Crime In Love Line

Chapter 16

I never talked to him since that day in the thought that I was only hurting myself. The more I spend time with him, the more I fall for his motives. I wanted to avoid the possibility of falling deeply into him.

But as he said, sinasabayan niya nga akong umuwi but I got the guts to refuse. I always excuse myself just to keep my distance away from him. Kay Iya, o kaya naman kay Missy ako laging sumasabay. That all happened until the end of school year.

Summer vacation na kaya naman umuwi na sa kani-kaniyang probinsya ang mga kaibigan namin. Ang iba naman gaya ni Daryl at Kevin ay nagbakasyon sa ibang bansa.

I have no choice but to spend my whole vacation here in Rizal. I have nowhere to go at Bulacan.

Last-last week ay inihatid namin sa airport si kuya Ethan. As I expected, naging mahirap kay mommy ang pag-alis ni kuya. I also felt dramatic as our ways parted.

Nakahiga ako ngayon sa sofa at ibinalot ang sarili sa comforter. Mustard was beside me, nagpapalambing. I took my phone to watch mukbang and random videos from YouTube. I'm so bored.

aiz_raziyya: My crush went at Canada!?!?!

Napangiti ako bago nag-type ng reply.

liaprilyn: Yes huhu :(

aiz_raziyya: Nakaka-ouch (T_T) bb attorney

Iya clearly said that there's nothing serious about her crush thing for kuya. She said na she only admires him because of his diligence, at pogi raw kasi.

Halos mapatalon ako sa sofa nang biglang mabasa ang pangalan ni Jiro sa notification bar. He directly messaged me on IG din. The hell!

jiromorales: Hi bati mo ba ko

I squinted my eyes before typing a reply.

liaprilyn: parang bata.

jiromorales: bata ka naman ihh

Wala ako sa mood at baka masampal ko pa virtually ang lalaking 'toh. I always find ways to avoid him.

liaprilyn: ok what's ur plan on ur birthday.

Tomorrow would be his 18th birthday. Ni hindi niya nababanggit kung ano ang balak niya. Hindi ko naman matiis na hindi tanungin! I mean, it's his birthday.

jiromorales: huh? Kelan?

liaprilyn: THE F TOMORROW DUHH

jiromorales: Wala namang mangyayari. Hindi naman kailangan mag celebrate. Corny.

My brows furrowed. He never celebrated his birthdays. Kahit noong nag-17 siya ay binati lang namin siyang magkakaibigan via gc. I mean, there's nothing wrong on no-party-celebration. But I noticed na wala talaga siyang pakialam sa birthday niya. Hinahayaan niya lang na lumipas.

No, April! This shouldn't be a reason para lumambot ka sakaniya! Remember that you're just his freaking friend! And he gives you false hopes! That should make me feel turned off to him, right?

Tatayo na sana ako para maglinis ng bahay nang biglang may mag-text sa akin.

From: Unknown Number
Hi lodi save mo number ko haha

Napairap ako. Alam ko na kaagad kung sino 'yon. I immediately saved his number on my contacts.

To: Jiro paasa
How did u get my number?

From: Jiro paasa
Syempre, resourceful ako e

I ignored him like I usually do even before. Noong graduation nila which was last week, ay hindi ako nakapunta but I managed to congratulate him, Luis and Daryl. I didn't even got the courage to ask him kung saan siya mag ka-college. Sana lang ay mapalayo na siya sa'kin.