Celine
It happened again. Napapikit ako.
Kapag isang beses, mistake yun. Kapag nakapangalawa na, intentional na yun. Kagagahan na.
At ang tanga-tanga ko.
"Wala akong matinong excuse pwera sa lasing ako. Shit. Shit. Shit." Bulong ko. Parang ayokong lumabas ng banyo. This time sa hotel kami bumagsak. A fancy hotel.
Why did he have to be there at the right time, right? It was like "the association incident" part two. Shit talaga. Wala nakong ibang excuse. Bakit kami laging nagkikita sa mga company events lately?
Everything was a blur except for the fact that we ended up kissing on the elevator going up to this room.
Napapikit ako habang parang nanunuod ako ng flashback sa utak ko.
At least naiiba ng location.
But it was the same person. Hindi na lang ito one night stand. We did it twice now!
Bumuga ako ng hangin. Nagulantang ako ng kumatok ito.
"Celine, buhay ka pa ba dyan?"
"Humihinga pa!" Iritable kong sagot. He never called me C like everybody else. Laging Celine ang tawag nito sa akin. Well, hindi naman kami ganon ka-close para tawagin ako sa nickname ko.
Lumabas ako ng CR at naabutan itong nakaupo sa queen size bed. He was shirtless and wearing only his shorts. Nakaupo ito sa kama. His hair was disheveled.
And so was the crime scene.
Shit.
Dumaan ang mga mata ko sa kama. Magulo iyon at nagsabog ang mga unan.
"Are you okay?"
Am I okay?!
Nagmemental breakdown na ako sa loob ko. I just saw him three months ago! And it felt like forever. Akala ko ay yun na ang huling pagkikita namin this year. Like I only see him once a year sa get together. Napakagat labi ako. Ano bang joke ito, Lord?
I thought we'd be able to forget what happened peacefully.
So, bakit may repeat performance, C?!
Pinasadahan ako ng tingin nito mula ulo hanggang paa.
Medyo na-conscious ako doon. Hindi rin naman ako ma-make up na tao, so wala naman pinagkaiba ang mukha ko sa umaga. But this time, it was different. I slept with him and he saw me naked last night. Twice.
The first time it happened, we were both drunk, wasted and knew only each other at the party. Wala akong choice um-attend dahil ako ang representative ng team namin with the big bosses. It was an association.
At siya lang ang kilala kong pamilyar na mukha maliban sa dalawang matandang big boss ko na maagang umuwi kasama ng mga asawa nito.
Miko was his own boss. Ito ang isa sa executives ng business na pag-aari ng ama nito.
We ended up on my bed. In my house.
We were both drunk.
Excuses to get laid, Celine!
At nagising siyang bihis na ito kinabukasan. He looked apologetic. So, bago pa ito nagsalita ay inunahan niya na.
"Thank you for last night. It was an experience, Miko."
Bumuka ang bibig nito.
"Darating sila nanay ngayong araw. Baka maabutan ka pa nila." Sabi niya dito sa nagmamadaling tinig. Nagbihis lang siya ng t-shirt at nagsuot ng shorts sa cr. Hindi na nag-abalang mag-bra at panty. He'd seen it all. No sense in propriety now at baka sabihin nitong umaarte pa siya.
"Yeah, I better go." Yun lang ang sinabi nito.
"Celine... sina Aya..."
"They don't have to know."
Ngumiti siya dito at pinaalis na ito.
Napakagat labi ako sa alaalang iyon. I slept with Miko. I slept with someone I knew for almost fifteen years now. At ang masaklap pa, my bestfriend and this man seemed to have an unfinished business.
Twice pa nga, Celine! And it wasn't just last night.
BINABASA MO ANG
Nice to meet you, Celine
Romansa"He likes Aya. I like him. And I was never going to tell him. Until that one fateful night." Celine or C for her friends, knows Miko for as long as she can remember. As long as she can remember him crushing on her bestfriend... as long as she can re...
