To Believe Again

☆ 31: Royal Drama ☆

CIANA

Hindi ko pinahalata na sobra akong namamangha sa laki at ganda ng bahay nila Gray.

Hindi pa nga ako makarecover sa ginawa niyang paghugot sa akin, eto na naman, at mukhang madadagdagan pa.

Tahimik lang kami sa buong byahe.

Pagkababa pa lang namin ng sasakyan, sinalubong na agad kami ng 2 dozens, I think, nilang mga maids. I just nodded at them.

I know that his family is so rich. Richer than mine, but I am still amazed to the fact that his house is like a house of a Consul's. Ang laki talaga! Tapos ang ganda pa ng mga chandeliers nila! So grandeur!

Huminto siya sa paglalakad saka hinawakan ang kaliwa kong kamay kaya naman nanlaki na naman yung mata ko. And this jerk just grinned at me!

What's your not-so-good pakilig moves Mister Prince for?

Bibitaw na sana ako pero nakita ko na ang parents niya na nakatingin sa aming dalawa. Mukhang kanina pa nila kami hinihintay.

I know how to react properly. I know how to greet but their stares stop me from that.

Their looks are so intimidating.
Naupo na kami ni Gray sa tapat nila. Actually, 20-seater ang dining table nila. Nag-iisang anak lang si Mister Prince. Tapos lagi pang wala ang parents niya, pero kung makapaghamon yung mesa nila wagas!

I tried to smile when our eyes met.
His mother smiled back. Nakahinga naman ako ng maayos dahil that means, I am half-welcome. His father just ignore my presence, but that is fine.

Nagsimula ng magserve ng pagkain yung mga maids nila.

I am quietly waiting  for a simple 'hi' or one sentence from Gray to his parents. Pero wala.

So I just ate my food like the way they do it.

Their house are elegant but it's not feel like a home.

It was so big, yet so empty.

There's no warmth.

Kaya pala tahimik lang si Gray. At ngumingiti  lang siya kapag kasama niya ang tatlo.

Ganito pala ang kwento ng buhay niya.

Hindi malayo sa kwento ko.

Paano sila nakakatagal ng ganito? Sabay-sabay nga silang kumakain pero parang wala naman.

He is right. They will just act like they're a happy family.

Patapos na ako kumain nang magsalita yung mom niya.

"You are new to our eyes iha."

I smiled.

"Yes po. I am Gray's.."

I stopped because I find it hard to pick right term to describe what I am to his like he was to mine.

We're not even a friend in facebook!
We're not in good terms. Civil pwede pa.

Mukha namang naintindihan ni Gray kaya sinalo niya ako.

"She's my girlfriend."

Agad na napatingin ako sa sinagot niya! What the hell?!
Kung may kinakain lang ako baka naibuga ko na at nakalimutan ko na ang table manners. Gago ba siya?

Girlfriend?! No way!!!

His father stops from eating.
He put down the utensils.
He wiped his lips.
While her mom's reaction was, "oh."

Sinipa ko yung paa niya. I heard him gasped. Well, fuck him! He deserved that!

"Since when?"

His father asked.