Winds of Celestial (Heron Series #1)

35

"Wake up."

Gumilid ako sa pagkakahiga at parang ewan na may gumugulo sa akin.

"Wake up." "One."

I kicked the air in annoyance. Sino ba 'tong nanggugulo?

"Two."

Kahit antok ay dinilat ko ang mata ko at naramdaman ko ang pag-turn ng katawan ko at nakita ko si Viktor na nakaupo na sa kama ko.

How did he get here?

"You didn't lock the door."

He read me again!

Tumalikod ako sa kanya at dumapa ako nang pagkakahiga para hindi siya makita pero pinaharap niya lang ako sa kanya.

"I will put an ointment to your face. Go back to sleep."

"Ako na."

Sinubukan 'kong bumangon sa pagkakahiga pero pinahiga niya lang ulit ako.

Hindi ba siya marunong sumunod? Kahit isang beses lang.

He put ointment on my face, and he was being gentle about it. I just looked at him, and he was so focused on what he was doing.

"Ouch!" I shouted to him, and I saw him getting frozen because of my sudden shout.

I want to laugh so bad, but I just closed my eyes so I will not see his face anymore.

"Don't do that again." yun lang ang sinabi niya at hindi na ako nag-react.

I should go back to my senses. Kaharap ko ang boss ko at hindi ang kung sino-sino lang. I should be professional right now.

"Tama na, okay na 'yan."

Muli' kong dinilat ang mga mata ko at pinatigil na siya sa pagpahid ng ointment sa mukha ko.

I know that I hit my face so hard, but I wasn't feeling anything a while ago, and then I suddenly felt a sting. Hindi ko na kasalanan 'yon.

He stopped applying ointment to me, and he just looked at me like he was observing. Nakaramdam ako ng hiya, kaya bumangon na ako sa pagkakahiga.

"May guest room naman dito; doon kana lang matulog." "Gabi na rin," yun na lang ang sinabi ko sa kanya.

Mukha na kasi siyang pagod at ang layo-layo pa ng condo niya sa bahay ni Papa.

"Magpaliwanag kana lang kay Papa bukas, ikaw na bahala, close naman kayo."

Muli akong humiga at siya ay hindi man lang gumalaw sa pagkakaupo sa kama ko. Hindi ba talaga siya aalis?

"Why did you hit yourself?" Tanong niya.

Napakurap ako at agad na umiling. "Hindi nga sabi, bakit ba ang kulit niyo?" I denied what he said.

"Your parents will never hit you, Liah. I know them."

"Basta, hindi nga. Lumabas kana nga ng kwarto ko, matutulog na ako."

Tumagilid na ako sa pagkakahiga at pinikit na ang mata ko. His being here adds to my list of sins. I'm just really waiting for the karma to hit me, and I know that will be really hard this time.

Karma loves me so much that it never leaves my side. I will always experience them and just accept them because I know in myself that I did something bad. Even though it hurt me, I felt like I had no choice but to accept it. It was kind of hard, but I got used to it. Hindi rin ako nagsisimba kaya nagagalit na rin siguro sa akin si Papa God.

I don't want our conversation to take long again, so I just went back to sleep, not knowing if he left my room or not.

I woke up almost in the afternoon, and I had slept more than 8 hours. I want to feel good, but there is this feeling that reminds me that even just sleeping for so long is still a sin.