The Sweetest Scheme of Fate (Defying Fate Trilogy #1)

Chapter 19: Inundating Glee

"Den, are you okay?" may halong pag-aalalang tanong ni Althea kay Hannah pagkatapos kong kumanta. Naka-focus ang tingin ko sa gitara kasi nag-i-strum pa ako at tinatapos ang natitirang chords sa ending nu'ng kanta pero natigilan ako nang biglang magtanong si Althea. "Why are you crying?" she asked and I lifted my head from the guitar only to find my girlfriend silently crying. I felt my heart rend into pieces seeing her tears streaming down her face. Although, she was staring at me and smiling through her tears, nanghina ako kasi ayoko talagang nakikitang umiiyak siya. Corny as it may sound pero ganu'n talaga ang nararamdaman ko kapag umiiyak siya. My Hannah is a tough girl and it really wasn't in her personality to cry. Much more in front of other people. Kaya mas tumindi ang pag-aalala ko sa kanya.

"Hannah," I murmured her name as I put the guitar down. I moved closer to her before I protectively wrapped my arms around her. "What's wrong?" I whispered against her hair as I tightened my embrace.

She shook her head before she returned my hug, her arms circling around my waist. "Nothing," she muttered against my shirt. I ran my hand up and down her back to comfort her.

"Why are you crying?" I asked gently and she shook her head again. She didn't answer but she hugged me tighter instead. I felt my heart melt because she was hugging me too tight as if she was afraid the she would lose me. That would never happen, I mumbled to myself as I ran my fingers through her hair.

"Baka nagtatampo 'yan sa'yo, Hanns," Bettina butted in and I questioningly looked at her.

Kumunot ang noo ko bago nagtanong. "What?"

"Ang sabi ko, baka nagtatampo sa'yo 'yan. Bingi lang, Hanns?" she jokingly repeated and my brows knitted together. Wala naman kasi akong maisip na dahilan kung bakit magtatampo si Hannah sa akin. Unless, may nagawa pala akong hindi niya nagustuhan pero hindi naman ako aware du'n. Meron nga ba? I thoughtfully asked myself trying to remember if ever I did something that upset her.

I kissed the top of her head. "Meron ba akong nagawang hindi mo nagustuhan, Hannah? Tell me. Ano 'yun?" I asked my girlfriend who was still imprisoned in my arms and Bettina suddenly laughed.

"Para kang eng-eng d'yan, Hanns!" she spoke. "Sira ka talaga," she added laughing whule shaking her head at lalo akong naguluhan. Wala akong ideya kung bakit umiiyak si Hannah at lalong hindi ko maintindihan 'yung mga sinasabi ni Bettina.

I fixed her with a curious gander. "Ano bang ibig mong sabihin, Bettina? Hindi kita maintindihan kasi wala namang rason para magtampo sa akin si Hannah," I asked her and she smiled at me.

"Naisip ko lang na baka nag-iinarte 'yang pinsan mo kasi, hindi ba, dati kapag kumakanta ka sa kanya mo idine-dedicate 'yung kanta mo? Pero ngayon, sa babaeng papakasalan mo ka na nag-dedicate ng kanta," she said matter-of-factly.

"In short, malandi ka, Hanns kaya umiiyak 'yang si Denisse ngayon," natatawang dagdag naman ni Althea.

"Alam mo na kasing ang pangarap ni Den para sa'yo, pare ay tumanda kang binata tapos may nalalaman ka pang pagde-dedicate ng kanta d'yan. 'Yan tuloy nagtampo na siya sa'yo," Dale piped in and our friends laughed as they continued to tease us.

I felt Hannah's arms tighten around me. "'Yun ba ang dahilan kung bakit ka umiiyak?" bulong na tanong ko sa kanya habang patuloy sa pagtatawanan ang mga kaibigan namin. She shook her head for the third time. "Alam mo namang para sa'yo 'yung kantang 'yun, hindi ba?" I asked and she nodded.

"I know."

"Then, why are you crying?" I queried but she didn't answer. "Answer me, Hannah kasi nag-aalala na ako at nasasaktan ako sa tuwing umiiyak ka," I confided but she just hugged me.