Chapter 33: Won't Stop Me

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Maxine's pov

It's the last day today and we're going back to school tomorrow.

"Hey, you won't come to school tomorrow?" tanong ko kay Max.

Andito kami ngayon sa hospital. Aiko is in a coma. Good thing at dinala siya dito ni Maxton. Pero ang nakakainis lang, Aiko is giving up. She wants to give up pero hindi kami pumapayag.

Umiling siya while holding her hands and looking at her.

Huminga ako ng malalim. Umupo ako sa tabi nya at hinawakan sya sa balikat.

"Okay, I'll tell the professors why" tumango siya.

"How about you?" tanong niya.

"I'll go. They don't need to know about me" sabi ko. I'll go tomorrow with Killian and the others. Pero di parin ako kampante na sabihin na ako ang Mafia boss ng Takahashi.

Binitawan nya saglit si Aiko at pumunta sa maliit na living room saka kumuha ng tubig.

"I didn't see Akiro. Does he know this?" napatigil ako. Oo nga pala, the night when I came to heavens, wala ang mga rainbows at constellations.

Si Scorpio lang ang andon. Then he told me what happened kaya agad akong pumunta sa hospital. I saw kuya Raiku crying hard and shouting at the doctors.

I comforted him, and hindi ko na nakuhang sabihin sakanya ang nangyari samin ni Akiro. At dahil nag expect ako na pupunta sya sa bahay at bawiin ang sinabi nya.

"Ahm, una na ako kuya, I still need to check everything at the heavens then I'll come home and pick some clothes for you" kinuha ko yung bag ko at palabas na ng magsalita sya.

"May problema ba kayo? I saw you crying when you got here. But didn't have the chance to ask you" napakagat ako sa labi at pinipigilan ang mga luhang gustong pumatak.

Humarap ako sakanya.

"We broke up" saka na tumulo ang mga luha ko.

Binaba nya ang baso at nilapitan ako.

"What did you say?"

"he broke up with me without saying any reason" sinuntok niya yung pader na nasa side ko at hinampas yon.

"Fuck it! I'll really make him--" hinawakan ko siya sa kamay.

"I don't believe any of that kuya.. I know he won't do that" Napa hilamos siya sa mukha.

"What did I tell you in the first place? Leave him if he won't leave. Then what happened? You didn't listen. Ayan, ikaw ang nasasaktan ngayon" pinunasan ko ang mga luha ko.

"I should've listen, I'm sorry kuya. But.. I don't regret anything" lumapit siya sakin at pinunasan ang mga luhang tumulo at yinakap ako.

"Bago ako umalis, gamutin muna natin yan" sabi ko at hinila sya sa cr.

Kinuha ko yung mga bulak at bandaid.

While giving him a bandaid, I know he's looking at me like he's asking if I'm okay.

"How are you now? Sorry I didn't have time--" ngumiti ako at tinignan sya.

"It's okay. Yan, okay na. Sge na kuya, dito ka nalang at wag mokong alalahanin. Bye" sabi ko at agad lumabas.

Nakita ko sina Cancer at Killian.

"Asan si Libra?" tanong ko.

"Nasa headquarters. Mukhang kinailangan ni Scorpio ng tulong" tumango nalang ako.

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