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Everyone is speechless, naging tahimik ang buong kwarto for a long moment, papalit palit sila ng tingin kay Arch at sakin na hawak parin ang doorknob at di makagalaw sa kinatatayoan.

Naabotan ko pang hawak ni mama at papa sila ni Tita at Tito cause they are trying to go near Arch.

"Ar-ar-are you telling the truth?" Tita Delchy look straight to Arch while she stammeringly ask sa hindi ko mapaliwanag na ekspresyon, "No I think your words cannot be trusted right now" na lipat bigla ang tingin ni Tita sakin "Ravi are you two really dating?"

Bumitaw na'ko sa doorknob at lumapit kay Arch as in sobrang lapit na pag bumulong ako ay di nila maririnig, hinawakan ko sya sa kanang braso "What are you saying?" Nakatalikod ako sa kanila ni Tita

"Please," she look at me with her teary eyes "Help me out"

I have no idea kung ano ang napag-usapan nila kanina, but I'm sure it is not good

Napaiwas ako ng tingin sa kanya and let out a deep breath

Lumapit si Tito kay Arch, grab her wrist "If you are dating why did you embarrass Ravi with your stupid articles?, don't you think you're unreasonable?"

"Pano nyo po nalaman ang tungkol doon?" Hindi makapaniwalang tanong ko kay Tito

"Someone inform me the unpleasant deeds of Arch." Pinaharap ni Tito si Arch sa kanya "I'm so disappointed, you even tell us a lie just to save your face!" Galit na bulyaw ni Tito

'I don't think there's another way to save Arch'

"Yes po, we're in a relationship" Agad ko ding kinuha si Arch sa mahigpit na pag kakahawak ni Tito sa kanya

Silent is now eating them again, and all of them look at me, di makapaniwala sa sinabi ko.

Isang taong pumapalakpak ang bumasag sa katahimikan namin "Waoh finally both of you said it out"

"Lardy?" "Kuya!" Sabay naming bigkas ni Arch ng makita namin ang taong nag salita na nasa pintuan.

Lardy Ford older brother ni Arch, and the old friend of mine.

"Kaylan ka lang dumating?" Masayang pag bati ni Tita kay Lardy

Iniisang bumeso-beso si Lardy kina mama at Tita at yumakap sa kanila ni Papa at Tito "What's the matter here? May problema ba?" Lumapit sya sa side namin at tumingin sa mga magulang niya

"Alam mo na nag de-date sila?" Tanong ni Tita,

If Lardy confirm it, it would be lot easier in our situation dahil mas kapani-paniwala sa kanila ang pag sisinungaling namin.

I never call him kuya simula noong high school pa kami ni Archat dahil yun din ang gusto niya.

"I was once a President of San Juan college, there's nothing they can hide me." Tumingin sya samin wearing his smirk

Yes, Lardy was the former SCC President of our school, sya ang nag bigay actually ng position sakin when I was 1st year college and I officially claim it noong enrollment ng 2nd year college ko.

"How long did you both hide this from us?" Maligalig na tanong ni mama, she really can't hide the excitement on her face

I smile and gently stroke the right shoulder of Arch "It's been long while, nag hahanap po lang kami ng magandang tyempo para sabihin sa inyo, nag aalala lang kami baka hindi nyo po kami payagan pag sinabi namin sa inyo"