Broken Vessel (AMOG Series #1)

Kabanata 28

Kabanata 28

Sinner

Binaba ako ni Amare. Our eyes locked as we stared at each other. The crowd is still shouting, but for me it was indefinitely silent in between our gazes. He grinned from ear to ear as our bodies stuck together. Hindi niya pa rin akong binitawan. I couldn't stop but to smile at him.

“You did well, Amare...” I whispered.

Tumango siya. “Because of you… and God."

Him and his ways to insert God in every topic. I like it! I do like it!

“Thank you God!” I shouted.

He chuckled at me. Bumitaw siya sa pagpulupot sa aking bewang at kamay ko naman ngayon ang hinawakan. 

“Let's take a picture…” he said.

Iginaya niya ako papalapit kay Ysa. I saw that his team is cheering, but he seems very busy with another trophy. Amare and I did a lot of poses. Binuhat niya pa nga ako, tila ako iyong trophy na napanalunan niya. We also did the back poses. Iyong likod lang ng jersey niya ang kita. 

ACOSTA, 13.

After that game, naisipan namin na kumain muna sa labas para i-celebrate ang panalo nila. Hindi na sumama ang ibang kaibigan namin. Hindi rin dumalo si Obed. Kaya kaming apat lang ang kumain sa labas. Ysa suggested na mag street food na lang kami at doon na sa bayan dahil mas masarap daw kasi nagsasawa na siya dito sa gilid ng school namin. Ayos lang at hindi pa naman ako nagugutom, tsaka gusto ko rin kumain ng street food ngayon. 

“Grabe, kung maka takbo talaga kanina si Amare. Akala mo talaga na trophy niya si Bee,” Gab said while chewing his food.

Tumawa si Ysa. Kahit marami ang laman ng kaniyang bibig, nakuha niya pang magsalita.

“Oo nga! Ang sweet parang sa libro lang!” Humagalpak sa tawa.

Amare is eating silently beside me. Ang tingin ay palipat-lipat sa dalawa. Ngumiwi naman ako.

“Itong si Bee, ayaw makisama! Kiligin ka naman!” pahapyaw na sabi ni Ysa.

Mas lalong nainis. Binato ko siya ng tissue.

“Tumahimik ka nga!”

Umirap naman siya sa akin. Gab laughed beside her.

“Bibili talaga ako ng resort kapag kayo ang magkakatuluyan!” sabi niya.

Amare shook his head, but he still smiled. Masama na ang tingin ko sa kanila. Tumawa pa! 

“Why are you smiling?” I said just enough for him to hear it.

Sinamantala ko iyon habang busy and dalawa sa pag uusap. He browses up and leans closer to me. Hindi niya ako hinarap kundi pa side way siyang lumapit.

“Hmm?”

Hindi niya ba ako narinig? He seems very clueless. Anyway, maybe I say it too slowly.

“Why are you laughing?” I said, a bit louder, but not in the way that they could hear it.

Kunot ang noo niya at ngumuso ang labi. He is looking at the ceiling as if he is confused about what I said. Doon pa lang siya lumingon sa akin.

The fracture of his eyes turns my limbs into a garden that blooms. It wasn't gloomy, but sunny. He is like an innocent puppy—those eyes that are innocent.

“What?” nagtataka niyang sinabi.

“Why are you so happy when they teased us?”

Napatigil siya doon at parang napaisip. Pero binalik naman niya sa akin ang tingin.