SMS #1: Eros in Taboo (Book 1) [COMPLETED]

Chapter 9

~Cold~

I felt like a child caught of sneaking chocolates in a cupboard. I usually not afraid of him when he's angry but looking at his dark and grim face right now, I just wanted to go like a bubble in the air.

"Priapus," Thence acknowledged him.

Tumango lamang ito na hindi inaalis ang tingin sa akin. Pinaglandas niya ang tingin sa aking katawan bago muling tumingin sa aking mata. Tumikhim ako at lumapit muli kay Thence.

I think I need someone beside me if ever Priapus will haunt me with his thunder voice and how impertinent I am.

"You need to go home now, Aoife," sabi niya sa malamig na boses. I am expecting him to shout at me. But this one was beyond compare. Mas lalo lamang ako natakot sa kakaibang pakikitungo niya sa akin. I found him like a silent but very active volcano. Hindi mo alam kung kailan sasabog.

Umiling ako at tumingala kay Thence, naghahanap ng kakampi. Thence looks to me too, his face is serious. Napanguso ako.

"You're grounded, right? I want you to go home, now," malamig ngunit mariin niyang pagkakasabi. Hinanap ko ang aking boses para makapagsalita. I know it's my fault. And I hardly admitted it. Wala rin naman akong lusot. I caught red-handed.

"But-"

"Don't make me repeat myself."

He now sounds irritated. Tumingala ako ulit kay Thence. I don't need to speak what I want when he already speaks for me.

"Priapus, hayaan mo muna si Aeliana rito. I'm staying here in the house. Besides, you have work, right?"

Thence tilted his head to weigh Priapus' soon-to-be answer.

"Thence, huwag mo nang takpan ang ginagawa niya. You knew how hard-headed and carefree she is..."

Muli siyang tumingin sa akin. His eyes enraged by too much anger.

I tugged the hem of Thence's shirt to persuade Priapus more. Umigting ang kaniyang panga nang tanawin ako bago muling ibinalik ang tingin kay Priapus.

"She's just a free-spirited teenager, Priapus. Don't be so uptight towards her so much. Mas lalo lamang iyang magrebelde." rinig ko na rin ang inis sa boses ni Thence.

I am alarmed somehow. I don't want them to fight just because of my attitude. May phobia na ako noong nagsuntukan ng grabe si Kuya Priapus at Perzeus. I don't want it to repeat and witness it with myself.

Tiningnan lamang ako ni Kuya Priapus ng may pagbabanta. Like he know what I'm thinking, kapag pinatulan pa niya si Thence.
Yumuko ako pilit na iniwasan ang kaniyang mga titig. I pressed my fingers to calm me a little.

"I'm going," I said weakly. Nagsimula na akong maglakad. Priapus is just waiting for me to go outside the house. Napalingon pa ako ng kaunti kay Thence at napanguso na lamang nang makita ang pagkairita sa kaniyang mukha. Still in his clenched jaw.

Buong biyahe papunta sa bahay ay walang sinabi si Kuya sa akin. At hindi ako mapakali roon. Lalo na nang dumating kami sa bahay at saktong papaalis na ang mga kasambahay. They are not a stay-in kasambahay. Ayaw kasi nina Mommy at Daddy iyon noon pa. Iwas daw kahit papaano sa maaring mangyaring panloob o ano. Kaya nakasanayan na rin namin dito kahit nandoon sila sa US.

Ang ngiti nila ay naging ngiwi nang siguro ay nakita nila ang ekspresyon ni Kuya. Nagpaalam na ang mga ito bago kami tuluyang makapasok sa bahay.

"Study," malamig na sabi nito. Napakagat ako sa ibabang labi habang papaakyat sa study room. Nakasunod ako sa kaniya. Bawat hakbang niya ay pabigat nang pabigat. Like in any seconds he can lose his control. Samantalang ako naman sa bawat paghakbang ay gusto nang umatras.