Kahit anong pagtataboy ni Aileen kay Kit, he stayed.
"Bakit ka pa nandito? Can't you see? I'm a mess, masama ako, I have a lot of bullshts, and no one is forcing you to stay with me," ani Aileen.
"I know," tipid na sagot ni Kit.
"Then why are you still here?"
"Kasi gusto ko,"
"Bakit nga?" Aileen asked with a pinch of irritation.
"Kasi gusto kita," Kit bluntly said.
Aileen looks at him with so much confusion.
"Ako? Bakit?" tanong ni Aileen.
After all these happenings? Even she, herself, thinks that she's not worthy of any love, lalo na ngayon.
"I know, you might think that you're not worth any of this, pero alam kong deep inside, you're more than.. this. Hindi mo lang iyon nakikita dahil walang tumutulong sayo, but now, I'm here, I'll help,"
"I don't deserve any of this, and you know that," ani Aileen.
"No, you do, you deserve someone who will take care of you," ani Kit.
——
After buying a new phone, Chase decided to go home, sa bahay nila.
If there's one thing he learned, it's that he can never run away from his problems. So instead of doing that, he's facing them one by one.
Di ako babalikan ni Ara if I'm still a broken man.
"Kuya, where have you been?" bungad agad sakanya ng kapatid pagpasok niya ng bahay.
He just hugged her without saying anything.
He wants to talk to his dad, and mom.
"A-anak...." salubong sakanya ng kanyang ina.
It was hard absorbing everything.
"While you were away, I decided to tell your sister and dad..." anang kanyang ina.
"I'm sorry...." tanging sinabi ni Chase.
"The hell you've been through, I can't erase that, I'm so sorry mom.. patawad," dagdag ni Chase.
He saw her mom's tears fall down before she hugged him tight.
"It's fine anak, wala kang kasalanan," anang kanyang ina sabay hagod ng kanyang likod.
If there's one thing that the breakup thought him, is that being selfish leads to more people or even yourself getting hurt.
Bago pa man kita balikan Ara, bago ko pa man ayusin ang nawasak na relasyon natin, aayusin ko muna ang sarili ko.
——
"Oh, Ara, kamusta? Akala ko ba pupunta tayo sa mga schools ngayon dito?" tanong ni Yra sakanya.
Lumipas ang mga araw but Ara's heart is still not in ease. Hindi niya parin alam kung babalik pa ba siya, o hindi na. Hindi pa.
"Ah, oo nga pala, 'lika na," anito.
She tries hard to mask her uncertainty.
Kung iisipin kong mang bumalik, sana maayos natin ang lahat Chase. Maayos natin ang mga sarili natin.
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