WHAT ARE WE?

[10]

//Anarisa's POV//

"Kahit saan sabi mo, so here we are." Leon said as she parked the car. Pero hindi kami sa resto pumunta, rather in a house.

"Asaan tayo?" I asked.

"Sa bahay namin," she casually said and put both her hands in the pocket of her slacks.

lord, ang pogi

"What are we doing here?"

"I'll cook. Since sabi mo kahit saan naman. So para less hassle and less gastos, I'll make luto nalang."

"conyo ka pala" I teased her, "minsan lang" she answered and we both laughed.

"Wala ka bang kasama dito? Baka magulat sila bigla nalang may ibang tao."

"Bakit naman sila mabibigla kung ganiyan kaganda 'yung bisita diba?" aba nambola pa siya oh, "Pero nope. Walang tao rito, ako lang, tsaka si Inna minsan pag mags-sleep over siya."

"But I thought you live in a Condo?"

"Yes, I do."

"Eh bakit may bahay ka?"

"It's my parents' house. Pero asa ibang bansa sila ngayon kaya ayan, walang tao sa bahay maliban sa mga kasambahay, pero I told them na pwede silang umuwi sa kanila for two days. So I have this house for two days."

"Ah. So planado mo 'toh?"

"Parang ganun na nga" she answered with a smile na parang nanalo pa sa lotto.

"Let's get inside na." she said, naglakad na kami papasok sa bahay nila while her arms are around my waist. Lord, I am not your strongest soldier po.

When we got in ay bumungad agad ang sala nila. Sobrang ayos ng bahay nila halatang naaalagaan ng maayos ng mga kasambahay. It has many pictures of her and her family. May picture din ni Inna at ng parents niya. And of course Leon and her sister's photo rin.

One picture of her hanged in the wall and naka-frame ang nag stand out sa akin. It must be her college graduation picture. Iskolar ng Bayan, so pretty niya talaga. I didn't realized that I stopped walking pala to admire her picture.

Naramdaman ko nalang na bigla siyang tumabi sa akin, we are now standing next to each other while looking at her photo.

"Ganda mo naman," I said, she smiled at me, "You too, Ris." she said.

"Iskolar ng bayan naman pala,"

"Yup, tapos ikaw Atenean."

"How'd you know?"

"I saw you before. UAAP. Sobrang tagal na, pero when I saw you in the Hospital, the day I visited Inna, parang nag flashback sa'kin lahat. It's so weird and cool at the same time. Kasi, parang nagdududa pa'ko nun sa sarili ko kung ikaw ba talaga nun 'yung girl na nakita ko before. And inalala ko talaga, tapos ayun, ikaw nga. Sinabi rin ng mga kaibigan ko na ikaw nga 'yun. Nakwento ko kasi sakanila, I told them how you captured my heart that day nung UAAP." She answered and looked at me and gave me a soft smile.

"Grabe ka na, crush mo na pala ako noon pa."

"Ay sis, di ba pwedeng nagandahan lang sa'yo?"

"Sus, dedeny mo pa eh."

"Oo nalang." that was the only words that came out of her mouth. Ayan, nago-overthink na naman ako.

"Parang wala akong maalala na pumunta ako ng UAAP."

"Meron. Parang kasama mo pa nga ata sister mo nun. Magkamukha kasi kayo kaya I am sure na sister mo 'yung kasama mo nun."

"Ahhh. Oo, naaalala ko na. Sayang, bakit hindi kita nakita non? Edi sana pala matagal ng tayo."