When I Stop Chasing

Chapter Seven

Chapter Seven

Mine

Pumasok ako sa kotse ni Callix at nagseat belt. Pinaandar niya ang makina at pinaharurot ang sasakyan. I watched the lightpost disappear on my vision in just a second. I chewed the inside of my cheek and cleared my throat.

"Bakit ka andun kanina? Bat mo ako hinahatid ngayon?" I watched him and was waiting for his reaction. Kumunot ang noo niya at seryoso pa rin ang kanyang mga mata.

"I was there because I wanted to fetch you."

"Bakit—" He cutted me off.

"I texted you but you didn't replied. I called you but you didn't answered. Tell me, Ofia, sino ang hindi magaalala dun? I tried to call Pat at sinabing nasa restobar ka daw at wala ka raw dalang sasakyan so I presented myself to fetch you at ihatid sa apartment mo," Tumikhim ako at umayos ng upo. Bumilis ang pagtibok ng puso ko sa kanyang sinabi.

Bakit siya ganyan?

Pakiramdam ko ay mahihimatay na ako dahil malapit na sumabog ang puso ko. Callix is just being Callix, Damn! He got his own way making me palpitate. He got his own words to make me fall for him more and more. I kept my mouth shut pero sa loob loob ko gusto ko nang sumigaw dahil sa kilig!

Iilang mura na rin siguro ang nasabi ko sa isip ko, I wanted to hug him so tight. Maybe he realized that I was for him and he was for me, Shit!

Baka gusto na niya ako!?

I menatally slapped myself, I shouldn't be thinking things like this! Damn it!

I shouldn't assume things when it comes to Callix. Baka masaktan lang ako, okay!

Pero... Hell, his gestures this past few weeks are so new to me! Yung yakap at effort niya ngayong gabi, I can't help not to think things what he really meant.

Masyadong nagwawala ang utak ko at kung anu ano ang iniisip neto. I wanted to slap myself para itigil ang pagiisip ng kung anu ano. But I can't! Okay? He's Callix! He don't just hug you like he did to me. He don't just fetch you on somewhere because you didn't replied to his text or answered his call.

Iba. Ayoko magassume pero iba ang pinapakita niya ngayon.

He's like he's giving me clues, signals. Sa tatlong taon na paghanga ko sa kanya, Ngayon lang siyang umakto ng ganyan. I wanted to cry because of joy, really!

Hindi ko namalayan na nasa labas na pala kami ng apartment ko, I saw him looked at me, umayos ako ng upo.

"Are you okay? Bakit ang tahimik mo?" He asked and I dumbly look at him.

"H-Ha? Wala, Naantok lang ako," Sagot ko and I saw how he smirked at me.

"Naantok? Eh nung naabutan nga kita muhkang enjoy na enjoy ka pa tumugtog ng gitara habang kumakanta," Aniya. Agad akong napatingin sa kanya, my jaw dropped.