CHAPTER 16
Hot
Lumubog na ang araw at tila walang pag-aalala sa kanila nang maisipan pa nilang bumili ng beer at tumambay sa kotse nito. It was already 8 P.M. in the evening.
Sancho parked his car meters away from the cliff. Hindi matao ang lugar na 'yon. Sapat na ang ilaw na nanggagaling sa buwan para magsilbing ilaw nila nang gabing 'yon.
Napangiwi si Ayla matapos inumin ang beer na hawak. She heard him laugh. Napalingon siya sa binata.
"Nagiging sanay ka na."
"I'm afraid na baka gigising na lang ako bukas at hahanap-hanapin ko na 'to."
Napangisi lamang si Sancho at ininom din ang hawak nito.
"Vacation is nearly over. What are your plans? Are you going back to Manila?"
Isinandal niya ang ulo sa shotgun seat na kanyang kinauupuan.
"I don't have plans in mind."
Nilingon siya nito. "Sabay na tayong bumalik."
She turned to him. "Babalik ka pa?" aniya at bahagyang ngumisi. "I thought your heart belongs to Negros."
Sancho smiled. "Yeah, but I have my priotities."
Ayla pursed her lips before nodding. Napainom ulit siya sa hawak na beer.
"Ayaw mo rito?" she asked.
Isinandal ni Sancho ang kanyang ulo sa kanyang kinauupuan bago siya nilingon.
"What do you mean?"
"Here sa province. Pwede namang dito ka na lang mag-aral."
Napangisi ito sa kanya. "Mas gusto ni Mama na sa Manila ako. Mas marami raw kasing oppurtunities do'n."
"Saan ka ba nag-aaral sa Manila?"
He paused before answering. "U.P."
She lifted a brow and nodded.
"Let's go to the same school."
Bahagya siyang napangisi. "Why do you suggest that?"
Napakibit-balikat ito. "I wanna have a friend."
She let out a breath of laughter. "You don't need to add more friends on your list, Sancho." She emptied her bottle and got another one. Si Sancho naman ang nagbukas n'on sa kanya.
"But you're different."
Hindi niya naiwasang matigilan at mapatitig dito. "What do you mean different?"
He smiled then shrugged. "Do I have to explain that?"
She rolled her eyes. "No, if that is something against my part again."
Natawa ito sa kanya kaya pinaikutan niya lang ito ng mga mata.
She loved that conversation they were having. They were not strangers. They were not lovers. They were not even friends. They were just...nothing but honestly comfortable in each other's company. If she would only look back to when they started talking, she couldn't imagine how they ended up that way.
"Shit, I'm afraid this drink will make me do crazy things again."
Sancho chuckled. "Like what?"
Nilingon niya ito at seryosong tiningnan sa mga mata nito.
"Like kissing you."
Natigilan ito at napatingin sa kanya. She knew they were not yet drunk. Hindi naman ganoon kalala ang alcohol ng beer para malasing sila.
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