TAMED #1: The Good Boy

CHAPTER 13. Fvck

The weekend came.

I didn't wake up early dahil alam kong walang pasok at wala kaming group study ngayon kasi nasa isang beach house ang mga kasama ko. I also planned to spend this day with my friends from Graciana.

As soon as I was done showering, I turned my VPN on and opened my web browser app, then, opened the street racing website, The King of Speed. Unang lumabas sa homepage nito ang magiging event mamayang gabi.

What: Street Race: The Next King
When: Tonight at 7:00
Fill the form to join!

I clicked the link to the form at agad ko iyong nafill up. I used my moniker, Raven, in the name blank. Drag racing is illegal so I'd rather not use my real name. That is why we have monikers.

This page is only accessible to drag racers. The website is created by the computer prodigies. My older cousin is one of them. That is why he is rich as fuck even though he is just 3 to 4 years older than me.

Aside from his gaming and violin competitions, he also does nerdy computer stuff. He is such a nerd and yet, girls find him attractive.

Anong ikinagwapo niya? Siyempre, ang pagiging pinsan ko. Maganda kaya ako.

I opened my Facebook account after turning the VPN off and went to the friend requests. The first thing I saw was the name of Blaze's girlfriend.

I clicked on Sweet's name at tiningnan ang timeline niya. May public post siya na:

Daig talaga ng malalandi ang mga magaganda.
#eww
#ILoveMyHoney

Seriously? Nagpost pa talaga siya? Ang jejemon naman.

Binuksan ko ang mahiwagang comment box kung saan maraming nagcomment ng, 'Sino ba yang malanding yan?'

Sweet replied them all with, 'A girl named Holly.'

Medyo natawa tuloy ako. I admit nilalandi ko naman talaga si Blaze. And I am pretty desperate at this point.

I was laughing at the desperate comments and replies until I saw Blaze's name. Natigilan ako. I wasn't prepared for what I was about to read.

Blaze: Honey, stop saying that. Ikaw lang ang mahal ko.

Para naman akong binuhusan ng napakalamig na tubig. My chest tightened. Pakiramdam ko nag-iinit ang gilid ng mga mata ko.

Sweet: Honey naman. Kung makadikit siya sa'yo eh.

Blaze: I am only doing this for the project.

Reality just slapped me.

Hard.

Alam ko namang para sa project niya ang lahat ng ito. He admitted that himself.

But why is the truth still so hard to swallow?

Alam kong hindi ko siya pwede gustuhin. Alam kong hanggang paghanga lang ang pwede.

But can't I just like him?

Someone called at nung tiningnan ko ang caller ID, natuwa ako na parang ewan.

Ano bang nangyayari sa akin? Nababaliw na talaga ako.

I stared at the caller ID.

Good Boy...

Hindi ko alam kung sasagutin ko ba o hindi. Sa huli, sinagot ko na lang.

"Holly..." tawag niya sa akin. "Thank God you answered."