Hinahanap - Hanap Ko Siya

Chapter 12

Flashback Mid - 2014:

Bamboo was excited. Why? Because he got a chance to do a prod number with Sarah for Asap that coming Sunday. It would be for a "wedding theme", and it's going to be for the opening number of the show. Even though their part would only be short, he was still happy for the given chance. They will be singing Accidentally In Love.

At the rehearsal however, they were with other Asap artists. So Bamboo was thinking of ways on how he'd be able to get her alone. Dati - rati naman he knew no one would ask if ever they'd be seen together, however the situation's different, now.

Not because may alam sila sa pagamin ni Bamboo ng feelings niya towards Sarah, but because it would be awkward now, since umamin na si Sarah na boyfriend na nga niya si Matteo, a couple of months back sa isang interview with Toni Gonzaga, and since alam na ng lahat na hiwalay narin siya sa asawa niya, eh baka mai - tsismis lang na inaagaw niya si Sarah kay Matteo. Sa totoo lang, sa kaniya walang problema, kaso ang iniintindi lang niya is of course ang mararamdaman ni Sarah at ang sasabihin ng kaniyang mga magulang.

Weirdly enough, though, he remained close to her parents. He wasn't sure if they knew of his feelings and intentions for their daughter, because they never mentioned anything to him about it, and they just treated him like they used to before - as their daughter's friend. He had no clue if Sarah had told them about his confession. And so nahihiya din siya sa mga ito kung may lumabas man na di kanais nais na tsismis na sangkot ang kanilang anak at ang kadahilanan ay siya. Mataas ang respeto niya sa kanila.

Sarah on the other hand was acting all happy and in love - with Matteo, unfortunately. And Bamboo could hardly contain his resentment. It's as if she was expecting him to keep his distance eversince she told him that they should act civil towards each other and treat each other casually. As if his confession of his feelings didn't matter at all. Na ganun lang kadaling kalimutan iyon. Kasama ng lahat ng pinagsamahan nila bilang magkaibigan. How could she throw away everything and act so casual about it?

If that would be the case, then Bamboo vowed to never let her forget a single thing about them. Ipapa - alala't ipapa - alala niya everything they've shared. Na mas nauna niyang nakilala ng lubos si Bamboo bago pa man pumasok sa eksena yang Matteo na yan! [A/N: Paliwanag lang po, di po ako bitter sa AshMatt. Hindi talaga, ahahaha].

He thought of ways to get her attention, pero siyempre kailangan niyang makasiguro na walang iba ang makakaalam o makakakita o makakaramdam manlang ng mga plano niya, ng hindi ito masira at baka mapangunahan pa siya.

On the day of their rehearsal, pasimple siyang dikit ng dikit kay Sarah, habang pinanonood pa lamang nila ang iba na magrehearse. Si Sarah naman ay kadalasang napapasulyap sa kaniya at umiiwas, ngunit sa kadahilanan na alam niyang ayaw ni Sarah na malaman ng iba na iniiwasan niya ito, ay may mga pagkakataon na di niya magawang umiwas talaga, baka kase makahalata pa ang iba sa ikinikilos nilang dalawa.

Alam niyang naiinis ito sa ginagawa niya pero natutuwa naman siya. Hahaha. Sana effective! Lol.

Di niya mismo pinapansin ng diretsuhan si Sarah, pero he made sure na andyan lang siya sa tabi - tabi ng dalaga. Sa likod, o sa gilid man, kahit sa harap pa neto. Na tipong may mga ilang talampakan lang ang distansiya nilang dalawa. Cool lang ang peg niya, chos!

He'd sometimes block her view habang kinakausap silang mga performers ng music coordinator or ng coreographer, kaya paminsan ay kinakailangan ni Sarah dumungaw sa may balikat niya. At one point pa nga, sinadya niyang pumwesto sa harapan ng lahat ng magpeperform ng opening number, at saktong asa likod niya mismo si Sarah. Sa dami ng nakapaligid sa kanila, sama mo na pati dancers, ay di makaiwas Sarah. Wala siyang choice kundi ang magtip - toe at humawak sa kaliwang balikat ni Bamboo. Palibhasa alam niyang naka - flats lang ang dalaga everytime magrerehearse.