Broken Dreams ⚔Assassin Series13 ⚔

Nine

"King!." Sigaw ni Keros matapos hagisan ng katana ang lalaking akmang babaril kay King na tila wala sa sarili habang nakikipaglaban.

"Huh! Thanks Boss K."

Nasabi na lang nya habang nakikipagtagisan ng laban sa apat na kalalakihang puro armado ng matataas na kalibre ng baril.

"f**k! Man, focus!" Singhal ni Keros "Aeris! We need a back up here! King is not in good condition."

"Oh yeah! Copy that!"

Nawala na sa linya si Aeris. Ilang minuto lang nagsisulputan ng ibang agents.

"Prince! Take King out of here!"

Si Keros ng makitang tumatakbo palapit sa kanila ang mga kasamahan.

Kaagad namang kinaladkad ni Prince si King palayo sa lugar na yun.

"What are you doing i***t?"

Isang malakas na suntok sa sikmura ang pinakawalan ni King sa pinsan na agad napabitaw sa pagkakahawak sa kanyang braso.

"Gago ka, ba't moko sinuntok ha?"

Sinugod nya si King para sana suntukin din ito ng makita nya si Brent sa likuran ng pinsan. Sumenyas ito para patigilin sya saka nito niyakap ang isang braso sa leeg ni King sabay turok ng injection sa braso nito.

"Gotcha!" Nakangising binitawan nito si King pabagsak sa lapag. "Stupid love can kill you."

"Diba, too much love can kill you? Yun, yun eh!" kunot noong sabi ni Prince.

"Mangmang saktan kita dyan eh! Parehas lang yun!.. Reaction mo, kabanas... Tara na nga, tapon na natin to kay Aeris. Marami pang kalaban sa loob."

Hinawakan ni Brent ang kanang paa ni King sabay hinila na ito. Napapailing na hinawakan naman nyang kaliwang paa nito sabay hila rin dito.

"Sigurado pag nagkamalay ng gunggong na ito, ha-huntingin nya tayong dalawa hahhaa."

"Kaya ibayong pagtatago ang kelangang gawin natin mula ngayon Prince."

"Yeah, Right.." Sinulyapan nya pang pinsan na walang malay. Napangisi na lang sya sa ginawang kalokohan nila ni Brent.

Habang abala ang mga kasamahang assassin agents ni King sa pakikipaglaban, wala pa rin syang malay sa loob ng van kasama si Aeris na abala naman sa harap ng apat na laptop nitong nakapalibot sa mesa nito. Tumagal ng dalawa pang oras ang bakbakan bago isa isa ng lumalabas ng kakahuyan ang mga kasamahan nya. Nagkanya kanyang sakay ang mga ito sa tatlong nakaparadang van dun.

"Mga kupal, kita kita na lang tayo sa bahay, nakahanda ng karaoke at chibog dun.." Boses ni Keros sa mga earphones nila.

"Eat all you can ba yan, Boss K.?" Tanong kaagad ni Pyre.

"Eh, Boss K. Libre ba naman yan?" Si Griffin na abalang nakikipag text sa cellphone nito.

"Malamang libre! Tanga naman nito, sya nag imbita eh! kaya siguradong libre yan." Nabatukan pa ni Eruto si Griffin na gumanti naman ng sipa sa kanya.

"Nakalimutan mo na ba Eruto? Nung huling yaya ni Boss K. satin tayo ang nagbayad ng malaking bill na yun, langya! parang naholdap lang ako nung araw na yun." Iiling iling pang sabat ni Prick.

"Oo nga! Nabugbog pako ni Misis, dahil nakalimutan kong itapon ang receipt nung disco bar na yun.. Tsk! Napagbintangan pakong nag table ng pokpok, bweset." Napahampas pa sa kanyang mesa si Aeris ng maalala ang pangyayaring yun.

"Buti nga di ako sinumbong nitong si Blaire kay Tamara eh, naku kapag nagkataon putol ang maliligayang gabi ko." Sabi naman ni Zylven sabay tapik sa balikat ni Blaire. "Thanks! Bro."

