Ezekiel Cross
Pagkalabas ni Ireneia ng library ay nagpaalam din para lumabas ang kapatid ko kuno na si Piero Dean. He is my father's son from his friend Haide Dean so obviously we are directly related to each other.
"What happened after you were banished?" Nagtatakang tanong ko sakanya because I can't still believe what my grandparents did to my own father dahil lang sa gusto nitong iiwas sa kahihiyan ang pamilya.
Tsaka they never really treated me like a crap. They, in fact, treated me like a gem. Maybe because I am still a pure blooded heir of Psyke-Demitri and they needed me kaya kahit papaano ay minahal nila ako.
"We hid ourselves between boundaries." Nakangiting sagot nya saakin bago sinulyapan si mom na ngayon ay nakatingin din pabalik kay dad.
"Get a room guys will you?!" Kunwari nandidiri na komento ko but disgust is far from what I truly feel right now.
Masaya ako.
And that's because of my cousin.
Dahil mukhang excited na excited na silang makapagsolo ay tumayo na ako at nagpaalam para hanapin sina Piero Dean at ang pinsan ko.
"I'll leave you two to talk." Nakangising paalam ko as I finally went out of the library.
Parang tangang hindi ko matanggal ang ngiti sa mga labi ko habang hinahanap ko ang dalawa.
But when I finally did. I can't help but to just sigh.
Tahimik na naglakad ako papalapit kay Piero at binigyan ito ng isang magaan na tapik sa balikat.
"You should really stop what you're feeling right now." Concern na sabi ko dito habang tinatanaw din ang eksenang naabutan kong tinatanaw nya.
"What do you mean?" I chuckled dahil sa tanong nya. Parang hindi nya talaga alam kung ano ang ibig sabihin ko.
"You like her do you? I mean Ireneia?who wouldn't like her? The first time I saw her, she already caught my attention. The first talk I had with her, I was captured by her smart comebacks. At ng malaman ko na magpinsan kami, my heart literally broke. Sabi ko, sayang! Bakit magpinsan kami? But later on, the admiration I had felt towards her, transformed into a different kind of bond. It became stronger. I love her but not the kind of love only Helios Zapanta can give." He looked away pagkatapos kong sabihin ang ang mga salitang iyon.
"Those two. They are meant for each other. And learning by what happened to our parents and to theirs? We shouldn't really fall in love with those people who's already meant for another. It won't really end well. But! I am really glad that I finally have a brother now. It wasn't really fun playing with guards most of the time. Tsaka isa pa, hindi talaga masayang kasama si Nia. She always want to spar. She's obssessed with training. Siguro ihanda mo na din ang sarili mo because training with Nia is hellish! Now that you're part of the family she'll be overprotective of you~hoy bakit ka nakangiti? Wag kang mangarap!" Sigaw ko dahil tinakbuhan na nya ako pagkatapos kong makita ang kinikilig na ngiti nya when I said na poprotektahan sya ni Nia.
That kid!
Masasaktan lang sya dahil sa mga ilusyon nya.
Naiiling na lang na naglakad ako para lapitan sina Nia at Helios na abala na ngayon sa pagkain sa mukha ng isa't-isa.
"Can you not devour my cousin's face in front of me?" May himig ng inis na sabi ko ng sawakas ay marating ko ang kinatatayuan nilang dalawa.
Helios pulled away from the kiss and shot me dagger looks na ginantihan ko naman ng pag-amba ng suntok.
"Di tumalikod ka." He said as a matter of fact bago akmang itatakas si Nia ng harangan ko silang dalawa gamit ang mga braso ko. I extended both of my arms to both of my hands para hindi sila makadaan.
"Op! Mamaya mo na itakas si Nia. Just give me a minute to talk to her." Seryoso ng sabi ko kaya sumeryoso na din ang mukha nya. He sighed bago binitawan si Nia.
"I'll wait for you outside. Don't let me wait too long." Pahabol na sabi pa nito bago mabilis na hinalikan si Nia sa noo.
When it is just Nia and me ay hinila ko sya to enclose her on a tight hug.
"Thank you." Bulong ko sakanya