THE VILLAIN'S CURSE

ix. Falling inlove

KAIRO

Mabilis na lumipas ang dalawang araw at nakadalaw narin ang tito David sakin bago ako makaalis ng hospital pero never ko pa siyang natatanong sa mga tanong na matagal ng bumabagabag sakin. Maybe next time I will ask him.

Si Eumi narin ang umalalay sakin palabas ngayon ng hospital and wanted to drive me home knowing na pag tumanggi pa ako buong oras siyang magbubunganga. Isa pa mas lalo lamang sasakit ang ulo ko. As we headed towards the car I can still feel the presence of that person afar following our moves. Kaya napahinto ako pero di ko nilingon ang taong kanina pa nakamasid samin.
Mahuhuli din kita. Whoever you are hintayin mo lang ang paggaling ko.

"Are you fine? Bat ka huminto? May masakit ba sayo?"Eumi said with worriedly.

"Okay lng ako. OA kalang talaga." I said boredly.
Before na naman siyang magsalita ay agad na akong pumasok sa kotse at hindi na siya pinansin. Inis na inis si Eumi na sumunod sakin. And with that moment I found it cute. Her irritated face. Her looks kapag inaasar ko siya with my cold words. At di ko namalayan that I'm already smiling while looking at her. What! Am I saying she's cute? No way! Did I just smiled? Ano ba tong naiisip ko lagii. Gosh! Bat ba ako ganito. Anong nangyayari sakin. Agad ko namang sinampal sampal ang mukha ko ng mahina kasi kung ano anu na ang pumapasok sa isip ko.

I didn't know na kanina pa pala nakatingin si Eumi sa akin. She just looked at me weirdly at nagpipigil ng tawa na para bang may ginagawa ako na hindi niya naiintindihan at she thought it was hilarious.

"What?" I asked. Baliw na talaga tong babaeng to.

"Hahahahaha para kang unggoy na nawawala sa gubat."Sabi niya habang tawang tawa. Her irritated face a while ago just vanished like that. Minsan tuloy napagkakamalan ko siyang bipolar. Tawa parin siya ng tawa and it irritates me. Kaya di na napigilan ng lapastangan kung bibig ang magsalita.

"Pag dika tumigil sa kakatawa mo diyan hahalikan Kita." Wait! Did I really said that? I'm doom. No no no no no. I need to find an excuse.

"What did you just say?" She asked at tila namumula pa ang mukha. May lagnat ba siya at pulang pulang ang pisngi niya?" I said tumigil ka sa kakatawa mo diyan kasi hahampasin talaga kita." Ang lame ng palusot mo Kairo. Bakit ba kasi kung ano anu na ang sinasabi ng bibig ko.

I fastly averted my eyes from her and just looked outside the window. Habang si Eumi ay pinaandar na ang kotse at binalewala na yung sinabi ko kanina even though she still acted suspicious to my lame excuse. Tahimik lamang kami sa loob ng kotse. Walang nagsasalita at tanging katamihikan lamang ang namayani sa pagitan namin.

I wanted to tell her to leave me alone but my mouth can't speak. I don't wanted to start making her feel that she was special because I'm afraid I might hurt her. I have a lot of thoughts . Negative thoughts if you may asked.

I become more complicated as days goes by. Napabuntong hininga nalang ako. Ang daming nangyayari sa mga nagdaang araw. Dumagdag pa itong nararamdaman ko.

Nabasag ang katahimikan sa pagitan naming dalawa and my reverie was being disturbed ng magsalita ito that made me averted my eyes at the window and turned to her.

"I like this part of you. Yung hindi tipid magsalita unlike the past Kairo that I've known." She said and looked at me. "I like this part of you better. This demeanor of yours makes me more comfortable. " She said seriously. "But mukha ka paring unggoy." She added and that serious look a while ago turned into her laughing mood.

Instead of being pissed. I just smiled. Me either I can't understand myself. I wanted to act cold at her but suddenly I just felt myself melting into her presence. This was a bit different from my old self. And I'm doom.