Lasts Longer Than Later (Fondness s e r i e s #3)

Chapter 7

"Ang sabi sa birthday party pupunta pero pag-uwi, sapatos na ng lalake ang suot."pagpaparinig sa akin ni aiza habang inaayos 'yung camera

Napairap ako sa hangin at hindi siya pinansin. Wala naman akong balak i-kwento sakanya ang nangyari kagabi pero hindi ko naman inaasahang nag-stay pala siya sa bahay ko kaya nahuli niya akong may suot na ibang sapatos. I mean it's not big deal to me, but for Aiza is was bigger than the biggest

But I know that Aiza is just always like that. She want to know every single happened on my life so she's aware

It's almost midnight when chollo drop me off on my place. Shame of myself because I get wasted. I already forget to bring his shoes back to him and get my heels

Until now I still have a hang over but I need to work. Late nanga rin ako e pero pansin kong wala pa si chollo

"Hindi na Ikaw ang Paulina na nakilala ko"napapailing na dagdag pa ni Aiza

I just shook my head and focus to the model who I'm taking pictures. I just need to ignore her so she will stop sooner or later

"Di porket pinapaboran ko kayo na mag-gimik e required ng ma-late"mataray na boses ni ma'am denise sa bandang likuran ko kaya napalingon ako

Doon ko nakita si chollo na napapakamot nalang sa batok niya habang nakapamulsa ang isang kamay sa pants niya

Nakatalikod sa gawi ko si ma'am denise habang nakapamewang at siguradong pinagtataasan siya nito ng kilay kaya napakagat ako sa ibabang labi

"I'm sorry ma'am, na-late lang 'yung alarm ko"he obviously lied which made me sarcastically smile at my self

Mukha siyang batang humihingi ng sorry sa magulang dahil sa pag-iiwan ng sinaing kaya nasunog. He look like in a rush while his camera was hanging on his nape which is he always did. We're similar in that way

"Yung alarm ba talaga o puyat?"ma'am denise trying to catch him

He look around like his finding a reason and suddenly our eyes met. I remain my cold and natural expression but he suddenly look away then bite the skin of his lips to hide a smirk

What's wrong with him? He even almost getting red from a far. Maybe because of the sunlight

"may pumuyat lang po ma'am"pagdadahilan niya na para bang may tinutukoy siya pero hindi ko nalang ito inintindi at binalik ang atensyon sa camera

"mag-ingat ka at baka... sa maling tao masayang ang pag-pupuyat mo"dinig kong biro ni ma'am denise kaya natawa si chollo ng mahina

Naramdaman ko na ang paglakad ni chollo palapit sa gawi ko kaya umakto akong abala sa ginagawa ko. Hindi ko alam pero nang maramdaman kona ang presensya niya sa tabi ko bigla akong kinabahan, siguro dahil nakalimutan kong ibalik 'yung gamit niya

"Nakatulog ka ba ng ayos?"bulong niya sa tabi ko kaya tahimik na tumango nalang ako

I swallowed so hard when I heard his deep laugh beside me. I can't focus to what I was doing but I know to myself that my hand was shaking while taking a picture of this model infront of me

"Pasmado ka 'rin?"he innocently asked, maybe because he notice that my hand was shaking. I just nodded for answer so he wouldn't asked for more

"Ako 'rin, tingnan mo kahit hawakan mo pa"tsaka niya hinarang ang palad niya sa camera kaya parang natauhan ako at napalingon sakanya. Binigyan niya ako ng nakakaasar na ngiti pero hindi ako naasar