Tamed: The 8th Hiñago (HS#01)

Chapter 36

Chapter 36

Overthink

Agad kong pinagsisihan ang full support kay Deo na tinutukoy ko nang makitang kailangan nilang maging malapit ni Den para lang makakita nang reaksiyon kay Nowie. 

Deo's birthday celebration. Maaga kaming bumiyahe papuntang Sultan Naga para makauna ng renta sa malaking cottage. Everyone will be present. My older cousins are coming home from Manila. Kuya Cady and Claire took a leave from the military, Rheese came down from the ship too.

Rahim, was also present. My older cousins are on the shore playing volley Katulad ng sinabi niya ay dala nga niya ang mga kapatid niya maliban na lang kay Ate Nacy.

"Papuntahin ko na rito, Deo?" Rahim smirked. "They're just 7 cottages away."

Sinamaan ko ng tingin si Rahim. He knows that Nowie has a husband and yet he's still shipping his sister to my cousin?

"Lalapit ba talaga yon?" Deo chuckled. "I don't think so."

"Gutom na yon si Vier. Pakakainin natin ng lechon," rason niya.

A lie. Because Vier is with Nowie, he's going to use him as an excuse.

Rahim is not wrong though. Nowie approached us. Dahil roon ay kinailangan nang umarte ni Denise. Inangat niya ang tinidor na may cake malapit sa bibig ng pinsan ko at ngumiti ng pagkatamis-tamis.

I swear, I want to tear the world apart. Nakakainis!

"Ngumiti ka nga sa akin, Deo," Denise smiled. "Show me a smile, love."

And how dare she use our endearment to my cousin? Even Daniel gave a side eye. Natawa si Isaiah na nasa gilid ko lang. Sinamaan ko ng tingin ang kapatid ko.

Hindi pa man nasubuan ay tila nabilaukan na si Deo na siya namang ikinatawa ni Denise. Denise is playing around, I'm sure. But it still irks me.

"Den, don't be like that." Deo just shook his head and distanced himself. "Lagot ako sa isa diyan."

Deo looked at me, scared. Iniwas ko lang ang tingin ko. I swear, if I was my old self, sinapak ko na siguro ang pinsan ko kahit pa alam kong actingan lang ang lahat. Kinukumbinsi ko lang ang sarili ko na hindi ako seloso. Ewan ko lang kung epektibo ba.

Funny thing is, Nowie doesn't even know that it was Deo's birthday. Malay ko. Baka nagmamaang-mangan lang. Pero hindi naman kasi peke yung pagkalito niya eh. I'm lawyer and I often have conversation with liars. It's not that hard to differ. Pero para namang wala talagang pake si Nowie sa kanya.

"She seems happy..." Deo murmured.

Denise crossed her arms and rolled her eyes "What we're doing is basically stupid."

"Yeah..." tango nito.

"What a great friendship this is..." Isaiah commented. "Your name is Denise right?"

Tumango si Den. Ewan ko kung kilala niya baa ng kapatid ko. Siguro oo, everyone knows Isaiah. Artista eh. "Yeah, why?"

"Bakit ka pumayag sa bobong ideya ng pinsan ko?" tanong nito. At this point, I can truly say that we're brothers. Parehas kami ng tanong na nasa isip.

"We're friends," she just simply answered. With no hint of anything. Just simply friends.

"Stop thinking of anything, Isaiah," Deo warned.

Isaiah chuckled. "And she's my brother's girlfriend."

Ang daldal talaga nitong artista na to, di man lang mapigil. Wala naman akong sinabing ganiyan.