Body Clock

Chapter 29

Nothing happened.

I mean, we kissed and touched each other but nothing happened beyond that.

In short, hindi kami nag sex because we both decided to stop but it was so close—literal na super close because I was already naked!

He saw everything to me and touched every part of my body but I didn't feel anything bad because he talked to me after and drove me home.

He told me that he was about to go dito sa apartment kanina nung binuksan niya ang pinto ng clinic at nakita namin ang isa't isa.

His reason? He missed me daw tapos hindi siya tinatantanan ni Charms. She even told him that she saw me with some guy which I assume na si Bryle, kaya dahil doon ay hindi na mapakali ang utak nitong si Matt.

I also asked him why he missed me. E, siya nga ang nagsabi ng tumigil na ako.

Pero ang sagot niya sa akin ay natakot daw siya—he was afraid that I might be just like Lucy, which hurts me a little bit dahil doon ko naitatak sa utak ko na hindi talaga ako ang una.

Natahimik ako after nun dahil pakiramdam ko ay parang multo lang ako ni Lucy pero ipinaintindi niya sa akin ang lahat.

"I know Charms already told you about her," he said and held my hand because he was still sitting on his swivel chair while I was standing next to him.

Nag iwas ako ng tingin sa kanya pero mabagal akong tumango.

"She was right, Lucy used to visit here almost everyday until she just disappeared one day," he explained—his hold on my hand was getting tighter until I heard him sigh. "And last week when she came back...she came back to tell me that she's getting married."

Natigilan ako dahil sa narinig at lumamlam ang mga matang kong nakatitig sa kanya. Malambot ang mga mata niyang nakatitig rin sa akin hanggang sa dahan-dahang may namuong maliit na ngiti sa labi niya.

"I'm happy for her," he said with a smile at maingat akong hinila kaya napaupo ako sa hita niya. "And then when I looked at you that day, I realized that I wouldn't be that happy if it was you."

I heard him sigh on my neck at mas humigpit ang yakap niya sa akin mula sa likuran.

"I will not be happy if we'll just end up like that, so I made the worst decision of my life." He chuckled the last words.

I slowly turned my head to look at him dahil hindi ako makapaniwala sa mga sinasabi niya.

Naririnig ko ba siya nang maayos?

Hindi ba 'to gawa-gawa lang ng isip ko?

I blinked my eyes multiple times when I felt his lips kiss my cheek softly, but I still managed to clear my throat despite the loud thuds inside my chest because I needed to ask him a lot of questions.

"Y-You told me that you also do the things you did for me to other people. Totoo ba 'yon?" Mas kumalabog ang dibdib ko dahil sa sariling sinabi.

Kailangan kong maging sigurado sa lahat ng mga bagay ngayon at intindihin nang maiigi ang sitwasyon namin dahil baka false hope lang ulit lahat ang mga 'to.

Nabibigla kasi ako sa sobrang bilis ng mga pangyayari. I went here because of Seren and was expecting na ipagtatabuyan niya kami pero heto kami ngayon...

He sighed. "Yes."

Mabilis akong tumayo mula sa pagkakaupo sa hita niya at agad na lumayo pero bago pa man ako makagawa ulit ng isa pang hakbang paatras ay napasalampak ulit ako pabalik dahil hinila niya ako.