"How was it playing with her again?" Kief asked Ly habang pauwi sila from Bali Pure vs UP game.
"Bakit ganyan tanong mo? Hahaha, okay lang naman, medyo nanibago ng konti kasi she's wearing the same color of uniform as mine," sabi ni Ly na tumingin kay Kiefer saglit tas tumingin ulit sa daan, it's raining and stuck sila sa traffic.
"Daldal nyo nga kanina e."
"Wow, akala mo naman nanuod ka, hahaha!"
Kiefer just smiled at tumahimik lang, he reached out to hold Ly's hand and Ly holds it back, but still, looking outside.
"It's kinda akward tho," biglang sabi ni Ly, "I mean, after nung championship, and our "talk", dun na lang ulit kami nagkalapit ng ganon."
"So anong pinag-usapan niyo kanina?"
"Nag-catch up lang about things, about kila Tita.."
"But it looked like wala namang mali sa inyo."
"Let's say, we just chose na tanggalin yung awkwardness by just treating each other like the way we used to before."
"Moving on was never easy, huh?"
"Weh?" pang-iinis ni Ly.
"Alyssa," sabi ni Kiefer.
"Okay, joke lang, di mabiro, hahahahaha, but yeah, it was and it will never be easy. She's the only one I want."
"Aray naman," sabi ni Kiefer.
"Lol Kief."
"Hahaha, of course nagjojoke lang ako," sabi ni Kiefer while smiling, but deep inside, he's hurt.
Totoo namang for "publicity" lang sila ni Alyssa, pero as time goes by, slowly, he knows na he's having feelings towards Ly, and he also know na "good friend" lang talaga ang tingin sa kanya ni Ly.
"Any plans? Matagal-tagal pa kayong magsasama ulit."
"I don't know, siguro, stay as we are ngayon. At least I'm having her close to me, kung ganito na lang yung way para ma-gain back ko yung dating "kami", eh di hayaan."
"Eh paano yung feelings mo?"
"I guess I'll just let it die."
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"What's up? Late na nag-aya ka pa ng Skype," said Bea Tan when she answered Den's call, "oh, do we have a meeting?" she asked when Ella popped out of the screen.
"B, she's bothered," sabi ni Ella.
"Oh, Alyssa?" tanong ni Bea and Ella nodded as an answer, "Den?"
"Ha? Uhm.. we looked normal naman kanina di 'ba?"
"Bakit? Abnormal ba kayo?" sabi ni Ella. Inirapan naman sya ni Den and nagstraight face si Bea, "napaligiran na naman ako ng masungit, so ano nga, Den?"
"I mean, yung actions and everything?"
"Uhm, yeah? Like you used to," sagot ni Bea.
"Late ako," sabi ni Ella.
"Wala kang kwenta," sabi ni Den kay Ella.
"Thanks, Besh, ha," sabi naman ni Ella.
"Oh stop stop. Ano nga, Den? What's bothering you?"
"Her?"
"Her?" sabay na tanong ni Ella and Bea.
"Her presence, her smile, her laugh, her voice, her eyes, her," sagot ni Den.
