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daggers #23

JUSTIN'S P.O.V

stell and i are now on our way back to manila. we had a little cuddle session before he insisted that we have to go back because we still have classes to attend. ayaw ko pa sana umuwi eh. :(
i literally had no idea that he was going to take me to laguna last night. i thought we were just gonna go for another date somewhere in taguig, like we did on our first date.

after that conversation with josh, i put my phone back in my backpack and sighed, which didn't go unnoticed by stell.

"tired?" he asked and offered his hand to which i immediately accepted and intertwined our fingers together.

"hindi naman."

"why the long face, then?"

i thought before answering him. should i tell him? baka oa lang ako sa pag-ooverthink? biruan lang naman namin ni josh 'yun diba?

"wala naman. just thinking of some academic stuff." i said instead. after josh said that stell might want to see someone at the univ that's why he's insisting to go to class, i immediately thought of someone. but i know better. stell wouldn't do that. he's always honest and clear with his intentions so i'm certain he wouldn't do me like that. i already trust him so much.

"you sure? take a nap kaya muna." he said and gently let go of my hand to brush my hair. i nodded and leaned towards the window, letting myself get lost into deep slumber.

*at the univ*

it was my lunch time when we reached the UST campus and so is stell's so we decided to eat in the cafeteria while waiting for our next classes to start.

while stell was ordering, someone came up to me and i didn't know whether I'd be happy or not.

"hi, jah!"

"uy, coach pau!" i greeted and we high-fived. he's still a friend and a superior to me and i still respect him so i acknowledged his presence.

"kamusta? wala kang class?"

"lunch time ko pa po eh."

"ahh, i see. si.. si stell, kasama mo?"

and as if on cue, stell suddenly came back with our food on a tray.

"uy, pau!" he placed the tray on top of our table and hugged coach pau.

"kumain ka na? tara, sabay ka na sa'min." oh shit. please, say no.

"sige ba. okay lang ba, jah?"

what the fuck. "h-ha? ah, okay lang po, coach."

i took my backpack from the chair beside me to place it on my lap, thinking coach pau would sit beside me, but he sat beside stell instead. oo nga pala, mag-bestfriends nga pala kasi sila.
the two of them talk about different stuff while i silently eat my food and only talk when being talked to. hindi ko rin naman alam kung anong pinag-uusapan nila, plus, i don't know why but i suddenly felt uncomfortable with coach pau's presence.

every now and then, i would catch coach pau stealing glances from stell whenever he's not looking, or he would cough when stell would wipe my mouth with a tissue. it's kinda irritating, and my intuition is telling me something but i'm not sure whether i should believe it or not.

"jah, ano palang balak mo after college?" coach pau suddenly asked which made me choke on my food. i coughed and stell immediately handed me a glass of water that i consumed in three big gulps.

shit, i don't like this topic.

"uy, okay ka lang?" stell asked and i stood up.

"i'm fine... uhh... i have to go na pala. m-mag-sstart na yung class ko."

"really? akala ko 2 pm pa? may 30 minutes ka pa naman eh." stell said, holding my arm gently.

"uhm... yung prof kasi namin, maaga daw pumasok. i have to go na talaga. I'll see you later. bye po, coach pau!" i didn't wait for them to respond and just briskly walked towards my next class, which will start in 30 minutes. yes, stell was right.

ayoko mang iwan si stell doon, mas ayoko namang pag-usapan yung topic na 'yun. not yet. not now.