May sarili ng kwento si Kyle Corvette Montefalco :) so maybe it's time we let him go from this story...?
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Third Person POV
"Corvette!" tawag ni Hellene sa kababata pero tuloy tuloy lang ito.
"Hellene can you do me a favor?" he said
"You want to be alone?" she asked at tumango lang ito. "Para ka parin talagang bata...pero parang mas gusto ko nalang yung naglalaro ka kesa ganyan ka, I can't bear it." she whispered he remained silent.
"I guess hindi pa ako sanay, hindi pa ako sanay sa tinatawag na 'Human Emotion' I'll get used to it" he said tumango lang si Hellene saka iniwan ang kababata
"Call me up when you need something. Don't take up too long, I'll get worried." bilin pa nito.
"I will" he said and just like that he was alone again.
"I promised to be your angel Rain..." mahinang sambit niya at naalala ng una niyang makita si Rain, alam niyang girlfriend noon ito ni Reino sa Helena Town. Noong una wala naman siyang pakialam dito because he was too hung up with Lena.
Then that gruesome day happened ng magka enkwentro si Aston at Drei and he confronted Lena...
"Sa susunod wag kang magmamahal ng babaeng may mahal ng iba! masasaktan ka lang!"
Corvette's POV
I remember our first bonding ng mapilay ito...and what I told her back then..
"Bakit pa kasi kelangan nating makilala ang mga taong magpapasaya sa atin pero hindi naman nakatakda para sa atin?" she asked
"Maybe in their own ways, they'll lead us into a realization of letting go and moving on" was what I told her
Letting go? You were never mine Rain...I've always known where I stand, yet...here I am hurting.
"Corvette...wag mo akong iwan...please?"
Rain...
"Please don't leave me here Corvette..."
Keroro... I never wanted to see you hurt...ako nalang wag na ikaw...pero...ang sakit...ang sakit sakit lang... mas masakit pa ito compared kay Lena...
Hindi ako nagkaroon ng chance na mapalapit kay Lena unlike Rain.
"Look! A puppy! Iuwi nalang natin siya!" masayang sabi nito ng namasyal kami sa may parke
"Kamukha mo" I said tumawa lang ito at kumahol ang aso
"Medyo kahawig mo din! aha! alam ko na ang ipapangalan sa kanya!" anito
"What?"
"CORRAIN!" she beamed
"Corrain?"
"Yep! Corvette and Rain, cute diba? para equal share!"
Habang pinipigilan kong mahulog sayo Rain... never did I know na sobra ka ng napapalapit sa akin.
How can I walk away from you Rain, when everytime I try to do so, my feet always goes back to you. Annika Rain Hanabishi...kahit pa...iba ang mahal mo, hindi ba pwedeng ako nalang? I'll take care of your wounded heart.Sometimes, healing a broken heart can be the hardest thing to do, because no matter what you do, if you're not the right medicine for it, you can do nothing to make it better. But I'll never leave her, even if it kills me this time.
"SHIT!!!!!" sigaw ko habang nakaupo sa damuhan. "SHIT!! SHIT!! SHIT!! SHIT!!!!" sigaw ko sa deserted na parte ng parke...tama ang sinabi ko...and now it's killing me...
The time I caught her when she fell. Hurt me physically...and now I was the one who fell for her. Tama nga sila, ang mga taong nahuhulog, nasasaktan.
“Sacrificing your happiness for the happiness of the one you love, is by far, the truest form of love.”
Hanggang kailan? Palagi nalang ba akong magsasakripisyo?
"I'll protect you...I'm your angel, hinding hindi na kita hahayaang masaktan pa"
Rain...
"You still have me Rain...and I promise...hindi ako mawawala sa iyo..."
Rain...
