I was stunned as hell.
I was not expecting for him to approach.
And speaking with me is of course even more!
Hindi na nga ako nakagalaw pa lalo na nang magsalita siya.
What did he call me?
Zophoeah?
Did he call me by my name?
But I'm dead, right?
In his eyes, I'm dead!
I should already be dead for him!
Pinaglalamayan na ako sa itaas! I'm dead!
Didn't he hear what Mom just told him on the hospital?!
Zophoeah's dead!
Wala nang Zophoeah!
That leaves me as Zariyah!
At walang dahilan para isipin niya pang ako nga si Zophoeah, unless he think it's my ghost whom he's now seeing!
But hell!
Hindi pwedeng tuluyan niya akong mahuli!
"Excuse me?" Tinatagan ko ang sarili at nag-angat ng tingin sa kanya.
Agad ko rin namang pinagsisihan ang aking ginawa lalo pa nang makita kong muli ang mga mata niya.
His eyes were so deep, just as always.
But in the depths of it, lays many different emotions I can not really recognize which made them unusually intense.
I can't take it.
Agad din akong nag-iwas muli ng tingin.
"Please . . ." Tila nahihirapan niyang sambit.
Sa gilid ng aking mga mata ay nakikita kong mariin siyang napapikit at napalunok.
He was even massaging his forehead as if it's badly aching.
Naikuyom ko ang kamao ko.
I don't wanna see him this troubled.
Bakit kailangang magpunta pa siya rito?
Napabaling ako sa kanya.
Parang nilulukot ang puso ko habang pinagmamasdan siyang ganito.
"Please, tell me it's y-you." His perfect voice is kind of wounded now. It hurts to hear him this broken.
Taimtim siyang tumitig sa mga mata ko at naguguluhang hinaplos ng dahan-dahan at may pagaagam-agam ang pisngi ko.
Napalunok siya.
It was as if he's afraid he's being fooled by his own eyes. It was as if I'm just a mist that he can't touch so I won't dissolve through the winds.
But he managed to touch his massive hands on to my cheek.
Although his hand is trembling, I love the way it feels so warm against my cold skin.
I missed him.
"You're a-alive."
He looked at me intently.
"I am." Mabilis ang naging tugon ko.
I saw his eyes gleamed through a new feeling aroused. Nakita ko ang pagkabuhay sa kanyang mga mata nang marinig ang tugon ko.
I didn't mean to confirm his suspicions.
Kaya mabilis ko ring natupok ang pag-asa sa kanyang mga mata nang nagpatuloy ako.
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Against All Boundaries
RomanceWhat do you think will you do when you're pinned in a situation you've never imagine to happen, but you were actually hoping for? Because you find nothing to appreciate from yourself, you wish you could become someone else. And when that opportunit...
