Sweetest Mistake

Chapter 6

"Tita Chione, Raven is not going to go to that ceremony for me. She's going to see his favorite cold-hearted person."

Sinimangutan ko si Kuya Ross at tinapos na ang pag-aayos sa kaniyang pulang kurbata. I rolled my eyes at him before looking in front of the mirror to fix myself, too.

"Ikaw nga ang ipupunta ko roon, Kuya. Bonus na lang na nandoon si Aidon."

I turned around to face him when I did not hear a response. He's smirking devilishly at his phone camera, taking pictures.

"Julian told me that you're still crazy over him." His smirk quickly faded as he finished maneuvering his phone. He probably posted his photo or sent it to one of his girls.

That guy! Sa sobrang pag-iidolo niya rito kay Kuya, inilalaglag ang best friend. I can still clearly remember how angry Kuya was when he found out about Aidon not wanting to marry me that day. He was livid, he broke one of a chair's legs.

Sising-sisi si Julian sa pagsusumbong dahil muntikan na talagang sugurin ni Kuya Ross si Aidon. Mabuti na lang at napigilan namin ni Tita at napaliwanagan.

I told him that it's not Aidon's responsibility to like me, so we should not take it against him. We must not expect that we'll be loved by everybody. That isn't how the world works. That isn't how hearts act. And it's our responsibility to be mature enough to accept matters like that.

Halos hindi namin mabago ang isip niya. Matatag ang paniniwala niyang walang tatanggi sa isang La Fuente. Paulit-ulit ko lang iginiit na ako lang rin ang nakakahiya sa dulo kung magsisimula siya ng away dahil lang tinanggihan ako.

"Kayo lang ni Julian ang lalaking chismoso." I said, not wanting to point out that he's just bitter up to now. Baka maalala niya pa at pumangit lalo ang timpla. Moving up pa naman niya ngayon.

"Kami lang naman kasi ang kilala mo bukod kay Ruiz." Lumapit siya para ikabit sa leeg ko ang kuwintas ni Mommy noon na iniingatan niya. "And you don't call us gossiper, we're caring brothers."

"Tumigil na nga kayong magkapatid. Mamaya magkakapikunan pa kayo."

"Si Kuya kasi, Tita. Ang dumi ng isip."

Kuya just made a face at me before scrolling through his phone again. He then walk his way out of his room to answer a call.

I looked at myself again in the mirror. My hand touched the heart pendant of the gold necklace. It matched so well with my spaghetti strap A-line dress. Tita Chione smiled as she took a picture of me.

"You look so much like your Mom, very beautiful... Raven."

Sa sinabi ni Tita ay lalong gumanda ang pakiramdam ko kahit na panay ang asar ni Kuya sa akin patungong venue ng Moving Up Ceremony nila.

"Behave, Raven." Kuya said before leaving us to sit with his batchmates.

I just chuckled at his stupidity. As if naman na mababantayan niya ako, e magiging abala siya. Bigla lang akong natahimik nang dumaan sa harap ko si Aidon kasama ang magandang babae at isang matipunong lalaki na pormal na pormal rin ang mga suot.

Lumagpas sila at naupo sa upuan sa bandang likod namin. Seryosong-seryoso si Aidon habang kausap ang babaeng napakaseryoso rin ng mukha. That must be her mother. She kind of looked like her or maybe it's just because of their stoic faces.

Napansin siguro ng babaeng may nakatingin sa kanila kaya napalingon ito sa akin. Sa sobrang kahihiyan ay hindi ko nagawang ngumiti pabalik. Dumadagundong ang dibdib ko sa kaba sa hindi malamang dahilan.

Hindi nagtagal ay iniwan na rin ni Aidon ang mga magulang niya dahil nagsimula na ang palatuntunan. Kuya received many awards so Tita Chione had to go back and forth to the stage for that. Pero kahit hindi isipin, alam ng lahat ng tao sa loob ng hall na iyon kung sinong magulang ang pinakanapagod kakaakyat ng stage.