The Great Wall of Karina

Chance

It's been a week after that traumatic incident happened to her.

That guy. I promised na he'll get the punishment the he deserves. What he did to Winter was unforgivable.

I almost lose myself when Gi called me that night crying. I got all the chills when I saw her na sobrang takot na takot na naka-upo sa sala and too much blood sa damit nya.

Fck that guy!

I already talked to dad and ate Irene about it. They'll make sure raw na makukulong ang lalakeng yun.

Ate Irene also visiting us everytime na may vacant sya. One time pa nga ay kasama nya si Dad. But they never had a chance para maka-usap si Winter dahil nga nagkukulong sya lagi sa kwarto. Mom, Winter's mom also stays here for a couple of days para lang ma monitor si Winter.

She said na parang naulit lang daw yung nangyari kay Winter noon mas malala lang nga raw ngayon.

She said na bigyan nalang daw talaga muna namin ng time si Winter. She knows how strong daw si Winter kaya she's sure na babalik ulit sa dati si Winter as long as nandito raw kami para sa kanya.

That's why I'm here. I want her to feel na she's not alone. Na we're here para sa kanya.

Heejin's okay naman, unlike Winter hindi naman sya gaanong na trauma sa nangyari. Ate Irene's been taking care of her.

Tinignan ko ulit ang pinto ng kwarto ni Winter. It's good na she's starting to talk to others again. Nalulungkot talaga ako when she locked herself sa kwarto nya for days. Hindi sya gaanong nagsasalita and she always flinched kapag nahahawakan mo sya.

Fck that guy, really.

Mom, Winter's mother told me na samahan si Winter dito sa bahay. Kahit naman hindi sabihin ni Mom, decided naman talaga akong manatili rito kahit na we're not really okay. Gusto ko rin naman. After what happened sa kanya gusto ko na lagi syang nababantayan. I want to protect her as much as I can para hindi na maulit ang bagay na yun sa kanya.

Hindi parin naman kami bumabalik sa dati. It's okay, okay lang naman na sa'kin kahit ganito kami as long as nababantayan ko sya. She needs time and I'm willing to give it to her, basta maging okay lang sya.

I glanced again sa kwarto nya ng bumukas ang pinto nito. They all smiled at me bago sila bumaba ng hagdan.

Weird? usually kasi kinakausap nila ako after nilang mangulit kay Winter.

Tumayo nalang ako at maglalakad na sana pabalik ng kwartong tinutulugan ko when I saw Winter na palabas din ng kwarto nya. I froze sa kinatatayuan ko.

Should I talk to her? Smile or just say hi to her man lang?

"Kumain ka na?"

"Yes!" napa-iwas ako ng tingin sa kanya.

"I—i mean y-yes...kumain na ako." I swallowed hard. Why am I getting nervous around her?!

"I..I cooked some food kanina.." napakamot ako ng batok bigla. "I don't know if it's good b-but it's edible naman...if you want to e-ea—"

"Okay." she cutted me off tapos dumiretso na sya sa may sala.

Sinundan ko sya ng tingin and pinagmamasdan ko nalang sya ng maka-upo na sya.

Oh my god.

She looked at me.

Napapasok tuloy agad ako sa kwarto.