"I tried but I failed." Mangiyak-iyak kong pag-amin. Tatlong minuto na ang nakalipas mula nang ipagtapat ko kung ano ba talaga ang nararamdaman ko para sa kanya. I have gathered all my strength just to muster it all but all I got was nothing. As in wala...
Hindi ko maaninag ang kabuuan ng itsura niya dahil buong oras ay nakatungo lang ang kanyang ginawa. Ako naman, hindi na makaalis sa kinauupuan ko, naninikip ang dibdib at hindi na rin makahinga.
Naghintay pa ako ng ilang minuto at sa wakas nagsalita na rin siya. Ramdam at dinig ko pa ang malalim niyang paghinga bago magsalita, samantalang ako wala nang magawa kundi ang manahimik sa aking kinauupuan.
"I'm sorry." Two words. Those two words broke my heart and just as I thought, my tears began to fell, heart's shattered.
Sabi ko dati 'pag nagkita kami, kami na talaga ang itinadhana...hindi pala. Umasa ako at hanggang ngayon umaasa parin ako.
Hindi parin kami umaalis sa kani-kaniyang pwesto at sa tingin ko ito na ang oras na kailangan kong umalis to save my heart from continuously crushing. Papatayo na ako nang hinawakan ni Jest ang aking braso.
"Rin... I think you've mistaken me for another man. I am not him. Listen to your heart and I know you'll find what you're looking for." And then he left with no further explanation to what he just said earlier.
What the hell is he saying? Another man?!
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All This Time
RomanceFrom that time on, Zarinah will always be that woman who'll wait for the universe to conspire her desires to be with the man he barely knew. Will she and her long-time love will meet again or will she ever find love along the way?
