The Art and Science of Love (Of Love #1)

Chapter Six

"Goodbye, small brat," paalam niya sa'kin at ngumiti signaling na endearment, however quite mean it seems to others, niya lang 'yun sa'kin.

"Whatever, Ju." I answered him with a smile bago binalik yung tingin sa textbook ko for Biochem. Of all the sciences, second weakness ko ang chemistry and I don't know why. Buti pa sa Cancer Biology nagkakaline of 9 pa'ko pero dito hanggang 89 lang. Sakit.

"Good riddance."

Napatingin ako kay Jasper while he scrunched his forehead while facing me.

"Jas... it's been two weeks pero hindi ka pa tapos sa pagdislike kay Ju?"

Ganon ba talaga siya kathreatened sa kanya? Malapit na nga silang magkabalikan ni Jasmine, e.

Lalong kumunot yung noo niya then he scoffed while looking at some place that wasn't here. He looked... a bit lost.

"Two weeks mo pa lang nakakasama si Joule Valdez pero may nickname na kayo sa isa't-isa. Hindi ba masyadong mabilis, Em? Pagkatapos ng one month wag kang iiyak-iyak dahil nagkagusto ka na sa kanya at 'di niya kayang tumigil sa pambababae, Ia."

I should be mad at him for mocking me by calling me that and I'm actually angry right now.

"Ia"? I hate that nickname. Just one guy and it was ruined for me.

Yun yung nickname ko bago ako unang mabroken hearted. Yung nickname ko na sana hanggang ngayon ay ginagamit ko pa rin if that bastard called R---- if that piece of shit didn't soil that name. Now everytime na naririnig ko yung pangalan na yun, all I could hear was how gently he utters it pag tinatawag niya ako, how he murmurs it in my ear every after intoxicating kiss we shared, at kung paano siya nagpaalam sa akin at pinira-piraso ang pride at puso ko.

Sorry, Ia. I enjoyed your company, Ia. Goodbye, Ia. I really like you, you know, Ia.

Then just a week after niyang makaalis sa bahay, may posts na siya sa facebook with a different girl at in a relationship na siya? Fuck his words.

"Sorry," he said nang napansin yung pagbabago ng timpla ng mukha ko. Silence followed.

Nakipagtitigan siya sa'kin while I stared back with as much as impassiveness as I could but in the end, I couldn't pretend to be okay kaya iniwanan ko na lang siya dahil ayokong kung anno pa ang masabi ko sa kanya. I needed to cool myself down.

Hindi ko siya pinansin the rest of the day at hindi naman niya ako ginulo. Alam niya yung kasalanan niya, alam kong irrational ako ngayon.

Dalawang beses kong nakasalubong si Avo this day at unlike before, hindi na siya tumigil sa harap ko at nakipagtitigan na parang may ineexpect sakin. Hindi ko na rin kwinestiyon ang sarili ko tungkol dun since ayoko na na sumakit yung ulo ko. Sapat na yung pagkainis ko kay Jasper ngayon.