"This is for the girl who is always down...but as I've said...I am your angel, at hindi ako papayag na lumagapak ka pa ulit...I'll be there to catch you, even at the cost of my own broken wings...hindi ko na hahayaang mahulog ka ng walang sasalo sa iyo, because I'll be here at all costs...anghel mo nga eh! and angels do sing right? but this angel---"
"Will do anything for you"
"Rain..." sambit niya...Lena was the first cut...but what I felt for Rain was much deeper.
"We're both broken I know...but maybe that's why the pieces fit...will you try it with me?"
"Yes Corvette...I'm willing to take this chance with you"
"Damn it...ang tanga ko...damn..."
Pain is a part of life Rain...but I want to shield you out of it...hindi ko kasi kayang nakikitang nasasaktan ka...
"DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNNNNN!!!!!!!"
"Can I kiss you then?"
"Rain..." mahinang sambit ko "Rain..." like I've always done...I was pretending...pretending na laro lang ang lahat... I've been playing these kind of games since then. Pero ngayon lang ako nasaktan ng ganito...
You're not mine to begin with...and I've accepted the fact that you'll never be...
Yet it still hurts...so damn much.
Third Person POV
lingid sa kaalaman ni Corvette habang ito ay lumuluha...may pares ng matang nakatunghay sa kanya. She bit her lip as she looked at him from afar.
She held unto her wrist...a letter "K" was tattooed in there.
"Hanggang tingin ka nalang ba sa malayo?" isang boses ang gumambala sa kanya.
"Hellene..." she acknowledged
"He's learning how to handle human emotions...ngayon lang niya naranasang magmahal ng ibang tao" she said, nagbaba lang ng tingin ang dalaga
"You love him...still." Hellene said pero umiling lang ang dalaga.
"After all that's happened? No. I don't love him. He deserves to be hurt. He deserves everything" she said as she walked past through Hellene
"Siguro nga tama ka, matapos ang masilimuot na nakaraan niya ay matatawag ng karma ang nangyayari sa kanya ngayon. Pero naniniwala ako na balang araw ay may magmamahal din sa kanya at hindi aalalahanin ng taong iyon ang nakaraan niya" Hellene replied
"You don't know what kind of hell he put me through, and now he deserves to rot in the same place where I was." she said
"Yeah, I can see that. Must be why you're rotten now. Kriarimelise Ayreen. Kung hindi mo napapansin dear cousin hindi ka nakaalis. Nasa impyerno ka pa ding pinagdalhan niya at aminin mo man sa sarili mo o hindi naghihintay ka pa ding sunduin ng taong nagdala sa iyo doon" Hellene said as she walked past through her. Towards Corvette. Pinagmasdan lang sila ni Kria.
"Rettsu wa ienikaeru...Let's go home Kyle...c'mon" she said tumayo naman ang binata. He was dazed nakatulala lang ito. His eyes were...empty...and broken. Kria felt herself shiver as tears welled up in her eyes.
"He deserves it" she whispered to herself.
(If you want to find out about Kyle's Past read his story entitled: Dollhouse)
Reino's POV
Hindi ko alam kung ilang minuto na kaming magkayakap ni Rain.
No words...walang nagsasalita pero alam ko kahit papano nagkakaintindihan na kami.
I'm just so happy right now, they've given me this chance to make everything right...
And I won't waste this anymore. Rain is my forever...hindi ko na hahayaang---
"Si Corvette?"
"Rain?" I asked pero wala na sa akin ang paningin niya, she was searching for something...
no...
She was searching for someone...
"Lena! Si Corvette?" tanong nito, I just looked at her...ni hindi pa nga kami nakakapag-usap pero si Corvette na agad ang hinahanap niya? I looked at Lena's pained expression.
Did...something happen?
"Lena? Are you okay? Nasaan si Corvette? Medyo nakainom yun diba?" nagaalalang tanong ni Rain, I just looked at Rain...
I can't believe this.
"Umalis na siya" sabi lang ni Lena na parang nahihirapan
"Umalis? Na hindi man lang nagpapa-alam?" tanong pa din ni Rain. I so want to pull her, bakit ba niya inaalala pa si Corvette? But it would be too selfish of me, the guy helped us. But why is she so concerned about him?
