The Time Taught Me

3

June 1, 1917 6pm, Barrio Tiyaong

"Auntie, that's enough, ouch!" Her aunt pinched her ear.

"You're not old yet, you're young! I told you to come home early because I need what you earned from your sale! It's ten o'clock, it's noon! Are you still at the exit? Your neighbor Lumen ran out of merchandise right away. It's only seven o'clock!"

Teresa frowned at the pain of the tightness in her left ear. He felt that his ear was already red because it was getting hot. He took a moment as the tightness of his abdomen loosened. It tripped over a protruding rock. "Hey, that's a rock!" He rubbed the foot of his left hand so that the grip of his right hand on his left ear loosened.

She pushed her aunt then she ran away. Her aunt sat down furiously, her sour face flushed, "you shameless child, you're already fighting! Don't show me anymore or your eyes are the only ones without blemishes!"

Teresa stopped running and turned to her aunt, she licked it, "bleh!" Then continue running.

She reached Aplaya, looking for a place to hide. Turn right and see the lighthouse. He ran there, opened the door and then slammed it shut. He looked up, wondering if he was going to climb or not. He turned to his left and saw the door of the small warehouse. He remembered what had happened ten years ago. "Oh, I'll forget about that. Maybe it's all just a dream."

Teresa opened the warehouse door and then closed it. He would hide there as long as his stomach was warm. It will probably lose again at gambling.

She grabbed the end of her baro't saya and then sat down in the corner of the warehouse. He hugged his knees and then lowered his head, when suddenly there was a sudden flash of force. Teresa covered her ears with fear. "Aaaaaaaaaahhhh!!"

Lightning flashed again a few times and then the rain fell. Teresa removed her hands and turned around. It was dark outside, dark in the warehouse as well. He was frightened, when suddenly lightning flashed again. The light peeked through the small window that came from the lightning, when he noticed someone else inside the warehouse besides him.

"Aaaaaaahhhhh! Ghostttt!" Teresa was screaming especially searched in the corner.

"Hey! I'm not a ghost, I'm human," said the male voice.

"H-ha? H-you're not a g-ghost? Eh y-you weren't there b-before. I-if you're not a ghost, how did you get there?"

"I'm not a ghost anymore, the tick." The man sounds irritated.

Teresa approached where the man's voice was coming from.

She tries to reflect on the conversation. "W-what are you doing here?"

"I was kidnapped."

"Kidnapped?" He seems to have heard that before. "Ally, Ally? is that you? Kidnapped means abducted, doesn't it?"

"It's me! My name is Ally. Y-You are Teresa?"

"It's me! Wait, you're kidnapped again? You're always kidnapped." The girl laughed modestly. It sounded like music to Levi's hearing of its laughter. The other person's face is forced to reflect even in the dark.

"Let go of me, please, the pain in my hand."

"Yeah, by the way, all right wait." Teresa turned around behind Ally, she reflected his hand because the warehouse was a bit dark, forced to loosen its rope even though she couldn't see much. In a few moments, the knot of the rope also came loose. The young man rubbed the mark of the rope on his wrists because it was already painful. "Aaah ..."

Teresa could see the young man's caress on his wrist. "D-does it hurt?"

"It's okay. Come on, let's run away." Ally could see the girl's hand. He held it and then his mother came out with a sudden flash of force. The girl hugged him.

"Eeeeeeeehh!"

"Shhh, I'm with you."

Teresa was embarrassed when she noticed that she was hugging the man. It loosened in the young man's embrace. Sofia was startled by the sudden light around her, her gaze scouring the whole room. The look of the warehouse changed. It grew and there seemed to be little light on the ceiling. The young man stared at the beauty of the face in front of him, and noticed the weird dress of the girl. "Baro't saya?" Ally asked himself in astonishment.

"W-where are we? Wait, this is your ex ..."

"Yes, I'm also confused about what happened. I didn't know before why it was dark and crowded around me and then, here I am again, but we'll think about it later. We have to escape. Let's go."

Ally took Teresa's hand again, when the young man suddenly thought, he stopped walking, "Of course, no matter what happens, don't give up, even if there is lightning, I'm with you. Clear?"

"O-okay." The girl just drifted away as the young man led her. My father will definitely scold me when he sees that there is a man, I can't feel holding my hand now. Maybe I'll be beaten up by legumes or forced to marry them.

They left the room, and slowly went straight to the large front door. When he was sure that no one was outside, Ally opened the door. The two of them went out, and the sea opened up. This is still the sea 10 years ago.

"Don't give up, obviously?" it reminded the girl again.

"Y-yes."

They walked into the forest, the same forest where Ally went through then, just a little less tree now.

Suddenly lightning flashed loudly and successively.

"Eeeeeeeeehhhh!"

Ally tightened his grip on the girl's hand. This made sure it didn’t let go of him. The lightning ended. They are still there in the forest. He breathed a sigh of relief.

They continued to walk. They reached the area of some households not far away. Levi remembered which house he had flirted with to help him get home. He led Sofia to that house.

The look of the house had changed a bit, it was painted and stone, but he still remembered that it was that house. Her parents rewarded them for helping her in the past.

He knocked. "Knock Knock."

The door of the house opened, Manang Lita came out. It's old now and I can see white hair.

"Good morning, Manang Lita."

"Who are they?" He looked around at him and Teresa, then grew big in their hands.

"Man, this is Ally. Do you remember?"

"Ally? Aaahhh! That kid was kidnapped then."

"It's me. I was kidnapped again today, and he saved me again." Teresa pointed.

"What kind of child are you? You're always being kidnapped." It stopped, looked at Teresa, “Ah, the one you say saved you before? Where are you from, Hija? I just saw you here in our area. This Ally's family has been looking for you for a long time.”

"Ah eh, I'm from Barrio Tiyaong."