Eclipse

thirty-one.

Our relationship is not perfect, just like the other couples. We also fight like what normal couples do, but at the end of the day, nagbabati naman kami.

It was a very rough day for me, masyadong pabuhat yung mga ka group ko at parang may galit ata sa akin 'tong prof namin. I went to the kitchen at bigla nalang nagdilim ang paningin ko. Ibinato ko ang kaldero sa sahig agad namang lumapit si Luna kaya hindi ko sinasadyang masigawan sya.

"Luna, wala manlang pagkain? Wala pa 'kong kinakain mag hapon!" Agad kong pinagsisihan ang sinabi ko noong nakita ko ang mga luha sa mata ng babaeng pinakamamahal ko. Lalo akong nainis sa sarili ko noong umalis sya sa condo.

"Give me some space muna," She said before walking out. Inis na inis ako sa sarili ko sa parteng ito, maybe because we are both tired and drained and we need some space....from each other. Natulog akong umiiyak noong gabi na iyon.

Luna didn't contact me for a week. Masyado na rin ako naging busy kaya itinuon ko nalang muna sa studies ang time ko. It was a Friday night noong nag aya sila na mag club, I don't have a choice but to tag along.

Agad kong hinanap si Luna noong nakita ko sa kabilang couch ang tropa nya, nanghinayang ako noong hindi ko sya nakita.

"Bro, she's here. Mukhang pinopormahan ni Vlad." Xavier said as he pointed towards the direction where Luna is. Agad na kumulo ang dugo ko when I saw him wrapping his arms on my girl's waist.

Agad akong pumunta doon, stopping myself from beating the shit out of him. Vlad is known as the university's asshole. Laging ganito ang gawain nya, pupunta sa club, hahanap ng babaeng ka one night stand. I am beyond disgusted of him.

"Vlad, Hindi ka nga daw nya kilala. Fuck off." I said while still trying to be calm. I saw Luna looked up at me. "Sol, bro. Chill." He said before letting my princess go. Bro my ass.

"You're my home, I'll always come back to you."

Those words made my heart burst with joy. Luna is my home. Hindi ko alam kung kakayanin kong wala sya.

The holidays that I spent with her, that's the very special holiday so far. We always make good memories with eachother. We're like soulmates.

I'm very proud of every milestone na naabot namin. We managed to achieve our dreams together. We both graduated with Latin honors. We made a speech in front of every graduates. It was perfect. Our life was perfect. Little did we know, it was the calm before the storm.

We decided to go to Sagada bago ako umalis ng Pilipinas. Alam kong malungkot si Luna, she's just hiding it pero halata sa mga mata nya.

"I love you, Luna." My voice broke dahil pinipigilan ko ang pag-iyak ko. Tuluyan nang tumulo ang luha ko noong niyakap nya ako ng mahigpit.

"You'll always be my home Luna, always remember that." I said as I hugged her tighter.

"Huwag kang matakot, Hindi mo ba alam nandito lang ako sa iyong tabi, hindi kita pababayaan kailanman." I sang to her softly, unti-unti na ring tumulo ang mga luha ko.

"Papahirapan mo ang sarili mo para sa atin." I heard her whisper that but I acted like I didn't. It broke my heart, but I'm willing to do everything for her.

"Happy anniversary love, I love you." I said as I hugged her tight. If only we can stay like this forever.

I let her pick up my clothes that she wants to keep. I sprayed my favorite perfume there para lagi nya akong naamoy.