Courting The Gay Campus Heartthrob (HIATUS)

XXIII - Surprise

Chapter Tuwentii-Tri <3
"Surprise"

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~Marvin's Side~

My heart almost fell when Prito crows, then I checked the current time on my phone and turned it off saka bumaliktad. But minutes passed, bumaliktad ako ulit. It's already 5am and I'm still widely awake. Hindi na yata ako makakatulog. I've been thinking about what happened earlier, afterall those revelations that Anderson revealed in front of me, na hanggang ngayon hindi pa din nagsi-sink-in.

I just can't believe it. Afterall this time, yung taong pinagseselosan ko was somehow related to me? We're both gay-- well for me I am, before.

Why didn't I even sensed it the first time? And now, dahil sa lahat ng kaartehan ko ang daming naapektuhan .. and one of them is Renée.

Now what to do?

How am I supposed to face her now? After everything I did to her. Jusko, ngayon ko lang na-realize kung gaano ako kagago.

Tumayo na'ko sa pagkakahiga saka dumiretso sa banyo. While under the shower I can't help but to think of everything that has happened between the both of us.

Pagod na'ko.

Parang sirang plakang nagpapaulit-ulit sa utak ko ang linyang 'yan na binitawan niya. At paulit-ulit ko ding gustong batukan ang sarili sa lahat ng kagagahan na ginawa ko na sa huli, wala din naman palang pinatunguhan.

Well who would've thought din naman kasi di'ba? After every scenarios I've witnessed, all of them were fake pala??

Great, now I'm passing the blame again.

Nang matapos akong maligo, I faced myself in front of the mirror, "It's all your fault, Jay. Look on what you've done."

30 minutes after I came out of my room and there's Prito who excitedly greeted me, "Good morning to you too, bud." And I gave him a scratch on his favorite spot.

"Ready to have an early brunch?" Tanong ko habang patungo sa kusina with Prito following me and answering me like we really understand each other well lol.

I washed his food bowl and then filled it with his feeds saka inilapag sa kanya which he immediately eat. Now, I will have my early brunch too, napailing na lang ako. 'Di ko akalaing kakainin ko na on 6am both my 8am breakfast and 11am lunch.

"Maaga na lang siguro akong papasok, afterall it's Valentine's Day," kausap ko kay Prito while checking the fridge, "for sure marami na namang kaganapan d'on. Bunch of surprises will arise, so makikiisyoso na lang ako while waiting for my class." And then I accidentally glanced to Prito who's currently looking at me with his head tilted sideways.

Kumunot ang noo ko and tried to look the same direction he's looking to pero wala naman akong nakita and when I glanced back at him again I found him looking again but this time, his head tilted the other way than earlier. "What? Do you see something I can't see?"

Dahan-dahan pa akong tumayo pero sinundan niya lang ang galaw ko, "H-hey Prito ha. Ang aga-aga nananakot ka na naman. Kumain ka na nga." It's not the first time he did this to me but I'm still chickening out. How ironic right?

Pero he stayed still and looked right into me. Strange, but there's something na unti-unting nagpa-realize sa akin kung bakit siya nakatingin ng ganoon. Nagliwanag ata bigla ang paligid nang maintindihan ko kung ano ang gustong iparating sa'kin ni Prito, "You're a genius!!" Natutuwang sigaw ko saka siya binuhat at niyakap.

"Mygod. Who would've thought you'd have the greatest idea ever, Prito!?!" Sabi ko nang mailapag ko na siya and I burst out laughing nang makita ko ang itsura niya. "Sorry, sorry, sorry." Natatawang sabi ko while fixing his feathers na nagkandagulo-gulo.