metanoia | lee jeno

33 - narration

narration

C H A E W O N

“Wait, sure ba alam ni Doyoung oppa ‘yun? I’m worried about Cheonsa.” wala sa sarili kong nasabi habang tinatanaw ang papalayong sila Haechan. I heard Jeno’s soft chuckle while he gently get my bag from my shoulder to carry it and he slid his hand over to mine, intertwinning our fingers.

“Yes. Alam ni hyung. So don’t worry too much.” cool niyang sabi bago ako hinila papunta sa parking area. Nakikita ko pa ang ilan sa mga estudyante na grabe makatitig sa direksyon namin. Probably eyeing Jeno, not me.

I pouted and my eyes dropped over to our locked hands. Agad akong namula dahil tsaka lang nag-sink in sakin na hawak hawak ni Jeno ang kamay ko habang pababa sa building at diretso sa parking area. Agad ko nakita ang sasakyan niya. It was not hard to see because he parked near.

Pinagbuksan niya ako ng pinto at nagpasalamat naman ako sa kanya. He smiled and walked around to go to the driver's seat. Once he’s settled in, he asked me to put my seatbelt on as he started to drive.

“Do you want to go somewhere first or you need to be home already?” he asked while busy eyeing the road. He’s so focused that I can’t help but to admire how he looks right now.

Gusto ko mang wag muna umuwe at magspend pa ng ilang oras kasama siya ay hindi pwede. I still need to do some homeworks at home because I have reporting due tomorrow as well.

“Uhm, I need to get home early since I have a lot to do.” sabi ko. Akala ko ay mamimilit siya pero nilingon niya lang ako saglit at ngumiti bago tumango.

As his car drove out of our school, the road became more busy. I think it’s rush hour already since this is usually the dismissal of students.

“Can we go drivethru first? I want to buy you food.” he offered and I glanced at his direction. Nakafocus siya sa daan at nang tumigil saglit ay lumingon sakin, nag-aantay ng sagot ko.

I pursed my lips for a while before nodding my head at him. “Okay, sure.”

Tahimik ang byahe namin pero hindi naman awkward. All you can hear is the song playing and him humming or singing with it from time to time. I busy myself with my phone. Ewan ko, I feel like I should ask him things but at the same time I enjoy this type of moments. We’re literally not talking about anything but its not awkward at all. It somehow comforted me to know that despite not having a topic, we will be fine.

“What do you want?” he asked when we arrived at the drivethru place of one of the fastfoods. I pursed my lips for a while before I said to him the food I want to eat.

Kukuha na sana ako ng pera sa wallet pero pinigilan ako agad ni Jeno, “When you’re with me there’s no need for that.” sabi niya at siya na ang nagbayad.

I know Lee Jeno is well off but to actually hear that from him gives me butterflies. Napangiti ako habang tinititigan siyang magdrive paikot sa pagkukunan namin ng order.

He noticed my stares and so he glanced at my way, “Why?”

I pouted and sighed. “You probably know this already but I like you.”

Kita ko ang gulat sa mga mata ni Jeno. Nagtataka man, hindi ko ‘yon pinansin masyado at nagpatuloy sa gusto ko sabihin sa kanya. “But that doesn’t guarantee you anything. I do like you very much but like I’ve said, I won’t make it easy.”

He was at trance for a while before he finally snapped out of it, chuckling. Kita ko ang pula sa kanyang mga tenga. I bit my lower lip to prevent a smile from appearing across my face. Sobrang cute niya. Is he blushing?

“Noted, Miss.” he said.

“I don’t know why you suddenly started to pursue me but I’ll make sure we’ll both end up having the same feelings with each other.” I said with full confidence.

Jeno was smirking while staring at me dangerously. He clicked the side of his cheeks using his tongue before he went to accept our food that the crew was handing him. May ngisi parin ang mga labi niya nang tanggapin ang mga pagkain.

“Damn, Nam Chaewon.” he muttered.

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