Chapter 12: It's Not Him, It's You

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Hindi pa rin makatingin ng diretso sa akin si Hanzo after what his brother say.

Pati naman ako ay hindi inaasahan yon. Hindi nga ako kinilig. Ayoko lang. Ayoko ma-hopia. Pero hindi ko maitatangging nahihiya ako.

"Look Ash," he can't even stare at me straight.

Bakit hindi ka makatingin ng diretso sakin? It's just making you look like what your brother told me were all true.

"You don't need to tell me, really." Umiling-iling ako at ang kamay ko'y nakisabay na rin.

"Nabigla lang din ako kasi masyado ka namang seryoso pagdating sakin." Walang meaning yung sinabi ko pero nang marinig niya ay namula siya.

Ano na naman ba 'yung naintindihan niya sa sinabi ko? Saka ko lang din napagtanto na pwede palang double meaning iyon.

"I mean, hindi naman kailangan kasi okay lang ako. Kaya ko." Kung anu-ano na yung pinagsasabi ko at nagsisimula na akong magtunog defensive.

Di ko na rin alam kung saan ako titingin dahil dalawa silang nandito. Pwede bang magdisappear na lang?

Si Luxem ay interesadong-interesado kaming tinititigan. Pinandilatan ko siya ng mata pero di siya natinag.

"Tara na nga. Ang totorpe niyo."

Napaawang ang bibig naming dalawa ni Hanzo sa sinabi nito at nagturuan ng sarili.

Wala talagang filter kung magsalita itong si Luxem.

"Girls doesn't fall for someone as blunt as you." Nang-iinis na tukoy nito sa kapatid.

Nagsimula na nga kaming maglakad. Mabuti na lang dahil nadivert yung atention namin kay Luxem.

"Too bad it doesn't apply to me." I heard Luxem clicked his tounge.

He turned around, cross his arms and the smirked at us.

I can smell defeat. Luxem 1, Hanzo 0.

"Ang yabang." pagmamaktol ni Hanzo.

Tumawa lang mulo ang kapatid at umiling-iling.

Dama ko yung inis ni Hanzo dahil marami itong sinasabi sa likod ng kapatid.

Nakakainggit. Kahit ganoon sila magbangayan kita pa rin yung samahan nila. Ang sarap sigurong may kapatid. Hanzo and Luxem had each others back. They had someone to turn to in their difficult times. Hindi mo mahahahalata if you don't know them personally but once you do, halos di mo akalain na ganoon sila kaclose.

"You're getting left behind, Ash." Sinundo ako ni Hanzo nang makita niyang nasa hulihan ako. He held me by my hand and walked beside me.

"Minsan gusto talaga kitang batukan because you're always overthinking things and you're absolutely spacing out." he blurted out whole his eyes were fixated on the road.

"I'll let you naman." he averted his gaze to me.

"You will?" tanong nito nang nakakunot ang noo.

"Why not diba? Baka sakaling di na ako ulit mag-ooverthink." pagbibiro ko sa kanya.

I expected for him to reply back but minutes passed and he was still silent. His face were also serious kaya tumahimik na lang din ako. He didn't even think of it as a joke. Ang seryoso niya naman.

Hindi yata siya tumatanggap ng joke for today’s video.

Halos makita na namin ang end ng tail na ito and the light was more visible kaya alam naming malapit na kami.

I was so excited that I accidentally pinch Hanzo's hand. Hindi pa pala niya binibitawan yung kamay ko.

"Sorry." I apologize.

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