夏の愛 (Natsu no ai)

Chapter 9

Chapter 9

"Kisama doko iku?"

Itsuki stared at his older brother. Akala niya makakalabas siya ng hindi napapansin ng kapatid, but faith had other plans.

"I told you to speak in English, kuya," Kinjiro just rolled his eyes at Itsuki, which caused Itsuki to frown. It wasn't like Kinjiro to not retaliate.

Itsuki just shrugged and continued to go out the door. Kinjiro waved at his younger brother as Itsuki looked back. Something clearly wasn't right, Itsuki thought.

Itsuki then walked to Nicole's unit, unit 126, and knocked. He hoped Nicole didn't forget that today was the day they would go out.

Biglang bumukas ang pinto at niluwa nito si lola Nidora, Nicole's grandmother.

"Oh, Itsuki, ikaw pala!" Itsuki bowed in respect, "Nako nakakatuwa ka talaga!" Dagdag ni lola Nidora. Itsuki just smiled in response.

"Ano ang kailangan mo, iho?" Tanong ni lola Nidora.

"Ah, I'm waiting for Nicole. Is she there?" Sagot ni Itsuki.

"Niko!! Nandito si Itsuki!! May lakad ba kayo?!" Sigaw bigla ni lola Nidora, medyo napalayo si Itsuki dahil sa gulat at lakas ng boses ng matanda. Damn, those vocals tho.

May narinig na murmur si Itsuki, actually it wasn't a murmur, more like a muffled yell. He couldn't decipher it so he stared at lola Nidora.

"Ah, sabi ni Nicole sandali lang daw." Kinjiro just smiled. Limitado pa din ang alam niyang Tagalog words, kaya hindi niya alam kung paano sasagot.

May sinabe pa si lola Nidora pero hindi ito naintindihan ni Itsuki kaya umiling nalang ito at ngumiti, dahilan para isara ni lola Nidora ang pinto. Sumandal na lamang si Itsuki sa pader, inaantay si Nicole na lumabas sa unit nila.

Bumukas ang pinto at biglang lumabas si Nicole. Medyo nanlake pa ang mata niyo at agad na pumasok

"Lola! Hindi mo siya pinapasok?!" Biglang sigaw ni Nicole sa loob. Ang tanging naintindihan lang niya ay 'lola' at 'hinde'

Biglang may lumabas na isang babae sa unit 126, orange ang kanyang mahabang buhok, malapad ang ngiti at naka tingin kay Itsuki. Tinaasan ito ng kilay ni Itsuki, Who the hell is this woman?

"Hi, I'm Pandora Harth! You must be Itsuki Sakamachi? Nice to meet you!"

Itsuki stood, bewildered at the girl's display.

"Is your name really Pandora Harth? Like the manga?"

"What manga?" Pandora stood, bewildered. Oo nga pala, Hapon ng apala 'to. Kaya siguro maalam siya sa manga or something, isip ni Pandora.

"Nah, malakas lang talaga saltik ng magulang ko." Pandora chuckled.

"I'm sorry, I don't understand."

"Itsuki!" Nag okay sign si Pandora, which caused Itsuki to sign loudly.

"What do you mean, this time?" Pandora scratched the back of her head and sighed as well.

"Sinabe mo sa kanya yung joke mo? I told you he wouldn't get it." Out came Alex's little sister, Polaris.

"Hey little girl!" Itsuki started to walk towards Polaris when she stepped back. Naiwang naka taas ang kamay ni Itsuki, akmang guguluhin sana ang buhok ng batang babae.

"Don't touch me, weirdo." Astrid rolled her eyes, causing Itsuki to chuckle.

"Wait, you know each other?" Tanong ni Pandora, bigla naman lumitaw sa pinto si Nicole. Sumigaw ito sa loob ng unit sabay sara ng pinto. Tinignan ni Itsuki ang tatlong babae na nasa harapan niya, si Nicole, si Polaris, at Pandora.

"Yeah, I met her and her older brother, Axis." Napatango naman si Pandora habang patuloy na nagtetext si Astrid.

"So, shall we go?" Aya ni Nicole.

"Wait, I don't have anything with other people joining us, but is Polaris old enough?" Tanong ni Itsuki.

Natawa sina Pandora at Nicole habang naka busangot ang muka ni Pandora sa sinabe ni Itsuki.

"Pigilan niyo ko sasapukin ko 'to," sagot ni Astrid, nagtatakang tinignan lamang siya ni Itsuki, wala nanaman itong maintindihan.

"Our Astrid is 18 years old, she's good." Sagot ni Nicole. Nagulat si Itsuki, she looked really young!

"Don't mind him, Astrid, take it as a compliment! Muka ka daw bata!" Pandora squished Astrid's cheeks para mapagaan ang pakiramdam ng dalaga.

"Let's just get this over with," sagot ni Astrid, at naglakad na ito palayo sa grupo, hawak ang cellphone niya.

Napatango nalang si Nicole habang naglalakad na si Pandora, sinusundan si Astrid. Itsuki chuckled sabay akbay kay Nicole.

"Let's go?" He asked, Nicole blushed under his gaze, causing Itsuki to smile wider.

This is going to be fun.

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Kisama doko iku – Where are you going (rude)