THIS GUY'S INLOVE WITH YOU PARE! (KathBie)

CHAPTER 5

As the night starts to get old they decided to play Truth or dare. Chandria was nervous at the thought. Hindi sya safe sa larong yun…parang naiiyak siya pero she knows wala siyang choice sana lang ipagtanggol siya ni benedict worse come to worse.

The first spin pointed to Carlo. He chose “dare” ang utos sa kanya is sing a song for his inspiration, Carlo silently took his guitar and played Color me Badd’s CLOSE TO HEAVEN and stared at Chandria…lahat ng tao sa circle na yon napatili. How could it be carlo is singing for CHandria.Napansin ni cha yun na sa kanya naka-glue ang mata ni carlo. She must be dreaming… inalis na ang tingin niya ka Carlo and looked at Benedict. To her dismay Ben was staring at his lit phone. Caller ID is shouting Julia’s name. Greaaaat her heaven just fell apart right there.

Bakit naman naninira ng moment si Julia. Benedict missed the part when Carlo was singing to Chandria. He was disturbed with his buzzing phone. Not now he told himself. Pinatay niya ang phone niya and looked at Cha na sa iba na nakatingin. He took her hand and squeezed it. Both Benedict and Chandria doesn’t know the meaning of squeezing hands. It could be comfort? They are not sure… Ben is starting to be confused with his feelings. Chandria on the other hand is still aching.

ON the 15th bottle spin, kay Chandria tumapat ang bottle. She chose dare. Hindi siya comfortable sa pwedeng itanong sa kanya sa truth. Hindi rin siya sigurado kung kaya niyang magsinungaling. Si Peachy ang nakaisip ng dare. Gawin daw niya ang isang bagay na hindi pa niya nagagawa pero gusting gusto niang gawin kay benedict. “Pwede ding censored” pahabol pa nito.

“Sana lamunin nalang ako ng lupa ngayon na” Cha told herself. Ano ba to… alangan naman sabihin kong pakasalan ako nitong Bentong na to. ISip Chandria Tan, isip…She closed her eyes praying to God she could think of something acceptable to get through this dare. 

C: uhm alam niyo guys kase diaper days pa magkasama na kame ni Benedict, kahit na sira ulo yan BFF ko yan. Siguro ang gusto lang gawin ngayon is… hoy bentong tignan moko.

She breathe deeper as she was looking intently at Benedicts face. Eye to eye…she held his face.

C: Ben thanks ha. Thanks for taking me places. Thanks for being patient with me. Thanks for taking care of me. Kahit asar ako sayo kahit nakukulitan ka sa kin thankful ako kay God kase lage ka anjan for me.

Doing the unthinkable, Chandria kissed Benedicts’s forehead (Echosera kayo ! noo lang ha wag na ma-BV hahaha)

Everybody in the crowd clapped and laughed with that gesture. Chandria was in tears. A part of her was relieved being able to do that. Nagulat man si benedict sa ginawa ni Cha, deep inside him he was touched. Its like going to a place he never knew existed. A place beyond enem y lines. Walang talo-talo…He opened his eyes to make sure he wasn’t dreaming. The re she is Chandria in tears. He held her face and wiped the tears. For the love of God he just started to pull her closer and buried her face in his chest. 

The crowd fell dead silent. They weren’t sure what was happening. Until Carlo broke the silence;

Carlo: Guys late na, maybe we should all call it a night? Maaga pa tayo bukas.

On that cue Cha moved away, nakita niyang isa-isang tumayo ang mga kasama nilang hikers. Hawak pa rin ni Ben ang kamay niya. Benedict smiled at her.

C:sorry ha for putting you thru that drama. (smiling)

B: nah its okay. You need not to thank me, tulog ka na maaga pa tayo bukas.

Ben brought Cha to the girl’s tent. Papasok na si Cha sa tent when he called her again.

B: don’t forget to put insect repellant ok. Sweetdreams

C: opo sir. Thanks.

Both Chandria and Benedict slept well that night. With the fear of waking up to reality. Dahil nakasanayan, maaga nagising si Cha. Nadatnan niyang may wild flowers sa tapat ng tent nila. Dahil 3 silang girls hindi siya sure kung para kanino un. She was more than sure that its not for her. Nevertheless she peeked into it and surprised to see na para sa kanya yun.

The note just said “TO CHA HOPE YOU HAD THE SWEETEST DREAM”

Kanino naman kaya un nanggaling? Deep in her she hoped it was Ben, but if not who could it be? Everyone seemed to be sleeping still. She took the flowers and placed it in her backpack… She decided to boil water. Maybe a hot chocolate will make her day brighter…

After their brunch nagdecide na ang lahat na umuwi na. Mostly kase sa mga kasama nila ma mga trabaho pa na kailangan balikan sa manila. Chandria was trying to read benedict’s movements, iniisip nya kung ka benedict nga ba talaga galling yun flowers. Wala naman siyang makitang iba. Makulit pa din ito, extra gentle sa kanya. Either than that there was no give-away kung ka ben nga galling yun flowers. Pagdating sa base while the guys were loading the baggaes sa coaster lumapit si Carlo kay Chandria.

CARLO: Did u like the flowers?

Chandria was in awe. She didn’t expect na kay carlo pala galling un flowers. She was in a way disappointed, but flattered. 

C: oh yes thank you. Di ka n asana pala nagabala.

Carlo: a girl like you deserve flowers, do ou mind if I get your number from Carla? She wanted me to personally tell you.

Bago pa siya makasagot, hinila na siya ni benedict

B: Bossing tara na baka gabihin tayo. 

Chandria did not have the chance to answer carlo, in a way wala rin siyang alam isagot sa tanong ni carlo. Sa Coaster magkatabi sina Ben and cha. 

B: ano gusto nun sayo?

Cha looked at Ben, ano naman klaseng tanong yun, she wanted to reply but she looked away.

B: Hoy miss, sabi ako ano gusto nung musikero sayo?

C: (Smiled meaningfully) musikero? Si carlo? Wala hinhingi lang number ko

B: (looked sharp at Cha) binigay mo?

C: wala na ko chance ibigay hinila mo na ko eh.

B: sira ulo pala yun eh. Wag ka papaloko dun!

C: (napalayo) wow judgmental bentong? Malay mo magtatanong lang. sobra ka makalait…alam moba?

B: alam na ano crush mo yun?

C: grabe ka ah level up ang pagiging judgmental mo. Ewan ko sayo.

B: sapakin ko un eh

C: warfreak???

B: ewan ko sayo.

Ben couldn’t help but be pissed. Sinasabe na nga ba niya type ni carlo si baby bossing niya. Kung makatanong kagabi prang private investigator, and he was sure galig kay carlo yung follower na inalis at tinapon niya from Cha’s backpack.