The First and Last

Chapter 17 - Feelings

Yuna's POV:

Tawa kame ng tawa ni bex sa cafè habang inaantay namin si Yancey ang sabi nya may sasabihin sya samin.

Malayo pa lang nakikita ko na si Yancey, Oh shit kasama nya si Claude. Nakakainis talaga kapag magkasama sila. Should i just leave? Pero may sasabihin si Yancey and i'm curious kung about san yun.. papasok na sila dito sa cafe. Nakatitig si Claude sakin, pero di ko sya kayang tignan, i don't know why, Maybe because nasasaktan ako kapag nakikita ko silang magkasama? Siguro sasabihin na ni Yancey na sila na. Crap di ko kakayanin huhu..

"Hi guys!! Kanina pa ba kayo?" Binati agad kame ni Yancey, i just looked at her and Claude then biglang iwas ng tingin ko sa kanya at tumingin sa labas ng cafe.

"No we just arrived.." sagot ni Jazz.

"Oh.. so uhm.. let's sit ulap? By the way, my isa pang darating so while waiting let's order?" Umupo na silang dalawa, kausap ko lang si bex pero napapansin kong tinititigan ako ni Claude, i wanna talk to him but i have to avoid him.

"Yuna"

"Ano ba yung masarap sa dito? I feel so hungry di kasi ako nakapag breakfast.." bigla kong kinuha ang menu at naghanap ng food, i know claude wants to talk to me but i can't, i'm not ready to talk to him, nasasaktan ako, baka nga yun yung sasabihin ni Yancey samin, na sila na dalawa, oh my god magbebreak down ata ako ngayon, i wanna go home.. pano ko ba sasabihin kay Bex? tumawag si mom? But no kailangan magring ang phone ko. Ano ba dahilan ang pwede? Sumama pakiramdam ko? Sumakit chan ko? OH GOD!!

Sisikuhin ko na sana si bex sa tagiliran nya para ayain ng umuwi or mauuna na lang ako ng may dumating na gwapong foreigner green ang kulay ng mata at medyo dark blonde ang kulay ng buhok na papalapit samin.

"Hey bro!" Bro? Sino tinatawag nyang bro?

Lumingon si Claude sa poging lalake pati narin si Yancey na tila sobrang saya nya nung nakita nya ang dumating na lalake.

"Daryl, bro? You're here?" Lumapit si Claude at niyakap ito na may halong tuwa habang si Yancey naman eh masayang nakatitig sa bagong dating na bisita, ng matapos yakapin ni Claude yung foreigner sumunod si Yancey pero iba ang pagkakayakap nya, na para bang sobrang miss na nya ito. "Daryl!!"

"Babe, i missed you" babe? Tinawag ng foreigner na babe si Yancey?? Nagtinginan lang kame ni Jazz na para bang nagulat kame dahil tinawag ng foreigner na babe si Yancey at Bro naman kay Claude.

"I missed you too! So much! C'mon let's sit, you must be hungry.." pinaupo ni Yancey yung foreigner sa gitna nila ni Claude. "Oh guys! This is Daryl, Claude's older brother. Daryl Babe, they are our friends that i want you to meet, Jasmine and Yuna"

"Oh you're Yuna? This is the famous Yuna that my broth.." bigla syang tinapik ni Yancey at si Claude biglang tinignan si Daryl na para bang sinesenyasan nya ito na tumahimik na sa pamamagitan ng seryosong titig.

"Nice to meet u Jasmine and Yuna." Inabot ni Daryl ang kanyang kamay samin para makipagkamay.. "nice to meet you too Daryl, you can call me Jazz just like everyone" kinamayan ni Jazz si Daryl.

"So how's my baby doin without me?" Nagtaka kame ni Jazz, tama ba ang iniisip namin pareho na si Yancey ang tinutukoy nyang babe or baby nya? Biglang napatanong si Jazz. "Baby?"

