I Think I Love You{on going}

Chapter 9: Trauma

“Seriously, wala ba kayong gagawin?” mariing tanong ni Tristan. “Ano? Brenan ikaw? Hahayaan mo nalang ba si Xander na magkaganoon?” he said facing Brenan.

 A/N: see picture on the right side.

Brenan was fixing his hair and as usual, seemed not to be paying attention to the speaker. “What, aren’t you even worried?!” dagdag pa ni Tristan na anino’y batang nagmamaktol.

 “What do you want me to do? Kilala mo siya, the more you stop him from doing his thing, the more he will pursue so you better back off and just watch over him.” He said in a cold voice.

Mas lalong napakunot ang mukha ni Tristan at bakas sa mukha niya ang pagkalito at pag-aalala. Ano nga kayang iniiyak nitong si Tristan? Eng eng lang? Paulit ulit. . . worried much? Why is he being so anxious? Ano bang problema?

Actually, it is not just Tristan. Even Ethan and Charles both wear some confusions and weariness in their faces. Eto lang namang si Tristan ang hindi makatiis na hindi magsalita at ilabas ang kung anong nararamdaman at napapansin.

Kahit naman si Brenan, kung alam nyo lang. Baka nga sa kanilang lahat, eto pa ang conscious sa kung ano mang pwedeng mangyari o maganap. Hindi nga lang siya nagsasalita. Well, he’s been like that ever since. May sariling opinyon, pananaw at paniniwala sa buhay. You’ll find him very much mysterious in such a way that you can understand him. Unlike Tristan, they are very much dissimilar from each other. I mean, he’s the total opposite of him.

He speaks for himself and he is not the type that will just sit back, relax and watch over everybody. Lalo na kapag barkada na niya ang pinag-uusapan. He values his friends more than himself so he will not let anybody put any of them down. As much as possible, hangga’t kaya niya, hangga’t may magagawa siya, kikilos at kikilos ito para lang mapangalagaan sila. Ganoon siyang klaseng kaibigan, ganoon siyang klaseng tao.

Naks!

Awesome, meron pa bang ganoon? Akala ko naubos nang lahat.

“Watch over? You know I can’t do just that. I can’t stand seeing him like this crazy. At kaya ako nagkakaganito eh dahil nga sa kilala ko siya. Alam kong kapag nagpatuloy ‘to, masisiraan na talaga siya ng ulo! Can’t you see? Tingnan niyo nangyari kanina, para siyang tangang hindi magkanda-uagaga sa pag-alis nang mag-text sa kanya yung babaeng yun. Daig pa ang buhawi sa pagkilos palabas.” he appeals to Brenan.

Brenan shrugged. “Who knows? Malay mo hindi. Look, Xander has all grown up. Alam na niya ang ginagawa niya. Kung masasaktan siya, then so be it. Don’t meddle with his business coz you’ll just trigger him to go beyond our expectations.” He replied coldly.

Bago pa man makapagsalitang muli si Tristan ay umawat na si Charles. He knows that this talk is a nonesense. Wala na ‘tong pupuntahan pa dahil ipagpipilitan lang ni Tristan ang opinyon niya at dahil magkaiba sila ni Brenan, baka magsabong lang ang dalawa.

“Hush now, fellas. Cool lang. Masyado na kayong mainit niyan eh. Tingnan mo Tristan namumula na naman yang tenga mo!” pabirong sabi ni Charles at hinwakan ang tenga ni Tristan.

Tinabig ni  tristan ang kamay ni Charles na hinihimas himas ang kanyang tenga. “Ano ba? Hindi ako nakikipagbiruan sa inyo, huh. Alam kong alam niyo kung anong pwedeng mangyari.”

Ano nga ba?

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 A/N: see video on the right side.

Xander was a very good son to his parents back then, he always ranked on top of everybody at school. He’s very loving and charming as well. He just never fail to please everyone kaya naman natutuwa sa kanya ang lahat ng tao. Pero lahat ng iton ay nagbago.