Sometimes Someone ...

Chapter 3

Chapter 3

"Ky ba!"

I wanted to get irritated, but I was laughing my butt off. Ky and I were in my house doing a two-person-group study. Erin and Allie, my bestfriends, were supposed to be invited but the thought of studying would bring tears to their eyes. Needless to say they, instead, went shopping. Anyway, group study is pretty much the universal language for goofing around so it wasn't much time till he discovered some of my baby pictures.

It's bad enough that he saw them, now he's making a mockery of the chubby cheeks I had back then.

He grinned at me, "Ganito ka pala ka-cute dati, Hazel?"

"Heh!" I stood up from the couch and headed to the kitchen, too embarrassed to see me blush, "Pasalamat ka wala pa akong nakitang baby pictures mo."

I got two glasses of juice before going back. I placed the glasses on the table and tried snatching my pictures away but his arms were too damn long as he easily blocked me from taking them, "Akin na."

"Ayaw ko nga," he teased.

I rolled my eyes, smiling, "Hoy. Sa'yo yan? Akin na."

"Bakit ayaw mo ipakita?"

"Kasi nakakahiya!"

"Wala ka namang kailangang ikahiya sa akin eh," he tapped my chin lightly.

I thought about arguing against him but I decided against it (mostly because I have butterflies in my stomach which resulted from him touching me), but there's definitely no way he'd get away without revenge.

"Bantay ka lang, may makikita rin akong embarrassing picture mo," I threatened him jokingly.

He smiled, "Okay. Pag may makikita ka na picture ko, I'll give you one wish."

Nice. "Maganda eh, parang genie lang. Maghanda ka na sa ipapagawa ko sa'yo."

"Kaya nga genie kasi imposible magka-totoo. You should know, bata pa lang ako ayaw ko nang nagpapa-picture kaya good luck."

We continued the fake bickering until the afternoon.

We didn't study.

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Ky left before my mother got home. Not that I'm afraid of getting caught letting a boy in our house, alone - my mom' s totally cool that because she knows Ky and she trusts that I'm responsible - it's just that my mom could get so nosy. She'll keep pestering Ky about a relationship and stuff and I really don't know what we were right now. My mom would know that and will bombard him with questions. I love my mom to death, but she gets a little crazy sometimes.

My mom met him a few months ago when we were just starting to get to know each other. He was a friend then but what was he now?

Good Friend?

Best Friend?

Boy -

NO. Aside from him still not telling what I am to him, I really don't think I'm ready to have a boyfriend.

Let me rephrase that.

I think I'm scared to have a relationship, mainly because I'm afraid I'll get hurt. It's as if someone had brainwashed me since birth and gave me the ever-pleasant gift of cowardliness. I'm still suspecting that my mom placed some kind of formula in my milk that prevents me from having boyfriends.

Well, whatever.

Later that evening when I went to bed, I checked my phone. "Anu ba 'to, puro group message," I commented.

I was about to ignore them but there was one message that caught my eye. It was from a unanimous person. I thought it was one of those scam messages again.

But it wasn't.

The text read:

"Wag ka na ulit lalapit kay Ky kung ayaw mong mapasama."