She's So Extra (Kiligserye Book1) | ✅

Chapter 51

Nakaupo lang kami in silence for a while at parehong nakasandal sa upuan looking forward, I guess nag-aantay kami pareho kung sino ang unang magsasalita.

Hindi ako pasensyosang tao so I say, "Eto na ba yun?"

He looks at me, "What?"

I look back at him, "Eto na yung moment where you kill me with your silence?"

He smirks, "Is that such a bad way to die?"

Huminga lang ako ng malalim then I say, "I'd rather you kill me with the pain of your words, mas matatanggap ko yun, at least I won't have to think about what you didn't say. Pero if you want me to suffer then that's a better torture siguro, yung silence."

He sighs, "There's no scenario where I want you hurt, so no, I'm not going to torture you or try to cause you any more pain than I already have."

He takes a deep breath then he starts to talk, "I walked in on the canteen face off a few weeks back, yung pag-uusap nyo ni May."

I look up at him surprised, but he continues, "I heard what you said. I heard everything."

I scramble to look back on what I said there, may offensive ba akong nasabi sa kanya? Meron ba akong mga hindi dapat sinabi pero nasabi ko dahil sa bugso ng damdamin?

He looks at me and softly says, "I thought you kicked ass, I couldn't have said it better if I tried."

I look away, partly embarrassed but at the same time I was flattered, "Hindi ako normally gumagawa ng eksena..." he coughs to hide a laugh and I punch his arm, "Hoy. Ma-drama ako pero hindi ganun no. I don't like confrontations."

He turns serious, "So why did you do it?"

I shrug, "Siguro I just felt like I didn't deserve it, lalo naman ikaw. I felt like everyone was being unfair to me, you and Ms. Claire. So I just set the record straight."

I smirk, "And maybe I just want to see her pay for what she did; just a little bit."

He smiles, "How did it feel, to finally stand up for yourself?"

I sigh and look at the ceiling, "Gusto ko sana sabihing I felt guilty afterwards – I mean that's the right thing to say, that's what I'm supposed to feel to appear kind diba? But I really don't feel guilty about it at all. If anything, I felt relieved, like I am not going to walk away feeling like the victim now. I was wronged and I fought back, simple as that."

I look back at him and he turns serious, "You told them we dated."

I sit up at para akong binuhusan ng malamig na tubig, "Well..."

He sits up mimicking my position and he raises an eyebrow, "You told EVERYONE."

I sat there my mouth hanging open, this asshole! Suddenly I balled my fists and punched his arm, hard.

He flinches and rubs his hand on his arm, "What was that for?"

I hit him again, "Gago ka ba? Dati ikaw ang may gustong sabihin ko sa lahat tapos ngayon you're asking me kung bakit ko binulgar dun? Ang gulo mo ha!"

He mutters, "Sabi ayaw ng confrontations."

I lean back on the chair, parang pagod agad "You're confusing. Just put me out of my misery already."

He stops laughing and looks at me thoughtfully, "What do you want me to say?"

Napatingin lang ulit ako sa kanya at napa-shrug, "I don't want to assume anything anymore so I think you have the right to feel what you feel and you also have the right to say what you want to say." I look out at the road ahead, "At this point I just want to know whatever it is that you want to tell me."

I look up at him and he nods, then without saying anything he takes my hand and wraps his around it. He holds it there on top of my thigh.

Parang gusto kong maiyak sa contact but I keep it in, I squeeze his hand and I wrap my other hand around his. I look down on our fingers and feel both relieved and scared at the same time. It's this moment right here, where his next words will either save or drown me.

He starts, "I feel...", he stops then after a few seconds he says, "I feel like the biggest jerk for leaving you the way I did..." I was going to interrupt him and say that he was never the jerk – I was, but he put his other hand up, "Let me finish." He says.

"Regardless of how we ended things and how we arrived there, it was not the best way to leave someone – when they're already down." He tilts my chin up so I'm looking at his eyes, "When the pictures surfaced I should have set the record straight myself. I should have flipped out because they were saying such nasty things about you." He shakes his head, "You were having such a hard time and a big reason why I didn't talk to you after was because I was ashamed of not being there to protect you when you needed me."

And I'm full on crying now.

Ugly crying warranted, me thinks.

He lets go of my hand, cradles my face and uses his thumbs to wipe my tears away, "I know I said you didn't stand up for me and that was true but I'm so sorry I didn't stand up for you too."

I launch myself to him at siniksik ko ang mukha ko sa leeg nya, wala na akong paki if mabasa ko yung shirt nya. He strokes my hair while I cry and he keeps telling me he's sorry and he hopes that I forgive him.

I push away and give him a small peck on the lips, "I forgive you only if you forgive me first."

He gives me a wicked grin and says, "Ang tagal nating hindi nagka-sama and that's the only kiss I get?"

Bago pa ako maka-form ng sagot I give a surprised yelp when he puts his hands on my waist and pull me on to his lap, sitting with both my feet on the passenger seat. Parang hindi ako fifty five kilos kung buhat buhatin nitong lalaking 'to.

He puts his left arm around me and his other hand is touching my cheek, he slowly leans forward and I push his face away when he attempts to kiss me, "Hoy, yan lang ba ang habol mo sa akin?"

He holds my hand and kisses my palm and I turn to mush, he looks at me with a glint of amusement in his eyes, "Ayaw mo?"

I look up to the ceiling, pretending I'm thinking it over. I bite my lip and say, "Gusto."

He laughs but then turns serious, "Then do it. Kiss me."

I look at him with my WTF face but he doesn't budge as he says, "No. If you want to kiss me then you do it. I'm giving you the right to kiss me anytime, anywhere you want, because I sure as hell will do that from now on. Whether there are people around or not."

I blush because that's what I want too. Gusto kong ipakita sa kanya that I am proud to be called 'his' and that I will cherish this second chance I'm getting with him.

So I put my hands on his cheeks and say, "I love you".

He strokes my cheek with his thumb and says, "I love you, Andi."

I smile and lean forward to give my boyfriend the kiss that I've been dying to give him, but before our lips touch there was a knock on the passenger window at pareho kaming napa-atras sa gulat.

Nanlaki ang mata ko dahil nakadikit ang mukha ni chang sa salamin habang kumakatok, "Hoy! Makikita kayo ng kapitbahay!"