[✔] BOOK II : The Love Collides

chapter 14 - run

Rain's POV

"Hello Rain!" Lumingon ako sa likod ko nang marinig ko ang pangalan ko. Palagi ko naman maririnig ang pangalan ko eh pero ngayon, ibang boses na.

Lumaki ang ngiti ko nang makitang si Miss Iri pala yung tumawag sakin kasama si Cloudie. Ang cute cute ng batang to lalo na pag nakangiti pero ngayon, bakit nakabusangot na to?

"Hello Miss Iri. May kailangan po ba kayo?" Tanong ko dito. Papunta na kasi sana ako sa kotse ko para umuwi. Natatae kasi ako tapos ngayon nakita ko si Miss Iri, parang.... well pasintabi lang ah pero umurong ata yung tae ko sa loob. Dejokelang.

Pero infairness ah, sinwerte ako ngayon. Ikaw kaya lapitan ng model. OMG! Suki ako masyado sa mga sikat this days.

"Can I asked you for some time? Let's hang out!" Agad na nanlaki ang mga mata ko dahil dun. Hangout? With Irithel!?

"H-How can I resist?" I asked awkwardly. Sinong tatanggi ha?!

"You can't. Tara na, I'll treat you at the cafe we saw kanina" sabi nya kaya wala na akong choice kundi ang sumama sakanya. Babalikan ko nalang ang kotse ko.

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Nakaupo kami ni Cloud ngayon sa pwesto na pinili ni Irithel habang nagoorder naman ito ng mga kakainin at iinumin namin. If I'll wait while staring into nothing, nakakasayang ng oras kaya nilabas ko muna ang lesson plan ko para hindi ko masasayang ang time.

"You're a busy man sir Rain yet you chose to come with us" sabi bigla ni Cloud kaya agad kong sinara ang lesson plan ko at ngumiti. Nakalimutan kong may bata pala akong kasama.

"Eh I don't have a choice eh. I can't say no to a person who invited me- sino bang makakatanggi sa libre" sabi ko at huminga ng malalim.

"Do you remember when I told you I liked you sir Rain? I actually mean it!" Sabi nya at biglang ngumiti. Napangiti narin ako at kinurot ang pisngi nya.

"Well I like all of my students including you Cloudie so we're mutual" sabi ko sakanya.

"I don't like my teachers back then. My other classmates bullied me because I'm asian. But here? I can feel a little special especially watching my new classmates praised me in every move I make. They're so nice to me especially you sir Rain. You're the best teacher!" I softly smiled. Hindi ko alam na ganun pala ang sitwasyon ni Cloudie sa ibang bansa. She's pretty, nice and smart, you can't even find someone like her eh. Ganun ba talaga pag sa ibang bansa?

"But we just met like... A few days?"

"I don't know either. I just have the feeling that you're a part of me for no reason. You're like a Daddy to me! Mommy told me Daddy's here in the Philippines that's why I came here with her"

Biglang tumibok ang puso ko dahil sa sinabi nya. Umiba bigla yung pakiramdam ko.

"W-Why would you think of that? Does it mean ba na, you don't have a Daddy?" I asked.

"Mommy revealed that Papi wasn't my Daddy. I have a Papi... He's smart, handsome, kind and rich but Mommy told me he was just married to her because of Grandpa. Now Mommy's finding Daddy here in the Philippines"

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We made an eye contact. Para akong nanaginip at naghahallucinate sa nakikita ko ngayon but I know she's real. Kaharap ko lang sya ngayon.

Lumapit ko sakanya pero akala ko she's going to do the same... instead, may kinarga syang batang babae sa braso nya at tumakbo paalis ng bookstore. Who the fck was that girl she's carrying?!

"Rain, we just saw Cloud kanina but we lost her eh"
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"Sir Rain, if Mommy asked me to choose a Daddy, I'll choose you ah"