How To Tame A Demon

Epilogue

"Arrrggghhhh!" I whined as I drank the last drop of the liquor I'm holding.

F*ck. It's been 20 minutes already ever since they entered back to the house but until now, they're still not coming back.

I massaged my temple using my fingers in order to try calming myself for a little bit. What the hell are they even talking about?

... or what the f*ck are they doing?

I closed my eyes for a second as I felt the effects of drinking too much alcohol. Sh*t, my head hurts.

I decided to wait for more seconds but after realizing that it's taking too much time, I stood up.

I don't care if I might disturb their matters inside the house. I don't give a d*mn. I have to see him. I have to make sure that they are not doing something stupid because if I don't, my brain will f*cking explode.

I was about to go back in the house when suddenly, a hand stopped me from walking. I turned my gaze on the person who stopped me and look at her in the eyes.

"Emma," I called. She's looking at me like some type of a delicious food and checks if I'm still on my own self.

She smiled.

"Akala ko ay lasing ka na," nakangiti nitong tugon.

I remained my composure on her and sighed. "What is it?" I bluntly asked.

Hindi naman ito sumagot matapos ko itong tanungin. Bagkus ay saglit muna itong yumuko at pinaglaruan ang kanyang mga daliri. It took her a while before finally speaking about what she wanted to say to me.

"I-I know that... it's still early for us to talk about this pero..." umangat ito ng tingin sa akin at nang makitang hinihintay ko ang susunod niyang sasabihin ay huminga ito ng malalim.

"I just wanted to say that... I-I..." nauutal nitong bigkas habang nakatitig pa rin ng mariin.

"I like you." Tuluyan itong nakahinga ng maluwag matapos nitong umamin sa akin. Tiningnan ko naman ito ng direkta sa mata bago sinagot ang kanyang sinabi.

"Okay." I turned my back on her and started walking into the house.

Pero hindi pa man ako tuluyang nakakalayo sa kanya nang muli na naman nitong hinila ang palapulsuhan ko. I gritted my teeth.

"W-what?" medyo tumaas ang boses nito dahil sa pinaghalong lito at sakit nitong nararamdaman sa sinabi ko. I tried to look at her face for the last time but all I saw was that she's hurt. I immediately averted my gaze from her.

I can't stand it. I can't stand it anymore.

"I said, okay. Now, can you stop holding my wrist?" I tried to remove her hands on mine and I'm glad that it did. Iiwanan ko na sana siya upang makapasok na sa loob ng bahay pero mabilis niya akong hinarangan sa daan.

"B-but I thought--"

"That's just what you thought," I coldly said. Napansin ko ang paninimula nitong maluha sa aking sinabi at mariing napailing.