GOD 20

• Glipse of Death•

Ilang minuto muna ang lumipas bago nagsalita si Yael. I don't want to force him speak. I pat his shoulder. 

"Maybe you should take a rest, marahil kailangan mo pa ng ilang araw," Inayos ko ang kunot na damit at aamba na sanang tatayo. His raspy hand glided in my arms, holding me, to make me stay and listen.

His breathing was hitchy, kaya naman inalo ko agad siya. "I told you, you can share if you're okay already. Wag mong pilitin ang sarili mo, Yael!" 

"No! I can't just let it pass, knowing that you'll be endangered again! I will not forgive myself if I see you again, lying on the ground, 

unconscious and full of bruised!" napatitig ako sa maamo niyang mata. His dark and piercing emeral eyes is in tears. My heart felt soft, Ito ang unang beses na lumuha si Yael. Gone the clever, harsh and grim, Yael Zerachiel. No for the very first time I watch him cry, I watch him weak, between my arms.

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