A Far-fetched Love ✓

AFL 38 ✓

Days went by so fast, and it was already Saturday. Hindi ko alam kung bakit, pero kinakabahan ako sa magiging inuman namin mamayang gabi. Kai may go overboard, to the point where she might stigmatize Kael's gender. 'Pag nakainom kasi 'yon, hindi na nito naiisip kung ano 'yong lalabas sa bibig nito.

However, if there was something that I should be more worried about, I think it was the fact that I was entering my first class now. Particularly Mrs. Yañez's class. The incident that transpired between us last meeting, was an incident that I didn't happen to hear any progress from. Don't know if Attorney Palma played her cards against Mrs. Yañez successfully, or if it was the other way around. 

But I guess it was the former, when a familiar old woman entered our room, holding a whiteboard marker and eraser in hand. 

"Good morning, Sirs and Mesdames," Attorney Palma mumbled with a smile, as she stood in front of the teacher's desk. "Oh, what's with the wondering look on your faces? Were you not informed by the gossip around the campus?" She laughingly added as she held her chest with her right hand.

Pare-parehas kaming mga napatunganga rito at sabay-sabay na umiling. Malabo talagang may marinig kami, dahil wala naman masyadong mga estudyante sa building namin na mahilig tumambay sa kung saan-saan.

"I don't want to sound absurd and obnoxious, but Mrs. Yañez's termination and possible revocation of license is already the talk of the campus, and soonest be the talk of the town. So that being said, I'd temporarily carry the loads of work she had left, until the position she vacated would be filled in with another."

"Ano po'ng nangyari, Attorney?"

"Bakit daw?"

"Wiz ko knows beh, mukha ba 'kong chismakers?"

"Thank God!"

"Buti naman!"

I felt shivers down my spine upon hearing the news from her, felt like crying from being too elated, and mostly, I felt like hugging Attorney Palma. Gusto ko rin magsalita gaya ng mga narinig ko mula sa mga kaklase ko, but I was too happy to word them out to her, that all I could do was to wait for our class to end and thank her for what she did for me. 

"I vowed to help people, Ms. Vasquez. I vowed to represent people like you," were her departing words that deeply ingrained in my mind as she trotted off to her next class when we ended our heart-felt conversation.

I was in deep joy the whole day, more so when I arrived home and saw Kai cooking in my kitchen. May susi kasi kami ng bahay ng isa't isa, kaya nakapasok ito kahit wala ako. Pero 'yong sayang meron ako, bigla rin nawala nang makita ko 'yong jowa niyang bisugo na nakatopless at nakaboxers lang na lumabas mula sa banyo. Mukhang may kababalaghan pa yatang naganap sa bahay ko, lalo na at nakita ko si Kai na nakacycling shorts at fitted tank top lang. 

"Maaraw pa sa labas, ah? Ba't gabi na rito sa loob at nagdidilim yata paningin ko?" puna ko, na ikinalukot ng mukha ni Cholo at naging dahilan para batuhin ako ni Kai ng basahan. 

"Andito ka rin pala, Mon," nagkakamot ulong sabi ni Cholo. 

"Siguro kasi bahay ko 'to, ano po?" pagtataray ko. "Ikaw? Ba't nandito ka?"

"Mon-mon ko, 'di ba magbibihis ka pa?" sabat ni Kai nang saktong sasagot na sana jowa nito. 

'Di na lang ako sumagot at nagpunta na sa kwarto para maligo't magbihis matapos kong ambahan ng suntok si Cholo. 

Mabilis lang lumipas ang oras matapos kong magtagal sa banyo, kaya hindi ko na ininda ang ilang oras na paghihintay na dumating si Kael mula sa trabaho.