Thunder's Affliction (Updating)

Prologue

Prologue

The rain poured after thunder and flashes of lightning.

People started to run in different directions, trying to cover their heads with anything they had in their hands. . . bags, envelopes, folders, or even books? I was left there standing dramatically, soaked, and didn't know which direction I should run into.

Nagkakagulo na ang lahat pero ako wala pa ring balak gawin sa mga oras na iyon. Wala rin naman akong payong, kahit pa tumakbo ako upang humanap ng masisilungan basang-basa na rin naman ako. They just made themselves fools trying to cover their already wet bodies; what's the difference? Ah, maybe they're still hoping; na kahit paano hindi na sila masyadong matamaan ng ulan. But what's more foolish than them?

Watching a man holding an umbrella. . . standing in front of a restaurant, waiting for a girl to remember that he was there. And a woman who is watching a man waiting for someone else.

Muli kong narinig ang pagkulog at pagkidlat, I can hear distant screams of fear from lightning and thunder. But that's not something I would be scared about. Why would I? Kung mas nakakatakot magmahal at maghintay sa isang taong mayroon ding minamahal at naghihintay na mahalin pabalik. I don't understand that point. Why do we have to fall for someone who's already in love with someone else?

"Miss? Okay ka lang?" I laughed.

"Hindi. Mukha ba akong okay?" hindi ko nilingon kung sino ang lalaking lumapit sa akin. I didn't even look at him and lifted my feet to take steps instead. Hindi ko namalayan na naglalakad na pala ako palapit sa kaniya, sa kaniya na hindi man lang naramdaman ang paglapit ko.

"Pwede makisukob?!" Nilakasan ko ang boses ko upang mapansin niya ako, I was hugging myself and rubbing my arms as I waited for him to look at me. But as expected. . .

"I have a wife," I swallowed the lump in my throat as pain seeped into my chest. Sinundan ko ang mga mata niya kung saan nakatingin and I saw a very beautiful woman happily eating her dinner with a man. But she's never been a wife to you. 

"Ah sige," I said, stepping back, tulad ng madalas kong gawin. I can feel my knees trembling, not because of the cold. . . sana nga ay dahil sa lamig na lang pero hindi. Hindi iyon dahil doon. Nanghihina ako kasi nasasaktan ako, hindi lang para sa sarili ko kundi para rin sa kaniya. Naaawa ako sa kaniya at naaawa rin ako sa sarili ko.

Gusto ko siyang hilahin, gusto ko siyang pilitin, gusto kong magmakaawa na kung pwede sumama na lang siya sa akin paalis. I badly want to cover his eyes, para lang huwag na siyang masaktan at huwag ko nang makita ang mga mata niyang puno ng masakit na emosyon. . . mga mata niyang malamig kung tumingin sa iba, mga mata niyang hindi niya kailanman ibinaling sa akin. . . pero pagdating sa babaeng mahal niya, punong-puno iyon ng emosyon. He looked at her like he was staring at his world. He's a reserved man, pero pagdating sa asawa niya nagagawa niyang ipakita ang mga emosyon na sumasalamin sa nararamdaman niya.

I don't know how I even learned to love a man who wasn't even mine to begin with. But all I know is that. . . I met him first. . . but I was never the woman of his dreams. I was never the woman he'd fight for. She was a butterfly in his eyes, and I was just a moth trying to get near a fire to feel its warmth. . . but I couldn't even get close enough to touch it. . . because if I do. . .couldn't, I'll burn.

"Bakit basang basa ka?! Nahihibang ka na ba? Gabi na, naisipan mo pang maglaro sa ulan?" boses ni Yssa ang bumungad sa akin pagkapasok ko pa lang sa apartment na tinutuluyan namin. Hindi ko na nga matandaan kung paano ko nagawang maglakad palayo at umuwi e. My mind was too preoccupied.

"Wala akong payong, mauubusan ako ng biyahe kung hihintayin ko pa ang tumila." pagdadahilan ko ngunit tiningnan lamang niya ako ng may panghuhusga.

"Naku! Kilala kita Heaven. Si Thunder nanaman ba? Ano naman ngayon ang ginawa? Nagpabasa rin para sa asawa niyang malandi?" I took off my shirt, and she followed me inside my room.