The Crown Sinners

54: Losing Game

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#TCS54: Losing Game

Miracle Silhouette's POV

Patuloy ang pagpatak ng mga luha ko sa narinig na kwento. It was so heartwarming, but too tragic. I didn't know how to react. I was just quiet, shedding tears, and with an aching heart. Why was fate so cruel to them? What did they do so wrong to meet such an end? They didn't deserve it—not even one bit of it.

Napatingin ako kay Akakios at kitang-kita ko ang walang tigil na pagbasak ng mga luha at pamumula ng mga mata n'ya. It was too much. Too much for him to hear. I thought his parents were still alive... just hiding and waiting for him. Pero 'yung nalaman mong wala ka na palang babalikan, na wala na pala 'yung mga gusto mong bigyan ng pagmamahal... it broke my heart.

I stood up from my seat, and hugged Akakios. He hugged my waist, and cried on my embrace while he was still sitting. Napatingin ako sa kisame, sobrang hirap makitang ganito s'ya nasasaktan at nanghihina. Hindi ko alam kung bakit gano'n kasakit sa akin, paano pa kaya kay Akakios?

I glanced at Master Gideon and the others. They avoided my gaze. They were all teary eyed. Tita Misha was crying, too. And the others looked so conflicted and in pain. Master Gideon's eyes were watering. But he was keeping it together.

I bowed at them. Wanting them to leave us alone for a little while. I was sure, after hearing that story, Akakios wouldn't want anything for now. He looked so wounded. Nakuha naman nila ang gusto kong iparating at isa-isa silang nagtayuan at umalis muna sa silid.

Akakios was breaking down, and I was just crying with him.

Hindi ko alam kung gaano kami katagal na nasa gano'ng pwesto. Umiiyak lang. Hindi ko rin kasi alam ang sasabihin ko para pagaanin ang loob n'ya. No words could amount and comfort him right now. No words were enough. So, I stayed there for him.

Nang kumalma s'ya, hinihingal at pagang-paga ang mga mata. He looked like so lost, and tired. Hinawakan ko na lang ang mga kamay n'ya. Tapos tumakbo kami pababa papunta sa garden. Nang tumigil do'n, umupo kami sa may table at chairs na metal na maraming bulaklak.

"A love that was pure and true will never end, it will continue... even in afterlife," I mentioned. Looking at the wonderful and full of flowers place. Akakios sighed, still lonely and heartbroken about his parents' story.

"What is like when you are growing up?" tanong ko sa kanya. Napalingon s'ya sa akin. The wind blew, it was like hugging the two if us. Aki just looked at the fountain in front of us. And the sun slowly setting down from the sky.

The hues of orage, yellow, pink salmon, and a little purple looked like dancing while mixing their colours. It was really nice, peaceful, and melancholy. I smiled. I knew they were watching us, and I knew they were proud of who Akakios became today. A person with a real and pure heart. They didn't need to worry. He grew up so well.

"We go from places to places." Hindi ako nagsalita at nanatiling nakikinig sa kanya habang nakatitig lang s'ya sa kalangitan. I focused my eyes on the fountain while smiling.

"Always hidden, always on the run. I thought it was normal. Si Lolo rin nagturo lahat ng nalalaman ko." He stopped, like remembering his childhood and his past. "Then we stayed for a long time, at an island in this country." Nagbuntonghininga s'ya.

Nagkwento s'ya kung paano ang buhay nila. 'Yung mga pagkakataong ayaw n'yang magsanay kahit gusto ng Lolo n'ya. Para sa kaligtasan nito, pero mas nangibabaw sa kanya na mas makakasakit ka lang kapag gano'n.