HG 3: Slave of Darkness

13 ~ PILLS

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

ZACARIEL licked his lower lips after the kiss. Namumungay ang mga mata nito habang nakatingin sa kanyang labi. His warm palm is now resting above her thighs. Her heart is beating rapidly because of what just happened.

Ang init ng pisngi ay umikot hanggang sa kanyang batok. Napalunok siya at pasimpleng humugot ng hangin sa dibdib. Though she misses him, she still didn't expect the kiss especially that they are in an open area.

Paano kung may makakita sa kanila? Ano nalang ang iisipin sa kanya? Samantalang hindi pa nila ipinapaalam ang kanilang relasyon. She don't want people around them to judge her easily. Especially that most of them are aware about their family tradition. She cannot just kiss a man who is not the one her parents chose for her.

Yelena's eyebrows furrowed with the fact that she have a controlling family. Noon, iniisip niya na kailangan na respetuhin at sundin ang tradisyon ng kanilang pamilya dahil ang mga nakakatanda ang nakakaalam kung ano ang mas makakabuti sa kanila. Ngunit ngayong may sarili ng pag-iisip ay naliliwanagan siya na tila ba pag kontrol ang ginagawa ng pamilya niya sa kanila.

"What's wrong?" he asked huskily when he noticed her reaction.

She pursed her lips. She just ruined their moment with her mood.

Umiling siya at ngumiti. "Nothing."

"Yelena, you can tell me all the things that you can't tell to other people."

He once broke her heart but it doesn't mean that she can't trust him again. Siguro ay sadyang matindi lang ang nararamdaman niya para sa binata kaya naman mabilis din para sa kanya na ibalik ang buong tiwala rito. Besides, he is the one who really knows her and her family background. He can easily understand her and her situation.

Para saan pa kung itatago niya lang din kay Zacariel ang mga bagay na bumabagabag sa kanya tungkol sa pamilya niya? Alam naman nito ang takbo ng buhay nila.

"I just came to realized that I blindly allowed my parents to control my own life. I've been a good follower to them because I believed that they knew what's best for me. Pero ngayon, na ako na ang susunod na ikakasal sa lalaking napili nila para sa 'kin, pakiramdam ko... may mali."

Zacariel's hand found hers. He squeezed it gently, as if comforting her.

"I'll talk to your parents. Let me handle this, okay?"

"They gave me an option," she informed him that made him more interested. "I need to convince Kuya Russo to marry this year, so my wedding would be move next year or whenever my parents wants."

See? Even the date of her own wedding should be scheduled by her parents. Talagang taga-sunod lang siya sa gusto ng mga ito. Walang saysay ang boses niya dahil ang magulang pa rin ang masusunod. And she don't want her grandfather to decide for her, because once he said that he wanted her to marry the man he chose for her, she can't do anything but to do it. No excuses. No delays. It will be set up right before she said Yes to that.

"But I don't think my brother wants to get married. May iba siyang gusto. Kahit siguro magmakaawa ako kay Kuya, hindi pa rin siya papakasal sa babaeng pipiliin ng magulang namin para sa kanya."

Mahabang katahimikan ang namayani sa pagitan nila.

Zacariel is obviously in deep thought. Tila ba pinag-iisipang mabuti kung paano susolusyonan ang problema niya. Samantalang siya, gusto nalang takasan pansamantala iyon at maging masaya sa piling nito habang hindi pa ipinapakilala sa kanya ang lalaking napusuan ng magulang niya na ipakasal sa kanya.

"Can I get my pills? Baka makalimutan ko bukas."

Zacriel nods his head. Kasama nitong tumayo ay ang kamay niya.