"I took him away" isang boses ang narinig namin, it was from a girl.
"Hellene? Ah nagkita na pala kayo? Nasaan siya ngayon? Gusto ko sana siyang---"
"No" she said napa-amang lang kaming lahat sa babae. She was dead serious. Lena bit her lower lip from holding back.
"A-ano'ng ibig mong sabihin?" Rain asked
"I'm asking you, everyone of you to stay away from him from now on" she replied.
Rain's POV
"I'm asking you, everyone of you to stay away from him from now on" Hellene replied, at hindi ko alam kung ano'ng mararamdaman ko.
Gulat?
Confusion?
Then there was pain.
"Tama naman na siguro ang naitulong niya sa inyong lahat. I don't want to be an antagonist here, but please, stay away from him from now on. I'm begging you." she even said
"P-pero bakit? Magkaibigan kami ni Corvette, Hellene! You just can't take him away from us." I broke down, hindi ko alam kung bakit, pero isa lang ang alam ko, mahalaga si Corvette sa akin. Mahalagang sobra...
"I'm not taking him away from you, I'm shielding him from all the pain you all could possibly inflict on him again without your knowledge. If you're his friend then the more reason that you should stay away! He's been through a lot! He just moved on from a tragedy you are all oblivious to, ngayon lang siya ulit nakakaramdam ng dapat maramdaman ng normal na tao. But as of now wala na siyang ibang naramdaman kundi sakit. And I won't allow him to be locked up in that pretentious world anymore!" sigaw ni Hellene na ikinagulat ko, she was in tears.
"Alam niyong hindi niyo naiintindihan kung ano ang mga sinasabi ko sa ngayon, but please...let him be for the meantime. Let him mend. Then he'll be back. That's all I'm asking you." she whispered
"You shouldn't be meddling you know?" then a voice called out, napa-angat kaming lahat ng tingin. It was Corvette
"Ten---" pero sa gulat ko nilagpasan lang niya ako "shi..." at dirediretso ito kay Hellene
"Haay napagusapan na natin 'to di'ba Ate? Sabi mo ako ang matigas ang ulo isa ka din naman, lika na nga umuwi na tayo baka hinahanap ka na ng asawa mo ako nanaman pagbintangan nun. Let's not make it all complicated eh?" sabi lang nito saka hinila si Hellene, he just flashed a smile at me. A smile that never reached his eyes.
An empty smile.
As he walked away from the place. Nakita ko si Kria sa may pintuan ngunit tulad ng ginawa ni Corvette sa amin nilampsan lang niya ito.
I don't know pero...it felt as if I did something awfully wrong. Pero mistulang may sariling isipan ang akin mga paa as I tried to chase them but Lena caught my arm. Hilam sa mga luha ang mata niya. At umiling sa akin.
"Le...na?"
"No Rain...hayaan na natin sila...please." she said, hindi ko din alam kung bakit but I suddenly found tears streaming down my cheeks.
"Rain?" Reino asked pero sa nanlalabo kong mata naramdaman ko itong yumakap sa akin.
And I?
Broke into tears.
Lena's POV
Tahimik ang naging byahe namin pauwi...hinatid kami ni Reino there was an awkward silence. Pero sa ngayon mukhang silence lang ang tanging kaya namin.
It was a shock for me as well.
Naging malapit na din sa amin si Corvette kahit papano pero ang mga salita ni Hellene, hindi ko maintindihan.
"He just moved on from a tragedy you are all oblivious to, ngayon lang siya ulit nakakaramdam ng dapat maramdaman ng normal na tao. But as of now wala na siyang ibang naramdaman kundi sakit. And I won't allow him to be locked up in that pretentious world anymore!"
Napayuko lang ako habang wala pa ding imik sina Reino at Rain. Ng mamataan ko ang parke kung saan kami galing ni Aston.
"Umm Reino! Dito nalang ako!" I said at napalingon ito sa akin.