"Sino pa bang magkakampihan at magtatakipan kundi tayong dalawa lang.. Kabisado mo naman sigurong pag uugali ng pinsan mong si Star, kagaya ni Tamara sadista yun." Napabuga na lang ng hangin si Blaire saka inayos ang sintas ng kanyang sapatos.

"Basta kung libre pupunta kami! Diba mga tol?" Tiningnan isa isa ni Mark sina Gaelan, Brent, Aeris at Prince. Na sabay sabay namang nag thumbs up sa kanya. Silang anim ang magkakasama sa van.

"Mga gago! Libre! may take home pa! Oh ano hindi ba kayo pupunta? Magsabi na kayo para ipapa cancel ko na kay Hydra habang may oras pa." Natahimik silang lahat ng marinig ang boses ng naiiritang si Keros.

"S - Syempre! pupunta kami libre eh! Uhh... sakit ng katawan ko.. f**k! Nu bang nangyari sakin?"

Dahan dahang bumangon saka umupo si King na pinalibot ang kanyang mga mata sa mga kasamahang nakatingin din sa kanya.

Nagkatinginan naman sila Prince at Brent, na parehong may misteryosong ngiti sa kani kanilang labi.

"Hey! King, ano, bumalik na ba sa katinuan yang utak mo?" Sabi ni Aeris na abala pa rin sa laptop nito.

"May problema kaba? Pwede kang mag share samin kung woman problem lang yan." Ani Mark na syang driver nila ngayon.

Napakamot ng kanyang ulo si King bago nagsalita. "Si Georgia, sya ang problema ko, diko kasi alam kung mahal nga ba nya talaga ako o pinaglalaruan lang.."

"Yes. She loved you. She loved you with every beat of her heart. She loved you with all of her life. She loved you until loving you was the only thing left she knows.. But you have never been worthy of it. Never in that longest time she's been gullible of your foolish love. You threw away the sincerest feeling someone could ever give to you. You chose to walk away from someone you thought of being too clingy just because she cares for you that much. 'She cares for you more than she ever did to herself' never crossed your mind. Not even the thought that you are her life. Because you never needed her as much as she needed you. You even pushed her away because she's choking your already-f****d-up life. And now that she finally found the happiness with the one who cares for her thrice than how she did to you, your trying to come back to her life. It's too late, Cousin. It's never been her loss. It's always been yours. So stop coming back to someone's life just because you realized how stupid you have been for casting away the most precious thing you almost have."

Yung biglang tayo ni King sabay unday ng suntok sa mukha ni Prince ang nagpatigil sa van nilang sinasakyan.

"At sino naman yung someone na yun? Yung Koreanong hilaw na yun?"

Isa pang suntok ulit bago naawat nila Gaelan, Brent at Aeris si King. Na nanlilisik ang mga matang nakatingin kay Prince na tinutulungan ni Mark makabalik sa inuupuan nito.

" Oh come on King, You didn’t love her. You just loved the idea that someone loves you more than she loves herself. You just loved the idea that someone blogs and writes about you. You only loved the idea that someone thinks about you all the f*****g time. You just loved the idea that she makes you her top priority. You just loved the idea that she is willing to sacrifice and give everything she has just to get your love. You loved the idea that she gets butterflies in her stomach whenever you talk to her. You loved the idea that someone loved you more than you deserve, fucker. You didn’t loved Georgia. Because if you love her, you will do the same efforts she exerted just for you. If you love her, you will tell her and prove it to her everyday. If you love her, you will make her cry because of happiness and not because of pain. If you love her, you will make her feel it. If you love her, you will treat her in a very special way and not in the way you treat other girls. You didn’t love her. Because you don’t destroy the people you love."

"You don't know anything about my life Prince. So shut the f**k up!"

Nagpupumiglas mula sa pagkakahawak ng tatlo si King pero hindi sya makawala sa higpit ng pagkakakapit ng mga ito lalo na si Aeris na halos nakayakap na talaga sa kanya.

"Yeah maybe, I don't know everything and anything else in your life. Pero, ang concerned ko lang naman dito ay si Georgia. Why let her go if you really love her in the first place?"

