Masasabi kung ang nangyari kahapon ay parang isang panaginip.
Alam kung may nangyaring hindi maganda, hindi ko nakitang ganoon si Alexus. Parang ang hirap pala makita ang taong espesyal sayo na may dalang pasanin.
Pero sya si Alexus, hindi ito tao, hindi madaling mapagod at matibag na kahit anong suliranin..sadyang di ko lang maiwasan minsang makaramdam ng lungkot..dahil sa isa akong hamak na tao, nakakaramdam ng sari-saring emosyon. Siguro nga'y kinulang sya ng reaksyon at pakiramdam ngunit andito ako para maramdaman 'yon para sakanya.
Habang nasa living room ay narinig ko na ang papasok na sasakyan ng mga bata. Nag gawad ako ng isang ngiti ng agad ko silang nakitang papasok. Ngunit may kakaiba, maliban sa paulit-ulit na pagsusungit ni kad ay may kakaiba kay Aven. Bagsak ang kanyang balikat ngunit ng makita ako ay naggawad agad ito ng ngiti. Ngiting may lungkot.
Kahit ang mga batang ito marunong naring magtago ng kahit anong emosyon.
"Hi, mom!" yakap saakin ni Aven, kung hindi ko ito nahuling bagsak ang balikat at may malungkot na mukha maaring nasabi ko pang ayos lang ito.
"Bakit parang ang lungkot mo baby Av?" malambing na tanong ko sa bata.
"Nothing Mom.." tingin nito sa baba.
"May tinatago ka saakin Aven..sabihin mo na sa mommy, makikinig ako." aniya ko sabay hawak sa mapupulang pisnge nito.
Matagal itong nakasagot saka humarap saakin. Ang bilog na bilog nitong mata ay napatitig saakin na parang nagdadalawang isip.
"You already know about us..right Mom?" mahina ngunit sapat lang upang aking marinig.
Saglit na namutawi saakin ang pagkagulat, ngunit hindi iyon nagtagal. Hindi parin talaga ako nasasanay. Agad ko iyong niyakap.
"Aven walang magbabago sa trato ko sainyo..ikaw na mabait at napakalambing na bata at si kad na masungit ngunit may taglay ring kabaitan ay parehong mahalaga parin saakin, kahit na ano pa man kayo o saan pa ang inyong pinagmulan." aniya ko sabay halik sakanyang buhok.
"How about Dad?" naiiyak nitong ani.
"Syempre ang daddy mo rin. Walang magbabago, mahal ko parin kayo, at si daddy mo. Astig parin, at mas lalong naging astig ng mas nakilala ko kayo." aniya ko na may sensirong ngiti.
Pareho kaming napatawa, para namang nabunutan ng tinik si Aven na nakaginhawa ng maluwang, niyakap ako nito ng buong higpit, na tila naglalambing. "Thank you Mom.." aniya habang nakayap parin saakin.
Napakalambing at bait ng batang ito, paano ko sila matitiis, tunay na napalapit at napamahal na sila saakin. At maaring gayon din ang kanilang..Ama.
Sa gitna ng paguusap namin ay bigla na lamang sumakit ang aking ulo, parang umiikot ang aking paningin.
"Mom, are you okay?" nag-aalang tuno ni aAen.
"A-ayos lang ako baby Av. Sege pumasok kana sa kwarto mo at magpapahinga lang si Mom ng saglit." paniniguro ko sa bata. Sobrang hilo na para akong nakalutang sa hangin.
"O-okay mom." agad nitong sunod.
Nang masigurong wala na ito ay pinilit kung tunguhin ang railings ng hagdan upang pang-suporta. Hindi ko alam ang dahilan nito, ngunit naramdaman ko na ito dati..
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"Alexus, why are you here all alone?"
A woman with gorgeous feature appeared on his side. Agarang napangiti si Alexus, it was really genuine and.. pleasing.
Sa tabing ilog, naroon si Alexus. Lagi syang narito tuwing may nais itong pagisipan tungkol sa mga bagay bagay, kasama narun ang mga plano para sa hinaharap.
"You shouldn't be here.." kalmado at malambing ang boses nito sa magandang babaeng na kanyang kaharap.
"But..you've gone for quite long hours, I'm getting worried.." she whispered, her voice brought him comfort.
"You have nothing to worry.."he reassured, then sweatly kissed her forehead.
"In just a few days, our loveliest younger daughter will be born..I can't wait to see and hold her hon." she was smiling so lovely, her wavy and gray hair played along the air.
Alexus lifted her chin, meeting their eyes together with so much love.
"I can't wait to see our beautiful daughter to..I can't wait to see a little version of you hon." he said, kissing her lips.
They both smile between the kisses.
"Our little kadlez is now a big bro. He was so excited to see her little sis." a woman said, holding his husband's face down to his lips.
They we're both get distracted when they heard a disturbance noise of a girl's scream, falling from the near high part of the land.
"A-aray ko po.." A girl almost cried, not in pain but in shame. She felt caught in action of observing the two couple.
Agad na dinaluhan sya ng babae at tinulungang makatayo.
"What happened to you?" mahinhin na tanong sakanya ng babae.
"N-nahulog po ako habang may inaabot na mangga. Paumahin po.." she reason out, still bowing her head.
"She's obviously spying us." The man spoke up with deep tone.
"Hon. It's not important anymore, she is just a little girl.'' A woman said kindly, helping her to get up.
A woman stop and suddenly stare at her for a while. Realizing..
"She's a.." 'Human' she trailed off. ''This place is way to dangerous for you, young girl.'' her worried expression towards the girl was geniune.
"What's your name?" she asked.
"Ako po si Rusina.."
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Third person POV
"You need to go back, she already saw the hour glass."
A man said, playing the knife between his fingers.
"I will..but what are you planning to do next?" a woman asked.
"You'll see. I'll turn him down to ashes while seeing him beg for my forgiveness."
A woman give an unsatisfying smirk on what she heard.
'She's confident and deep inside her, she believes on him..that no one will going to turn him down..not even his race against him.'
Meanwhile..
Aven look very upset about the scene she saw earlier, about what happened on her school. She can't still imagine..who killed her classmate. She felt afraid..afraid that she might meet those monsters.
But.. She remember something..she saw a blood stain on her brother's clothes, and saw him thrown it to a trash bin. She don't want to give even a little accusation to his big brother. She love her big bro, they grown up together..she shouldn't doubt him.
In the middle of the night our little Aven slept with unintelligible feeling.
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