When We Happened

Chapter 22: Curiosity Kills

Chapter 22

Curiosity Kills

After saying goodbye to my friends and finally leaving The Ledge, I found myself fidgeting in the car Sir Simon booked for us. I still have so much energy that I need to spend. Or else hindi ako makakatulog tonight!

"Alam mo ba? Hindi ko pa nakikita 'yung pictures natin," bulong ko sa katabi ko. Nakaunan ang ulo ko sa balikat niya, kaya naman amoy na amoy ko ang pabango niya. I think that's my favorite smell in the world. "Sobra akong naging busy na naman kanina. Kailan kaya ako magkakaroon ulit ng downtime?"

His arm wrapped around my shoulder once again. "You can take a rest while you're with me, I got you."

"I know," I said to him with a huge grin on my face. "You're the best, Yap."

"I know that, too," he said, chuckling.

Oh! Nakalimutan ko na naman! Our pictures! My pictures! The photoshoot! "Nakita mo na 'yung pictures diba? What do you say?"

He pulled out his phone and handed it out to me. "Check it for yourself."

"Fine," I said, taking the phone in his hand. I opened it and saw the notifications of Stella's countless messages. I won't open them, not anymore. Kahit utusan pa ako ni Yap! Natuto na ako from last time! I don't want to see her nudes again!

"Kumusta pala si Stella? Inaway ka ba? Paano niya nalaman na ikaw 'yung nasa pictures?"

Yap sighed and his hand on my shoulder tightened. "She says she's well-acquainted with my hands, so she knows."

"Eww." I gagged. "TMI, dude."

Bigla itong tumawa nang malakas. "Wala akong sinasabi, ikaw 'tong malisyoso!"

Inirapan ko lang siya. "Whatever. Let me see these pictures..." Binuksan na ang Instagram app sa phone niya at hinanap ang account ko kung saan naka-post ang photos ko from the editorial photoshoot.

After finally loading up the pictures, I clicked the one where he was grabbing my jaw, his thumb messing with my red-stained lips. "Hmmm..."

Wow. This is us?

"What?" he asked, looking at the photos then my face.

"Damn," I said as I looked at my facial expression. Why do I look like that? I don't remember doing this look? May inutos ba si Jena, our photographer, na tignan ko si Yap nang ganito. "Why does it look like I'm on the verge of..."

"On the verge of what?" he asked, his warm breath fanning my neck and the back of my ear.

I looked at him with wide eyes. Seryoso ba siya? "You know what!" Hindi niya ba nakikita ang nakikita ko sa mukha ko sa photos na 'to?

Umiling ito."I really don't."

What? Really? I looked at my face in the photo again. Seryoso talaga siya? "I look like I'm about to come!"

Hindi ito umimik. Kaya naman agad akong bumawi. Ayoko naman maging uncomfortable siya sa akin at sa malaki at maingay kong bibig. "I'm sorry, you made me say it," sabi ko sa kanya at tumingin sa mukha niya. His face is unreadable. "Seriously, though. Hindi ka ba nasasagwaan?"

Lumingon ito sa akin at nagtama ang mga mata namin. "Bakit naman ako masasagwaan?"

I reminded him why this thing should be weird, why it should weird us out. "I'm your best friend."

He smirked. "And?"

I cannot believe this guy. "And we look like we're fucking!"

Hindi nawala ang ngisi sa mukha niya. "It's just a photoshoot, babe."