CHAPTER 30: IT SHOULD'VE BEEN ME

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*NEHIA'S P.O.V*

after i took the call from Sean, i went back dun sa pwesto namin sa canteen and when i got back, i saw na wala na si Cray and ang naiwan nalang dun ang barkada na tahimik na kumain

something's wrong, and i can feel it, but before i could talk naunahan na'ko

"asa GYM na siya, mauna na daw siya dun ee..." agad-agad na sabi ni Vincent na parang hindi ko maipinta ang mukha and he seemed so cold nang sabihin niya 'yun.

parang there's no emotion in him nang sabihin niya

"sigesige. thanks Beki, una narin ako. sundan ko lang aa? byeee..." sabi ko then waved goodbye at them and then took my things sabay alis sa canteen

as i'm headed sa GYM, i took my phone and text him

*MESSAGE*

TO: CRAY

"ui. Boss! daya mo aa! nang-iwan ka dun! bad ka! tampo ako aa! TSK!"

after i sent the message at him naagaw ng isang paper na nakapaskil sa bulletin board ang atensyon ko so i stopped and read it

it's about an announcement para sa coming inter-school competition next month

after reading it, dumiretso na agad akong GYM

i was already at the entrance of the GYM when i saw a guy na nakasalampak sa floor

i know it's him

i know it's Cray

i know him. kahit malayo pa lang, kilalang-kilala ko na siya lalo na yung jersey niya

i was about to go near him when Anna came into the picture and started talking

hindi nila ako napansin, i hide myself para hindi nila ako lalong mapansin

kita kong iba ang emotion na nasa mukha ni Cray ngayon...

i know there's a problem

i know there's something going on

i was trying to go near them para sana marinig ko ang usapan nila kaso hindi ko magawa kasi pumaharap sa direction ko si Cray... baka mapansin niya ako so nag-stay nalang ako and i watched them in a far distance.

i can't understand some things that they say, all i can hear are the mumbles of their words

gustong gusto kong lapitan ngayon ang bestfriend ko

i wanna comfort him, pero i can't...

there's someone else that's doing my job, which it should've been me

maya-maya pa, tumabi na si Anna kay Cray sa pagkakaupo sa floor

i felt a bit of an ache in my heart

naramdaman kong unti-unting parang may tumutusok sa puso ko habang pinapanuod ko silang dalawa na magkausap at magkatabi na imbis ay ako ang gumagawa

MASAKIT

masakit makitang ibang tao ang kasama niya ngayon, when it should've always been me

lalo na ang makitang ibang tao ang nagko-comfort sakaniya at gumagawa ng mga bagay na dapat ay ikaw ang gumagawa para sakaniya

instead na ikaw ang kasama niya at this kind of times in his life, hindi...

ibang tao ang nakikita mong nagko-comfort sa taong dapat ikaw ang umaasikaso

sa taong maong pero hindi mo magawang umamin

i closed my eyes trying to forget everything that ran in my mind this last few minutes

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