Once Upon Our Time

Chapter 3

Tommorow is a mystery, yesterday's mystery, and today's a gift....

Timothy's Point of View

It's the end.

Will this be my demise? I laughed wryly at myself. How unfortunate. For me to die like this. So unlucky of me.

I'm willing to accept my faith already. There's nothing more for me in this world anyway. I'm an orphan, I have no family, no friends. I have no one. I'm not a loss. No one will mourn nor cry for me. I even doubt that someone would attend my funeral. Great.

I squeezed my eyes shut as I feel the rain on my skin. The tears from my eyes. And the pain that I've been bottling all my life. A bright light already gleamed in my eyes.

It's time. I'm ready.

I've waited for an impact to throw me away. But instead, a hard and knuckled fist kissed my face pulling me back to my reverie. It was then when I realized that I was already in the sidewalk. Safe, or whatever you call it. And the truck that I thought that would end me was already meters away.

"What the hell were you thinking?!" I looked at the owner of the voice, lifelessly. She's soaked in the rain. But it seemed like she doesn't care at all. "Anong ka lechehan naman ang pumasok sa kokote mo?!" She cried along with the rain as she was hitting my chest with her fist. But not as strong as what she gave me earlier.

"Kung may problema ka, pag-usapan natin! Huwag yung basta-basta ka nalang magpapasagasa sa dump truck! Eh, kung gan'to ang gusto mo. Eh, sana ako nalang sana ang sumagasa sa'yo! Sana nagsabi ka man lang para nakapag-handa ako para sa lamay mo. Sana nagsabi ka man lang..." Her voice sounds pleading.

How pathetic of me. I've been thinking that no one will cry for me. Nor go to my funeral. Yet, she's here. Babbling things that I never thought I would hear from someone. From her. Crying for me and telling to tell her my problems.

I can't help but to let my tears out of it's sack and hugged her tightly under the cold rain. At last. I found someone that cried for me. Someone that I never thought I would have.

"Thank you." I whispered in her ear. Tears still falling from me.

It's okay to be weak. If it's her who'll make me strong. It's okay to be afraid. If it's her who'll make ma brave. It's okay to be broken. If it's her who'll fix me. She's everything worth it.

"H-hey... W-what's happening? W-why are you saying t-thank you?" She asked confusedly.

"Just let me do this right now. I need this for now."

We stayed in that position for a couple of minutes not minding the people's judgemental stares. 'Til we decided to get out of the picture before we can create a bigger scene.

I was still lifeless. And broken.

Who wouldn't be?

Who man would move on from a heart break in just minutes. She was my first love. My freaking first love! But now... She's my first ex. My first heart break.

Just a bet, huh?

Just a bet. Yet, we lasted for a year. Only a year.

I really thought, I would look forward to this day with a smile on my face as I wake up in the morning and another when I sleep. But today, it just given me a reason why to cross this day out of my calendar. Yet, a part of me is looking forward to this day.

The day that I chosed to give up. The day that I almost died. The day that she saved me from the hands of death. The day when she cried for me. The day that I felt I had someone. The day that I felt valued.

Just this day. Only today.

And ironic is, I never thought I would feel it from her.

Not from my father who disowned me. Not from his family who despise me. Not from my mother who abandoned me. Not from her family who'll never accept me. Not from my friends which I never really had. And not from the girl that i thought as my one and only family.

Only from her. The girl who always save me from Zach. The girl whom I see as my guardian angel. From the girl that I never thought that would heed me an attention.

Yet, I did. I felt valued from her. From the Alexandra Cammile Dela Vega.

I was brought back from my trance when I felt something hot touched my cheek.

"Hey... You're spacing out." She said as she handed me the shawarma that was touching my cheek a while ago where only God knows where she bought it. It just then when I realize that we're already under a roof. Safe from the shower of the cold rain.

We silently sat there and ate our food where we're engulfed in silence. Deafening yet comfortable one. I don't know why, but with her presence I always feel safe. And always have the urge to not pretend. Cause I know that she won't judge.

If we're always like this. I'd rather be weak, for her to make me strong. I'd rather fear, for us to chase those fears together. I'd rather be down, if it's her who'll help me get back up. I'd rather be broken if she'll always be there to fix me up.

"Why did you do that?" She asked the question that I expected her to ask.

Why did I do that?

Honestly, I don't know. I don't know how did I reached that road. I don't know how I managed to get up from that quadrangle. I don't know how I managed to walk away. All I know was, I was broken, in pain, and numb.

"What happened?" Looks like she felt that I don't want to answer her first question that she immediately diverted her question.

"Stopping yourself from being nosy for a second won't hurt." I said. I don't want to answer this question as much as I don't want to answer the last.

"You're being mean again!" She pouted while slapping my arm. "After I treated you with shawarma! I hate you!"

I chuckled at the sight. She back to being adorable. Gone the sad Alex that I saw earlier. But, the hints of sadness is still visible in her swelling eyes.

"Yan! Tumawa ka narin!" She exclaimed. Though it was only a chuckle. We just sat there as we watched the tiny raindrops from the slowly fading gloom fall from the sky.

"Thank you." I said. Looks like she never expected my remark. "For saving me."

She smiled and shrugged. "Anyone would do it."

"I doubt that." I replied.

"Why?"

I looked away to avoid her sparkling eyes that asked for questions. The eyes that will make you forget your worries and doubts. The eyes that would never judge you. The eyes that says 'I'm always right here for you."

I smiled. "Cause there's only one you."

Only you who makes me feel safe, eyes telling not to be afraid...

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