Cornered

Chapter 35

Chapter 35

Realization

She's seeing me everyday yet she still has no clue of who I am.... Yes! It is supposed to be like that.... But.... Why am I having this feeling that when I showed her my face, she will suddenly be confused?

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"You've been sleeping pretty late, lately huh?" Napalingon kaagad ako sa pinto. It's not his usual time of visit but still he came. Kanina ko pa sya iniintay. Gusto ko namg matulog at kanina pa ako inaantok but I decided to wait for him. Para bang naging hobby ko na.

"Yung pagkain ko?" I asked him, with my lips pointed. May iniabot sya sa aking paper bag. Inilapag naman nya yung gamot sa lamesa. Sa tingin ko ibang gamot na yun. Iba na ang kulay at hugis. He really did it for my sake... Or his responsibility?

Kinuha ko yung isang mansanas. Kumikintab ang pagkakulay pula non. Di ko alam pero, it suddenly feels like I hate it's color.

"Peel this off" Utos ko habang iwas ang tingin sa kulay non. Suddenly I don't feel to like red.

"You can't eat it the way it is?" He asked while sitting beside me. His face... Wearing that expressionless face everyday seems normal for him. Like he's gotten to used to that.

"I-I just d-don't like the color!" Nahihiya kong anas. He chuckled. There! Then he always laugh, and it making me feels better. Seeing him that way, making me wants to laugh with him. It's sort of.... comforting.

Kinuha nya yung mansanas. May Inilabas syang parang isang metal knife. Scalpel ata tawag dun. Diba ginagamit yunvsa surgery?

"Bakit yan?!" I shouted. Tumingin sya sa akin na parang hindi nakuha yung sinabi ko. "I mean, di'ba pang surgery yan?" He chuckled again. Damn! I never going get tired of this view.

"Don't worry it's safe" parang nakita nya yung pagka-di ko satisfied. "It's new, kakabili ko lang" I pouted. I watched him as he peel the apple smoothly. Like he has already done it many times.

"You like cooking?" I asked.

"Hmmm? How do you say so?"

"Parang sanay ka nang magbalat" I chuckled.

"Yeah sort of... I tried culinary but unfortunately it doesn't suit me, so I shifted" tumango ako sa sinabi nya. Inabot naman nya sa akin yung mansanas. Hiwa na iyon, walang balat at buto.

"Thanks!" I smiled at him. Kinuha ko naman yung ice cream sa paper bag. "Peram nung scalpel" sabi ko. Kumunot ang noo nya pero ibinigay pa rin sa akin.

Hiniwa ko pa sa maliliit yung mansanas at ginawang toppings doon sa ice cream.

"Ingat ka, baka-" pero huli na ang babala nya. Masyadong matalas yung scalpel kaya na sugatan ako. Sa daliri lang naman kaya di masyadong masakit pero nagulat ako.

"Are you crazy?!" Nagulat ako sa reaksyon nya. Parang sya yung nasugatan. But it's first time. It is first time that i've seen him this angry.... Like once in a blue moon. "I shouldn't let you...." Nakatingin lang ako sa kanya habang ginagamot yung hiwa. Nakakunot ang noo nya. But I find it cute. I smiled at the view. "Why you're smiling?"

"Nothing... Para kasing napakalalim nung sugat kung maka-react ka." I chuckled, but he didn't. He kept that serious expression.

He put band aid on my lacerated skin.

"Still... What if malalim. Anong gagawin mo?" Napatulala ako sa kanya. What am I feeling right now? Hearing him like this makes my heart beats faster. And something on my stomach rumbled. Like some winged-beasts.