Woke Up In August

Chapter 02

Choice

Kumunot ang noo ko when I heard the door bell ring. I faced the powder room's door. Kuya Enzo? Mabilis akong nagmumog, I'm still brushing my teeth. And it's still early in the morning, ang aga-aga nangangatok na.

"What?" I asked him when I saw himself standing right in front of my door.

He's wearing his gray hoodie, boths hands inside on its pocket and the hoddie's covering over on his face. Halatang bagong gising.

He yawned and asked, "Did you cook?"

"No, I didn't?" It's still six am, I just got up from my bed! And now kuya Enzo's looking for a food! Bakit ba ako bumalik dito?..

"I'm hungry," aniya.

Napatanga ako sa sinabi niya. "So, what do you want me to do? Cook for you, your highness?"

He shrugged his shoulders, lazily.  "Let's just eat downstairs, if you don't want to." Aniya at tinalikuran ako, but before he walk forward, he said, "and if you still don't want to, well then I wouldn't give my keys on you. Feel free to commute, August." He murmured at agad ng humakbang. Nalukot ang mukha ko, blackmailer!

"I have a car!"

"Then, go get your car!" He shouted back habang papalayo na.

Dahil sa sinabi niya, doon ko naisip na nasa bahay si Cassie. I grunted. My brother wins.

Bumalik ako agad sa loob and I immediately took a shower. Baka mag bago pa isip ni kuya, I don't want to commute. Yes, there's a bus but still, I don't want to. I just don't trust strangers if I'm alone. Hindi naman sa wala akong tiwala sa lahat but sometimes people you don't actually know will actually do something horrible that will cause you to be traumatized. Ang dami na kayang magnanakaw, baka nakawan pa ako ng walang ka alam-alam. And beside much better if I'll take a car, our house is in the hills, there's no bus that can go there.

When I'm all done, I grabbed my phone and  purse and hurriedly walked downstairs. I'm just wearing a yellow floral puff sleeve dress and paired it with my not so high heel sandal. Kasi pagkatapos nito baka aalis na ako, kaya I dress up nalang para hindi na ako mahirapan umalis. Sumakay na ako ng elevator. There's a restaurant at the main ground. I think doon din minsan kumakain si kuya kapag hindi siya nag luluto. I didn't bother to knock to his unit, I know he's already down stairs kaya dumeristo nalang ako.

Nang makapasok, I roamed my eyes in the corner, looking for my brother. When I found him, he's sitting in the right side table. Searching for a menu. I look at him. He's wearing a white shirt, and a black cargo pants. Naglakad na ako patungo sa kanya.

"Order mine, ikaw ang nag aya kaya ikaw ang mag bayad." Sabi ko pagkaupo sa harap n'ya.

He chuckled yet ordered what I want. When our foods arrived, agad na akong kumain, so does kuya. Walang nag salita sa aming dalawa. I'm not the type of person who's comfortable talking while eating, and besides they said 'don't talk if your mouth is full.' So hindi ako nagsasalita hanggang walang dapat sasabihin. Hindi din naman pasalita si kuya, kaya we're fine eating together.

I drank my water when I finished at tumingin kay kuya na kakatapos lang din. He wiped his lips, tumingin sa akin.

Tumikhim ako, "Lola called me last night," panimula ko. Alam kong nakuha ko ang buong atensyon niya ngayon because those brown eyes of him were looking pointedly towards me.

I shrugged, "she just said to come over today, and yeah I definitely will. Even if she hadn't called." Ayaw ko man tumira doon but that place still part of my life. I maybe don't like there, but there are still some memories of mine that placed into that place.