BL: AIMING FOR YOUR HEART

Chapter Two

The whole week went by and nothing out of the ordinary happened, it was the same as the previous weeks for a student-athlete like Amory. Kahit nagkakatagpo ang landas nila minsan ng grupo ni Atlas they just act like he was nonexistent.

Everything was normal and fine but a day  came when Amory's friend Rain, went knocking on his door with a tattered appearance. He looked like he came running despite the heavy rain outside. Basang-basa ito ng ulan, his eyes were red and he was trembling so hard-he looked so badly traumatized.

When Amory opened the door for him Rain ran to embraced him tightly as if he was scared about something. Rain's wet body was cold and shivering and with that appearance Amory knew that something bad must have happened, so he kept on asking what was wrong but Rain just stayed silent at hanggang makatulog ito ay wala itong naikuwento sa kaniya.

And when morning came his friend acted like nothing happened. Rain was his usual jolly self and when Amory tried asking for the last time about what happened to him last night hindi parin ito sumagot. So he just stopped. Naisip niya kasing maybe his friend was not ready to tell the story at ikukuwento naman nito ang nangyari kapag handa na ito.

He thought everything was okay and it was not something that needed urgent care, he didn't realize how Rain badly needed them. Until may kumalat na video sa school nila, it was a guy na pinagbibintangang nanghipo sa kapwa lalaki sa isang club.

The crowd on the video was bullying the guy. Itinulak-tulak ng isang lalaki sa video ang pinagbibintangan hanggang sa matumba ito sa sahig. The guy stared disgustingly to the other guy on the floor at ibinuhos nito ang hawak na bote ng alak. Everyone seemed to take the situation lightly because they were not the man on the floor and it was not their business. Hindi ang mga ito ang napapahiya.

The guy on the floor was trying to explain something to them pero sarado ang tainga at ang isipan ng mga taong nagtutulungan para iduro at maliitan siya. They were telling things about how badly that person was making the lgbtq community look ugly.

"This is why pinagkakamalang salot ang mga bakla, dahil sa mga kagaya mo!"

"Ano ha? Does it feel good?" Nang pagtulungan na iton hawakan at hipuan ng mga lalaki sa video ay pilit naman itong kumakawala but no avail he failed to free himself from their grasp.

"No please..." Nagpupumiglas parin ito dahil patuloy itong hinihipuan.

Nagulat siya nang suntukin ito sa tiyan ng isang lalaking halos pumatong na rito.

And despite the club being dark on the video, Amory knew who exactly was the person on the video.

The figure of that person and the tattoo on his waist, at ang tagpo nila ni Rain noong nakaraang gabi. Napagtagpi-tagpi na niya ang mga pangyayari. It was Rain! Ang pinagbibintangang nanghipo ay si Rain! The one being bullied was the same friend who came crying on his door last night.

Amory's temple started to throb because of the raging anger inside him, he clenched his fist tightly wanting to avenge his friend. Tangina.Tangina. Putangina nilang lahat.

Kahit hindi klarado sa video ang mukha dahil nga sa madilim sa club. Hindi mapagkakailang ang kaibigan niya nga iyon.

Tangina.

So when he finished watching the video na pinapanuod lang sa kaniya ng kaklase. Agad niyang tinawagan ang kaibigan but he was not answering his phone kaya ang sunod niyang tinawagan ay si Mico na saktong kasama naman si Ismael.

When they finished the call napagkasunduan nilang unang hanapin si Rain sa bahay ng mga ito.

"Good afternoon po tita." Bati nila sa mama ni Rain nang pagbuksan sila nito ng gate.