Clouded Hearts

9: That someone

Astraea

"Gago topak lang 'yan. Kiss mo Ice didilat 'yan." Eryx said saka tumawa.

"Sige para mawalan ka ng nguso." Lamig putcha. Her eyes are still closed

"Oh oh! Kalma! Kalma mo!" She laughed nervously.

"Sige na Achi, magsing ka na parang maganda pa naman yung kanta." Nakastop ang karaoke right now.

"I'll be going first. Thank you for inviting me and I'll pray for your hearts fast recovery Eryx." Gael stood up saka tumingin sa'kin.

"I'll be heading first." He leaned down to kiss my head.

"Bakit? May emergency?" He nod

"See you tomorrow." He kissed the back of my hand before letting go.

"Thank you again and enjoy the rest of the night." Nakipagfist bump siya kay Eryx pero kay Ice ay tanging ngiti lang ang ginawad niya. Sinungitan lang naman siya ni Ice eh. He just looked at Achelois na wala ng pake sa paligid nito.

I just looked at him walking away. Before siya lumiko ay lumingon at kumaway siya ulit.

"He's sweet isn't he?" I said

"He is pero hindi bagay." Ice said

"Ice..." I said pero tinaasan niya lang ako ng kilay.

"Eryx already accepted him, why can't you?" I said

"Did you Eryx?" Eryx shook his head.

"We will never accept him rhea. I'm just tagging along with him because of you. But if I were to asked I won't let him hangout with us. It's just for you, it's just for your sake."

"I thought you already accepted him..." Disappointment is what you would notice in that statement.

"Well I'm sorry to disappoint you but we could never. We just can't. But don't worry, we won't push him away." Ice looked at me but I can't bring myself to looked at her for too long.

"We can't like someone whom we despise the most." He added

"We understand you rhea. We've agree to what you want even if we're against it. But I hope, you won't force us to accept him. I hope you will also understand us." I remain silent. I know that I can't force them to accept and like Gael. That's just too much to ask.

"Baka pwede na ako kumanta?" Pagbasak ni Achelois sa katahimikan.

"Lasing ka na." I said dinilat niya ang mata saka tumingin nang diretso sa'kin.

"Hindi." Tumayo na siya saka pinagpatuloy ang nahintong kantahan kanina.

Almost is never enough by Ariana Grande

"Ahem...ahem!" Ice pour liquor in my glass.

"Sorry." She said, I just nod.

I'd like to say we gave it a try
I'd like to blame it all on life

"Applause for you!" Eryx hyped her

Maybe we just weren't right
But that's a lie, that's a lie

"That's a lie!" Pagagree nila

And we can deny it as much as we want
But in time our feelings will show
'Cause sooner or later we'll wonder why we gave up
The truth is everyone knows, oh

"Actually we don't know." Ice chuckled before taking a spoonful bite of sisig.

Almost, almost is never enough