The GoodGuy meets the Badchick

Chapter 12: Auction Game

Kieth's POV,

Seeing the two people in a table laughing makes me strengthen my urge. Urge to kill the girl.

"O, Kieth parang papatay ka na ah."

Pagsasalita ni Blaire na tumabi sakin sa balcony.

Dun ko din napansin na humigpit ang hawak ko sa tinidor. I loosen the force that I exerted on the fork I'm holding and my my hands at my back.

"Nagseselos ka ba kay Kieth at Raine?"

Nang-aasar na sabi niya.

"Are you kidding? Why would I?"

"Pwede ba Kieth tigilan mo nga ako sa malasuplado mong ugali. Childhood friends tayo kaya exempted ako diyan. At tsaka wag ka ngang magdeny."

Suway naman niya sakin. Tumingin nalang ako sa left side ko.

"What will I deny? Baka ikaw siguro ang nagseselos."

Pagbalik ko naman sa kanya habang nakatingin pa din sa left side.

"Bakit naman ako amgseselos? Kung mahal ako ni Blake ede hindi na siya maghahanap ng iba."

Seryosong sabi naman niya. But she sounds gloomy. Did I say something wrong?

Napatingin naman ako sa kanya at nakatingin siya sa langit.

"You look glum."

"Have you read the poem gloomy croons?"

Out of the blue na tanong niya still looking at the sky.

"Yes."

Sagot ko while looking at her. Ang gloomy talaga niya. It seems that there's something wrong with her.

"I was standing on the ground. See those inches figures with cheery sound. Holding hand and walking bound. Jealous I felt, happiness they found. Tears marathon in my face. My two foot in the same ground stays. Seconds past I found myself in daze. Witnessing the loosing of my ace."

Pagsasalita niya. Those lines of her are lines from the poem.

"Alam mo, nakarelate ako dun. I was standing on the ground that time and I hear cheery sound. Jealousy I felt that time and I was witnessing the loosing of my ace."

Dagdag niya. She sound glum and she look so sad. I get what she means.

Hindi nalang ako nagsalita. Instead, I listen to her.

"Para kaming star na yun. Siya yun at yun naman ako."

Tinuro naman niya yung isang malaki at maliwanag na star at sunod din niyang tinuro yung isa pang star na katulad din ng una niyang tinuro. Medyo magkapit naman yung dalawa.

"Kung titignan ay sobrang lapit ng dalawang yun at bagay na bagay sila dahil pareho sila ng appearance. Pero sa outer space pala sobrang layo nilang dalawa. Ang hirap pala nilang abotin ang isa't-isa."

Kwento niya with gloomy sound.

I know she's referring to her and Blake's story. Well, we're just helping them out pero sila pa din ang magdedesisyon para sa sarili nila.

Bigla naman siyang tumingin sakin at nagfake smile.

"Tignan mo yung star na yun."

Tumuro ulit siya ng isang star na nagti-twinkle at malaki. Tiningnan ko din yung tinuro niya.

This time nakangiti parin siya at tumingin uli siya sakin at tumingin din ako sa kanya.

"Ang alam ng karamihan nagti-twinkle ito. Kasi yun yung nakikita ng mata natin kaya yun ang pinaniniwalaan natin. Do you know that stars don't twinkle? It was just being refracted by the earth's atmosphere as the light travels. It needs a space ship to discover what's really the mystery behind those twinkles."