Sin to commit (Valentine Series 1)

Chapter 10

The way she tugged my blazer was the same way she tugged my heart, narinig ko ang malakas na pag singhap ni Wetch, it occurred to me that she is the only person related to Hiraeth that could her our conversation, as the other Castellano's looked at us with pure curiosity flashing on their eyes, asking what is happening.

I smiled, as I held her hand that is tugging my blazer, I bring it in front of my lips as I looked at her, "My pleasure, Le Cheri," and kissed the back of her hand, shamelessly, not minding her cousins, whose eyes are now evident with shock and bewilderment.

I smiled at her charmingly once again, and placed her hand carefully on her side, as I sat beside her, my sister scanned my whole being as if she didn't expect me to do such thing, I raised my brow when she stood in front of me, unmoving.

I am confident lang naman kasi alam kong hindi kita ng mga press na nasa harapan ng platform, hindi ako takot, mwheheheheheh.

The others sat after recovering from the scene, and the event eventually started, we started of with a quick prayer, until it was Hiraeth's turn to give a message.

As she walked towards the podium, my sister elbowed me, it was enough to get my attention but not enough to hurt me, pero since OA ako, pwes, nasaktan ako.

Nakakunot ang noo na binalingan ko ng tingin ang kapatid ko, hawak hawak ang siniko niyang tagiliran ko, "Aray!" bumubulong na sigaw ko, "Anong problema mo?" dagdag ko pa.

"OA mo," umirap muna siya sa akin saka seryosong tumingin sa akin, "Ano yun? Akala ko ba ka-trabaho lang?"

"Friends kami," ngising aso kong sabi.

"Tangina? Friends? Yun?" Hindi makapaniwalang tanong niya, she faced her front para hindi masyadong halata sa tao ang pagka-irita niya sa mga sinasabi ko.

I nodded at her, "Ate!" she whined, naiinis na, "You called her 'Le Cheri', tapos friends lang?" ginaya niya pa talaga ang boses ko noong sinabi niya ang endearment na ginamit ko kanina.

"So? Ayoko pa mag-commit, kaya friends muna," simpleng sagot ko, then looked at the crowd, hindi na nakangiti kundi pagka-seryoso na ang bakas sa mukha ko, nakinig na lang ako kay Hiraeth imbis sa kapatid ko.

"Without Mil Tàléfi as Càsà Prívado's business partner we won't be able to launch another project here at Eli a dès, so I would like to thank the Valentines for giving me the opportunity to work with them, and the Castellanos, for giving me another chance to build an establishment on their property, it was an honor," lumingon siya sa amin upang ngumiti ng pasasalamat, the Castellano's who are shocked earlier nodded lightly, I smiled at her, ganoon din ata ang ginawa ng kapatid ko.

I remembered Teo, sabi ni Aurora andito siya, at aasikasuhin ako, pero ang andito ay ang sekretarya lang ni Aurora, bakit hindi ko pa nakikita yun, this time, ako naman ang sumiko sa kapatid ko, causing her to jolt in shock.

"Tangina naman, Ate," masama ang tingin niyang sabi sa akin, hawak hawak niya ang tagiliran niya tulad ko kanina, OA rin 'to eh.

"Neknek mo," sabi ko, "Asaan si Teofilo?" I asked, saying the full name of our childhood friend.

"Ewan ko," she whined again, tiningnan ko siya ng masama causing her to answer my question in a more detailed way, "Kanina andito eh, naka-usap ko pa nga, pero ewan ko na kung saan pumunta, hindi ko na nakita noong dumating ka,"

I nodded, saan naman kaya pumunta yun?

Teofilo Candrei Rubiro, he's gay, kaya minsan kapag siya ang pinag-uusapan nagagamit ko ang she, imbis na he, which he likes naman, hindi naman siya yung baklang bakla, parang lowkey bakla, pero alam naman ng mga kakilala niya, he wears men clothes, sometimes feminine clothes that men would wear, his family is a friend of mine, and he's one of the people who trusted Aurora and invested on her business na ngayon ay namamayagpag na, malaki ang utang na loob namin sa kanya pati na rin sa pamilya niya, kaya we cherish them talaga.