His First, Her Last

1. His First

Kung tapunan mo ako ng bomba ay hindi ako magugulat. Baka pulutin ko pa iyon at ibalik sa'yo.

But this one, it was different.

A slender and white hand wrapped around my arm. I gazed down at it and found myself comparing that thin hand to my muscular arm. The hand was pretty to look at, it was quite slender, as if you could almost see the delicate joints. Then my eyes went up to a long sleeve beige sweater then to a chin, pouty lips, straight nose, smokey bored looking eyes behind a pair of eyeglasses and straight brows.

"You are Kazhe Tokugawa, right?" She asked. The ice-cold and emotionless voice was like a wind blowing through my skin. I arched my eyebrow. "Are you willing to pop my cherry? Ah no—what I mean is, you need to pop my cherry."

Kamuntikan ng bumagsak ang panga ko sa sinabi niya. Pero ang mga pinsan at kakambal ko na si Klyde Tokugawa, ay hindi napigilang bumagsak ang mga panga at ang mga gamit sa sahig.

I didn't say any words as a response. I was still stunned into immobility by the sheer audacity of her actions, which had stopped me from my tracks.

Nagsalubong ang kaniyang mga kilay at biglang napahawak sa kaniyang ilong. Maya maya pa'y nakita kong may tumulong dugo mula sa butas niyon. Then she rushed outside the elevator with her gray luggage in tow and her hair flowing like a water on loose.

Nang lumiko siya sa hallway ay doon lang siya nawala sa paningin namin. Pero nanatili kaming nakatayong lahat doon at namamangha. And I didn't even know whether to laugh or cry at the moment.

Reiki Tokugawa, my cousin, was the one who broke the silence. He barked out a laugh, he laughed till his face were red. And I wouldn't even doubt if he happened to have an internal injury due to excessive laughing.

Hindi makapaniwalang umiling ako. Naghagalpakan na rin ng tawa silang lahat. Mas nangingibabaw nga lang ang kay Reiki. Pero umangat ang sulok ng labi ko nang maalala ang babae kanina.

Was her brain poor muddled? And she even said it with a straight face, without showing any emotion. Kung sa ibang babae nanggaling iyon ay baka kainisan ko pa pero imbis na mainis ay nakaramdam ako ng aliw kahit papaano.

Dumiretso na kami sa condo unit namin. Although si Klyde lang at ako ang may unit dito, nakikisingit lang sila. Nakatira kasi ang mga anak ni Tito Kenjie sa mansion nila sa Angel Palace. It was a subdivision here in Laguna. It was split into several tiers. The best one was undoubtedly where Tito Kenjie and his wife, Tita Reinalyn stayed. And of course, along with our grandparents. There was a fish pond and a garden at the back, it took up the most land area. The next one was my father's residence, Kurt Tokugawa.

Magkatapat ang unit namin ni Klyde, pero mas doon sila mag-s-stay dahil alam nilang ayoko ng magulo. Tho pumayag naman akong sa'kin si Reiji. Dahil sa limang anak ni Tito Kenjie, ito ang pinakamatino.

Nagtatawanan sila nang makapasok ako sa unit ni Klyde. Klyde and I are not identical, magkaibang magkaiba rin ang ugali naming dalawa. Kaya nga minsan napapaisip sila Mommy na baka ang magkapatid ay ako at si Reiji dahil pareho kaming seryoso, lalo na sa trabaho.

Natigil sa pagtawa si Reiki nang makita ako. "Oy, Kazhe!"

Tinaasan ko siya ng kilay at inagaw ang lagayan ng popcorn ni Keira. Umupo ako sa tabi niya at nakinood din ng Resident Evil.

"Naalala mo 'yong babae kanina?" Nagtawanan sila nang marinig ang tanong ni Reiki. I grunted. "Baka ine-extort ka lang no'n!"