"Are you sure Lena?"
"Yeah, dito kami nanggaling ni Aston ng isang araw, kaya I'm sure."
"Lena gabi na, baka mapano ka pa" sabi naman ni Rain
"Ano ka ba bakla, Major General ako, kargado ako lagi. I've got a gun in my purse and strapped in my legs kaya naman don't worry about me okay?" I said, napilitan lang itong tumango.
Bumaba lang ako mula sa kotse at naglakad lakad...
Aston...
Ano na ba ang ginagawa mo?
Nasaan ka ba?
Ang gulo na ng lahat...
Umihip ang malamig na hangin at nayakap ko lang ang sarili ko.
"Lena..." isang boses ang tumawag sa pangalan ko.
I spun around to find out kung kanino ang tinig na iyon.
Rain's POV
Hinatid ako ni Reino sa bahay ko. Ayos na ba kami? Sa totoo lang hindi ko alam. Dapat sana ngayon ay nagsasaya na ako at magkasama na ulit kami kahit wala pang mga salitang namamagitan sa aming dalawa pero bakit...
Bakit parang ang bigat ng pakiramdam ko?
"Reino..." untag ko at lumingon ito sa akin
"Ok ba tayo?" I asked dahil hindi ko talaga alam nakatingin ako sa lupa.
"Hindi ko alam" he answered
"Ganun ba?"
"Hindi kasi ako ang nasa isip mo ngayon eh" sabi lang nito I looked up. He smiled at me a pure understanding smile which didn't reach his eyes.
"What do you feel about Corvette, Rain?" direktang tanong niya sa akin. Agad na sumagot ang utak ko na kaibigan ko si Corvette pero walang salitang namutawi sa mga labi ko.
I love Reino...
malinaw iyon...
pero bakit...
bakit parang hindi ko kayang mawala sa buhay ko si Corvette?
That's selfishness.
"He fell for you" he said. Nag-angat ako ng tingin. As I saw Reino
"Corvette fell for you, kaya niya kailangang lumayo..." he whispered
"P-pero..."
"Mahal mo ba siya Rain?" he asked
"Ikaw ang mahal ko!" I blurted, but he just smiled as his hands went to dry my tears, mga luhang hindi ko namalayan kung kelan pa nandoon.
"Then why the tears?"
"I...I don't know..." I replied "I don't know..." iyak ko dahil hindi ko alam, naguguluhan ako, gulong gulo na ako. Then Reino gathered me inside his arms.
"It's my fault..." he whispered "You should take a rest now, you can take a day off tomorrow" he said and just like that he let me go.
Hindi ba dapat masaya ako? Eh bakit parang...parang ang sakit sakit lang?
Pumikit ako at ang imahe ni Corvette ang nakita ko sa balintataw ko.
"I won't leave you Rain...Keroro..."
Pero nasaan ka na ngayon?
Reino's POV
She's confused.
She loves me yet...may parte ng puso niya na si Corvette ang tanging mahalaga.
Nagseselos ako...
Nagagalit. Pero ano'ng karapatan kong magalit sa taong pinagkakautangan ko ng lahat.
He was there for her when I was busy being a bastard to the world.
Ano'ng karapatan kong magalit sa isang taong wala namang ibang ginawa kundi pasayahin ang babaeng mahal ko dahil hindi ko kayang gawin iyon...
Ano'ng karapatan kong isumbat kay Corvette ang lahat kung ito mismo ay nasasaktan din? Damn it. Bakit ganito ang nangyari?
But I trust in us Rain.
I believe in us.
I'll do everything to be your only one once again. Because I'm not selfless like Corvette. I want you all to myself Rain. For the simple reason na alam kong ako lang ang tunay na makakapagpasaya sa iyo.
At ikaw lang ang kukumpleto ng mundo ko.
I just pray...na sana ganoon ka pa din, kahit alam kong marami ng nagbago.
__to be continued.
Next UD LenAston naman ;)