Rachel’s POV
“Sana magkasama tayo sa isang grupo no? Wala pa naman din ako masiyadong kilala dito.” Panimula ko.
“Oo nga no? Ayaw ko mapunta sa ibang group. Nakakarindi na lalo na pag puro babae yung mga makakasama ko, hindi kami makapag-concentrate sa ginagawa namin.” Aniya.
“Oo na sige. Ikaw na gwapo.” I replied sarcastically.
Pano naman kasi di na siya nahiya. Ang dami ng tao dito. Hello?! And the worst, halos babae nandito. They’re looking at our direction, to be specific, sa akin sila nakatingin. They’re staring at me like they want to kill me. Seriously, what’s with Austin? I find him a little bit annoying. Like duh?! He’s a womanizer. Wait. Let me rephrase it. He’s a casanova. Well since I don’t have any proof that he’s really a womanizer. Does he like having short s*xual relationship with women? Something like that. Basta. I won’t accuse him muna. By the way, after 5 minutes, the event will start na. I and Austin, we’ll be together. Together talaga yung term ko? We’re on the same group. Yun nalang. Kaming dalawa yung gagawa ng concept para sa mural. Since Earth Day daw ngayon, we’ll paint about nature. So after 15 minutes, I guess, natapos na namin yung concept and we started doing it on the wall. We mixed a lot of colors. It’s fun fun fun. We made it for just about an hour and half. We had a great team work, right? After that, Austin said he’ll treat me. Sino ba naman ako para tumanggi sa libre diba? So nagpaalam na kami sa mga nakasama namin. We exchanged numbers. Well, actually ako lang pala. Ayaw ibigay ni Austin yung number niya sa mga nakasama namin eh. Choosy lang ang peg ni Ausungot. Sabi ko itext nila ako pag awarding na. Nako! Asa pa kaming mananalo kami. Well di naman masamang mangarap.
We went to the canteen. Since I’m not on a diet today kasi nga treat niya, Carbonara nalang inorder ko. Carbs carbs carbs. Nakakataba. Nakigaya din siya sakin. So pareho kami ng kinakain. Umupo na kami.
“Enjoying my treat?” Asked Austin.
“Yes. Of course this is a treat. Hahaha. Ano ba nakain mo at nanlibre ka?” I asked out of curiosity.
“Well, I’m just considering this as our first date.” Seryoso niyang sabi.
“Alam mo Austin, para ka talagang sira.” Sagot ko sabay tawa.
“I’m dead serious." Tinignan niya ako ng marahan.
“Umayos ka asungot. Uupakan talaga kita.” I felt my heart skipped a beat.
“Kahit pa upakan moko dito, seryoso ako sa sinabi ko.” He really is serious about it. He’s directly looking at me. And with his serious looking face, I can say that he really is.
An angel passed by. Tumahimik kami eh. Now what? He’s only talking about date. Ayaw ko pa naman pinag-uusapan bagay na yan. It brings memories. Happy and sad memories. It brings back what happened before. Before when I was still deeply in love. Back then when I was not a manhater. When I was happy with him. But as the time flew, I saw the real him. He’s a jerk. A total jerk. He’s a playboy. He said ako lang. Ang dami ko palang kalaro sa puso niya. I'm gonna have to stop. I’m reminiscing the good and bad times again.
“H-hey. What happened to you? Why are you crying?” Pagtatakang tanong ni Austin.
“Who’s crying?” I denied.
“You. Who else am I talking to? D*mn. I’m sorry.” Nagpapanik na siya.
Did he just cussed? Hinawakan ko pisngi ko and then I realized, tumulo pala luha ko. Sensitive ba? Oo sa topic na yun.
