Feint (Royal Society #3) COMPLETED

Chapter Five

Chapter Five

State of Being Close

Vince Nicholo Andrade. That's his name and it sounded so beautiful in my ears for some reason. It also matches his aura - masungit. Kidding aside, but base on my sources, specifically Carrine,  he was really like that ever since.

Tahimik at masungit, iyan ang dalawang sinabi niya tungkol kay Vince. "What can you say about his looks?" I asked, Carrine, and moved closer to her.

She noticed it kaya nanliit ang mata niya sa akin. I know she already has a hunch base on my actions. "He's handsome, not gonna deny that. He was oozing with arrogance though. But that makes him mysterious, you know?"

Sumimangot ako nang marinig iyon kay Carrine. So she finds him handsome as well? Gusto din niya ganon? But I want him for myself only! Gosh, this is crazy, Amara! 

"You like him, don't you?" She inquired and I nodded at her, not even hiding the fact that I like someone younger than me. "And you're not even denying!" She exclaimed na may kasamang pag-turo pa sa akin.

Binaba ko ang daliri niyang nakaturo sa akin at hinawakan ang kamay niya parang nagmamakaawa. "You'll help, yes?"

"You'll have a hard time with him, Amara. I hope I was just kidding you but I'm not. He is beyond your expectation. You can't make him bend easily." Her eyes looked so serious kaya alam kong hindi niya ako binibiro o tinatakot.

"I know, I met him years ago, Carrine. But he... he never left my mind since then. I don't know! He just planted himself in my mind!" 

Carrine pursued her lips, thinking. "What if it's just the chase, Amara? That you don't really have those feelings for him like what you were thinking right now?"

I shook my head at her. Nope, I'm sure of it. I am not confused with my feelings because I know how to play my game. 

"Are you sure? Like one hundred and ten percent sure?" I nodded. "Alright," she said and took a deep breath before dragging my hand and pulling me somewhere I don't know.

Since the school year is almost ending, most of the class is irregular. Hindi na nakakapagtaka na maraming nagkalat na estudyante tulad ko ngayon. Carrine stopped dragging me and pointed to a certain room. My brows furrowed at her.

Umiling-iling siya sa akin at hinawakan ang mukha ko. She then gripped my cheeks and spread them wide. "There, there," she said and tapped my cheeks. "You want to get to know him better? Be friendly to those people na nakasama niya most of his time."

She shrugged. "I don't know much about him, Amara. I only know facts but details... they know because he was spending his time in this four-cornered room."

I smiled... widely and she chuckled at that. Hindi ko mapigilang hindi siya yakapin sa tuwa. Ah, the smell of success.

I was about to enter the room when she stopped me by holding my wrist. 

"Amara, if you enter like that, they will see you as a stalker and won't tell you anything. Especially they don't want to get into the bad side of Vince."

"Then what am I suppose to do if I won't go inside this room?"

She bit her lip and didn't speak, halatang nag-iisip nang mabuti. I also wanted to contribute! Hindi pwedeng siya lang ang may ambag sa plano ko. Come on, brain. Work, work, work.

Tumingala ako habang nag-iisip. O pinipilit ang utak kong mag-isip. But wala! This is frustrating me! Napapikit na lang ako sa inis. But when I opened my eyes again, I got the answer.