"Because that is how love is like. You have all the intentions of keeping the person and you do everything that you can to keep her. You become selfish because you want her for yourself. You forget that there is an entirely different world out there because you are so focused on her that she became your world. She became your number one priority, the only person for whom you would drop everything you are doing just to be there for her. By making her your everything, you started to forget that she has a life outside your relationship too. The relationship that both of you have first thought to be something that would make your personal lives better became the cause of their destruction. Your relationship should complement your lives, not supersede it. And then you realize that it is not healthy for you both. You can see that the relationship is slowly becoming a burden, not a stress-reliever. She is not that happy anymore, you can feel that too. And so no matter how much you love her, you let her go. Because that would be the only thing that could bring back the girl you have fallen in love with, the girl that once possessed the loveliest smile you have ever seen, the girl that your relationship has slowly changed into someone she isn’t. This time, you know that love isn’t just about getting to keep that person who turned your life around. Instead, it’s time to let her go, watch her become the person she is destined to be, and see her happy – without you.” King's tears dropped immediately.. He turned around and walked to the van's door and walked away from that area.

"i***t!" Napasuntok na lang si Prince sa gilid ng van sa sobrang pagkayamot sa pinsang si King. Lahat ng paraan ginawa na nya para magkaayos lang ang dalawa. Kahit na nga yung pakikipagkita ni Georgia sa pinsan nitong balikbayan ginawan nya ng kwento para lang mapabalik nya ng Pinas si King. Pero pumalpak pa rin ang kanyang plano. Nagselos lang ang pinsan nya pero hindi man lang ito nag effort para magkabalikan sila ni Georgia.

"Lam mo Bro, hayaan mo na lang kaya si King na ayusin ang love life nya! Ang dapat mong gawin ngayon ay harapin si Mia bago mahuli ang lahat."

Natitigilang dahan dahang napaupo si Prince saka napasabunot sa magulo nitong buhok. Tama si Mark, dapat ang problema naman nya ang kanyang lutasin bahala na si King sa sarili nitong suliranin.

Samantalang si Georgia naman ay parelax relax lang sa sofa habang abala sa laptop nito. Paminsan minsan napapangiti't natatawa sa mga pictures nila ni King.. Isang kuha nila ang pinakatitigan nya, di nya napigilan ang sariling haplusin ang mukha ni King sa screen ng kanyang laptop. Pareho silang seryoso sa picture na ikinangiti na naman nya.

"Photography is a way of feeling, of touching, of loving. What you have caught on film is captured forever… It remembers little things, long after you have forgotten everything."

Basa nya sa ginawang caption sa taas ng picture nila ni King.

'I wish my heart would get the memo that you’re not coming back. My heart is still hoping that you’ll show up at our door either morning or night to tell us that you should have never left. But I know you are never coming back, and that breaks my heart little by little each day.'

Napasulyap si Georgia sa kanilang main door.. Napailing na lang sya sa mga naiisip nya ngayon.

"Minahal mo ako, ganoon rin naman ako sa’yo pero bakit nga ba tayo nauwi sa ganito? Siguro, hindi sapat ang I love you at I miss you. Siguro hinanap ko yung I trust you, I understand at yung I’m sorry. Siguro, wrong timing. Marami tayong gusto sa buhay na sa sobrang eager nating tuparin ang mga ito, nakakalimutan na natin ang isa’t-isa. May priorities ka, mayroon din naman ako. Wrong timing nga lang siguro. Siguro, baka hindi ako. O baka hindi rin ikaw. Baka hindi talaga tayo para sa isa’t-isa. Baka kahit ilang beses nating ipagpilitan ang sarili natin sa isa’t-isa, hindi talaga tayo compatible. Baka hindi ikaw ang ka forever ko. Siguro, baka hindi pa tayo handa. Lagi tayong nag-aaway. Lagi tayong nagtatalo sa mga bagay-bagay. Baka hindi talaga tayo dapat magmahalan. Baka ginawa tayo sa mundong ito bilang magkalaban. Baka hindi tayo lovers, baka tayo ay boxers. Siguro, kailangan natin ng pahinga. Baka napagod ka, Napagod din ako. Baka kailangan nating huminga sa sari-sarili nating mundo. Baka pagdating ng dulo, tayo pa rin pero hindi pa sa ngayon."

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