At nung sinundan namin, lumabas sila sa may rooftop na. Anong gagawin nila rito? Sumilip kami like the spy does. You know? Like ninjas or detective on action. Something like that. Anyways. Back to where we are. Fifth floor, roof top. Anong gagawin nila rito? At dahil medyo tahimik sa part nato, medyo naririnig namin sila.
"Uhm what do you mean Megan?" Isaiah's voice ate the silence. Sobrang linaw nga eh
"Yun yung nangyari samin. So I run away from home. I just need to unwind" Megan with her broken voice speaks.
Maybe it really is a problem.
"Sorry to hear that"
"It's ok, thanks for being with me today. I do appreciate that"
"OK lang"
Ichi look at me with his sorry expression, I just smile bitterly and show him a thumbs up saying that I'm ok. He really lied to me, but I know from the very start na may purpose yung pagsisinungaling nya.
"Uhm Megan, listen" Isaiah's voice was full of nervousness.
"Yeah?"
"Uhm ano kasi. Ano hindi lang yun yung sadya ko kasi---"
"Ano yun?"
"Megan uhm......" nauutal na sabi ni Isaiah at wari ko'y pinagpapawisan na sya
He suddenly hold Megan's hand. At parang may sasabihin pa sa kanya
Ichi put his hands on my both ears. 0_____0! What the!
"Hey!" I whisper on him then I look at him. He's serious.
Tinanggal nya yung isang kamay na nasa kanang tenga ko at bumulong
"Your my slave, if I want you to don't listen. Just follow it you hear me?" at binalik yung kamay nya para takpan yung tenga ko. He pull me up at tumayo kami. The two didn't noticed us so ok lang na medyo lumabas kami sa pinagtataguan namin. Ichi was focus on watching them both
But what the hell is he thinking? Tingin ba nya hindi ko maririnig yung conversation nila by just putting his hands on my ears? May naririnig parin ako sa pag uusap nila pero it's just a blurr. Like they're soak in water at dun nag usap. Naririnig ko pero hindi ko maintindihan.
Then nakita ko yung expression ni Megan at Isaiah sa isa't isa. They look so sincere looking at each other. Ano na bang nangyayari. Then Megan lean on one of the walls and smile. She explore Isaiah's face with her fingers then up to his hair and smile. Isaiah put his hands on Megan's face and scoop it. As I watch them, even I didn't hear them. I read their expressions and even tried to read their lips.
'Thank you for telling me' I guess that was Megan's sentence. I just assumed it
'I love you' Isaiah said as I read it
'I love you too' Megan replies
I LOVE YOU. I LOVE YOU? As I assumed that that was the word Isaiah said, I just stand like a frozen statue and my heart beats fast but aching. What the hell is going on here? Si......sila na ba? Sana mali yung basa ko. I look at Ichi and expecting his face to be so angry or mad. Pero as I look up, I saw his expression. It was blank, he has no expression at all. He heard it all na malinaw kaya inaasahan ko na magbabago ang expression nya. YUng susugod sya sa kanila or something.
"Ichi" I whisper on my breath
"Saia" he said with his cold voice. Ngayon ko lang ulit narinig ang boses nya, his voice that brings into my spine. Even his voice was blank anyway.
And before we walk away. Nakita ko na yung mukha ni Isaiah, malapit sa mukha ni Megan. They smile at each other, at parang alam na namin kung ano ang susunod na mangyayari.
And before I knew it, my tears began to fall. At nung palapit na ang mukha ni Isaiah kay Megan. Biglang dumilim ang paligid. Anong nangyari? Malinaw na ulit ang pandinig ko pero dumilim naman ang paligid.
Before I realized it, Ichi put his hand on my eyes. At he breath on the nape of my neck.
"Enough of eavsdropping" then he pull me using his free hand. And just guide me out of the roof top. Nakatakip parin yung kamay nya habang naglalakad kami.
At maya maya pa, inalis nya yung kamay nya. Basa yung kamay nya because yeah. I'm still crying. Silent. Shocked. Nakaupo ako sa may staircase at sya nakatayo habang nakasandal sa pader. Pinupunsan yung basang kamay gamit ang scarf nya. He then look at me, nailang sya kaya imbis na magsabi ng kung ano. He just throw the scarf on my lap at lumuhod sa harap ko. Tumitig lang ako sa scarf na nasa harapan ko at natuluan lang ng luha na patuloy paring umaagos mula sa mata ko.
Oo hindi ko nakita yung nangyari pero umiiyak parin ako. I look at him and he's just watching me crying. Napaatras ako ng konti because it's creepy kaya! Anlapit nya masyado para panoorin ang sore loser heart broken little girl na umiyak.
"Did you do that on purpose?" I asked, words between the line as I sob then speak
"Ano? Tell me"
"I can bear the pain as much as you do. I don't cry like you so I better just shut your ears and eyes para hindi ka na mas masaktan"
"At ikaw? Hindi ka ba nasaktan? Ano ka pusong bato"
"Baka kasi mabalitaan ko na lang nagpatiwakal ka dahil sa mga narinig at nakita natin kanina. Kargo de konsensya ko pa" still as cold as ever
"The hell I will!"
He just look away. "Just don't cry"
"Sasabihin mo lang naman diba?"
His eyes are still somewhere but I saw it, he was hurt, he doesn't want to admit it.
"Ichi" I tone up my voice then sobs begin to lure it away. My voice was shaking then I put my head on my lap and cry.
He tap my head at tumabi sakin. What the hell happened? Panaginip lang to diba? This is a joke! A bad joke for the both of us actually.
"Saia stop"
"Don't order me around stupid! Ano? Ganyan ka na lang? Wala ka ba talagang expressions? Bato ka nalang? Malamig ka nalang? Hindi ka ba nasaktan? Ayos karin eh no? Sana akin na lang yang expressions mo para hindi na ko ganto"
He was silent but his eyes are pleading to just listen to him.
"I'm hurt as you are" he said it at napatunhay ako at nakita yung mukha nya. It was really a blank piece of tablet.
"What?"
"You heared me"
"Pero ganyan ka ba talaga masaktan? O nagpapaka best actor ka nanaman?"
"Just stop it ok? Wala na tayong magagawa sa ngayon"
"Anong wala? Ichi meron pa! Try to talk to her at ako naman aaminin ko na sa kanya para tapos na"
"Kung ganun lang ba yung kadali" he pick the scarf on my lap at pinunasan yung luha ko
"Stop it ok? I'm taking you home" tumayo sya at naibagsak sa lap ko yung scarf and walk away. Pinunasan ko muna yung mata ko at tumakbo para sundan sya.
Narating namin yung parking lot kung saan nakaparada yung kotse nya. Umalis na kami agad agad. Tahimik kami bakit? Yup we're shocked. It was so sudden but it hurts. Ramdam ko si Ichi because I feel how he feels. The tears starts to fall again and I can't help it but to sob, he was probably annoyed now. Pero hindi nya ko sinita ngayon. Nung nagsawa na ko sa pagiyak tumungo na lang ako para subukang matulog. We're still on Ortigas and he take the C5 route. What a genius! Gusto nya ba ng traffic? Linggo pa naman at hapon na, marami ng sasakyan.
"C5? Really?" he ignored me and I just slump myself at nanahimik.
"Tapos ka na ba mag drama?" he asked at tinaasan ko sya ng kilay. I just nod.
"Good"
"What do you mean good?"
"We can finally talk"
At ano naman ang pag uusapan namin?
BINABASA MO ANG
The Rule Number 22
Romance"Just because we appear as lovers, doesn't mean we really are. I overheard something, he overheard something then BAM! We're now in a relationship"
