Pagitan

Ikalawang Kabanata

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She's my girlfriend.
She's my girlfriend.
She's my girlfriend.
She's my girlfriend.
She's my girlfriend.

Three words. Like on loop, it continued running in her mind.

Uno has a girlfriend. May girlfriend na si Uno.

"Magkapatid kayo?" Rain-Uno's girlfriend, asked.

"Uh, no. Magkaibigan lang." Uno answered for her.

Wow.

Magkaibigan lang.

Lang.

Then it hit her. She was supposed to confess. Luckily, she didn't. Dahil hindi niya kakayanin.

Ang hirap isiping nagmamahal ka ng isang taong may minamahal na palang iba.

"Uhm...g-gaano na kayo katagal?"

"Actually... kahapon ko lang siya sinagot," Rain smiled as she said those words to her. She even held Uno's hand that causes Laine to feel so broken.

Uno, on the other hand, was focused staring at her girlfriend, with pure affection seen in his eyes.

Teka lang. Laine thought.

He never looked at her that way. She was jealous. She was so fucking jealous. Bakit hindi na lang siya? Akala niya mayroong ibig-sabihin ang lahat. Akala niya lang ba talaga? Hanggang akala na lang ba talaga?

This is too much. Naninikip ang dibdib niya. Gusto niyang umiyak. Gusto niyang sumigaw. Gusto niyang magwala. Pero wala siyang lakas para gawin ito.

"Uh, ate. Alagaan mo si Kuya Uno ha," she smiled after saying the word she never thought she would say in her whole life.

Kuya.

Kita ang gulat sa mga mata ni Uno nang magtama ang mga mata nila.

"CR po muna ako," kailangan ko lang huminga.

Walking towards the comfort room, with tears flowing down her eyes, holding her chest as if she was so afraid to let it go because it might break more.

This was far from what she expected. Everything was far from her expectations.

Trembling hands and puffy eyes possess Laine as she walks towards the two who are having their best smiles.

God knows how much she tried to look tough as she approaches the two. But acting wasn't enough. Everything wasn't enough.

Lumihis siya ng daan.

Palayo sa dalawa.

Although she wanted to tell Uno that she'd be leaving, she chose not to interrupt the two.

She ran, and ran, and ran, until she couldn't feel their presence anymore.

Laine:
Hello, Kuya. I left na, ha. Something came up, kaya hindi na ako nakapagpaalam. Enjoy your date!