"Oh, i forgot to tell you guys, Daryl is my bestfriend slash boyfriend" explain ni Yancey. "Oh" napa-Oh lang ako dahil sa nalaman ko, oh God akala ko may something sila ni Claude, yun pala ang boyfriend ni Yancey eh yung older brother ni Claude na si Daryl, shet masyado naman kasi akong assuming, pinagselosan ko yung babaeng hindi ko naman pala dapat pagselosan.

"Yes! Yanessa is my girlfriend she's the love of my life, we've been together for almost 2 years now.. i'm just letting my brother watch her for me while i'm away.." sabi ni Daryl.

Omg 2 years? Like pano? We all know Yanessa studied and lived in America but wala naman syang naikukwento sa amin about the Daryl guy and even Claude never talked about na may brother sya and full blood american pa! Well Claude is half he never talked about his self.. like never ever! Hindi nya nasabi kung bakit sya at ang mama nya lang ang nandito i never even saw his father kahit sa picture lang.

"Wait! Seriously guys i'm confuse haha, how did you became brothers?" Biglang tanong ko out of confusion and curiousity.

"Oh my brother never told you? shame, As always he's so quiet when it comes to talking about family. Well my father and his mom met in America when I was still 1, since my mother died while giving birth to me dad needs a woman to be his wife and take care of me, dad fell in love with her and got married then mom well his mom, got pregnant few months later, we moved to Philippines after she gave birth to Claude and lived here for many years but when Claude turned 10 dad and mom got divorced then me and dad went back to America."

So that's the reason why i never saw his dad. At least his family ain't that fucked up like ours, dad left us and never came back.

"So what now?" Biglang singit ni Yancey "ulap, aren't you going to talk with Yuna?" Napatingin si Claude kay Yancey dahil sa sinabi nya.

"I don't know if Yuna wanna talk to me" napayuko ako sa sinabi ni Claude, it's my fault i know. Nagselos ako kahit hindi naman pala dapat, hindi ko kasi alam eh i should have asked di yung nagpapadala ako agad sa emotion ko..

"Is there something wrong babe? Bro?"

"Nothing babe, its just these two people who's secretly in love with each other doesn't want to talk, your brother probably needs a push by his big bro"

Secretly in love? Anong ibig sabihin ni Yancey? Di naman nya alam na i have feelings for Claude, i looked at Jazz and seems like Jazz doesn't want to look at me. Bumulong ako kay Jazz. "Bex, anong ibig sabihin ni Yancey?"

"Bex kasi.." unfortunately yancey heard me asking at bigla syang sumingit samin ni Jazz.

"Actually Yuna, pinilit ko si Jazz na sabihin ang reason why ur avoiding Claude so nagusap kame at gumawa ng way para magkausap kayo ulet.. Ulap here likes you, i didn't know na i was the reason pala so i asked you out and i didn't tell you na kasamavcvcv si Claude because i know di ka sasama.. eto naman si Claude natotorpe so i talked to Daryl to give him a little push that is why he is here.. well another reason din yun kaya andito sya." Napatingin lang ako kay Yancey sa sinabi nya.

Habang naguusap sina Daryl, Yancey at Jazz, biglang lumapit sakin si Claude at kinausap ako..

"Yuna? I didn't know bakit bigla kang umiiwas sakin, i didn't know that i'm already hurting you cuz of Yancey, i should have told you about my brother and Yancey nung simula pa lang. Hinde sana tayo dumating sa point na iiwasan mo ako.. i really didn't know.. i'm sorry for being so numb.." i looked at claude's eyes and naramdaman ko ang sincerity nya sa paghinge ng sorry.. why is he even asking for forgiveness? Ako naman yung may kasalanan, i became so mean to him dahil sa pagiging assuming ko.

"Claude, it should be ang dapat na magsorry.. Akala ko talaga may something kayo ni Yancey, i'm sorry i became so assuming and i thought na yung Y na tinutukoy mo is Yancey.."

Bigla nyang kinuha ang kamau ko at hinawakan.

"It was you Yuna.. di ko masabisabi sayo kasi i got scared baka lalayuan mo ako and i can't live with that.. Yuna, i know this sounds crazy but i like you simula nung di mo na ako kinausap i realized that i can't take it anymore, hiding what i really feel for you.. i want to be always by your side..I like you Yuna"