STAND BY (SHE MADE ME CRY)

Chapter 5

AN: I would like to apologize about the update on this chapter. Mali ang napaste kong update. Naayos ko na po. Salamat. Enjoy reading.

Magkasabay kaming naglalakad ni MJ pauwi. Tirik ang araw. Mainit pero mahangin. Salamat sa mga puno sa buong village. Cool lang.

MJ is singing a Natalie Imbruglia’ song. Her voice is too awesome. I love her tone. Probably, her voice is one of the reasons why some girls love her.

“Dude.” She snapped.

“Bakit?” I said while my hands are inside my pockets.

“Thank you for saying yes.” She sounded seriously. Napatingin tuloy ako sa kanya. Ngayon ko lang ulit sya narinig na siryoso sa pagsasalita.

I stopped, that’s why she stopped too. I look at her, a serious look. Then, I brush her hair using my hand. It looks untidy. I smiled. She smiled back.

“Alam mo? Hindi kabawasan sa pagkatao mo ang magsuklay.” I laughed. Tinitigan nya lang naman ako. Poker face.

After that, we continue walking.

“Bakit kayo nagbreak?” I asked. ‘Di ko alam pero biglang pumasok sa isip ko ang tanong na ‘yan at kusa naman niluwa ng bibig ko.

“I realized that she’s not the right person to me.” She looked at me. “I thought I’m lucky enough to meet her. Yeah, she’s gorgeous. Ideal girl for a man but I think we’re not meant to each other.”

She explained calmly but there’s something I noticed. When she said the phrase ‘ I THINK WE’RE NOT MEANT TO EACH OTHER’ her face turned sadly. I hope she can move on and recover from the pain. Matapang naman si MJ. At naniniwala ako d’on.

“Are you happy?”

She laughed and shrugged it off. Ugh. Ano ba lumalabas sa bibig ko? Why did I ask that stupid question? Natural hindi sya masaya. Sino bang masaya kapag galing sa break up. Tss. Medyo bobo ko d’on.

“Bye dude, see you tonight.” She cracked.

‘Di ko na napansin na nasa crossing na kami ng street nila at street papunta sa’min.

“See you.” I smiled and waved my hand.

Pinauna ko na sya maglakad. Ginulo nya pa ‘yung buhok nya. And she removed her guitar to her back. Binitbit nya na lang. Then, suddenly, she turned back. She waved her hand and she smiled to me. I do the same and we continue walking in to separate streets.

Meters away from our house, I saw a girl standing in front of our residence. Paglapit ko nakilala ko sya. Hindi ko na sya pinansin. I opened the gate and closed it after, and then I went inside our front yard.

“Hoy!” She shouted. “Di mo ba ‘ko papasukin?!”

Nakakabingi ang boses nya. Daig pa ang megaphone. 

Tss. Bakit ko naman sya papasukin? Is this her house? Napailing naman ako. I ignored her. Bahala sya sa buhay nya. Mabilad sya sa araw.

“HOY BADING!” she shouted again. “PAPASUKIN MO KO!”

I opened the screen door and I walked inside our house. Then, I yelled out finding mama.

“Where’s mama?” I asked Jane, my little sister, while playing ugly dolls.

“In your room.” Malditang sagot nito sakin. 

Kinabahan akong bigla. Napatakbo na tuloy agad ako sa kwarto ko. Mabilis kong binuksan ang pinto. 

“Ma, why are you here?” I asked irritably. “’Di ba sabi ko wag kayong papasok dito?”

“Chris, I just want to clean your room. It looks dirty.” She demanded tranquilly.