SEASONS of LOVE 1 The Series - Springtime : Songs of Haru ✔

Episode 3 - His Highness

*Rain*

Muli akong nagsalin ng alak sa baso at inilang lagok lang iyon.

Three years.

Three f*cking years yet I never seemed to forget.

I was not trying to get over him. No. But the pain of losing him.

Iyong sakit na habang tumatagal ay lalo kong nararamdaman.

It felt like I was drowning in an ocean and no matter how I struggled to resurface, no matter how I'd fought against the big waves, I only ended up being dragged down to the seafloor. Alone in the dark and endless depths of sorrow.

"Why?" Bulong ko bago ko tinungga ang mismong bote ng alak.

Why did you have to leave, Summer?

"When you love someone but it goes to waste
Could it be worse?

Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
I will try to fix you"

D*mn! This annoying kid. Ngayon pa lang ay hindi ko na siya gusto. It was as if he was mocking me with that song.

But there was something about the way he sang the song. Parang damang dama niya iyon. He even made every single customer in this bar listen to him.

A bitter-sweet smile crept up on my face.

Marunong ding kumanta si Summer. I'd still remember how he sang while I played his guitar. He was a beautiful melody. A perfect one.

Ni hindi naaagaw ng nagniningning na mga bituin sa langit ang atensyon ko kapag kumakanta siya.

Everything around me would stop and turn gray whenever he smiled. Para bang siya lang ang may kulay at may buhay. He could outshine everything.

I was focused on him. Only him. My Summer.

By the time that I finished a bottle of rum, that kid was long done singing.

Strange, but.. I wanted to hear more songs from him.

Tumayo ako at saglit na binalanse ang sarili ko. Everything was in haze.

Good.

Ito ang kailangan ko. Ang makalimot kahit saglit. Ang malunod ng alak ang sakit na lumulunod sa puso ko.

Sa umiikot kong paningin ay tinungo ko ang restroom ng bar. I needed to relieve myself.

"Umpf!"

I squinted my eyes toward the migdet that crashed on me. Na ngayon ay nakasalampak sa sahig at naghihilot ng likod. Psss. The annoying singer.

"Lampa." I blurted out what first came to my mind. Then I walked away unsteadily.

"Okay lang ako!"

Narinig ko pang sigaw niya.

"Silly kid." I smirked.

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Everything was in a blur. Kahit ang daan ay malabo sa paningin ko.

I was on my way home.

Home.

No. A condominium was not a home. It was not my home. It could never be my home.

My home was him. And I couldn't get to him. I couldn't find my way back home. Dahil wala na siya.

Hindi ko napansin na mabilis ang pagpapatakbo ko ng kotse until I crashed on something. A tree maybe? I didn't know nor I cared.