Dating My Hater (Enhypen Series #1)

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As the crowd goes wild, my eyes only fixed to Heeseung who's staring hard at the last candidate. I can't help but to bit my lower lip as my heart aches so bad.

Who is she? Why do I feel like naiiwanan? Everyone seems to know her, and am I the only one who's being left out talaga?

Heeseung suddenly sat beside me and smiled, "You okay?"

Hindi ko siya sinagot saka ko lang itinuon ang atensyon ko sa stage. I didn't even heard her name, pababa na siya nang makita ko.

Jay also sat beside Heeseung, naupo narin si Karen. I faced Karen and askes who's that girl, but she can't hear me because of the loud music that is playing on the background.

Umiling nalang ako dahil hindi niya rin marinig, I am so curious right now! Who is she? Why do they know her? Ans why Heeseung is staring hard at her?

Natapos ang second half, para sa mga girls. Sunod ay ang mga boys, the first representative's body is very well built! He has tricepts, abs, and...

Nagulat ako nang bigla nalang may tumakip ng mga mata ko, "Ssh! Don't even try to remove my hands on your eyes. This is rated PG, and you need my guidance." bulong sakin ni Heeseung.

I heard Jay laughed, "Possessive yan?"

Pilit kong inaalis ang kamay niya at sa sandaling nainis ako ay napasigaw mg bahagya, "Ano ba?! Nanonood ako!"

Agad niyang naialis ang kamay niya sa mata ko at agad akong tinignan, mukha siyang inosenteng batang nasigawan ng magulang, inirapan ko siya saka itinali ang buhok ko.

Tumayo na ako at lumabas ng gymnasium, Heeseung keep  on calling my name, and started to follow me nang hindi ko siya nililingon.

"Yvette." mahinahon niyang tawag.

Napatigil na ako sa paglalakad at hinarap siya, "Bakit ba?! Nakukulitan ako sa kaka Yvette mo na yan eh, ano bang problema mo?!"

Huminga siyang malalim, "I-Ikaw? Ano bang problema? Kanina pa kita napapansing tahimik saka hindi ako kinakausap. Dahil ba umalis ako ng hindi ka sinama kanina? Jay and I just talked about the basketball team na-"

"Stop explaining! I didn't ask for your explanation!"

Natahimik ulit siya at parang nagpanic na, "Oh edi saan ka galit? Dahil ba tinakpan ko ang mata mo dahil may mga lalaking topless sa stage? 'Yun ba?" he asked.

It's not exactly why I am like this. Hindi ko maipunto ang scene kanina kung saan ay nakatitig siya sa babaeng candidate na iyon, how can I asked him about it? Baka akalain niya ay nagseselos ako.

He started unbuttoned his polo kaya napatingin ako sakaniya, he showed me his upper body. His tricepts, abs, and more! Napatakip ako mismo sa sarili kong mata sa nakita.

"A-Ano bang ginagawa mo?!" I asked him.

"You want to see their muscular body? I won't let you see them, just stare mine. Stare all you want, Yvette! Ayokong tumitingin ka sa iba! Dapat sakin lang!" aniya.

At this point ay nakahanap ako ng butas, "Ah! So ayaw mong may tinitignan akong iba? Ikaw nga itong makatitig doon sa representative ng Toduro eh!"

He laughed, "Edi lumitaw din na nagseselos ka." he laughed again. Pinasuot kona sakaniya ang polo niya dahil baka may makakita sa amin at kung ano pa ang isipin.

"H-Hindi ako nagseselos!"

"Talaga ba, mahal?" he teased me.

Umirap ako sakaniya saka naglakad palayo but he grabbed my wrist and hugged me, "Sorry na. It was intentional..." aniya. "...I wanna see you being jealous."

"Sino muna siya?" I asked.

He looked at me saka inayos ang buhok ko, "Let's wait na matapos amg pageant, at makikilala mo siya." he smiled.

As we walked back to the gymnasiun, we stopped. We saw Daniel walking towards us while his hand are on his pockerts.

"Ang sweet naman ng lovebirds." kumento niya.

Nagtago ako sa likod ni Heeseung nang bumaling ang kaniyang tingin sa akin. I gulped as I saw him walking near us.

"What are you doing here?" Heeseung's  cold voice got me.

Tumawa si Daniel, "Huwag kang ganyan, pinsan. I'm still your cousin, dapat welcoming ka sakin." he winked. "Hay, can you imagine how Yvette went from me to you? Galing mo sumalo, pinsan. Saluhin mo nga din ang grades mong nahuhulog kung minsan-"

"I'm top of my class, so shut your mouth." putol ni Hee sa sinasabi ni Daniel.

I can't believe that Heeseung is the top of their class! Even noong kaklase ko din si Daniel ay siya ang nangunguna sa klase. Is this being smart is in Lee's blood?

Nagkibit balikat si Daniel saka kami nilagpasan, nguni't nang makalampas na ito sa likod ko at tumigil siya. Naging alisto si Heeseung at ipinuwesto nya ako sa may gilid niya.

"You look good together..." aniya. "...Pero sana hindi kayo magtagal." he said as he walk straight on the corridor.

I exhales because I can't breathe whenever Daniel's around. I never became comfortable with him, inalalayan ako ni Heeseung papasok sa gymnasium and now ay halos patapos na ang third half.

"Ang tagal niyo! Ang ganda ng question and answer kanina!" Karen shouted because of the loud music playing.

"May pinag usapan lang!" sigaw ko pabalik.

I sat down beside her and noticed Jay's not here. I want to ask Karen but looking back how I saw them, they seems not getting along. Ayokong magtanong dahil ayokong makialam, but I'm curious!

"Nasaan pala si Jay? Buti magkasama kayo kanina?" I asked.

She pouted, "It was unintentional! Noong kumuha ako ng seat, I just saw him sitting next to me."

Nagtakha ako, there is something going between this two. For me, bagay naman sila eh. Pero they aren't getting  along talaga.

Karen's beautiful, and tall. Jay's tall and handsome too. I giggled as I ship the two. Napatingin ako kay Heeseung na nakasalubong ang kilay na nakatingin sa akin,

"Why are you giggling?" he asked.

Umiling ako, "Wala." sabi ko.

Pinag taasan niya ako ng kilay saka tumingin sa harapan, he pouted and that made him look cute. Kinapa ko ang phone ko at itinapat sa kaniya.

The fourth session of the pageant is very intense dahil ito na ang announcing of winners. I prayed for Monica to win.

"And we have only two candidates remaining!" the emcee said, and the crowd goes wild once again. "Is it Candidate number 2?!"

Nagsisigawan ang mga tao sa loob ng gymnasium nang tawagin ang numero ng babaeng tinitigan ni Heeseung kanina.

"Or is it the queen of Enhyfun, Candidate number 5?!"

I clapped hard for my best friend, I want her to win! But no matter what the result is, she's still the winner for us.

"And now, I have the results..." the drum rolls, and the atmosphere became heavy and intense. "...the winner score is 98.76 percent!"

I closed my eyes, then here's Heeseung counting on my ears that gives me chills. "5, 4, 3, 2, 1... I love you."

Sa paglingon ko ay nagkalapit ang aming mukha, I can feel his breathing. Tila nahinto ang lahat at tanging gwapong mukha lamang ni Heeseung ang nakikita ko. He smiled at me, I almost melt but I forced myself to smiled back at him.

I can't hear any sounds, any noise, any loud music. Just the silence between Heeseung and I, na parang this time is really made for us.