"Yah! I'm just gonna go somewhere, ok? If you get bored, maglakadlakad ka dyan or what but don't go too far away. Bring your phone with you, okay?" sabi ko habang nagsusuot ng sapatos.
"Tss." Aba taray ng ninong niyo.
"Don't be too obvious that you like me. Saan ka ba pupunta?" Tanong nya pero tuloy tuloy parin sya sa pagscroll sa phone nya.
"Aba't-- porket may hawig ka kay Ken!" Umalis na ko, ayoko na makipagtalo sa isang nalaglag na bato.
"Oh! Mang Berting, ano pong ginagawa nyo rito?" Si Mang Berting, driver na namin yan mula nung 5 o 6 yata ako. Matagal na sya samin kaya alam na naming mapapagkatiwalaan.
"Ma'am naman eh! Hindi po Berting, It's..... Brent. Pinapasundo po kayo ng tatay nyo. May pag-uusapan lang daw po kayo." Tinanguan ko nalang sya at sumakay na.
Habang bumyabyahe, biglang nagvibrate yung phone ko
From: Kuya Leo, ang sinaunang noo
Hoy batang noo, wer na u. Najijinip na kami ni Dad dito!
Natawa ako. Napalingon pa sakin si Mang "Brent", akala ata katext ko si Jin na bias ko sa BTS AHE. Nagtext yung punyeta kong kuya. Yung mahilig sa pink 😂😂 Well, 'di naman siya bakla or what, nakikisakay lang siya sa tukso ko sakanya.
You
Magkwentuhan muna kayo, malayo pa kami.
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"So Leo, how's you're wife? Yung apo ko ha, medyo matagal dumating!" Talagang ngayon palang siya tatanungin ni Dad nyan ha! Kanina pa kaya si Kuya rito.
"Dad! Kakakasal palang namin. Isa pa, bat nga ba kayo naghahanap ng apo kung papapuntahin nyo ko agad dito. Edi sana--"
"Nakakaloka kayong dalawa! Sige sige kayo magchismisan, okay lang talaga di talaga ko OP!" Sabi ko habang nagtataray.
"Dad, I have to go na po pala, next time nalang tayo magchikahan AHIHIHI!"
"Ang kulit talaga nyang Kuya mo, ano? Kamusta nga pala business, anak? I heard may dalawang branch ka na raw dito. Balato naman!" Yung business na tinutukoy ni Dad ay yung chicken resto ko. Yung pinuntahan namin ni Rigel at tsaka kaya feeling close sakin si kuyang waiter kase ako may ari nun. Wala siyang bonus sa'kin ngayong darating na pasko!
"Okay naman, Dad. Si Mom po, asan?"
"Nasa puso ko!" Aba't-- talagang-- ano-- ANG KORNI!
Rigel's POV
I'm seriously bored so I decided to go for a walk. I brought my phone gaya ng sabi ni Halley. I saw couples PDA-ing in the village's park then I was like people, you'll end up with heartbreaks so why date? Gaya nung kay Halley. I wonder what Ronn looks like. Baka mukhang punching bag? Hahaha.
While browsing may lumapit sa'king babae.
"Ello, kuya ahihihi! Ekew ne be se mester right?"
"Ich bin nicht. (I'm not.)"
"Ay syet! Porener se koya! Doesn't you spoke english po?" Maarte nyang sabi
"No and please, buy a dictionary." Then I walked away. Nakakatakot pala maglakadlakad. Di na ko uulit.
Habang papabalik ako sa bahay ni Halley, I saw a man unlocking the gate.
"Excuse me." napatingin naman sya sa'kin
"Sige, daan ka na." He sarcastically said
"What?"
"Nagbibiro lang. 'Kalamo kung sinong cutie pie."He mumbled.
I looked at his tattoo.
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I looked at his eyes at para bang sa ilang segundo palang, alam ko nang hindi sya pangkaraniwang tao. Could it be..
"Sind Sie auch ein Meteorit? (Are you also a meteorite?)" Tumango sya, at huli na nyang narealize na kapareho ko siya.
We entered Halley's house and we started exchanging stories and also our names.
"Be at home lang Rigel. Maupo ka." Talagang at home ako rito, tss. Pero why do I feel like something is off? And why is this guy at my master's house?
"So, ano palang hiniling sayo?" Tanong nya sa akin. I decided to tell him everything since he's the same kind as me.
"She cannot move on with her ex and then I heard her wish calling me a shooting star. I didn't really have a name so I made one up. We ate our lunch at some... random resto na madalas pala nilang pinupuntahan. A crew recognized her and started questioning her about the guy. I looked right into her eyes and I knew she was broken inside. I exactly do not know how to start helping her."
"A she, you said. She must be pretty, huh?"
"She's beautiful." Natawa nalang ako sa sinabe ko. Pero anong magagawa ko, totoo naman. Halley is really, really beautiful.
"How about you? Anong hiniling sa'yo?"
"I was about 7 years old when I fell. A couple wished to have a child so I gave them one. But when I started leaving their company, they stopped me. They adopted me and treated my like their own child and I never regretted being their son. They are both kind people."
"That's sweet. Ano nga palang pangalan ng kapatid mo?"
"OH MAY GAD KUYA SINASABE KO NA NGA BA NAGTATAKSIL KA KAY ATE LUNA---" napatikip ng bibig si Halley. Nagulat syang prenteng nakaupo lang ako dun kasama tong si Leo.
"Kuya, let me explain!" K-kuya? Does that mean--
"EXPLAIN RIGHT NOW!" Sigaw ni Leo na nagkukunwaring walang alam.
"Woshu! Mukhang nagkakamabutihan na nga kayo dyan eh! AYIEEEEEE!"
"Don't you ever dare try to escape my question, Halley." I'm impressed. Ang galing umarte.
Halley Callisto's POV
"Don't you ever dare try to escape my question, Halley." Aish! Bat ko ba kase nalimutang naiwan nga pala si Rigel dito! Haaay!
"Ahihihi! Kase kuya, ano kwan.." I started telling the whole story. I dunno if Kuya will ever believe me but hey, I'm telling the truth.
"Halley, pasalamat ka't nagbabasa ako ng mga sci-fi stories or else di ako maniniwala sayo." Sabi ni Kuya na parang naaasar na najejebs na ewan. Nakahinga naman ang lola niyo ng maluwag.
Tiningnan ng nakakaloko ni Kuya si Rigel, "She's beautiful pala, ha." Inirapan sya ni Rugel at umiwas ng tingin. May pinag-usapan ba silang hindi ko alam? Close na sila? Kuya looked at me again with his angry eyes saying...
