Chasing Daylight (On-hold)

Chapter 7

Chase's POV

Mabilis natapos ang ginawa naming pag-aaral sa bahay ni Rhian. Tinodo ko ang focus para hindi ko isipin si Sage Apollo "The concern citizen" Farzan.

I kinda felt disappointed for no reason. Come on Chase, being a concern citizen is good. I think I just assumed to much, ayys! Nevermind. I don't really understand myself.

I just hope I can remember him even more.

Ano ba talaga kami noon?

“Salamat sa cookies at cheesecake, Rhian!” tuwang sabi ni Vivian.

Oh, Rhian gave us some pastries to take home. They're all looking so delicious! Ang saya pala pumunta sa bahay ni Rhian, hehe. Ang kasama n'ya pala dito ay ang Lola n'ya, ang mga magulang n'ya naman ay nasa trabaho daw. They may own a cafe but her parents still chose to work. On second thought, this is Rhian's business. Mukang gusto nila na si Rhian mismo ang mag-managed ng sarili n'yang cafe, without needing their help.

“Salamat Rhian, you guys should go next to my house. I don't know how to bake deliciously like Rhian but my Mom's cooking is the best,“ I assured them.

Hindi ko sila nasamahan nung una, eto ang naisip kong pambawi. Ayos lang naman kay Ivan at lalo na kay mama.

“That'll be great,” Rhian said. Dumako ang tingin ko kay Vivian na tahimik na nag-aayos ng gamit.

“And next maybe we can go to Vivian's house,” suhestiyon ko pa. Gusto ko din pumunta kela Vivian, hindi naman sa kailangan pero gusto ko pa makilala ang mga bago kong kaibigan.

We both looked at Vivian.

“What do you say Vivian? I also want to come to your place, it will be great if we know each other's houses,” I said, feeling excited.

“No! I mean there's nothing great about my house,” she quickly said.

She looked away. Baka nag-aalala s'ya sa itsura ng bahay n'ya? pero wala namang problema samin ni Rhian kung ganon.

“Kung ang itsura ng bahay mo ang prino-problema mo ay wag mo isipin yon dahil ayos lang,” nakangiti kong sabi sakanya. Napayuko naman s'ya.

“You wouldn't want to go there. Uhm, mauuna na ako Rhian, Chase salamat, it's getting late,” she said then hurriedly went down. Nagtaka ako. 6:48pm palang, it's not that late.

“Vivian—” sinubukan ko s'ya habulin pero hinawakan ako ni Rhian sa braso ko para pigilan ako.

“Let her be, it looks like she doesn't want to talk about it,” I heard Rhian said. I turned to her.

“I think I said something upsetting. Oh my, why did she react like that?” I said, worriedly.

“Who knows, maybe she has personal problems,” she sighed.

“Anyway, she doesn't want to talk about it and it's making her uncomfortable. I already asked her why she doesn't want us to go to her house, and she was just silent, after that I didn't bother asking her again,” she informed.

Nauna na pala n'yang itanong yon bago ako.

“Hayaan muna natin s'ya. If she doesn't want to give us answers then let's respect her decision, not all people will just randomly tell their problems,” she said. Bumuntong hininga ako.

“Tama ka, ayoko din s'ya maging mailap satin,” sabi ko at kumalma na.

Who knew asking to come to her place is a big deal. I just want to know her more. Pero di bale na hindi ko na babanggitin ang bagay na yon, hihingi nalang din ako ng paumanhin sakanya pag merong pagkakataon.