Dancing in the Dark (Aurora Series #2)

Chapter 37

They're From Me.

"Do you want to play music?" Nathan asked me while we were on the road.

We were so quiet. Ingay lang mula sa labas ang naririnig namin. Busina ng mga sasakyan. Sigawan ng mga tao. Tunog galing sa mga dinadaanang establisyimento na ginagawa. But it wasn't awkward. Maybe because we were used to do this. I was in his passenger's seat busy playing music while he was driving, his hand would shift to the gear stick, and then to my thigh to caress it, then back to the gear stick again. Or, he would hold my hand to put it on the gear stick. Ganoon lang. Because he was so clingy. Hindi niya kaya na hindi ako nahahawakan, kahit ilang minuto lang.

I have said many times that I won't reminisce our past, but no matter how hard I tried to stop myself, I still do. Not because I want to go back, but because that is what we only have left.

"What kind of music? Huh? The Weeknd? Earned it? I don't wanna live forever? Fifty Shades playlist, huh? Gago ka ba?" Naalala ko ang mga tugtog niya sa kotse niya noon. At hindi lang iyon ang naalala ko, but I don't want to deep dive into that very, very... dirty memory of mine, us.

Natawa si Nathan. "I have Melanie Martinez, and Lana Del Ray's music too."

"You have Traitor by Olivia Rodrigo? Play that instead," I said.

"Traitor by what?" He asked. He probably doesn't know the song.

I shrugged. I opened the Bluetooth of his car, and started playing the song.

"Brown guilty eyes and little white lies. Yeah, I played dumb but I always knew. That you'd talk to her, maybe did even worse," I sang the last line like my life depends on it. Nakakunot naman ang noo ni Nathan habang pinapakinggan ang kanta. "I kept quiet so I could keep you."

"The fuck?" Nathan expressed.

"Why cursed? Affected?" I asked him.

Hindi sumagot si Nathan. I smirked like I have won the non-existent argumentation between us. Sumandal ako sa upuan ng kotse at mayabang na lumingon sa kaniya.

"And ain't it funny

How you said you were friends?

Now it sure as hell don't look like it"

Lumingon din sa akin si Nathan. Lumipat yata sa kaniya ang ngisi ko. I quickly turned the music off. Inilipat ko ang mga mata sa kalsada.

"Why turned off the music? Affected?" Nathan fired back the same bullet that I used on him.

"No, low battery." I showed him my phone which was on twenty percent only. See? I am not a liar. I am not like you. "Buong gabi hanggang umaga kasi kaming magkausap ni Leon. We talked about so many things. He asked how my day went. And how we are so excited to see each other again when I go back to the Spain. We'll probably go out to date."

"Really? Naikwento mo rin ba sa kaniya na magkasama tayong dalawa kagabi? And honestly, I know one Olivia Rodrigo song. It's the Déjà vu. I feel like we have already done what you guys did already. Iyong magkausap hanggang umaga, nagawa na natin 'yon. Dating, too. Do you get Déjà vu, Angel? Tell him to try new things. Tell him that he has no originality," mayabang na sabi ni Nathan.

Naibuka ko ang bibig. "Fuck you, Nathan!"

"Fuck me, then."

Pinaghahampas ko siya sa braso dahil sa sinabi niya. Tumatawa siya habang umiiwas sa mga suntok at palo ko. Ewan ko, pag sinasaktan ko siya ay nasasaktan din ako. No, no, I didn't mean it the other way. What I mean is he gained muscles maybe so I get hurt too when I'm punching him. His body got big too. Kahit nakapolo ay halatang-halata pa rin iyon.