The Truth Hurts

The Truth Hurts [2]

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Months have passed since that very unfaithful night. Ilang months na rin akoh nagtatago sa kanya. Hindi na koh sumasabay sa kanya every morning. Tuwing tatawag xa, sandali lang akoh makipagusap. Pag pupunta naman xa sa haus wala ma koh magagawa kundi entertain xa. Alangan naman ipagtabuyan koh ung tao. Eskandalo!!!

So after months of pag-iwas I finally decided to give our friendship another try. Napagod na din kasi akoh kakatago. And besides, naubusan na koh ng alibis and excuses. Hehehe..Ü kaya balik sa dati ang drama naming dalawa ngaun. As usual napansin „toh ng barkada at nakiusosyo na naman sila.

 “Kayo na ba ulit?” tanong nila.

 “Hindi.” I simply answered

 “Eh baket ano…”

“We‟re just friends. Balik sa dati.” I said cutting off their sentence.

“Bahala ka.” Un na lang nasabi nila. Friday, movie night namin. Xmpre excited akoh kasi marathon ngayon ng mga scary flicks like the ring series, the grudge and all the likes. Ang venue namin ngaun is sa haus nila, may bisita kasi si mommy sa haus that night. When I got to their haus, I saw him in the entertainment room, nagaayos.

“Aba! Himala! Nagaayos ka ha?!?! Baket dito tayo? Hindi ka na naman nakapaglinis ng room moh noh?!” sabi koh na medyo nangaasar pa, habang tinutulungan koh xang magayos.

 “Ano ka?! Malinis kaya room koh! Nasira kasi VCR koh sa room kaya dito tayo ngaun. Tsaka…” Hindi na nya natapos ung sasabihin nya kasi biglang may dumating na girl na may dalang chips and dips. Imposibling bagong maid kasi napakasexy naman ng suot nya to be a maid‟s uniform.

 “Hi! I‟m Twinx. Lagi ka sakin kwento ng best friend moh!” sabi nung girl. Eh di napilitan na lang akoh mag smile. ABANAMAN BA!!!!! Sino ba „tong bruhang toh na feeling close agad!!!

“I‟'ll just get some more chips.” Sabi ni Twinx. Wow! Hanep sa pangalan! Twinx!!!! Ano ka chocolate?!?!?! When "chocolate” left, I looked at “pare” na nakatakas ang kilay at alam na niya kung ano ibig koh sabihin.

“Pare,” sabi nya, sabay akbay sakin. “Alam koh hindi koh nasabi sayo na pupunta xa kasi I was not sure kung kei lang sau kaya sinama koh na lang xa. Gusto koh kasi meron munang approval ng best friend koh bago koh xa… you know.” He continued, as he playfully played with my hair.

 “Fine! Pro remember, kaya tayo nagkaroon ng movie night, for us to spend more time together. Just the two of us. Diba?! Sacred night nating dalawa toh eh.” Sabi koh in a tone na nagtatampo na nagpapacute. Pro he just looked at me with pleading eyes, saying, “please…” so wala na koh nagawa.

 “Fine! One chance lang!

‟ll stay pro I don‟t want this to happen again. Okay?!” I said. He just hugged me and gave me a peck on the cheek.

“Thanks pare, you‟re the best!” sabi nya. Hindi na koh nakapagsalita kasi biglang umeksena ung twinx. Kusa na koh lumayo after that. All throughout the marathon, tahimik lang akoh unlike pag kaming dalawa lang, pagtatawanan pa naming dalawa ung mga nangyayari kahit na drama.

Kahit na he‟d come up to me and say something funny about the movie, I‟ll just smile and not discuss things any further. Sobrang ilang na nga akoh sa situation eh, tapos eto pa „tong twinx na umeeksena. Ano kami?!?! Close?!?! Please lang noh. She tried approaching me nga eh and make small talks. I just smiled and tried to cut all her little chitchats short.

Tapos grabe pa xa makadikit kay pare! Grabe!! Hindi koh na xa natake !!! Hindi kinaya ng powers koh. So I texted Sheryn. After a few minutes lang, dumating na si Sheryn. I bid the two goodbye and headed for the door na when he got hold of my hand.

 “Alis ka na agad?” he asked, mukhang worried nga xa about me eh, which kinda made me feel good.

 “Yah, punta akoh kila Ashley. Emergency eh. May nasira sa thesis namin, kaya we have to start all over again.” That was my excuse. I know it was lame but I can‟t think of any other excuse eh. Buti na lang nakiride na din si Sheryn.

 After a week, he approached me on the park while I was sitting n our favorite bench.

 “So what do you think of Twinx?” he asked

“She‟s okay.”

“Approved ba?”

“Kei lang.”

“Baket ka nga pla bigla umalis?”

 “Thesis namin remember?” I said in a matter-of-fact tone. He just gave up on our arguments. And after a deafening silence, lumabas na naman ung pagkachildish nya.

 He started cracking up these really corny jokes but still never fails to make me laugh for no reason at all.

After all these years, he still knows how to cheer me up and make me smile.Months have already passed, I thought I had already moved on and was able to accept the fact that we‟re just friends.

 I was wrong. Kasi nung sinabi nya na sila na, grabe sikip ng dibdib koh! Hindi akoh makahinga. Was gasping for breathe and I was lost for words to say to him. Pro dahil isa akong mapagpanggap na tao, I just smiled and said,

 “good for you. Wish you all the luck.” Kaplastikan koh noh?! Kaya nagkusa ako na medyo lumayo na sa kanya, ayoko nga makasalamuha yung “chocolate” na un noh! Kaya I decided na ibaling na lang sa iba ang pagtingin koh. Sakto namang biglang dating sa scene ang isang drummer ng isang banda sa school na bigla nagparamdam sakin.

Hanggang sa naging close kami and you know, lam nyo na siguro patutunguan nun diba?! ..ÜPro syempre to be fair sa best friend koh, I wanted to get his approval bago koh sagutin si “little drummer boy”.

Nung nagkita nga sila, there was some kind of tension between them. So obviously hindi masyado naging maganda yung pagkikita nila. Pro when my “pare” saw me very happy with “drummer boy”, he just said yes. But he gave me a very clear warning.

 “If ever na he hurts you or makes you cry, even just a single tear, kahit anong pigil gawin moh sakin, malalagutan sakin yang drummer boy na yan. Okei?!” those were his exact words. Lupit ng pare koh noh?! Dinaig pa tatay koh! Natouch akoh with what he said. At least I know na he still cares for me.