Between Your Lips and Mine (Cervantes Series)

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061223 #BYLAMwp Chapter 16

Kakukuha ko lang sa sasakyan ng naiwan kong cord when Chio shows up. My eyebrows furrow in response to his huge grin. What is he doing here sa parking?

"Good morning," he greets, keeping his smile on after.

Lalo lang nagsalubong ang kilay ko before ignoring him and shutting the car door close. That makes him drop his smile.

My eyes widen in realization, then I smack his chest with the back of my palm bago siya unahang maglakad. This guy. Agang-aga!

"Naiwan mo pala talaga yung charger mo," tatawa-tawa niyang sabi habang sapo ang dibdib niya. Pinandilatan ko siya ng mga mata bago ibalik ang tingin sa walkway. What was he thinking?

"Yes, you idiot. Feeling guwapo ka," I reply. Inisip talaga niyang nagpaalam ako sa friends namin kanina na kukuhanin ang charger ko just so I can have him follow me sa parking?

And siyempre ano pa ba ang gagawin namin sa kotse ko? Magja-jack-en-poy?

"Sus," he says tauntingly. He pokes my waist with his finger kaya sinamaan ko siya ng tingin. "E 'pag inikot kita pabalik do—"

"Namimihasa ka," I cut him off. He chuckles loudly before reaching for my hair and pulling on its ends lightly.

He doesn't follow me pabalik sa classroom. He stops and turns to where the restrooms are. I'm not sure if kailangan talaga niyang mag-CR or, like usual, naisip niyang hindi dapat kami magsabay na pumasok ulit sa room.

I shake my head to myself bago ako bumalik sa room. Chio and I are getting way too good at this that it somehow starts to concern me, because we're not supposed to be doing this in the first place. We're not supposed to be accustomed to sneaking behind our friends' backs and meeting in my car secretly during breaks para lang makapag-usap kami about things we cannot talk about in front of them.

"Labas tayo sa Sabado?" he asked yesterday after he hops in the driver's seat of my car. He sent me a text after class kahit na magkatabi lang naman kami, saying na he wants to talk nang kami lang.

Ang paalam ko kina Eri, pupunta akong cashier. 'Kinulit' lang ako ni Chio para masamahan. Magkasama kami, so there's a bit of truth in that, pero ibang-iba naman ang accounting office sa interior ng sasakyan ko.

"Where to?" I ask.

"Sa inyo? Sa 'min?" He shrugs. "Magpapaturo lang ako," he adds with a chuckle.

I scoff. Kailangan ba talaga naming magsolo for this conversation? He could have asked this in front of our friends and no one would have paid attention. "Okay. Sa amin na lang. I don't know why pinapunta mo pa 'ko here. 'Yan lang naman pala."

He laughs, grabbing my wrist and pulling it to his lips. He drops three kisses on the back of my palm. "Gawa nito."

A, this . . . he can't do this with them around. I swat his hand away when it comes into contact with my waist and his fingers immediately move to sneak beneath my shirt.

Tatawa-tawa lang siya even when I cover his face with my palm and push him away para maglagay ng distance between us. He retracts his hand and raises them na parang he's surrendering. "Ano?" he asks against my hand.

"Gugustuin mo na naman yung damit ko. Baka may makahalata," I explain. He makes a disappointed noise like a child. I peel my hand off his face, reach for the collar of his shirt, and pull him for a quick peck to shut him up only because he looks so good today that it's pissing me off.

It works. Of course, it does. He sucks in his teeth, lets his eyes roam around my face for a while, before shaking his head habang inaayos ang kuwelyo ng polo niya. "Nakakabuwisit ka na talagang babae ka," aniya.