In His Kiss

Chapter 36

Chapter 36

Laure Ri Daza's Point of View

I was startled when I heard a knock on my door. It was Cass. She was holding a wine as if she knew that I had a tough day and so we will drink together until we drop dead. What happened earlier was a disaster. I don't want to think about it anymore.

Cass entered my place comfortably and sat down on the sofa.

"Hey, Laure. Apologies for just crashing on your place without any heads up." She looked at me apologetically. Now that I was being surrounded by a familiar face, my mood suddenly lifted. I meant when I told Hiro that I wanted to be left alone during lunch. Kaya naman dumiretso ako sa aking apartment at tumulog na lang. All along I thought I was having a broken heart. Then, I realized, my heart is not suffering from breaking, but exhaustion. I was exhausted with Creed. Bakit ngayon ko lang ito inamin sa sarili ko? Now it's too late to backdown. I offered Creed my life, it's hard to withdraw now.

"No, it was alright. I also glad that you drop by." Puno ng pagalala na tumingin sa akin si Cass dahil sa aking pahayag. She don't have any idea how much I suffered this morning from Creed. At ngayon ay naabutan niya ako sa aking apartment suot ang aking pang tulog.

"Are you okay?" She asked when she noticed my frowning face.

Am I? I don't even know what I am feeling. It's like I am feeling every emotion all at once.

"Ayos lang naman ako, Cass." Sagot ko sa kanya dahil ayaw ko naman pagalalahanin pa si Cassidy. I know I am trying to be difficult, but I don't want to worry her about my love life. It was a silly idea if I keep dragging my friends to my mess.

"Sigurado ka ba? Baka ano nang ginagawa sa'yo ni Hiro, Laure." That's my turn to look at her bewildered. Hindi ko rin maiwasan na matawa dahil sa sinabi niya. I massage my temple while my mouth is stretched wide.

"What made you think that Hiro is doing something to me?" I laughed wholeheartedly. Para ngayon na lang ako ulit tumawa ng ganito katagal at kalakas. Dahil ito sa sinabi ni Cass. Why does she look so worried about me when Hiro is our topic? As if she was about to say something ill about Hiro again. Rumors that still stays as rumors.

"Well, I don't know. Hiro doesn't have a good reputation even back then. Kaya bigla kong naisip na ang dahilan kaya ikaw ay mukhang problemado ay dahil ito kay Hiro."

"No, Hiro has been wonderful to me."

It's just so unfair that Cassidy thinks she still know Hiro. It breaks my heart thinking that she's making him the bad guy. Bigla kong naitikom ang bibig ko dahil sa seryosong tingin ni Cassidy. Mukhang kahit siya ay hindi makapaniwala dahil nakuha ko pang tumawa sa ganitong sitwasyon.

"Is he? Now that's a news to me. You should have told me earlier that you're hooking up with that Stanislaski. And you should have told me that he introduced you to his family as his fiancée. Kung ito lang din naman ang mangyayari ay sana sa iba na lang kita pinakilala habang naka open relationship kayo ni Creed. Someone trustworthy." Cassidy and I already talked about this. But it seems like she got a lot of things to say. God!

"Hiro seems trustworthy."

"Hmm, what if he's just pretending to be the sweet and kind guy?" I stiffened at my place while Cassidy stared at me trying to figure out what I am thinking. Pero nang makita niyang wala akong balak magsalita ay nagsalita ulit ito. What I know about Hiro only include surface level. Pero naalala ko na naman ang pinagusapan namin dalawa sa kanyang kusina. It's not like Hiro is trying to be secretive. He could be honest to me, tell me everything but what we have right now will get real. And both of us are very much aware that we couldn't get real. Meron na kaming sariling buhay bago pa kami nagkakilala. Hindi ko lang masabi kay Cassidy na panandalian lang ang relasyon namin ni Hiro. Nothing serious. Don't get too attached.