Stay With Me Then (Then Series #4)

Chapter 40

Chapter 40 

Colors 

My childhood days was bright and colorful but when I reach the puberty stage doon nag-iba ang lahat. Hindi pala sa lahat ng oras magiging makulay ang buhay mo dahil dadating din yung punto na mapupunta ka sa isang madilim na lugar. 

Dahil yun ang nangyari sa'kin. That is when my brother started to hate me. When he slowly losing his time with anybody else and not for me kahit na noon nasa akin lagi ang atensyon. 

It's natural for me to act friendly to everyone at yun ang pagkakaparehas namin ni Kuya. We are both friendly in different ways. Ako nakakahanap ako ng kaibigan dahil sa galing ko sa pangungulit at si Kuya naman dahil sa galing niya sa pakikipag-usap at sa pagsakay sa trip ng isang tao. 

That is why bata pa lang ako mahilig na akong makipagkaibigan but only one person caught my attention. Nasa party kami noon I think I was 6 years old that time. I caught a girl na parang kinukulit yung kapatid niya sa isang table. 

But her brother is just shaking his head kaya napasimangot na lang yung batang babae. And I just found myself smiling. 

She is cute kahit na parang masungit. My eyes never leave her hanggang sa makausap ko na siya and I told her to call me Austin. I hate someone calling me by that name because it's not cool but I just suddenly want her to call me that. 

And when he called me Austin, it's like a music to my ears. 

That is the night I met her and play with her. She also told me her second name and it was Eya. But that is the last time I saw her because we need to go to New York. Sinabi ko nga sa kanila na dito na lang kami pero ano ba naman ang laban ng batang katulad ko noon. Even if I badly want to stay I can't. 

And after that night meeting her and hearing his voice. I started to love music. Because her voice calling me Austin is like a music in my ears. 

Since then, I just try to forget her for a meantime and look for some friends. Even if doing that is not hard for me. I focus on my studies until I reach high school. I always have a high grades and that is also the time that Kuya Calix is changing. 

Until I was about to go to college and Dad told me na ako ang hahawak ng VF which is our business at doon nagumpisa yung galit sa'kin ni Kuya. I don't even want that! 

"Hey, you okay?" tanong ni Gray sa'kin. I met him last year. I just found myself started to be comfortable with him. Dahil parang nagkakasundo kaming dalawa and we click each other. 

"Yeah, it's just that Kuya is giving me a hard time." I said at tumango naman siya. 

"Why? Dahil ba mas pogi ka sa kanya?" he said at sinamaan ko naman siya ng tingin dahil ngayon pa talaga siya nagbiro sa'kin. 

Sa ganyan kami nagkakasundong dalawa sa kalokohan. Pero sa'ming dalawa mas maloko naman talaga ako dahil may pagkakataon talaga na hindi mo malalapitan yan si abo pag wala sa mood o kaya ang seryoso.

Maybe because of his Dad. Siya ang tatay niya ang problema, ako sarili kong kapatid.

Tahimik lang kaming dalawa na naglalakad pabalik ng room namin ng may marinig akong tumutugtog. Hinanap agad yun ng mga mata ko and there I saw two guys playing an instrument sa music room. Kinabisado ko na lang yung mga mukha nila dahil bukas yung pinto kaya nakita ko kung sino nasa loob at hahanapin ko sila. 

At that moment when Calix slap to my face how mad he is to me doon ko naisip na sirain ang buhay ko para sa kanya. I study but not like before na sobrang taas ng grades ko iniisip ko na lang basta pumasa. Kahit si Gray nagtaka na din sa'kin but he just let me.