Sudden Disturbance (TRF #5)

Chapter 12

Chapter 12

"Jino-joke time mo ba ako, Jax?" Walang emosyong sabi ko at napataas ang kilay niya.

"No." He answered as I frowned.

"Hindi ako nakikipagbiruan, promise." Kako at tumaas ang kilay niya.

"Neither am I, Aree." He sarcastically replied as I sighed.

"Sige, sabihin nalang nating totoo-"

"It's true!" Giit niya at umirap ako.

"Huwag mo nga akong gaguhin. It's impossible to fall in love with someone that easily." I shrugged as he flicked my forehead.

"Don't invalidate my feelings." He glared as I scoffed.

"Paano?" Tanong ko at napataas ang kilay niya.

"I don't know!" He frustratedly replied. "I don't know how, why, where, and when. I just realized I do when I started missing your god-damned voice, your texts, the way your face crumples when I tease you. It's fucking pathetic because it's the first time that I felt this shit, you know."

"Baka infatuation lang?" Tanong ko at umirap siya.

"Is it your feelings we're talking about?" He asked sarcastically as I shook my head. "Exactly." He rolled his eyes.

"I know the difference of infatuation and love, Aree. I've been in this world for 18 years now. I know what it feels like to be infatuated to someone and I know how it feels like to like someone. They're all different and this feeling right now is different from the feelings I have experienced." Sabi niya at napanguso ako.

"Seryoso ka?" Tanong ko ulit.

"Yes! You keep on asking the same question over and over again. I'm serious as hell." He said as I frowned.

"Eh bakit ako?" Tanong ko at napataas ang kilay niya.

"Why not you?" Tanong niya pabalik.

"Well, madaming rason kung bakit hindi ako." I started. "Hindi naman ako kagandahan, wala namang espesyal sa akin-" I stopped because he was glaring at me.

"Ano?" Tanong ko.

"Stop. Just fucking stop." Sabi niya at napakunot ang noo ko.

"Bakit?" Tanong ko.

"I don't want to hear you talk shit about yourself. Don't ever do that again in front of me. I feel offended." He said as I frowned. Hindi ba dapat baliktad?

"Bakit naman? Sarili ko naman pinagsasalitaan ko ng hindi maganda ah?" I asked curiously.

"It's like you're implying that I have a bad taste in women and that doesn't sound right. I feel insulted." He said as I laughed.

"Bad talaga ang taste mo kapag ako ang napili mo." Natatawang sabi ko at umirap siya.

"You're smart, handsome, and many more. You can have anyone you want. Hindi ko alam kung bakit magkakagusto ka sa tulad ko." I shrugged as his eyes twinkled.

"So, you're already admitting that I'm handsome?" He asked as I sighed. Sa lahat ng sinabi ko iyon lang talaga ang tumatak sakaniya?

"Pogi ka naman talaga ah? I mean palagi mong sinasabi na pogi ka, I don't even know what difference it makes kapag may nagsabi sa iyo na pogi ka." I uttered and he bit his lips, trying not to smile and his ears were all red.

"Stop." He held his hand in front of me and covered his lower face with his hand. "This is not healthy for me anymore."

"Ang alin?" Nakakunot noong tanong ko.

"You're so dense. Have I told you that today?" He said as I shook my head.

"No it's the first time, today." Kako at tumango siya.

"Remind me to tell you that everyday, hm?" He ruffled my hair as I rolled my eyes.

"So, ano gusto mong gawin?" Tanong ko sakaniya.

"Well, actually, I planned on courting you but since you don't believe that I have fallen for someone like you, give me one summer to convince you that I like you. Then you can decide if you'll want me to court you or not. Okay?" He looked at me with those convincing blue eyes and I couldn't help but to cave in.

"Fine. One summer." I sighed as he smiled and dropped a kiss on my forehead.

"I doubt that you won't find someone else though." Kako at ngumiti siya.

"Truthfully speaking, girls don't even look interesting now. I've given up on my daily routine of dating different girls, Aree. No one's as thrilling as you are." He winked as I laughed.

"Tigilan mo nga ako. Sabi sa akin ng kaibigan ko na kapag babaero raw minsan babaero na raw habang buhay." I shrugged as he laughed.

"Oh trust me. The only time I'll have another woman in my life aside from you and my mother is when we'll have a daughter." Banat niya at napatawa ako.

"Gago." Iyon nalang ang nasabi ko.

"So, if you'll have another woman the deal is still on right?" Tanong ko at tumango siya.

"Sure. I'll be your slave if ever I'll have any other woman besides you." He tapped my nose as I scrunched it.

"Let's go down now." He held my hand and helped me stand up.

"Oh my God! Sabi na eh! Gusto ka non!" Kyrie exclaimed as my eyes widened.

"Huwag kang maingay. Anong oras na!" I said as she pursed her lips.

"Sorry naman." She shrugged. "Pero sabi na eh. I knew his eyes were different when it landed on you." Sabi niya at napakunot ang noo ko.

"Ang dami mong alam." Kako at ngumiti siya.

"Do you like him though?" She asked as I sighed.

"I don't and I'm scared to do so." Kako at napanguso siya.

"Why? Because of his history with girls?" Tanong niya at tumango naman ako.

"Exactly that. Tsaka how do you expect me to like someone that I just loathed months ago? Eventually I'll have to warm up to him for a bit." Kako at ngumiti siya.

"So, may chance na magustuhan mo siya?" Tanong niya at tumango naman ako.

"Meron." Kako at ngumiti siya.

"Damn, now I know why girls in KCU are weeping now." Sabi niya at napakunot ang noo ko.

"What do you mean?" I asked as she shrugged.

"Mga babae sa KCU these past few months umiiyak. Nagtanong ako sa isa minsan and turns out Kuya Jax shooed every single girl that approached him telling them that he's not interested in playing with them anymore." Natatawang sabi niya. "And mind you, ang harsh pa raw ng pagtataboy kaya sila umiiyak." She added.

"So, one summer? Kapag na convince ka niya papayagan mo ba?" Tanong niya ulit.

"Hindi ko nga alam. I find it hard to believe that he changed that easily." Kako at napatawa siya.

"Love is unbelievable, Des. I can see the way he looks at you even before when you said that you guys hate each other." She chuckled as I frowned.

"Okay future psych major, how does he look at me?" I asked as she smiled.

"Like you're everything. He looks at you with so much amusement that when he looks at you, he doesn't want to look away anymore. Like you're the only nice view this whole world can give. That's how THE Jax Ferrer looks at you, Des."