"Decode My Love, Professor!"

21

21: Closeness

ZION

He take a deep breath before he raised his head to stared at me.

"Why did I missed you? Cuz I've been longing for you, I missed your presence. Mas ok pa nga na di tayo nagpapansinan kesa namn na di kita nakikita. I'm thirst over your presence, voice, even your smile. I missed you cuz I'm insane over you, I know I fucked up! I fall for you. Why did you make me feel like this, zion?" He looks frustrated while saying those. He fall?

What a nice joke, literally made me laugh into sarcasm.

"What was that for? Oww maybe a script for a movie? You're an actor now?" While suppressing my laugh.

After what he did to me? All the embarrassment he did.

"Look, I'm not playing around here. I'm serious, zion" he look really serious about that.

I can sense that he's really serious.

" What do you need to me? Bat may pakulong ganito?" Tanong ko sa kanya. Na ngayon ay mukhang kalmado na.

He's still the same, he still makes my heart in race. This jerk? Well I hate to say this but yes, he always makes my heart in race.

Fuck this man.

"Gusto kitang kamustahin, how's your life? I saw you enter the building earlier, are you working on that company? How they treated you? Are you ok there? Are you comfortable there?" Sunod sunod na tanong niya, he look more anxious than me.

" Well yeah but my proposal got declined" Walang gana na sabi ko. A moment of silence, kaya napatingin ako sa kanya. He's just staring at me.

" What? Is there something wrong?" Nagtatakang tanong ko sa kanya. But he didn't break the stare.

"Nothing, let's have a dinner?" Tanong nit sakin. Napaisip naman ako saglit, actually kuya will not at home later so probably I need to cook for myself but since he ask me out for dinner, why not grab the chance diba.

"Ok, sure" Napangiti naman ito dahil sa sagot ko.

Nagsimula na itong mag-drive. Bahala na siya kung saan nya gusto kumain.
After few minutes of driving nakarating kami sa isang high class restaurant.

"Buenos dias señor/señora" bati ng isang staff pagpasok namin.

It's a simple high class restaurant, it looks elegant and beautiful place. Giniya kami ng isang staff papunta sa isang vacant place.

He too our orders and after few minutes they all serve it on our table. Nag-umpisa kaming kumain ng wala man lang may kumibo. Mabilis kaming natapos sa pagkain, well we both not comfortable with each other.

Dahil ngayon lang naman kami naging ganito ka close.

"Thanks for the dinner" sabi ko sa kanya ng makalabas na kami ng restaurant.

"Very much welcome, anyway let me send you home?" Tanong nya ng makapasok na kami sa kotse nya.

"Maybe sa malapit na bus station nalang" sabi ko sa kanya.

Wala na rin siyang sinabi at nagmaneho nalang. Nakarating kami sa pinaka malapit na bus station.

"Thank you, prof" sabi ko sa kanya. But I saw how his forehead crease.

"Will you stop calling me prof?" Bakas sa boses nya ang pagkairita.

" What? Why? After all you're still my prof" sabi ko naman sa kanya.

" Stop, will you? Just call me lathan, I'm not your prof anymore."

" Ok, fine. Thanks" sabi ko bago bumaba ng sasakyan nya.

Sakto naman na may paparating na bus, umakyat na ako at naghanap ng bakanteng uupan. Nandun pa rin siya sa gilid ng daan naka park, hinintay pa talaga nito na umalis ang bus tsaka umalis na rin.

What are you up to lathan?