Chapter 2

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KALEIDOSCOPE: CHAPTER 2

I.

CHITTAPHON

Bakit ko nga ba ulit ginawa ‘to?

Ilang beses na akong napalunok na kulang na lamang ay maisama ko na rin pati ang lalamunan ko habang nakatunghay na nakatitig sa mga nakakalunod na mata niyang nagtatakang nakatingin sa akin.

“Excuse me, what do you need?” Jaehyun asked curiously as his brows furrowed in confusion while looking at me from head to toe.  “If you’ll apologize for what happened this morning, it’s fine, don’t mind and just forget all of it, hindi kita aabangan sa kanto or kung ano man ang iniisip mo na posible kong gawin sa ‘yo, so you don’t have to worry.” He emotionless stated before turning his back from me, but on the moment that he was about to go back in their classroom, I unconsciously grabbed his wrist and immediately tighten my grasp on it.

What the heck, Chittaphon? Tanga ka ba talaga?

My eyes wandered in confusion and nervousness as I funky searched in my mind what question should I ask to him as a reason.

“D– Do you despise me now?” I asked tottery.

I heard him let out a sigh followed by a light pat on my head.

“You really want to know the truth, huh?” He provokingly questioned, earning only a nod from me.

A disturbing silence suddenly reigned on our conversation.

“I deplored you.”

Jaehyun virulently bantered afore withdrawing his wrist from me and walking back in their classroom with a knavish smile playing on his lips like nothing happened, leaving me speechless and oblivious.

H– He deplored me? Ano?

II.

“Ano? Sinabi niya talaga ‘yon? Seryoso ka ba dyan?” Gulat na gulat na tanong ni Yukhei habang kasalukuyan niyang nilalapang ang cappuccino ice cream niya. “What a frank and foursquare guy he is.” Manghang saad pa niya.

“I– It still hurts, you know!” Naiinis ko namang tugon. “Hindi ko akalaing gano‘n siya kasakit at ka-straightforward magsalita.” I hopelessly added.

“Ikaw din naman may kasalanan no‘n,” Walang ekspresyon na sabat ni Jungwoo. “Kung hindi mo sana siya sinagad—” Hindi pa natatapos ang sasabihin ni Jungwoo nang bigla namang nasamid si Yukhei sa kanyang kinakain na ice cream.

“Sinagad ng pagmamahal, Ten.” Nakangising sambit niya tsaka umayos sa kanyang pagkakaupo habang kaming dalawa ni Jungwoo ay napangiwi na lang dahil sa kabalugaan na pinapairal na naman niya.

“Anyway, let’s go back to the topic, ‘wag na munang makisawsaw ‘yung mga baluga at manyakis dyan.” Kaagad namang napairap si Yukhei dahil sa sinabi ni Jungwoo.

Mga ulol, maghiwalay na sana kayo.

“If you didn’t trigger him that much, I’m sure na hindi naman niya masasabi sa ‘yo ‘yung masakit na salita na ‘yon, and besides, nagsasabi lang naman ng totoo ‘yung tao di ‘ba?” Mahabang saad ni Jungwoo sabay taas pa ng kanyang kanang kilay. “I mean, come on, sino ba namang manhid na tao ang hindi magagalit kapag bigla siyang sinukahan sa damit ng isang taong ni hindi manlang niya alam na nag-eexist pala sa mundo at ‘di lang ‘yon, sa harap pa talaga ng maraming tao ‘yon, ha?” Dire-diretsong litanya pa niya.

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