tasha"

Tulala lang akong nakatingin sa kanya as if unable to comprehend everything that he said. Pero napatakip ako ng bibig when he knelt down and open the box

"Will you... spend your lifetime with me?"

Tinitingnan ko pa lang siya at that moment parang bumalik saken lahat ng pinagdaanan namin...

Him being lost in his own struggles... me... trying to help him by leaving but honestly didn't... me having his kid... us meeting again after years... patching things up between us... and me introducing him to his own son... and now... him asking me for a lifetime

Napakahirap ng pinagdaanan namin mula simula... pero hindi ko pinagsisisihan na ginawa ko lahat yun para sa kanya at kasama siya

"Tasha?"

I pulled him up and didn't answer instead I kissed him for a brief moment bago humiwalay. Napakapit pa sa bewang ko si Gerard

"Mahal na mahal kita syempre papakasalan kita" sambit ko smiling at him

"R-really?!"

"Oh" sambit ko at iniharap sa kanya ang kamay ko as if telling him to put the ring on

"Dang! I love you Tasha! I love you!" He shouted hugging me tapos inilagay na niya singsing sa kamay ko habang natataranta na ikinatawa ko naman

"Umoo na ko bat nanginginig ka pa? Hahaha"

"I just... I just can't believe it"

"You deserve it, Ge. All of it"

"Thank you Tasha... i love you"

"I love you too, Mr. Orteza haha"

He held my nape before he almost closed the gap between us. Bakit almost? Dahil dito...

"Mama!! Papaaaaa!!"

"Ghad. Maaaa!!"

"Hahaha ano magagawa ko eh gusto lumapit ng bata sa magulang niya?"

"Ma naman ehh"

"Hahaha" natawa na lang ako kasi, lagi talaga naaantala ang gusto ni Ge dahil kay Ian 😂

"Papaaaa are you angry?" Tanong ni Ian with his puppy eyes

"No baby. Of course not"

"Daddy's not angry baby hahaha"

"Dang it!" I guess hindi na nakatiis ang mokong at tinakpan ang mata ni Ian bago ko namalayang magkadikit na labi namin

"Ehh!! Papa why cover!!!"

"Bawal bata"

"Hahaha siraulo ka talaga!"

"Bitin na bitin lagi ehh!"

"Hahahaha"

Terror Love... another kind of love... terror means extreme fear and when you attach the word love to it, it's meant more than fear... it's meant to describe how you'd fear to lose your loved one over a mistake. It can also mean a relationship with no risk, which is no good. Why? Coz love is meant to be taken risk of. Hindi ka magmamahal kung di ka susugal. Tasha... took the risk of leaving Gerard for his own good, even though she loves him too much... masakit but without it, she would've ruined him more kasi siya mismo mapapagod.

She returned with the same Gerard pero hindi pa rin siya sumuko. Kasi natatakot siyang tuluyang masira ang buhay ng taong mahal niya... and knowing that someone would possibly look up at him, she knew she had to do something. And again she took the risk.

Another meaning of the phrase can be... a love where you fear to lose the person you'd want to spend the rest of your life with.

Love sure has a lot of meaning and interpretations... but only two persons can identify the kind of love they have for each other.

THE END