Tamed: The 8th Hiñago (HS#01)

Chapter 7

Chapter 7

Similarities

Minsan naiisip ko na pahabain na lang ang buhok ko dahil nakakatamad magpagupit buwan-buwan. I just got myself a cleancut.

It's refreshing but maybe due to my laziness, I can't appreciate it.

Ang siklo ng buhay ko ganoon pa rin. Bahay, eskwela, comshop at barkada. Minsan library pero I don't go to the library to study. I go there to sleep.

At iyon ang ginawa ko paghapon, sa parehas na table ni Denise, sa tabi niya, nakapanlumbaba ako at sinusubukang umidlip. Hindi niya pa rin ako pinapansin.

Katulad ngayon. Imbes na tanungin ako kung bakit ako nandito, tinaasa niya lang ako ng kilay at pinagpatuloy ang ginagawa.

"Hindi ka na ba nahihirapan sa mga schoolworks mo?"

"Mahirap." Again with that one word answer.

"I can help you that—" she cutted me off.

"Ayoko." Umiling siya.

"Den, galit ka ba?" tanong ko.

"What do you think?" She raised her brow.

"Bakit ka galit?"

Nanlilisik ang mata niyang lumingon sa akin. "Alalahanin mo kung anong pinagagawa mo these last days. Talk to me when you have come to your senses and stop that childish act of yours na paghihiganti sa akin using a callsign na pinandidirihan ko."

I sighed. I laid my head on the table and for some reasons napatahimik niya ako.

"Den..." I almost can't recognize the gentleness of my voice.

She just gave me a sideglance and I blinked both of my eyes at her. Ang mataray niyang mukha ang huli kong nakita bago ako niyakap ng antok. Pagising ko wala na si Den. Hindi niya man lang ako ginising. She probably hated me that much to the point that she can't even call my name and wake me up.

When I got out of the library, luckily nasa pasilyo pa lang siya.

"Den!" tawag ko pero hindi niya ako nilingon.

Tinakbo ko ang agwat namin. She kept on wearing that stern face.

"Den, are you free later?" I asked.

"Damian, pwede bang tama na?" she said, losing all of her patience. "Alam kong may kasalanan ako sayo kaya ka gumaganti sa akin! But don't you think that what I received is enough? Mas nachi-chismis ang pangalan ko! May mga galit na rin sa akin! Nakaganti ka na! Ano pa bang gusto mo?"

"Den..."

"Tama na."

She walked out fast. Para bang ayaw niyang magtagal sa harap ko maskin isa pang segundo. Napabuntong hininga ako at pumunta na lang rin sa mga kaibigan ko.

Couple of minutes with them, my eyes caught Denise again around that Dale Vallejos. Maybe she likes that guy... Her arm was linked to his and they were smiling at each other. Habang dala ni Dale ang bag niya.

"Napakasakit!~ Kuyaa Eddie!" kanta ni Brett, halatang inaasar ako. Hindi naman ako naasar.

"Lunes! nang tayo'y magkakilala~" Jaqmixed. "Martes! ng tayo'y muling nagkita~ Miyerkules, Nagtapat ako ng aking pag-ibig~ Huwebes! May kasama kang iba~"

"Shut the fvck up crackheads!"

Rahim sneered and joined the teasing. "Bulok kasi galawan mo Damian Antonio."

I refuse to admit to that. Minsan hindi ko rin maintindihan tong si Denise eh. Ayaw niyang machismis pero ganyan naman siya kung makalingkis kay Vallejos.