Greed

16

Lia

"You seem in trance,"

"Hmm?"

Napabaling ako kay Kyle. We were on our way to another party, yet again.

"May iniisip ka ba?"

"Nothing,"

Truth is, I've been thinking about Aaron's birthday.

A lot of things... happened.

Thea and Zach left early. Liam was able to convince me to drink that night. And all of them pushed Aaron to me.

We ended up talking about a lot of things.

He made it clear about his feelings. But I couldn't assure him anything.

Mas nangingibabaw pa rin ang pagmamahal ko kay Kyle. Kahit ganito naman kasi siya lagi, mahal ko naman siya.

No matter how far he is from my grasp.

"Do you want to go home?"

Nagulat ako sa tanong niya na iyon. Lagi kasing number one priority ni Kyle itong mga parties. Mahalaga daw kasi talaga ang pag gawa ng connections sa mga importanteng tao.

Hinahayaan ko nalang siya mukhang masaya naman siya.

"What? No, I'm fine. Tara na."

"You don't seem fine," His tone changed. It was softer than the way he usually talks to me.

"I'm not but this is important to you."

Tinignan niya lang ako. His eyes were also softer than usual. Did I really make him worried?

"Do I make you feel like that?"

"That's not what I mean..."

Kinagat ko ang dila ko. I need to choose my words. Baka mali ang masabi ko tapos magkaron na naman kami ng problema katulad ng dati.

Okay na ako sa setup namin na ganito, kahit tahimik at hindi masaya, sakin pa rin siya nauwi. Iyon lang naman ang gusto ko. Umuwi siya sakin.

"I'm really fine, Kyle."

"You always say that," He merely smiled and then turned his car around.

I guess we're going home.

Pag uwi namin, nagpalit agad ako ng damit at humiga sa kama.

"Maliligo lang ako tapos tatabihan kita,"

"Sige lang." I told him.

Inilabas ko iyong laptop ko para mag facebook sandali.

Nakita ko na nagpost si Oscar ng photos with the caption Aaron's birthday. He really likes posting photos. Puro photos ang nakikita ko lagi na posts niya.

Inisa isa ko yung pictures na kakapost niya lang. Ang dami rin eh. Simula sa surprise party nila sa Hospital para kay Aaron, hanggang sa mismong birthday party na niya.

Ang tatamis ng ngiti nila. Ang saya saya nga nila ngayon.

Titigilan ko na sana kakatingin nang mapunta ako sa picture naming dalawa ni Aaron. Nasa swing kami sa rooftop habang nag uusap. Nakatalikod kami sa camera pero halata na kami parehas yon.

Why did he include this? Better yet, why did he take our photo?

Ugh! I wanna strangle him!

"Tangina mo, Oscar." Nakakunot ang noo ko na nagttype sa keyboard ng essay para kay Oscar. Why he shouldn't have done that!

I was in the middle of typing when Kyle's phone vibrated.

Sinilip ko iyon at si Ella.

I merely shrugged. Inantay kong mamatay ang tawag at binuksan ang phone niya.