Simply Unheard (Chicser - Ranz Kyle) (IN THE PROCESS OF REVISION)

Chapter Nineteen:

Trisha gasped. "What happened?"

"We - uhmm. We talked. Kumustahan and all," She guarded her words. She did not tell her about the kiss.

May mga bagay na para lang sakanila ni Ranz.

"And then?"

"That's that." She pursed her lips together.

"Wala man lang bang iyakan?! Tanungan or anything?"

"He did not ask me about what happened three years ago. Maybe it's something none of us wanted to talk about."

"But that's impossible!!" Trisha blurted. "Di man lang ba siya nag makaawang wag ka ng tumuloy sa kahibangan mo?!"

"Hindi, Trisha. Alam naming pareho na walang atrasan to."

"Peste talagang sindikatong yan! Lalo na yung matanda, malapit na ngang mamatay at lahat pero hindi pa rin tumitigil sa paglalaro!" NAnggagalaiting sabi nito.

"Trisha, this is their building! Baka may makarinig sayo!" Raine whisper-yelled. "But you know, napanaginipan ko siya."

Trisha's feautures relaxed. Nakita niya kung paano umaliwalas ang mukha ng best friend sa pag banggit sa kanya.

"I dreamt about that night. The night he told me he loved me." Ng tubig naman agad ang mga mata ni Raine.

She's so glad na dumating si Trisha, wala na kasi siyang ibang mapag sabihan. Di na niya binabanggit sa pinsan ang tunay niyang nararamdaman. Ayaw niya kasing bigyan pa ito ng problema. ZhuTem? She lost them the moment she left the country.

"Mahal ka pa rin niya."

"You don't know that. I mean after everything I put him through, who to say if he did not hate me."

Umiling si Trisha. "Khay, he will never hate you. You know that."

"I killed him. He gave me his heart, but what did I do? I threw it back at him in pieces." Raine started sobbing.

Trisha stood up, walked up to her, then hugged her. "You had your reasons, Khay. He just need to hear them from you."

*

Owy's P.O.V

"So, I heard Kylie's back."

Agad akong tumingin kay Ranz na nakaupo sa upuan sa my bintana. Aish, si Biboy talaga, minsan parang ewasn. Buksan ba naman ang topic tungkol kay Khay? Kahit naman poker face si Binyel, and even though he's keeping a stoic front, we know he's still hurting. Hay, palibhasa wala dito yan nung dumating si Kylie mula Paris.

"Yeah." Malamig na sagot ni Mauiee.

Andito kaming lahat sa studio ni Ully. Malaki na ito at marami na siya studyante ngayon. But for today, the whole studio is closed exclusively for us. Ngayon lang kami ulit nagkasama-samang lahat. - Well, except kay Kylie, of course. -

Madalas, hindi sumasama si Ranz kapag kasama ang ZhuTem. Di man niya aminin, alam namin na nasasaktan siya tuwing makikita sila na wala ang mahal niya.

"Pupunta naman tayo, di ba?" Keciee broke the silence.

Lahat kami napatingin kay Ranz.

Wala.

Suot pa din niya ang maskara niya.

"Gusto niya kumpleto tayo, sigurado ako." sabi ni Clarence.

"Talaga lang ah? Si Trisha lang nga ang kinakausap niya ngayon eh. Simula noong dumating siya, ni hindi man lang siya nagparamdam samin!" - Unice.

"She shut us out, Cav." - Mauie

She's the day Kylie left the country, wala na kaming narinig mula sakanya. Kung hindi lang kay CAV, wala na kaming balita sa babaing yun.

Si Trisha lang talaga. Si Trisha lang ang nakakabalita sakanya. Marami siyang alam, but just like Khay, she had left the country. Umalis siya after comforting Ranz two years ago.

"She had her reasons." Pagtatanggol ni Clarence sa pinsan.

"CAV  naman. Halos tatlong taon din kaming walang nafrinig tungkol sakanya!" Pag tataas na boses ni Mauie.

I held her hand.

Masama ang looob nila, pero kilala namin si Khay. Hindi siya basta basta nang iiwan.

"Not my story to tell, but know that she had her reasons." Tumayo si CAV to pour himself some brandy.

"Pumunta kayo."

Napalingon kaming lahat kay Ranz.

"She'll want you to be there."

"Ikaw din. Gusto niya andun ka din." - Clarence.

"I cannot speak for myself just yet. But, please, be there for her." Tumayo siya and headed for the door.

"Ah, Clarence. Nakita ko sina Tita kanina, sino yung kasama nilang bata?" Nagtatakang tanong ni Kuya. "Hindi kasi ako nakalapit since napadaan lang ako."

To everyone's surprise, biglang naibagsak ni CAV ang hawak niyang baso. 

Pati si Ranz na nasa malapit na pinto, napatigil.

"A relative of ours. Sinundo lang para ihatid sa mama niya." Yumuko siya para pulutin ang nabasag na baso.

"Ako na." Pinigilan siya ni Addie.

Bigla akong nakaramdam ng awkwardness. Bakit kaya?

Binitiwan ni Mauie ang kamay ko.

"How old is he, exactly?" Biglang tanong ni Ranz.

"2 years and 4 months."

"De Jesus?"

"Teka, bat ba interesado ka bigla sa bata?" Nagtatakang tanong ni Ully.

"Wala naman, naisip ko lang. Kung Villafuerte yung bata, hindi na pala si Raine ang bunso nila." - Ranz face softened at the mention of her name. Hay. After all this years, ganun pa rin ang effect ni Khay sakanya.

"Yeah. Kaya nga kapag kasama ni Khay yung bata, para din siyang nagiging bata." Clarence smiled.

"Okay... Tara Ipis, bili tayong pagkain" PAgyaya ni Unice kay Ully.

"Lagi ka naman gutom. Para kang buntis!"

"Huh?! Buntis si Unice?!" Gulat kong tanong.

Bigla naman akong binatukan ni Unice. " Tanga! Hindi!!!" Ever the sadist. -___-

"Bahala ka na nga! Kung ayaw mo kong samahan, di wag!!" Pagmamaktol nito.

"Tss. joke lang naman, ito na oh. Libre pa nga kita eh."

Ayon. Si Loverboy, simula ng nakuha na niya si Unice, di na niya binitawan.

Tumayo silang dalawa at umalis na.

"Aalis na ako. Trisha's in the country." Before Ranz could leave, pinigilan siya ni Mauie.

"Ranz," she began. "Oo, nagtatampo kami kay Kylie, pero alam ko kung anong kailangan niya. Base sa lahat ng kinukwento ni Clarence, alam kong kailangan niya pa rin tayo. Please be there for her too."

Hindi lumingon si Ranz, pero sumagot siya.

"We'll see."

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