Soft Boy ✔️

Chapter Thirty One

CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE: I NEED YOU

"Rina..." I called her name out loud samantalang malapit lang naman siya sa'kin at pwedeng pwede ko naman siyang lapitan pero I really called her out loud, inside of our classroom. Other classmates of ours probably thinks it's just me being a friend again to Rina but right now... I feel so weird.

Ever since that girl talked to me! Ugh! I feel bothered about everything now dahil dito. Rina and Ares knew each other from the start, why didn't Rina told me?

And bakit hindi ko maalis yung sinabi nung babaeng yon! As if I'm hypnotized and I really believed everything she said! She looked confident too, as if Rina... was really hiding a secret from me about her and Ares.

But... that's impossible right? I mean... after all she's my best friend! We've been best friends for a long time so I know na... hindi niya ako sasaktan. She cares about me.. right? I mean... di ba? she won't—

"Genevieve! Are you okay!" nagising ako sa realidad when Rina started shaking me, she's wearing her worried face just like before, that same face that told me that she will save me before and she still saves me... like a goddamn hero.

I've been overthinking. I'm panicking, aren't I? Masyadong madaming iniisip, well mostly that conversation. I really hate myself. Sinabi ko na Rina is the only one I will trust in my life but now... it feels like I think she's betraying me or something. That's horrible, it's Rina... she's not going to betray you.

Hinawakan ko ang kamay niya na nakakapit sa balikat ko nang mahigpit, I sighed sabay ngiti ulet sa kanya. I'm trying to reassure her that I'm back from zoning out.

I probably look really dumb right now, as always. "What is up with you? Tinawag mo 'ko, so anong nangyari? Kahapon ka pa ganito?" well, I can't really do anything about since I'm still bothered about it. Kahit anong gawin ko, 'yon pa rin ang naiisip ko.

"I just... wanted to ask you a question," sabi ko sa kanya, umupo siya sa tabi ko at in-offeran ako nang isang bottle ng tubig. Tiningnan ko muna yung tubig bago ko kinuha mula sa kamay niya.

"T-Thank you..." I was stuttering because I don't know how to ask her this question, I'm scared na I will sound like a jealous girlfriend sa harap ni Rina.

"About Ares..." simula ko, napahawak ako sa dibdib ko sa kaba, dahil baka hindi ko kakayanin 'to.

"I wanted to ask if you've met Ares before?" I asked her. Her face screams full confusion right now dahil sa tanong ko, nawala yung tingin ng mga mata niya sa'kin and napaisip siya.

Those girls were wrong for sure based on how Rina is acting! Pero, she's still thinking so what if... matagal na silang magkakilala?

"Well... I just remembered meeting a sibling of Alexander back during our freshman year," she pauses and sighs.

"A sibling...?" lapit ko sa kanya, she nodded, "Yeah... hindi ko nga lang maalala kung sino because that sibling was wearing a face mask for some reason pero ang sabi sa'kin ni Alexander that he was just shy..." sagot niya.

So... Ares and Rina have met before but Rina didn't know who he was... "Hindi ko alam kung si Ares or Adrian, pero if you're asking if I've really met Ares... I'm not really sure at all if it was him to begin with." She grins sabay akbay sa'kin.

"Is that why? Hm? And where did you hear that I might've met Ares way back?" she smirked.

I know that smirk, she probably thinks I'm acting like a jealous girlfriend of Ares but she's not wrong. I just remembered that one time she got jealous with Alexander asking about me way back, she's funny when she gets jealous.