Serenity's Curse to Chaos (KN - Castillo Series #3)

Curse 23 - Awaken

Play this song para mas feel.

I am literally fidgeting my fingers while waiting for Skye.

I looked at the time on my phone, may ten minutes pa bago yung napagusapan naming oras. I had to come here early, kailangan kong maghanda. Though alam ko namang makakalimutan ko yung mga dapat kong sabihin pag andiyan na siya sa harap ko.

Tinititigan ko lang yung box na dala-dala ko talaga sa pizza place na 'to, at pinagtitinginan ako kanina dahil mukha akong baliw na may yakap-yakap na box papasok dito. You know just like in those movies na nawalan ng trabaho? Ganun na ganun ang itsura ko kanina!

Saka ko lang naalala na nag-text pala ako kay Chaos bago pumunta dito nang nag-notify sakin na nagreply si Chaos. Agad ko namang binasa ang text niya.

ala-king

hey, i'm gonna meet him later. wish me luck!

God I'm so nervous...

But I already made up my mind, thanks to you!

Goodluck, you can do it! Drinks on me later!

Natawa ako sa reply niya. Of course, aasahan na talaga niya na maglalasing ako later. I mean there's nothing wrong with it. I do need to celebrate for my freedom. Right? Right?

I am supposed to reply to Chaos nang nakita kong papasok na si Skye sa restaurant na 'to. He's wearing our University shirt and basketball shorts, obviously not making an effort in seeing me. Parang hinintay lang niyang mag 11:30 tapos dumiretso na agad dito mula sa kama niya.

Good thing I already ordered food for us, kasi baka hindi ko kayanin na maghintay pa ng pagkain ng hindi siya dinidiretso.

"Hi." I gave him a small smile, I can feel a lump growing inside my throat that I am dying to swallow.

"Hey." he nodded and casually took the sit in front of me. "What's up?"

I took a deep breath first before looking straight at him. Ramdam na ramdam ko ang lakas ng kabog ng dibdib ko kahit wala pa naman akong sinasabi. "I went on a vacation for the past three days..." I waited for his reaction and he just nodded. "Hmmm?" he nodded, his eyes are fixed on the pizzas in front of us. "And how was it?"

Gusto kong maiyak, andito palang kami sa puntong ito ay naiiyak na ako. How can I be so blind? Clearly ay wala siyang pake sakin, he's not even paying attention. Ganito siya parati pag may lakad kami pero hindi ko iyon napapansin because I was blinded by my love for him.

"Hindi mo lang ba ako tatanungin kung bakit hindi ako nagpaalam? Kung sino yung kasama ko? Why I left in the first place?" I managed to smile even if I'm already dying from the inside.

He raised his eyebrows looking so confused, naninibago ata siya dahil I don't act like this usually.

"Are you okay, Ren?"

Umiling ako but still smiling... painfully. "Hindi ka ba nagagalit na umalis ako ng walang paalam? You used to get angry at me back in highschool pag umaalis ako nang hindi nagte-text sayo."