Thunder's Affliction (Updating)

Chapter 14

Chapter 14

We spent the remaining days dating in Vigan. We're also visiting places in the Ilocos Region. Collecting memories together. Thunder never fails to make me feel loved and cherished. He's always attentive to me. He always notices and gives me what I want, o kahit hindi ko naman kailangan ay ibinibigay niya. Ngayon alam ko na talaga kung paano siya magmahal. He gives it all. Parang sa sugal, itinataya niya lahat.

"I'd never experienced this kind of life before. I grew up in a simple life, isang kahig isang tuka. Kumakain ng tatlong beses sa isang araw. Iyong tipong sakto lang lahat. Masaya naman ako e. Pero alam mo 'yong may kulang pa rin. Siguro, kasi hindi ko kilala iyong totoong ako. I never met my biological parents. Hindi ko alam kung anong nangyari, kung itinapon ba nila ako o ano. Basta napulot lang ako sa basurahan ni nanay noong nangangalakal siya." I started to tell him about my life. Nasa mataas na parte kami at nakaupo, kitang kita namin ang papalubog na araw mula sa kinauupuan namin at sa baba naman ay dagat.

"Pero meeting you made me realize that I don't need to look back. To find that self that was no longer here. That was already gone a long time ago. Meeting you made me realize to appreciate the life I have. At makontento na si Nanay ang naging nanay ko. Kahit na iyong tatay ko dati matapang, palagi akong pinapalo. Kontento na ako sa naging pamilya ko, at least dahil do'n nagkaroon ako ng chance na makilala ka." Totoo naman, hindi ko kasi alam kung posible ba na mahalin ko siya if ever na lumaki ako sa tunay kong mga magulang.

Maybe it was fate that brought us together. Na ginawa ng tadhana na maging ampon ako para makilala ko si Thunder. Para mahalin ko siya. If it's not fate's doing, then I don't know who did it for us. God? Of course. Pero sana ito talaga ang plano ni God para sa amin.

"Bakit kasi hindi pa mas naging maaga, edi sana hindi ako napunta sa maling tao. Sana mas matagal tayong nagmahalan." He smiled, saying that.

"Well, at least we're here together now." Kahit walang malinaw na label kung kami na ba.

"Heaven, can you wait for me?" Sumulyap ako sa kaniya.

"Hmm? Wait for?" Sa tingin ko'y may idea na ako sa gusto niyang mangyari.

"For me to say I love you to you. Ayoko kasi na basta-basta na lang sabihin 'yon. I came fresh from a toxic relationship. Gusto ko kapag sinabi ko sa 'yo iyon, ay talagang okay na lahat sa akin. So I can love you fully. Can you patiently wait for that?" His voice was soft and sincere. Makikita rin iyon sa mga mata niya kaya marahan akong tumango.

"Oo naman, we don't need to rush Thunder. As long as you want me with you, alam ko naman later on you'll finally love me a hundred percent. Just let me heal with you. Let's heal together. We don't need to do this alone, so I am going with you. We will go through all of life's bullshit until. . . we're already free from pain." Ngumiti ako at may kumawalang luha sa mga mata ko. He hugged me, and so I hugged him too.

It was so perfect. The ambiance. The date. The sunset. Sincere talk. Everything was falling into place, and the puzzle pieces just fit perfectly.

Until the day we're leaving Vigan to go back. Pabalik sa magulong mundo naming dalawa. But it's fine. I am with him, and he's with me. Hindi ako bibitaw.

"I heard from Gian, my current assistant, that Rain left all of her shares in my name. She's no longer part of my company." We're on the way when Thunder says that. Sinulyapan ko naman siya at naka-focus lang siya sa pagmamaneho.

"Bakit daw?" Mukhang tuluyan nang kumalas si Rain kay Thunder.

"Aalis na sila ni Zeus, they're leaving the country to live abroad together." Tumango naman ako.