Our Fallout: A Second Chance

Fourteen

Chapter 14:
Special

Nakaupo lang kami dito sa stool, nakaharap sa may glass window kung saan kitang kita namin ang mga taong naglalakad. "Ano palang nangyari kagabi?" tanong ko sakanya.

"Nothing much." she said while watching the people pass by. "Mukhang naniniwala naman siya na may namamagitan sa atin pero pakiramdam niya ginagamit lang daw kita para hindi nila ituloy ang kasal." that makes sense which is true nga naman.

Tama siya ng hula.

"She said I shouldn't use you for my own benefit because she doesn't want you to hate us both due to my pretend love for you— wala eh, gusto niya magpa good side sayo. Akala niya wala kang kaalam alam sa nangyayari." ng mapatawa siya.

"Tinakot pa niya ako na pag hindi ko daw tatapusin to baka kausapin ka at sabihin sayo ang totoo. Alam niya din kasing hindi kayo nag uusap ng Papa mo. But I still told her to go ahead, if she'll believe you." ngisi niya.

"So the wedding is still happening then?" tanong ko na ikinatingin niya agad sa akin at napataas ng kilay.

"We're not sure about that. She still hasn't seen our prepared show just for her. I'll make it so nasty for her that she won't be able to even kiss your father—" while showing me her smug face. She's literally annoying in a funny way!

I can feel her excitement through her voice. Damn this girl and her evil plans na hindi mawala wala.

"Oh gosh! You and your evil nasty plans. Ngayon palang parang ako yung mandidiri sa mga pinagsasabi mo." pailing iling kong sabi pero tumawa lang siya.

Yung tipong tawang hindi dahil sa nakakatawa pero yung tawang may balak na masama.

Napatingin kami pareho sa phone kong may tawag si Aaliyah. "Seriously? What's her deal?" seryosong tanong niya sa akin. Sinagot ko at sinabi kong pabalik na kami.

"She wanted to separate us both..." saka ko kinuwento yung nangyari sa Rico's. "I'm sorry about that." mabilis niyang sinabi pagkatapos kong magkwento.

"I know what we're doing can ruin your image but if you want to stop—" "I don't... really care about what other people think about me." or maybe this is my low key way of outing myself. I'm letting other people out me instead since I don't have any reason for me to stay in the closet anymore.

Aaliyah's answer was clear to me she would never see me as lover but just her best friend and that's fine with me. Noon palang tanggap ko na medyo umasa lang ako nung hinalikan ako.

But I guess that was it...

It was a perfect way to end my feelings for her though. She ended it with a good bye kiss.

"And mind you, I'm not doing this for you. Gaya nga ng sabi mo noon, ginagawa natin to para sa mga Mama natin." sabi ko na lang sakanya at ayokong ungkatin niya ang pinakapuno't dulong rason ko.

First, I wanna ruin my father's happiness. Second, I wanna out myself through people. And lastly, I wanna distract myself from Aaliyah. I wanna use this to put a line between us.

"And please since you're one of the most who'll benefit from this try to be nice with Aaliyah. I don't want her trying to separate us just because she thinks you're bad to my image. It'll ruin the whole plan." napatigil kami sa paglalakad pabalik ng tumingin siya sa akin.

"Damn! Eh siya naman yung nauuna. Anong gagawin ko? Hayaan niyang laitlaitin ako?" pagmamaktol niya sa akin. "Sino ba kasi may kasalanan kung bakit siya galit na galit sayo?" balik kong tanong sakanya.

She deeply sighed as if she was running out of options.

Everything happened so fast when she pulled me to her. "Careful." bulong niya sa akin ng mapansin kong nasa medyo gitna ng pedestrian kaya hinila niya ako onti para mapunta kami sa dulo.