Nevermore

Chapter 25: thief

Nang bitiwan ko ang tshirt nya, mabilis syang lumayo sa akin na para bang napaso ko sya.

"You have to stop doing that." He muttered under his breath as he trained his wild eyes on the road

"What exactly?" I couldn't help my bitter tone. Ganun ba kasama yung kiss para mag request sya na wag ko na ulitin?

"Alam mo kung anong sinasabi ko." He had a white knuckled grip on the steering wheel

"I'm sorry, I don't," I quipped

"Quit playing dumb, Achila,"

He actually had the audacity to string my name and the word dumb in a single sentence. My fingers dug into my palms as I clench them

"Dumb? Me? Maybe you're right," I glared at him "because I usually do not use my head, I just act on impulse. Kase kung palagi akong mag iisip sa bawat gagawin ko pano naman ako sasaya?" I looked away from him and leaned my head againts the window. I focused on the rain splattering on the clear glass instead of the man whose eyes seem to unravel me

"If you use your head all the dāmn time, you'll always be second-guessing," I scoffed as I wrapped my arms around me to keep me warm "where's the fun in that?" I frowned at the window

"Stop frowning as if I broke your heart. I only asked you to stop stealing kisses from me," my head snapped up "because I might just do the same."

My breath caught in my chest. Tama ba ang pag kakarinig ko sa kanya? Or am I reading too much into his words? But before I could contemplate the answer to my own questions, warmth and the smell of mint and firewood enveloped my senses

"...W-What's t-this?" I clutched the fabric and breathed in the intoxicating scent

"Its a jacket." He explained as if I had an IQ below sea level. I knew it was a jacket, all right! But what for!

I seemed to have spoken that out loud because he immediately replied

"I thought you're cold?" He narrowed his cold gray eyes at me and in the dim light, his eyes seemed to glow

He sighed "You see, kung nilalamig ka, you could have just asked for a jacket." I blushed furiously at his sarcastic undertone but I gripped the jacket tighter.

Mababasa lang kung isusuot ko, but because of it I'm a lot less cold although in the back of my mind, I keep thinking that the kiss was so much better.

"San ba tayo pupunta?" Sinubukan kong hulaan sa pamamagitan ng pag sulyap sa bintana pero sa lakas ng ulan sa labas ay wala halos akong makita

I could have imagined it, but I swear his lips quirked up in an involuntary smile "Hindi ba may mga utang na kaylangan mong bayaraan sakin?"

I shuddered at the way he phrased it "Yes, but I thought...ililibre lang kita ng kape to make up for everything," I replied lamely

"And here I am expecting a grand gesture," he glanced at me with another one of his almost smile. My heart almost jumped out of my chest "you think coffee will be enough?" He inquired

"The coffee won't but my presence would be more than enough," I smiled triumphantly "but on second thought, maybe I need something stronger than that acrid beverage."

He glanced at me "You still don't like the taste?" I shook my head and scrunch my nose up

He chuckled. He actually chuckled!

He noticed the silence and glanced at me "Why are you looking at me like that?

I blinked " I never knew you had actual emotions, alam mo na, palagi ka kasing poker face,"

"Just because I don't show them doesn't mean I don't have them. Don't be too quick to judge."

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A/N: Happppppy Newwww year!