"I will leave, just stay" his eyes are full of pains
He turned and never looked back
His eyes begin to tear
His face begin to blush by pain he chooses to keep
He walked towards stairs without his consciousness
He sat on stairs
He wiped his face with his own hands
He looked upstairs
As his tears fall down through his cheeks
*sniff*
Days had past
She never knew
She never knew he was next to her every night
He watched her sleeping all night long
He never touch her
Her scent were enough,
it's so much for a man who was embarrassed by his own doing
...
A day later
She stood up and think what she can do
She cleaned herself
she did everything she could do inside the house just to change the details of every pain she has on every corner of it
She took a long sleep after being tired of changing the atmosphere
She woke up the next day and smiled
She looked around and remembered a room
She walked towards it but
It was locked
She looked for a hammer and hit it
It opened as she stepped in
It was dark so she opened the light
As she saw every pictures she has on the wall
It wasn't just a pictures
It was an art
It was painted by someone
As something caught her curiosity
A big portrait painting of her stolen picture
But it wasn't finished yet
A half of her face were missing
On the other side
She noticed a computer that connects to the CCTV surveillance
She took a look at it and looked every files since they got married
There's nothing wrong
But a man who's loosing his mind
Every single pain he gives
A man who's been regretting for hurting his beloved wife
A man who's been crying all along
...
He wasn't after her body
Nor anything
But her consideration
Her attention
And her pure love
She cried and cried again
"Why are you doing this to me?"
"Why do you have to hurt me?"
She whispered and cried
As she fell asleep on the room
She woke up around 3:00 pm
She skipped her food and was about to stand
When something caught her curiosity
She took a look at the computer
A man was trying his best not to make any noise from walking upstairs
She zoom it in
It was her husband
She looked at the date
It was last night,
Midnight
...
She looked at every pictures inside
She sighed
...
It was midnight
She was sitting on the couch
As the main door opened
He carefully locked it as he walked towards the stairs
"Where are you going?" malayelong saad ng dalaga
He turned his back and looked at her
He breaths heavily
As he walked towards the switch
He opened the light
As he saw her beautiful face
"What are you doing here?"
"I'm sorry" tanging nasambit lamang ng binata as he bowed his head
"Stop being stupid" she hardly said that makes him look directly at her eyes
"tell me everything you wanted to say,"
"I-uh..." as he bowed his head again
"Come here Andrew"
"Let's stop this sh*t! Tsk!, and don't ever do that to me again" bulyaw nito ng mapansing dinidiktahan sya ng kanyang asawa
"Come here Andrew" she coldly said
"You know what-. She cut it out
"Stop being stubborn and just come here"
He gritted his teeth and clenched his jaw
He walked towards her
"Sit down, I wanna talk to you"
"Tsk!" he smirked as he sat
"I wanna leave," usal ng dalaga dito
"I told you, you cannot leave me!" napatayo naman si Andrew sa sinabi ng asawa
"Why can't i?"
"Because you're mine Catherine!, you're just mine!" anito while pointing his beloved wife
"I am not yours, I am just your wife" kampanteng usal naman ng dalaga
"We can't talk like this"
"We can Andrew" saad naman ng dalaga while looking directly into his eyes
Na para bang kampanteng kampante ito na walang gagawin sa kanya ang mapang abuso nyang asawa
"How can you say you own a thing?" tanong nito
"When you have it?" sagot nito sa sariling tanong
"Whe- he cut it out
"You're not a thing" umiiling iling nitong saad habang nakatingin sa kung saan
"And that means you can't own me"
"Just take your sleep, i'll leave"
He was trying to avoid everything
"Sit down Andrew, stop running away"
He walked towards her
"How can I? When you're tryng to leave me?, huh?" matigas nitong binitawan ang bawat salita habang unti unti lumuluhod sa harapan ng asawa
"No one can have you!, no one can take you away from me not even yourself!" his tears falls down
She caressed his hair and wiped his tears
"I thought you said I am an ugly-
"You're beautiful inside and out..., I am afraid you'll find another man... who you think is the best for you"
"You just love my face"
"No!" umiiling iling nitong saad habang lumulubog sa mga luhang hindi mapigilan
"I love everything about you, pero hindi ako kampante sa maamo mong mukha, it feels like someone will take you away from me , I can't... I really can't afford to lose you baby" humahagulhol nitong pahayag sa babaeng minamahal
"You never trusted me"
"I'm sorry" nakayukong saad nito sa asawa
"I wanna go outside, I wanna go shopping, I wanna enjoy my life Andrew"
"You really wanna get rid of me into your life?" he looked at her painfully
"..."
Napatango tango naman si Andrew sa naging tugon ng asawa
He stood up and turned his back
"I can't leave you but you can?" that makes him stop
"Let's enjoy our lives Andrew?, let's be with each other through everything we can encounter" she said before he could take a step from walk away
She stood up and walked towards behind him
Mga bisig na unti unting sinasakop ang katawan ng binata
She hugged him tight
"Since you can't trust me let's have a deal" As she tighten the hug
He looked up and gulped
As he noticed every paintings on the wall