「22」Weird Confession (Part 3)

SIDAPA

“THAT bear must be its mother. She was just trying to protect her young!” Libulan defended.

That said, the bear that almost attacked Libulan and me was very anxious. But she chose to display a brave front in order to hide the presence of her little one. I stopped using my powers and didn’t do anything that would agitate the mother bear anymore. When she realized that I was no longer a threat, she went back to her baby and they took off.

After that, Libulan came running to me and hugged me. “I thought you were going to leave me alone for good,” he cried.

“Huh?” I frowned. “Libulan, you’re—”

“Do you hate me, Sidapa?” he asked, and lifted his head up to me. He was teary eyed.

“I don’t hate you,” I replied but he wasn’t convinced.

“Then why do you always try to push me away? Am I an eyesore to you?” he added, and his tears fell down.

“I wasn’t,” I denied.

“You did! You always did!” he insisted. “I can’t understand your actions. You’re a mystery to me, Sidapa. But even so, I