#MultiverseInterludeChapter015

"Wake up in this reverie, and take Averie in the dream where I was there."

ALY

"Love, wake up. We're here," agad akong nagising sa kanyang pag-pukaw sa 'kin. I bit my lower lip to make sure I wasn't smiling too widely because the moment I opened my eyes, I saw his mesmerizing face that could never ever forget.

Pero nakita ko siyang ngumisi at alam kung ano ang ibig sabihin 'nun, at agad akong ngumusi para hindi lalong halata sa kanya. Kinurot niya ang pisngi ko at ginulo ang buhok sabay halik sa aking mga labi, nilabanan ko kaagad iyon at niyakap siya na parang walang bukas.

Amoy ako ng amoy sa kanya habang nanatiling magka-yakap, ang bango-bango niya na para bang walang pinagbago mula noon.

"Ah, my love, ang clingy mo ngayon. Halatang-halata na in love ka talaga sa 'kin ng sobra," mapait akong napangiti at bumitaw sa yakap.

I drew out a deep breath and faced him fiercely, "I'm always in love with you, pero whenever I'm with you, hindi ko alam why I'm feeling differently. Like, don't misunderstand me okay?" unti-unti ng lumakas ang kalabog ng puso na para bang nagpasiklaban dahil sa hindi maipaliwanag na nararamdaman ko.

Avo nodded and his face was like waiting for me to say it. "I love you. I dedicated my whole life to you and I could climb every mountain, explore the jungle, and many more difficulties just to prove to you that I'm really in love with you. "

"You already did those, even if this thing didn't happen." umangat ang kilay ko sa sinabi niya— making me confused a little.

He smiled as he brushed my hair, and didn't mind what he said. "So it was just like that, I love you but I'm feeling like I just missed you."

"I'm missing you Arthur, and I can't understand why I'm feeling this way. Nandito ka naman pero miss na miss kita," mas lalong bumigat ang buntong hininga ko.

"You know what?" he tapped my shoulders while smiling like he has a plan, I arched my eyebrow in response. "Why don't we have lunch L'amour Absence? It's been a while since the last time we ate there, and let's make those feelings disappear with their wonderful view. Deal or no deal?"

"You're really a good mood maker," he smiled.

We drove off to the nearest branch (10 minutes away from the private airport), and we ordered a lot of dishes and most of them are deserts because my man loves sweets. I gave him what he wants.

He's spoiled.

"Ang kulit mo! I told you to wait for the main dishes pero kumakain ka na ng halo-halo!" saway ko sa kanya dahil para siyang batang excited na excited kumain na parang walang bukas. Mukhang pinagsisihan ko ng e-spoil siya, pero may parte sa 'kin na kung hindi ko 'to ginawa baka pagsisihan ko sa may bandang huli.

Magsasalita pa sana ako pero muntik na akong mawalan ng buhay dahil sa biglaan niyang pagsubo sa 'kin ng choco flavoured na halo-halo.

"Avo! I almost died!" suway ko ulit sa kanya at agad na uminom ng tubig para mabawasan ang pagka-sakal. "For me," he added and what he said made me realize something reminds me of the past.

Hindi ko ulit pinansin iyon ata tuluyang nawala sa sistema ka 'nung sinerve na ang inorder na 'min, pero nagsalita ulit siya.

"Love, I have a question, and you can answer them while we ate, is that okay?" I nodded as I put the spoonful of food into my mouth.

"Okay, so the first question will be interesting, aren't you curious my love?" he said in his teasing voice while here I am nervously eating, thinking of what would it be.

"Do you think I have an Idea?" I rolled my eyes.

He cleared his throat and smirked. "If the multiverse world is real and you were given in an interlude time to travel, a chance to change you regret doing in the past. What would be the first thing you'll do and why is it?"

Hindi ko alam kung ilang oras kung pinigilan ang hininga ko dahil sa deretsahang pagkasabi niya.

I cleared my throat at umayos ng upo; pinning my hair on each side of my ears.

"I don't actually regret anything in the past, maybe I did when it was still new, but now? I don't think so. But If I were given a chance, I would just sit there and watch myself how bad I was so that I can fully accept the mistakes I've done in the past." I smiled at that.

"We people should learn what acceptance really is, to us imperfect human beings in this world. We should learn that in this world, we fear none. Mistakes are part of our growth, it's already engraved in our hearts, soul, and our own mitt."

"I was expecting you to say that you're going to save me," napakagat ako sa aking labi dahil mas lalo akong nanginginig dahil sa nararamdaman. "I expected you to change our fate of what we have now, but you didn't."

The smile on his face widened and it was getting purer, as much as I could remember. "This is making me at peace. You have learned to change by opening your heart again, unlike the old you who never explore. You're healing,"

"I am, but I don't want to let go of you in this reverie..." a tear starts falling from above.

Ayaw ko pang bumitaw. Masyado pang maaga para pakawalan siya ng tuluyan. "I'm not pushing you away to let go of me,"

"You can actually be with me until fate will wake you up in this reverie, and so you can take Averie, our daughter with you in a dream where I was there." may namumuo ng mga luha sa kanyang mga mata at pilit pa ring ngumiti. "And once you've reached that dream, we lived our life forever with no chaos."

"Hindi ko kaya, at ayaw kong pilitin ang sarili ko. But I will do this to our Raven," my voice broke out.

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This time, there's no way of backing out of this. My legs loosened forced, and I was taken aback to save myself, I sadly smiled at the love of my life before I could even turn his life into a nightmare.

I died without telling him those three words that he deserves to hear from my own verge. I shut my eyes the moment I heard my own head crack. I once live in pain, and I died in misery, mourning for the love of my life. I thought I was falling from above, but it was him after all. He sacrificed his life just to save me.

Later on, I heard some voices, I can feel someone was assisting me. Everyone was shouting, they are looking at me worriedly. Some are asking questions, but the only one I could hear clearly was his name.

"Avo is dead because of you! So don't be dead or else I'll take you to court!" that voice was familiar, I smirked at my response and he knows what's the meaning behind it.

Because of him, I didn't let go of my soul. I gripped my hold to my soul, I should not waste this life. I have an angel waiting for me at home, and I was thinking that if I won't fight, who will be there for her?

No one.

AVRLBNZ