That Summer When She Cried

That Cloudy Day When She Revenged

"Mahal," I whispered on his ears. He was sitting beside me, watching the last episode of the series he loves. I held his ear saka hinipan. It was a weekend and since he has no practice, he went to my place to spend time with me.

He restrained my hand and looked. His ears are quite sensitive to touch. "Po?"

I gave him an all out smile. "Bakit ang gwapo mo?"

It made him laugh. "Because a beautiful lady like you deserves a handsome guy like me," he smiled and kissed the tip of my nose. "What do you want?"

"Want agad? Hindi ba pwedeng naglalambing lang?" I pouted.

He smiled. "Tell me, Mahal. I know you. I'll do it if I can."

I smiled widely. "I want to go out and dine somewhere. Nagugutom ako e."

"Okay. Where do you want?" he said. "Tatapusin ko lang yung pinapanood ko then we'll go. Isang oras na lang naman to."

"Gutom na ako e. Please? Irereplay naman yan. I promise, aalamin ko yung next episode para mapanood mo. Or kung gusto mo irecord na lang natin para mapanood mo mamaya," I told him.

He didn't have any second thoughts when he agreed. I happily stood up and changed my clothes. We used his car to go to Greenbelt.

"Where do we eat?"

"Sa Thousand Cranes na lang tayo," I answered.

We headed to the said restaurant together. Walang masyadong tao that time and we were ushered in. Hindi pa kami nakakaupo when someone took our attention.

"Jeron! Karl!"

We both looked where it came from. What we saw was a brightly smiling Kevin, a blank faced Karim and a Kaizen whose head was bowed.

"Mahal, Kevin knows you?" Jeron asked me, surprised when Kevin called me.

"Yeah. I think so," I answered and smiled at him. We approached their table holding hands. What Jeron didn't know was that I got to meet them on a coffee shop accidentally when I went out with Jeric for a few minutes to talk. "Hi!"

"Mukhang going strong a," Kevin teased us which made us laugh.

Jeric sat on the opposite side, smiling. "Nandito din pala kayo?" he asked his brother.

"Yeah. Nagyaya si Karl kumain e. Nagugutom daw. Can we join the group Ahia?"

"Uhm... Yeah, sure," he answered.

Jeron pulled a seat for me on Kaizen's left side. On his right was Kevin then Karim. Jeron took a seat on the table facing our side. Magkaharap kami ni Jeron while seated beside his brother. Jeric Fortuna was seated beside Jeric Teng then Aljon.

"Naka-order na ba kayo?" Jeron asked. Jeric F nodded and so Jeron called for the waitress to take mine and his. "Reunion?"

Aljon smiled. "Sort of. Wala ng practice e. And Kap needed some company."

"Kung alam lang namin, sana kayong tatlo na lang pala. Nalagasan pa tuloy allowance ko," Kevin said. I felt Kaizen's feet kick somebody else's. "I was just kidding."

"Ahia, how's your guitar? Natutunan mo na ba?" Jeron asked. "It's crazy that we share the same room yet I haven't talked to you for the longest time."

"Uhm... Hindi pa," he answered. "Medyo busy lang sa school."

"I was waiting for you at home nung isang araw. Kaso wala ka. Hindi din alam ni Mommy saan ka pumunta. I wanted to see a movie sana," he told his kuya.

"S-Sorry, Shoti," he crammed. "I... I went somewhere. Hindi ko na nasabi kasi baka sumunod si Achi and si Almira."

I smiled. "Not some sort of siblings bonding?"