Serendipity (Dauntless Series #3)

Chapter 13

Mas napapadalas na ang paglabas namin ni Rainier ngayong kami na. He will take me to places, but one thing that's definitely in surprising is he's not running out of ideas to impress me. Some of them are just too grand for me, so when I told him about it, he suggested that we'll just hang out in their house more often. That is not what I meant by that but I've grown to trust him, being alone with him doesn't make me uncomfortable anymore.

He can be possessive at times, but I always make sure that I know what he likes and doesn't like. Same with me. Ayokong hindi kami nagkakaintindihan palagi dahil malaking bagay iyon sa isang relasyon. Mabuti na lamang at wala pa kaming napag-aawayan na malaking bagay. At sana manatili kami sa ganoon.

As usual, we're going to hang out at their house again. There's a newly released series on Netflix today and we're going to binge-watch it. Pero bago kami dumiretso sa bahay nila ay dadaan muna kami sa bahay ng kaibigan niya dahil birthday daw nito. This is the first time I'm going to meet all of his friends. I know some of them were my batchmates in junior high, but what if his ex was part of that circle too? What will I do about that, huh?

I groaned. My head is spinning.

"What's wrong?" asked Rainier. I sat up straight and fixed my probably drowsy face.

Umiling ako. "Medyo masakit ang ulo ko. Sa pagod siguro."

Nagpuyat kasi ako kagabi dahil may long test kami kanina. Major subject pa naman iyon kaya kailangan kong mag-aral nang mabuti. 2 am na ako natulog tapos maaga ring nagising kaya para akong sabog ngayon. Pinagtawanan pa nga ako ng mga kaibigan ko dahil parang kaluluwa ko raw ang kausap nila, kasama raw nila ako pero iyong utak ko tulog.

"Why didn't you tell me sooner?" he seems frustrated. Luminga-linga siya sa labas habang nagmamaneho. "There's no drugstore near us."

"No, no. I'm alright. I'll just sleep it off. Wake me up once we arrived, okay?" sabi ko at sumandal muli sa upuan.

"Are you sure?"

Worry is evident in his voice, and I love him for it, but I believe this headache will disappear once I got enough sleep. So I just answered him with 'hmm' and completely dozed off.

According to Rainier, I was asleep for half an hour. That's not so bad. When I woke up, Rainier is staring at me longingly. I cleared my throat and fixed myself. He said his friends are already waiting for us inside. Maya-maya ay napagpasyahan naming pumasok na sa loob. His friends welcomed us, especially me, with a smile on their face. Oh, let me rephrase that. Only his guy friends expressed their approval of me, saying how lucky Rainier is that got me. Meanwhile, the girls are just sitting on the other side drinking and talking about God knows what. I wanted to approach them but they might ignore me. It's better not to waste my saliva.

Dumiretso kami ni Rainier sa kusina para kumain. Binati ko ang kaibigan niyang may birthday ngayon na kakalabas lamang ng kwarto niya kasunod ang isang babae. Baka girlfriend. Tuwang-tuwa ito at ito pa mismo ang naghain ng mga pagkain sa lamesa. Gusto kong tumulong dahil nakakahiyang pagsilbihan nila ako ngunit pati ang boyfriend ko ay hindi rin pumayag.

"Masakit pa rin ba ang ulo mo?" Tanong niya habang pinagmamasdan ang buong mukha ko. Umiling ako.

"Uy, Rainier, kwento mo naman sa amin kung paano mo napasagot si..." his other friend looked at me with a confused look.

"Guia."

"'Yun! Si Guia. Nagtataka pa rin ako hanggang ngayon na pinatulan ka nito. Hindi kapani-paniwala, e."

Nagtawanan ang lahat. Some of his guy friends are older than him and the rest are probably on the same age as mine. Biglang lumiwanag ang mukha ko nang makita ko si Jared, iyong President namin noong grade 10. Kumaway ako sa kaniya na siya ring sinuklian nito.