Deal or no Deal (#teambabe)

6

Mika's POV

Muli ay huminga sya ng malalim and seriously stared at Mika.

"Can i court you?" Fudge! Hindi alam ni Alyssa saan sya kumuha ng lakas ng loob para masabi yun oh kung anong pinaghuhugutan nya para sa tanong na yun.

Mika's jaw literally dropped at Alyssa's question.

Lasing na ba to at akong napagtitripan? She thought while still staring in the woman in front of her who also holds her stare.

"What did you just say?" She instead asks buying herself some time to process the event just happened.

"Hindi ko na kayang ulitin."namula ito at yukong yuko na halos isubsob na ang mukha sa lamesa.

"Okay."akala naman nya pipilitin ko sya. Narinig nya naman yung sinabi nito. Gusto nya lang makasiguro sa narinig.

Wala ng naglakas loob na magsalita ulit. Paminsan minsan ay nahuhuli nilang nakatingin ang isa't isa at agad magbabawi ng tingin.

Maya maya ay napatingin sila sa stage dahil naghahanda na ang bagong set ng banda na tutugtog. Napansin nya naman na hindi mapakali si Alyssa.

Problema na naman nito. Hinila pa pababa ang suot na cap.

"Good evening everyone! Isa na namang makulay na sabado."tawag pansin ng sa tingin nya ay vocalist at guitarist at the same time dahil sa hawak na gitara. "Pero bago ang lahat, pwede bang mahingi ang atensyon ng vocalist namin? Nasaan ka man tumayo ka na dyan at ng makapagsimula na tayo. Mamaya ka na magpakalasing."

So lasenggo ang vocalist. Tsk! Nanghihinayang na napailing si Mika. May mga tao talaga na mahilig ilagay sa alanganin yung sarili. Alam na hindi makakabuti pero sige pa din.

Everyone inside the bar remain quiet as they all anticipate for the said vocalist. Lumipas ang 5 minuto at walang tumayo.

"Nako. Mukha pong may topak yung vocalist namin. Kaya pagtiisan nyo na lang po muna kami."natawa naman ang mga guest sa bar.

When they started singing, its when she thinks if they really have an MIA vocalist. Magaling sila at hindi naman mukhang kulang ng myembro.

Napatingin ako kay Alyssa na hanggang ngayon ay nakayuko pa din.

"Hindi ka ba nangangawit Alyssa?"basag nya sa katahimikan sa pagitan nilang dalawa. Agad naman itong nag-angat ng tingin and gave a confused looks. "Kanina ka pa kasi nakayuko eh. Ganun ba ko kapangit at hindi mo matagalan yung mukha ko?"

"No, no, no!" Sunod sunod naman nyang sagot sabay iling. "Nahihiya lang kasi ako sayo naabala pa kita. And i really dont know how to act around you. Lalo na ngayon first time yata natin magkasamang dalawa."

So she feels the awkwardness between us too. Akala ko ako lang.

"Hmmmm.. people are not get use to us kasi being in the same place together. Saka sa history na din natin. Mukhang ipinanganak tayo para maging rivals."she realeased a fake laugh though. She does not want the idea of her last sentence. And maybe Alyssa feels the same way because of her reaction.

She is frowning with a creased brows.

"Maybe i will go with the "they are not use to us being together" rather than the "born rivals" thing. Ang sakit sa tenga."Alyssa shows disgust too when she rephrased her line.

Muli ay mahabang katahimikan.

"Sanayin natin sila."excitement is now is Alyssa's face as she broke the silence. She gave her a questioning look. "Diba nga we agreed too na baka hindi lang sila sanay na makitang magkasama tayo so sanayin natin sila." She explains as i kept my mouth shut.

"We should hang out more. In public." Alyssa added again dahil hindi pa din sya nagsasalita.

Namamanghang nakatitig lang sya kay Alyssa. Ano bang naiisip ng babaeng ito. Why would they hang out more? If proving the public that they are not rivals and doesn't have any issue at all, it is nonsense. Isa pa, wala naman silang ginagawang mali at hindi nila responsibilidad pa na patunayan sa public na they are in good terms.

The public have made their speculations about them. Its their fault. She doesn't want any more publicity stunt. She is sick of it. She had enough of it.

Kung lalabas sya kasama ang isang tao, it is because she wants to, not because she has to.

"No!" Finality is in her voice. She saw the pain in Alyssa's eyes. Is she hurt? Maybe yes because she is so rude in directly rejecting her offer. She might find Alyssa's idea irrelevant but her intention of reaching out to her is sincere. She felt guilty afterwards.

"I mean, i don't want to do things to please the public's eyes. No more of that. I had enough with Jerome. I still respect my privacy and if ever i want to hang out with you, it is because i want to, okay? Not for public use or anything."mahabang litanya nya to take back the painful meaning of her rejection.

She saw Alyssa's face lighten up and she rolled her eyes to that. She is confused wih Alyssa's reactions.

"So it's a deal?"Alyssa asks and again she is confused. "Na lalabas pa tayo at maghahang out in the VERY near future."she laughed when Alyssa emphasise the word near.

"Deal!"she finally answered when she thinks about it. Harmless naman siguro yung idea.

A/N
This is for my first reader @thelastheroine 😊

Thank you. This chapter is for you. Sorry medyo boring to. 😂😂😂