III | Leave

"TUMAYO ka diyan at umalis ka na." malamig na sabi niya. Hinawakan ni Mira ang kamay niya at hinagod ang likod niya.

"Zaphyra Yuanne! Pumasok ka sa kwarto mo!" sigaw ng kuya Zac niya sa kanya.

"Hon! Please usap tayo Hon!" pagsusumamo nito sa kanya.

"Umalis ka na rito Mr. Jimenez, wag kang magsimula ng gulo." sabi niya at diniinan ang 'Mr. Jimenez'.

"Hon!"

"I believe you're lost. Sino ang tinatawag mong 'Hon'?" natigilan si Pyros doon.

"Hoy! Umalis ka na raw! Mr. Jimenez!" sigaw naman kambal niya na galit na galit na.

"Zaph mag-usap muna tayo please..."

"Kuya Zio, please call the guard." sabi niya at muling tumakbo pabalik sa kwarto niya.

She still heard his voice, shouting and pleading.

She knows that she's not the only one hurt, Pyros loved her so much and she knows it. Alam niya na kahit si Pyros ang may kasalanan ay nasasaktan din ito, he's right that he had needs but she's there and he didn't ask her.

KINABUKASAN ay bumalik si Pyros sa Andrejez Residence, umaasang kausapin na siya ng dalaga. At tama nga ang desisyong bumalik siya dahil ngayon ay nag-uusap na sila.

"I'm sorry, I didn't know," she said and made him confused.

"Why are you saying sorry?" he asked her.

"Because I didn't know you were unhappy, I should've known, sana mas maaga kita pinakawalan..." hindi niya napigilan ang pag-iyak niya.

"It's my fault I cheated." sabi naman niya and he caressed her cheeks. She tilted her head para hindi na siya mahawakan nito sa pisngi.

She looked at him and forced a smile. "Why?" she asked.

"I-I have needs Zaph, I'm very sorry," he replied and that tore her apart. Mas maiintidihan niya if there were no things like that.

"So sa iba mo hiningi? Tanggap ko kung hindi ka masaya! Pero this is too much!" napataas ang boses niya at napayuko si Py. "I'm sorry, sorry, very sorry Zaph."

"I trusted you! I Love you!" she shouted and burst into tears at napa-upo sa kalsada.

"Stand please." sabi ni Py sa kanya na lumuhod pata pumantay sa kanya.

"I love you Pyros, but you're not happy anymore. It's painful but I'm letting you go." she caressed his cheeks and for the first and last time she kissed him.

Yeah, for those long years. It's their first kiss together and her first kiss. It was a long non-moving kiss until she stood up and get inside their house:

"You are the air I breathe Zaph, I'm sorry. Please don't leave me," he begged as she started the car.

"I am the air you breathe, oh I must be suffocating," she said and get inside.

Akala niya na porket hindi pa sila nakapag-halikan ay nagkulang na agad si Zaph. She's reserving her hanggang sa makasal sila, she wanted him to be her first at everything, except pain.

Maraming beses na sila nag-away and they also broke up. Pero hinahanap nila anv isa't isa, it's just maybe they are both unhealthy for each other. Siguro nga hangin nila ang isa't isa, and their problems are the polutions na naging dahilan para maging malayo ang loob nila sa isa't isa at siguro nga, Pyros got suffocated at naghanap siya ng fresh air instead of fixing each other, clearing the pollution. Pero hindi, he became hesitant about his feelings. He chose to abandon the girl whose air is him. She suffocated him and he did to her too.

Their relationship became irrational at hindi na nila sinasabi ang problema sa isa't isa kahit meron na. They lost trust, not to each other but to their selves. Hinayaan nila na maging ganon at yung ang mali nilang nagawa.

They didn't fight for what is right. Humanap si Pyros ng sarili niyang saya. And he became too selfish not to tell her.

That is what wrecked their relationship apart. And that is what broke both of them.

The day she left...

He went to a bar, without any hope and only with regret.

"Bro!" bati sa kanya ni Sirius.

"Whiskey..." sabi niya sa bartender.

"Seems like this guy has a problem!" halakhak ng isa niya pang kaibigan, Zitron.

"Wala lang kayo magawa! Alis!" sigaw niya sa dalawa at humalagapak ang mga ito sa tawa.

"So? Ano na kayo ni Alexis?" tanong pa ni Zitron sa kanya.

"Don't even mention that name." sabi niya habang nilalagok ang unang whiskey niya.

"Hmm... Mukang nalaman na ni Zaph ah." He froze at what Sirius said kaya mas naging seryoso ang usapan nila.

"It—It sucks, she left me," sabi niya, "Isa pa!".

"Malamang iiwan ka non, niloko mo eh." sabi ni Sirius at umiling. Binatukan naman siya ni Zitron. "You're not helping!" singhal nito.

"What help can I do? The damage have been done!" sabi naman ni Sirius at umalis sa tabi nila.

Siruis Clein Levistre, liked Zaphyra noon pa. He has always been there for Zaph, he tried to pursue Zaph noong one time na naghiwalay si Zaph at Py, kahit na labag ito sa bro code nila. He's a great man, the kindest among them three and he is also handsome. The finest jawline, red lips na mala Donny Pangilinan, his blue eyes, and a pointed nose. And the accent when he speaks in English, perks on being half-British.

And Zitron Rie Jung, he's the happy go lucky kind of guy, of course, the happiest, he's the peacemaker at any fight. He is half Korean, and that made him more attractive. Honestly speaking, he's the most handsome between the three and he's the most approachable. But he's a bit of a playboy.

AFTER a long flight, their family's private plane landed in the airport of one of the busiest cities in the world, New York City.

Their stay here will be more like a vacation and a time to fix herself.

"Why did we come here kung sa Australia tayo nag-ma-migrate?" she asked her kuya Zio who accompanied her.

"I don't know, not my orders 'lil sis." her kuya said while getting their luggage on the baggage area of the airport. He carried them and only gave Zaph the lightest luggage.

"Kuya..." she warned him, but he didn't care and started walking towards the exit of the airport.

"Hey! Wait up!" she shouted at humabol sa kuya niya. Suddenly something popped up her mind. 

"Kuya, How are you and ate pat?" she asked and smirked when she saw him sighed. Ooh, he's still chasing her? she thought.

"She found someone else," he said and that made her worry about her brother. "She said, she needed time to breathe, why to find another?" he pointed out and his face darkened.

"I'm sorry that I asked," she replied and forced a smile, trying to lighten up the atmosphere.

Her Kuya Zio is heartbroken. Who would leave a guy like Zaphirio Andejez? He's intelligent and a very caring person. Not to mention, handsome.

When they arrived at Zio's Condo in New York, she immediately plopped down the bed in the guest room. She still have jet lag and she need rest, she didn't have the chance to sleep on the airplane because she was busy using her laptop and typing another update for her blog.

She closed her heavy eyes and little by little let the darkness eat her.