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TRAGIC STORY OF THE GOD OF DEATH.

"Mommy!" Napatingin ako sa pinto at nakita ko roon si annie kasama ang kapatid kong si Gwen.

"Annie!" Masayang usal ko at hinintay silang makalapit.

"Kamusta ka na ate?" Tanong ni Gwen nang makalapit.

"Heto, unti-unti na'kong tinatakasan ng lakas." Matapat kong sagot kaya bumuntong-hininga s'ya. Si annie naman ay nakatingin lang sa'akin habang nasa gilid ng kama ko.

Sandali kaming natahimik bago mag salita si annie.

"Mommy... is Kamatayan picking you up?" Tanong n'ya na nakapag patigil sa'min ni Gwen. Sandali ko s'yang tinitigan bago sumagot.

"No baby..." Yes, he's picking me up.
Kita ko na ang lungkot sa mga mata n'ya simula nung pumasok sila ng kwarto ko.

"Do you see him? Is he talking to you? Does he want to take you?" Sunod-sunod n'yang tanong na inilingan ko. Hinimas ko ang buhok n'ya bago sumagot.

"No baby, i didn't see him." I'm a lier. Nginitian ko s'ya kahit na nauubusan na'ko ng lakas.

"Paano mo nga pala nakilala si Kamatayan?" Tanong ko sa'kanya. Wala naman akong naiku-kuwento sa'kanya about sa mga ganyan.

"Tita Gwen told me that when a person is dying? Kamatayan is visiting them until they die and Kamatayan will take their soul and bring them into their place." Sagot n'ya na nag pa iling sa'akin. Tinignan ko lang si Gwen at nakita ko ang pag iling n'ya bago umalis sa loob ng kwarto.

"It was just a story baby--"

"But i believe it mommy, that's why i'm asking you if you see him." Tinignan ko ang mukha n'ya at halatang naniniwala s'ya sa kuwento na narinig n'ya.

"Do you wanna know his story?" I asked. Sunod-sunod s'yang tumango kaya natawa ako.

"Does Kamatayan have a story?"

"Of course he have." He have a tragic story behind the dark.

" I wanna hear his story mommy!" Sagot n'ya at tumalon-talon sa gilid ng kama ko.

"Okay, sit down first." Agad s'yang umupo at naka pangalumbaba na nakatingin sa'akin.

"Once upon a time, there was a man who named Kamatayan, his age is the same age of our world.  He is a heartless man and he likes taking souls. His world is full of darkness and he loves it, he loves being alone in the dark, he loves taking souls and make them suffer. He never wanted to be in light, he never wish to be in heaven, he just want all people die so he can rest forever. " Panimula ko sa kuwento at agad s'yang namangha.

"Woaah, so he's really a demon." Sinabi n'ya iyon ng hindi patanong. Tumango ako.

"Yes, he's a demon. But as they say, no demon is incapable of loving. There are no exempted when it comes to love."

"Does kamatayan fell inlove?" Mangha n'yang tanong na tinanguan ko ulit.

"He did, he fell inlove with a girl." Maikli kong sagot. Nilapit n'ya ang mukha n'ya sa'akin.

"How did their story begin?" Paano nga ba? paano nga ba nag simula ang lahat?

"As what i've said, Kamatayan never wanted to be in light or even in heaven, he just want all people die so he can rest .... But everything in him changed when a girl came into his life — or should i say, his 'world'. He never expect that despite of the darkness of his world, there will be a light that will come to him spontaneously---"