A Complicated Life Formed From Too May Lies

Nine

"Why are you staring at me?"

And then, back to reality. Seriously though, what the hell was that?

"You were staring first. I'm just staring back. Plus, I'm debating whether we were so close back then that it's okay for you to just touch and grab my hand even though I haven't answered your request or are you just plain rude."

Yes! Nakaisip ako ng magandang excuse. Galing ko talaga.

Tumawa siya ng mahina. "Well, for you to know, we're not actually that close and if you want, for me to pay for my rudeness, I can let go of your hand right now."

A-anong sabi niya? Well, hindi pa naman niya ako binitiwan. I guess he's waiting for an answer. At hindi ko mapigilang mainis. Why? Napaka-offensive kaya nung sinabi niya. Kahit na he's using his fucking gentle tone, it's still goddamn offensive. Kahit sino namang babae mao-offend sa sinabi niya, diba? Girls?

Huminga ako ng malalim. "Whatever. You've done it anyway. I actually want to ask you a question." Mahinahon kong sabi.

"Okay."

"When did we first met?"

Tumawa siya ng mahina. "You really don't remember, do you? Well... we met at... at your house, I think, cuz when we went there, you were playing dolls and needles. Poking every dolls' chest with a needle. Akira joined you, too. Then, moments later, you put your hand on chest. You look like you had problems in breathing that time."

Napakunot ako ng noo ko. Me? Had problems in breathing? Thats... peculiar.  
"Then, you started... you started coughing blood. It even poured out of your nose. Everyone panicked, especially your dad. They brought you to your room, where you finally collapsed for hours. I don't know what happened inside, they wouldn't let us in, but when you've finally got out of your room, you didn't know me. You didn't know what happened, you didn't... remember what happened. You even thought that that day was yesterday, at that time."

Halfway through his story, I didn't even notice that we had stopped dancing. We just stood there, facing each other, confusion filled my thoughts.

"You're lying."

"Why would I? Since then, we'd often meet. And half of those moments would always be the same as the first. The coughing, the blood, the loss of memory. Same as usual." He said with the same tone he used since I met him minutes ago. The plain-cold tone.

"I ain't buying it."

"You don't have to. I was just answering your question... Don't worry, you're not the only one who has confusions in the head. Why not ask the boy who has played with a girl who would collapse with blood running down her nose and woke up not even remembering him? Believe it or not, Redrianne, it happened. But don't think of it too much, it'll drive you mad. Trust me, I've been there, I've done that. It was one hell of a childhood."

"You'll make a great story-teller."

He smirked. "You have a lot of secrets, haven't you? Too much to remember, eh? Well, I guess we all have that secrets that even us don't know we have it. See 'ya later, Redrianne."

He winked and walked out of the auditorium, leaving me confused of my ownself and my past.