After Our Universe Collided

UNIVERSE 18

Hana shows the picture with Ran. Eliana boils up when she sees the pictures of Ran. It was taken yesterday and this day because of the clothes he's wearing.

Eliana bit her lower lip trying not to cry knowing that Ran was meeting Hana behind her and hurt knowing that Ran telling Hana aishiteru that it meant I love you, as well as that Ran was keeping a secret from her.

"Hi, sis!" Hana greeted Anrie but Anrie ignored her.

Eliana was about to leave, she really couldn't hold her feelings but Hana suddenly fell. Ran saw that and immediately approached Hana. Eliana just looked at the two as if they were the real couple.

Because of jealousy, Eliana ran but she got hit around the bleachers causing her knee to bleed.

"Dugo . . ." (Translation: Blood.)

Eliana looked at Ran worrying at Hana. That's why Eliana stood up and walked slowly.

"Why do you keep doing that Ran?!" Anrie shouted and Ran saw Eliana who was bleeding so he immediately went to Eliana's location.

"E-Eli! What happened?"

Ran was about to do a first aid but Eliana stopped him. "Tell me, Ran," Eliana said and looked at Ran directly into his eyes. She can't hold her tears anymore and starts to fall. "You're lying, right?"

"E-Eli," Ran called Eliana's name but Jeremy suddenly entered the scene and saw that Eliana was bleeding which is why he helped the girl.

Jeremy always visits the arena to see that Eliana is okay but he sees nothing but a scene like this. He was angry because Eliana was his friend and considered to be a brother.

"How dare you! Give my Eli back to me!"

Anrie looked at her cousin and said, "I'm disappointed in you but give me an explanation later." She looked at Hana's position and rolled her eyes. "For now, stay here. I will go after Eli."

When they were at the hospital, Jeremy quickly made a call to Ran through Eliana's phone and Ran answered it.

"Eli, where are you . . ."

"This is Jeremy, I told you not to make El cry, but you still did. You won't be seeing her from now on."

"Damn, where's Eli? You know Jeremy, you are out of our business. Stay out of this!" Ran said in another line. He is furious and emotional because he failed Eliana.

"She's with me," Jeremy said. "At the hospital. She's regaining her energy. You know, she's tired of understanding you but you won't feel that she's tired too. She keeps telling me how beautiful your relationship was but these past few days, her tone has been a bit off. She looks so tired until she tells me about how she felt and she wants to hear words of assurance but you won't say it, you won't know it. You care for your ex better than she does. Eliana is breaking, Ran . . . If you only knew."

Ran cried on the other line and Jeremy ended the call. "I need to do this El, don't get mad. It is a trigger for him to know how he felt for you and don't be numb to your feelings."

RAN TRIED to talk to Eliana in person but Jeremy stopped it. That's why he asked his older brother and Anrie for help.

Ran explains everything to Anrie and agrees to go with them to the hospital. Of course, Rui and Ran followed. Fortunately, Jeremy left for a while so Ran could talk to Eliana in person.

"Eli . . ." Ran called to Eliana and approached the girl. "You make me worried, I won't forgive myself if something happens to you."

"Ran," Eliana called Ran. "I told you, don't keep secrets from me but why didn't you tell me that you are meeting Hana behind me?" Eliana asked, preventing herself from crying. "You wounded my heart, Ran, and you also told her the word that I want to hear from you."

"I'm sorry," Ran said. "I will get you out of here, stay with me."

Her eyes are languid, her lip is so pale and she looks so tired. "Arigatou . . ." Eliana said, therefore, Ran goes near to her. "Ari-gatou . . ." Eliana started to stutter and tears began to fall. "Arigatou . . . for making me feel so special but I will decide that I'll going to resign as your English Teacher." Ran was shocked, he was about to hold Eliana's hand but he didn't. "I want to go back to my homeland, I need . . . some space," sabi ni Eliana. "Sayo . . . nara."

Ran was speechless because of Eliana's words. Ran gets away from Eliana to give her some space. But he promised himself to fight for the girl, no matter what.

After Ran left Eliana's room, the girl shed tears. "I'm sorry Ran, I'm going to rest for a while. Saglit lang."

Ran was also crying while walking. "Damn Eli, gomenasai, gomenasai. I promise I'll search for you. I'll be looking for you at the right time. Hananapin kita."

RAN WAS SILENT when they got into the car so Rui and Anrie were confused.

"Eliana was badly injured, her knees bled too much," Anrie said. "That Hana, she only brings but a mess."

"What happened, by the way?" Rui asked Ran.

"She's going back to the Philippines," Ran said seriously. "She said, she needs some space.

"So what's your next move?" Anrie asked. She's a bit sad knowing that Eliana will leave Japan. "I hope you fight for her! We're supporting you knowing the side you told us and Eli's side, of course I will. But you should settle the things first."

"I will," Ran said with hope in her voice. "But I'll let her take some space. I trust her."

Rui smiled and patted his brother. "We're here to support you!"

RAN RETURNS HOME to Kyoto because he wants to ask his mother for advice. Ran knew his mother was good when it came to this sort of thing.

"You know Eli-chan is adorable. She's unique and the thing I like about her is that she can do what men can do. I remembered that she fixed the table in the storage room, before," Mrs. Takahashi revealed and remembered that Eliana had a lot of other things fixed.

"She told me before, that things like this should be cherished because they might witness the most significant part of our lives. That was indeed right because the table she repaired was a table we used before when you, my children were still young."

Ran also remembered happy memories at that table. So he smiled and when Ran heard about what he was doing, his heart overflowed.

"I knew it, Mom. She's indeed a Wonder Woman. That's why I love . . . her."

His mother smiled strangely and said, "You had a conflict with Eli-chan right?" Ran nodded and her mother smiled. "You shouldn't focus on the past but on the present where you are delighted and feel contented," His mother said. As if she already knows the problem. "Because at the end of the day, you'll still find her presence."

"Mom, how . . . I don't want her to leave me," Ran said. "And I don't know how to confront Hana about the past. I am doing those things because of pity."

"It's better to talk to Hana-chan in the right place and perfect timing and confront her for what you feel," Ran's mother said. "If you want to get back with Eli-chan, you're going to cut the ties with your past."

Ran truly loves Eliana and he doesn't want to lose her. "I love her."

"If you love her, you should say the words that a woman is waiting for her beloved."

He remembers something. The words he didn't tell because he is more into actions not words, but those words are important to Eliana. The magic words. The words of assurance. "I love you." "Aishiteru." "Ti amo." "Mahal kita."