The Untold Story Of Vladimir's Grandsons (Republished)

⚫️ 54 : Redd Blackbourne ⚫️

Aynsley's POV

'Yung galit ka pero hindi mo magawang awayin 'yung taong dahilan ng ikinagagalit mo dahil sa nakakagulong sitwasyon na kinalalagyan mo ngayon.

Masama pa rin ang tingin ko kay King na nakaupo sa kama katabi ang di pamilyar na binatang lalake na kanina lang ay tumawag sa'kin na nanay niya.

Nagdecide na muna kaming maghiwa-hiwalay sa loob ng bahay para makapag usap ng masinsinan sa mga nangyayari at sa mga bagong kasama na ngayon lang namin nakita.

He look younger than King, para silang magkapatid. Magkahawig silang dalawa at parehas na bagsak ang buhok na tumatakip sa parehas na mata dahil sa haba nito.

I crossed my arms, standing infront of the two, "What's your name boy and how old are you?" mataray kong tanong.

"Redd, Mom and I'm 15." The boy smiled at me and his eyes disappeared. It reminds me of King whenever he smiles at me the sweetest.

Hindi ko pinansin ang huli niyang sinabi kahit na ba parang sanay sanay na ang pandinig ko kapag tinatawag niya ako ng ga'nun.

"What? You're only 15?! Who gave you that name?" I asked.

"Don't ask the obvious. He grew fast than humans." King butts in. I shut him through my stares.

He pointed at the man beside him, "You. You told me he even wanted to put his name to be my first name but you refused because it would sound cheezy and Redd because he got the red schlera."

Di makapaniwalang napatingin ako kay King na halatang wala rin alam sa nangyayari.

"Wait. Did you know that this will happen? You know him already?" Tanong ko.

Tiningnan niya ako na para bang may kasalanan siyang nagawa, "I don't know. Why is it always my fault? I can't see the future. Only Storm knows everything and that shorty didn't even bother to tell us we were going to meet uh.... our child?" paliwanag niya.

I blushed at the way he addressded them. Kanina ko pa inalis sa isip ko ang katotohanang magkakapamilya kami. Kahit sa panaginip ay hindi ko nakita 'to.

"Don't flutter yourself, this is just one of your experiments", pangungumbinsi ko sa sarili ko.

"This is real Ayns. We maybe in different time but this world will exist soon. He will exist." He said referring to Redd.

Siniko niya ito na nakatingin lang sa'ming dalawa, "Hey kid, do you know someone whose name is Catalina?"

And I knew that moment, King is serious. Hindi siya 'yung tipong maraming salita bago ang gawa. He'd rather says the truth than to coat it with lies even if it screams danger.

Lalong nabuhayan si Redd sa tanong na 'yon kaya napataas ang kilay ko.

"Ah! Auntie Catalina... I know her. She used to babysit me when she had free times even when I was already a teen. It sometimes annoys but I slowly got used to it." He said.

King's expression hardened. I wanted to laugh because I feel like I'm staring at a twins. They really do resemble each other so much. Ni walang nakuha sa features ng mukha ko si Redd. From the eyes down to his lips ay kay King lahat. Kung may literal na single parent talaga ay best example siya. Napabuntong hininga tuloy ako bigla.

"It's so unfair." Bulong ko sa sarili ko.

Nakalimutan kong mga bampira pala ang kasama ko kaya walang kwenta ang pagbulong-bulong ko.

"What's unfair? King asked.

"Nothing. Don't mind me just ask him." Patuloy lang ang pagtataray ko.

Sa totoo lang ay may parte sa'kin na di maiwasang hindi maging masaya. I'm glad that I get to meet my future son and I'm also glad to the fact that soon we will be a family. Na kahit anong hadlang ang dumating ay dadating pa rin kami sa puntong hindi nalang kaming dalawa ang masaya. I'm grateful that all of us will soon live the life we all dream of that we thought will never gonna happen after all what we'd been through.

Siguro sa ngayon, hindi pa panahon but obviously magkakaayos din lahat.

"Why?" I asked Redd who quickly turn his head on me with a grin on his face.

"I'll just pretend I didn't know anything tho I don't understand some of it." He said amused.

"What are you talking about kid?"

"He can read your mind." Sagot ni King.

Nanlaki ang mga mata, "How?"

Hindi niya ako pinansin dahil pinihit siya paharap ni King, "How can you do that while I can't?"

Exactly! King can't read my thoughts even when he tried to. He got frustrated when he got nothing to do but to fail.

"C'mon! Of course, I'm your son." He smile again.

Why is he so cute when he smile like that?

Hindi nalang namin iyon pinansin, tinanong niya ulit ito tungkol kay Catalina.

Tumayo si Redd at napabuntong hiningang tiningnan si King, "You're asking me why? Because she's your friend, Dad. What's wrong with you?"

Unlike King, he look so carefree at how he move and act infront of us. He got the vibe of a true young and free boy. Like, there's no danger coming after him. He look so clueless and it hurts me to see him this way knowing that one day, when the time comes where he needs to fight like what his father do, where he needs to hide from everyone who called them monster more than vampires. I'm afraid that one day he'll seek for something dangerous. That one day he'll be like them forever. Immortal. Where he will get to witness the cruelty of the world every single day of his life.

"Don't think too much. I'm fine, Mom."

Nag angat ako nang tingin at nakita ko ang kanina pang ngiti na hindi naaalis sa labi niya. He was looking at me the way how his father looked at me before. They're full of love and security.

Kahit na sa mundong ginagalawan ko ay hindi pa siya dumadating pakiramdam ko ay kilalang kilala ko na ang kaharap ko.

It's the heart that says, he's my son and I'm his mother.

"I told you, I'm fine. Stop crying!" he sighed, "Parents, why are you so weird today?" his eyes rolled upwards.

"You say that a lot too, King... that you're fine."

We both watch him walk closer, he grab King and pull him closer to me. He then grab my hand also.

Nakatingin lang kami ni King sa kanya.

"It's a family hug, don't you remember? We do it when one of us feeling down. Mom, you go in the middle." Sabi niya at wala sa sariling pumagitna ako sa kanilang dalawa.

Then I found myself being squeezed between. I wanted to protest but I heard Redd's soft giggle that made me soft just for a moment and I don't to ruin the happy time of this kid.

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Sorry for my errors.