Change and Chances

Chapter 19 - His Way

Another semester once again started and Aramis is still giving me the cold shoulders.

He doesn't hold any long conversations with me. Naging isang tanong, isang sagot nalang ang nangyayari. He refused to look at me straight in the eyes at kung titingnan man nya ako, I won't see the usual warmth I always see in his eyes before.

Aramis also stopped giving me those melting smiles. It became forced or nothing at all. He stopped sneaking in to sleep in my room in the middle of the night as well.

It's like what Chad stated, he's serious about me that the jealousy is eating him up.

I already apologized regarding the matter about Chad however, he just shrugged and nodded and after that he started treating me like that.

"Aramis, it's not what you think."

I tried telling him though it only sounded like an excuse.

"It really doesn't matter what I think, hindi ba, Ashinyah?" he retorted on a cold note.

I'll admit that I got kind of surprised on the way he just called my name. Gusto kong mainis.

"That's not—"

"Hindi mo na kailangan pang magpaliwag sa akin. Naiintindihan ko. Iyon naman talaga ang kailangan kong gawin hindi ba? Ang unawain ka." Sabi nyang muli.

"Aramis, I'm sorry." I told him once again but he just stared at me, forcedly nodded his head and turned away from me.

Nagsisimula na akong mainis sa inaasal nya. Still, I decided to let it go and I didn't apologize any further. It would only become annoying.

Besides, my pride, which is higher than the Eiffel Tower, won't let me do that and I really didn't do anything wrong in the first place.

Aramis and I had our arguments before but, this is the first time that we had a fight like this that none of us wanting to back down.

I mean, why would I? I've done my part. He should do his.

But, if this is the part he wants to play, okay then.

The guys and my best friends noticed what's happening yet, they didn't say anything or rather, hindi talaga sila nakialam. I think they wanted us to solve this thing on our own or we won't have any progress regarding our relationship.

"Nag-alala lang ng husto sa iyo si senyorito kaya ganoon na lamang ang kanyang inaasal." Yves then said to me.

"Nagseselos kamo." Natatawang sabi naman ni Axl.

"Kung ganoon man ang kanyang nararamdaman, karapatan nya rin iyon." sagot naman ni Dimitri kay Axl.

"Ngunit mas makakabuti na rin kung ating hahayaan pansamantala si senyorito. Mahirap kausapin iyon kapag ganitong galit sya. At baka mas lalong lumala pa ang galit nya kung makikialam tayo." Lucien finalized and none of them even protested.

"It's for the best."

This isn't how I wanted to start the semester.

I even imagined us going to the university na nagtatawanan early in the morning and would meet each other kapag nataon na nag-match ang mga vacant namin. O di kaya'y makita lang namin ang mukha ng isa't isa sa campus, it would make us feel a little better.

However, it's obvious that Aramis doesn't want to talk to me so, why bother? Hinayaan ko nalang din na pumasok kaming walang imik sa isa't isa mula breakfast hanggang sa makarating kami ng school.