CYRUS and I met by accident "Cy? Kamusta kana?" Tanong ko dito. he smiled "I'm doing great, how about you? Parang nag mamadali ka ata" tanong nito.
Gusto ko sanang sabihin sa kaniya pero naalala ko yung gabing bigla nalang silang nag suntokan "okay kalang ba?"
"What?" he asked me
"I mean, It's been a while since we've seen each other since the trouble happened. I didn't say hello to you right away and asked if you had any injuries"
he smiled at me again "well, i'm fine. but it feels better if you go out with me"
Umiling ako "I have to go home"
"I'll take you to your house" offer niya. Pero naalala ko na hindi magugustohan ni Caleb 'to kung magpapahatid ako sa lalaking sinuntok niya.
"No, It's okay. I can take myself to home" ani ko
"Okay, but if you don't mind. Can I have your number? maybe I can ask you out next time if that's possible"
"Ahh... Sure" I gave him my number and left him after that. I went back to our table, they even invited me to order our food because we hadn't ordered yet, but I'm not hungry yet and I really want to go home.
Nang pumayag na silang umuwi ako ay pumunta agad ako sa bus stop para mag hintay ng bus. but I still called Caleb while waiting.
he didn't answer so I was forced to stop calling him, hindi naman niya ako pinababayaan pero bakit ngayon parang hindi na ako ganun ka importante sakanya.
there is a bus that stopped in front of me. Tatayo na sana ako para sumakay, pero naalala ko hindi ko pala alam kung saan papasukin yung mansion ni Caleb. and the bad thing is, I don't have any money with me.
Ang malas ko naman!
Napilitan akong umayaw sa driver at umupo nalang sa upuan. Tatawag ko na sana ulit si Caleb nang biglang nag ring ang phone ko.
"hello?"
"hey it's Cyrus, are you sure you don't want to come with me? Uulan na"
Nag alinlangan pa ako "I'll come with you, but don't touch me at all"
"why would I do that?" Tanong nito sa kabilang linya.
"Basta"
"Okay hintayin moko dyaan, paliko na ako" aniya at napatay na ang tawag. It didn't take a Second before he arrived in front of me.
Bumaba ito na may hawak na payong at lumapit saakin para payongan ako papunta sa kabilang door. he's such a gentleman, he's not like Caleb hindi nanga marunong mag bukas ng pinto, iniwan pa ako sa ire.
Nang makapasok na siya ay kaagad na niyang pinaandar ang kaniya color black na SUV.
"I really thought that Caleb was always around you" aniya na nakapag basag sa katahimikan.
Napatingin ako sa kaniya "kilala mo siya?" Tanong ko
he laughed softly "isn't he telling you about me? Ouch" tanong niya at umarte pa itong nasasaktan "we have known each other since we were children, Dad's friend was his Daddy"
Nagtaka ako, if they know each other, why does Caleb seem to have a grudge against him?
"they were all angry with me before" aniya na parang nababasa niya ang iniisip ko.
"Why?" Tanong ko
"Sila, especially Caleb. they always beat me before. I don't know why pero He accused me that my dad killed his dad"
hindi ko akalain na ganyan pala kasama si Caleb. Why is he accusing other people if he probably doesn't know everything.
"Caleb isn't really bad when you really get to know him. But sometimes you just have to understand him. but sometimes it's frustrating when he can't understand you" ani ko dito
"maybe Caleb just thinks differently about me" malungkot nitong sabi
"don't think about that, we can be good friends if you have good intentions towards me"
Mahina itong tumawa "are you hungry?" tanong niya.
Hindi agad ako sumagot, kasu It's embarrassing to nod if I don't have money with me. Sa bahay nalang ako kakain, siguro naman may ni luto si Yaying doon.
"Ahm, I'm fu-" hindi pa ako natapos na magsalita nang biglang tumunog ang sikmura ko.
"are you sure?"
I JUST found myself eating hot noodles at a convenience store "take it slowly, the soup is still hot" aniya
"I'm not rushing it, hindi panga ako naka subo eh"
"I just warned you" he said while blowing his noodles
"Thank you for warning and then for buying it for me" pagpapasalamat ko sa kaniya
"Always welcome, that's what friends always do" that's what friends always do, always shared food.
I was a bit stupid in the part that I ate the noodles without blowing them "ouch!" At mabilis kong ibinalik ang noodles sa cup.
"Hey, kakasabi ko lang eh" he said and quickly looked at my lips.
he suddenly stopped as if he realized what he was doing now but he was still looking at my lips. Kaya naiilang na ako
"Ahh, o-okay lang ako" I said and moved the hand that was holding my cheek.
"take it slowly, your lips are pretty. Sayang kung mapaso"
I just nodded.
"Is there anything between you and Caleb?" He asked
Umiling ako "we are not that close, kaya walang meron saamin"
"Ha?"
"Caleb and Dad know each other, Caleb and I also know each other but that's all. Hindi kamo ganun ka close"
"but you were together earlier, right?" He asked
Nagtaka ako, how did he know? "How did you know?" I asked him
He laughed "kumain nalang tayo, It's almost 9pm, I'll drop you off" he said
"You want some beer?" Tanong nito saakin at ipinakita saakin ang inorder niyang beer in cans
"No, baka may masama kang balak saakin"
He laughed again. napaka masayahing tao naman nito.
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