The Only Exception

Chapter 25

Hinsi niya ako sinabihan, edi sana...shit!

"Hindi ko alam kung paano sasabihin sa'yo...Hindi ko alam kung ano ang isipin mo at mararamdaman mong aalis ako. I tried talking to mama, but they already decided. Aalis kami at sasama ako, sa ayaw at sa gusto ko." mapait siyang ngumiti sa akin. "I can't break her heart."

"That's why you broke my heart instead?" may bahid nang pagtatampo ang boses ko.

Umiling siya. "No, I would never do that." He held my hand and put it back on around his neck.

He starts dancing with me again when a song played.

"I wanted to know what's your opinion about long-distance relationship that night. I'm not really talking about my friend. I am talking about myself, Curns. And your answers broke me. It scares the shit of me."

"To think that you would rather forget me, scared me so bad. I don't want to be forgotten by the girl I love so much. And forgetting me means, you'll fall for someone else." mahinang bulong niya habang tinitingnan ako sa mga mata.

"That's why I chose to just stay friends with you. At some point, napanatag ako, na kahit magkaibigan lang tayo, you won't forget about me. "

I gulped. Rinig ko ang biglang tawa niya. He looked up.

"Hindi mo nga ako kinalimutan... pero nahulog ka pa rin iba."

Yumuko ako sa kanya.

"You did not listen to me that night, tinalikuran mo ako kahit hindi pa ako sa lahat ng sasabihin ko." I said truthfully.

"I was about to say that if you are that guy who's leaving, I will consider it, because you are my only exception, but you left even before I could say it."

Hindi siya sumagot at naluluhang nag iwas ng tingin sa akin.

"I wish I could turn back time and call you mine. Sana hindi ko piniling maging duwag..."

Nakita ko kung paano mag unahan ang patak ng luha niya. I am crying too. I am crying because I never saw this coming too.

"I wish I was brave enough to fall for you when your arms were there, wide open and ready to catch me."

Inikot niya muli ako saka hinila para sa isang mahigpit na yakap.

"I love you so much, and you are free from me now..."

Ang sabi niya habang nakangiti sa akin. Naiiyak akong ngumiti rin sa kanya. I tiptoed and kissed his forehead.

"Thank you, for letting me go. You will find someone else, too. At your unexpected moments."

"I will try to wait for that." ngumiti siya saka unti unting binitawan ang kamay ko. Tumigil rin kami sa pagsayaw.

"Go on, chase him. He's outside."

Nanlaki ang mata ko habang nakatingin sa kanya. Does he mean, Ryan?

My heart starts beating so fast, like it was that ready for a race, for a chase.

"Don't be like a tree. Move your feet and move forward, move closer to him."

Ngumiti ako at muli siyang niyakap nang mabilis.

"Thank you so much, Conrad I love you!" I said.

Tumango siya saka tipid na ngumiti.

"Go..."

I was about to go when I stopped. Lumingon ulit ako sa kanya.

"Paano ka dito?" I asked.

"Huwag mo na akong intindihin, chase him. I'll be fine, kaya ko ang sarili ko, Curns." his big genuine smile assured me.