Wounded Heart (Heart Series #1)

Chapter 8

Chapter 8

"Oh! Uhm... Hi?" I smiled while trying to picture his mood.

"What do you need, huh?" He arched a brow. I don't know why but I feel so tense whenever I talk to him. He's so intimidating!

"Well, we need participants from each departmemt to answer the survey form we prepared. It is for our research project," I explained to him.

"Then?" He crossed his arms and put his shoulder against the wall.

I slightly rolled my eyes. "I think that you can help us with this since you are one of the top students here."

He slightly scratched his nose. He's wearing an archi uniform yet he still looks good on it.

"Fine. Where are your survey forms?"

I get the survey forms from my group mates. Altair walked toward a classroom so I followed him. He sat in a chair in the first row. He explained to his classmates that we'll be conducting a survey for our research.

He is in a side view so I noticed that he has an almost perfect jaw line. He also have thick eyebrows that made him look more appealing. His  dark hooded eyes was so mysterious yet I wanted to know each mystery. He is just so... perfect.

"Stop staring," walang emosyong sabi nya. I almost choked as I realized that I stared at him for so long! "Start distributing the survey form instead of staring at me."

My face heated the way he said it! He doesn't seem to notice me but why the hell did he said those in front of everbody.

Sinabihan ko ang group mate ko na ibigay na ang mga survey form bago ako umalis do'n. Ayoko nang madagdagan pa ang kahihiyan ko kaya lumipat na ako ng ibang department para sa survey.

Mabilis naman natapos ang mga survey namin. We are here at the library to start encoding the data we've gathered. I knew this will take long so I told my driver that I will just go home by myself.

"Okay so to make this easier for us. I will assign you to different tasks. In that way, hindi tayo magkakagulo," I told them. They all nodded except from Kashi who stood up.

"Are you saying na guguluhin lang natin ang isa't isa? Aren't that called helping each other?" she butted in

Bida bida. This girl is really getting into my nerves!

"Ikaw ang nagsabi niyan. What I am implying is that we need to have specific tasks so that we all have something to do instead of doing everything simultaneously at wala tayong matapos." I plastered a fake smile.

"Oh, so hindi pala tayo matatapos kung tutulungan ka namin? Para saan pa at naging group mates tayo."

I sighed with frustation. "If you don't get my point, just shut you mouth and leave instead of wasting our time."

"Asshole," I heard her whisper.

Nakakairita. Mas lalong nakapagpatagal sa amin 'yong kakitidan ng utak ng bruhang 'yon. Is she even analyzing what I said?

The research was tough that we almost come late to our proceeding classes. Given that the research was tough, it turned out to be harder since Kashi kept on being stubborn. We did not even take breaks to finish this on time. Hindi na rin ako nakapunta kila Cindy dahil dito.

8 pm na ng matapos kami. I was so exhausted. Dumagdag pa si Kashi na ang daming side comments. Halos wala namang ambag. Pakiramdam ko ay magco-collapse na 'ko dahil sa pagod. Mukhang uulan pa. Bad luck talaga ang bruhang 'yon!

There are only few students left in our school. Nakakapagtaka lang na bukas pa rin ang ilang ilaw sa architecture building. May projects din yata sila.

Nagsimula nang umambon kaya hinagilap ko na ang payong sa bag ko. Lumalakas na ang ambon pero mukhang hindi ko dala ang payong ko. Nagmadali ako maglakad para makahanap agad ng taxi o 'di kaya ay itetext ko na lang si kuya.

Malayo layo pa ang lalakarin ko dahil nasa bandang dulo ang engineering building. I was feeling so cold and I think I'm having a flu. Palakas nang palakas ang ulan at nababasa na ako. Halos takbuhin ko na ang daan kahit pa masama ang pakiramdam ko.

Nagulat ako nang makarinig ako ng tawag sa pangalan ko.

"Trixie!" I stopped when I heard his voice. It was Altair! May dala siyang payong habang mabilis na naglalakad papunta sa'kin.

Hinihingal pa siya nang lumapit sa'kin. "Hold this." He handed me the umbrella before taking off his jacket.

"Here. Wear this." Kinuha nya muli ang payong mula sa'kin bago binigay ang jacket nya.

"Huh? No need. I'm fine."

"Tss don't be stubborn. You'll catch colds," he insisted.

Pumayag na rin ako. Besides, I felt really cold. "Thank you," I mouthed.

Nagmadali na kami bago pa kami abutan ng malakas na ulan. Buti na lang ay may taxi na nakaparada sa may labas ng school kaya nakasakay agad kami.

I remained quiet while rubbing my palms against each other to reduce the coldness. I was sure I am having flu. Parang ngang hihimatayin na ako sa sama ng pakiramdam.

I froze when he touched my forehead. "May lagnat ka," he uttered between the silence.

He grabbed my hands before placing it in between his palms to retain heat. Gusto ko sana hatakin ang kamay ko pero hindi ko na rin magawa dahil sa sama ng pakiradam.

Nakatulog ako sa byahe. Nagising lang ako nang marahan akong tinapik ni Altair mula sa pagkakasandal ko sa kanya. Nginitian ko lang siya at bumaba na agad bago dire-diretsong pumasok sa bahay.

Nakita ko si kuya sa living room pero hindi ko na siya nagawang batiin. All I want is to finally rest after a very tiring day.

Humiga agad ako sa kama ko. Pagod na pagod ako at nakatulog din agad ako.

Nagising ako ng alas dos ng madaling araw. Giniginaw ako at masakit din ang katawan ko. I went downstairs shortly to get medicine.

Kinuha ko rin ang phone ko to check some messages. I saw a lot from my group mates and some from my friends. But what really caught my attention is this one message. It's from Altair.

From JakeAltair:

Take medicine. You'll probably catch colds.

I smiled as I read his message. I didn't know he's also thoughtful despite his cold personality, huh. It's weird but that simple message made my heartbeats racing.

To JakeAltair:

Thank you. I already took my medicine.

I can't help but to smile more. I don't why but I feel so happy everytime we have a little interaction. Does it mean that I'm falling in love... with him? Well, I couldn't blame myself he's so ideal.

Hindi tuloy ako makatulog. Paano kung nagkakagusto na nga ako sa kanya? Wala namang mali dahil nasa tamang edad na kami. Isa pa, bakit parang nag-aalala siya sa'kin na malayo sa Altair na kilala sa school? Pero... paano kung hindi pala? Baka wala pa lang ibig sabihin ang mga pinapakita nya sa'kin. Baka ako lang pala ang nahuhulog.