After fixing my things, I turned to Ria, "Ria, I have to talk to someone, is it okay?" I informed her. We have a project to do kasi and we plan to talk about it at a coffee shop.
"Yeah, sure" she answered and smiled. Sabay na kaming lumabas ng room, pagdating sa first floor ng department namin ay nakita ko agad si Travis. He's been pestering me for like 3 days now to unblock him and just when I thought he'll stop pestering me because I unblocked him already, he ask if we could talk. Pinagbigyan ko na lang kahit wala akong maalala na may atraso ako sa kanya o kung kilala ko ba siya.
I already informed Nine about it, I know he's watching me somewhere now. Gusto sana nila mommy na nasa tabi ko lang siya, but I asked them na kung pwede ay bantayan na lang niya ako mula sa malayo. Nakakailang rin kasi kung nasa tabi ko lang siya plus our lives isn't in danger now, they are already behind bars.
Travis smiled and waved at me, I don't know why but he acts as if we are really close, friendly lang siguro siya sa lahat? Hindi ko alam, ni hindi nga niya nginingitian iyong iba pero kapag sa akin naman sobrang friendly niya. Ngumiti na lang din ako sa kanya kahit naiilang.
"May kasama ka pala" pansin niya kay Ria.
"You said it’s okay?"sumabay ito sa paglalakad.
"Yeah, of course" inilahad nito ang kamay niya sa akin, nung hindi ko inabot ang librong hawak ko ay siya na mismo ang kumuha nito mula sa akin. I heard Ria scoffed.
"Talk"
"Can we talk about it somewhere? More private" he suggested.
I shook my head, no. "Nope, my time is limited. I need to be home by 8, if not everyone in the house will panic" I explained.
Tumango naman ito at muling natahimik. Ilang segundo lang ay nagsalita ulit siya. "They're already behind bars, is your parents still anxious?"
Tumango ako, nangunot naman agad ang noo ko dahil sa sinabi niya. "I don't know you, but how did you know about it?" Tanong ko. “Probably on TV since it was broadcasted.” I assumed. Lumingon naman siya ng nakakunot ang noo, tumigil siya sa paglalakad kaya nahinto rin ako.
"Stop the act, Clay" kalmado nitong sabi.
"What act?"
"This" halatado na ang iritasyon sa boses niya. He turned to Ria, nakalimutan kong kasama ko nga pala siya. "Can you leave us? We have something to talk about privately" She glared at him and scoff before distancing herself to us.
"Stop acting as if you don't know me. If this is still about not risking me, well you have to stop because they're already on jail. They can't harm any of us now" sunod-sunod niyang sabi. Honestly, I've been confused as fuck since the day he started messaging me, this dude even called me ghoster. I breathed heavily as I look into his eyes. I bit my lower lip.
"I'm not acting. Truth is, I don’t know you for real" he scoffed, nangunot ang noo niya at tinitigan ako. The way he looked at me feels like he's looking at my soul. He then closed his eyes nang imulat nitong muli ang mga mata, he looked at the other direction. Kapansin-pansin ang biglang panunubig ng mata nito. Wait, is he crying?
He looked up and cleared his throat, "What happened to you?" Nanlulumong tanong niya. I don't know if it's real or my eyes is playing tricks with me but I saw a glint of pain in his eyes. Pinipigilan din niya ang pagtulo ng mga luha nito.
"Look, I really don't know you but since you've been acting as if we're close, I think you need to know this. I'm assuming you were one of those I forgot" I explained. Nahinto ako dahil tumalikod ito sa akin. He clenched his fist and began punching the wall behind him. Mahina lang naman kaya hindi siya masasaktan
