Must Not Fall Inlove

Part 18

Part 18
Alex's POV

"Trip!!! Trip thank God!" sabi ko then hugged him.

"for what? " he said.

It took me awhile to answer kasi sobrang nangatog ako sa takot. I realized that I was hugging him so I pulled away.

"I think someone's in my space. I'm sorry I jumped on you. Natatakot ako! " sabi ko

"you locked your door last night? " he asked. He then stood up at tinulungan niya na rin akong tumayo.

Tumango ako.

"then you shouldn't worry, maybe it's from the roof. Stop being so loud next time." sabi niya.

"oh? Yeah maybe haha" natawa nako dahil sa katangahan ko.

He turned his back at me.

"ah wait, I'd like to apologize." sabi ko which stopped him from walking.

Humarap naman siya saakin "it's okay, you shouldn't say that to anyone next time."

"I know, I'm sorry I have this uncontrollable mouth."

"it's okay, we all have one."

"you want to have lunch?.... At my place? " I asked, natatakot kasi akong bumalik mag isa sa place ko.

"if that would peace your mind out." sabi niya at mas nauna nang mag lakad saakin.

I don't even know how to cook, it just slipped out of my mouth dahil sa takot.

"i uh actually don't even know how to cook." i whispered.

"i knew it." i was startled, how did he even find his way to my kitchen

I started being busy, kahit na wala akong alam dito. Wish I had manang over here.

"what do you have here? Let me cook rather than you burn your own unit." he said at nag hintay na mag labas ako nang lulutuin niya.

"i honestly don't even know what to give you, just go check it. Sorry I'm still not yet used to living alone." sabi ko

He smiled at me and checked my fridge.

"hay nako, wish I could be with someone like our nanny." sabi ko out of frustration.

It was just a gesture para di ma blanko ang kitchen, I'm happy that I'll be able to live by myself.

"then you shouldn't left your house." he replied. "where are your pans?" he asked.

"diyan yata sa cabinet na yan." I answered.

"you better study your house, mahirap na pag wala kang matakbuhan. It's not like you can always run into someone when you're living alone."

"i will, thanks to you I can survive for this day."

He kept quiet. He was busy cooking something that I couldn't figure out of smell.

"can just ask you an advice? Like I hope I won't bother you." I asked. I don't like being so quiet specially when with someone, it feels so lonely.

"sure, go ahead." he simply replied.

"uh yung kuya ko kase, he seems to be so problematic when I saw him last night. The last time I'm with him he had an argument with his fiancee." I explained. " I don't know what's really going on, everyone seems to be lying. How can I help? "

"you asked your parents about him? "

"I asked my dad about it, he told me not to bother my brother because he's fine he just needs time to heal himself. "

Trip seems to be listening really well, he looked at me sincerely.

"how about your mom? You asked her about your brother? "

"uhh- I wish I could ask her. She died in an car accident." I sadly replied. I was not offended, I was just reminded how it would be easy if Mom was around.

"sorry to hear that, Alex." he said "maybe just give your brother some space that he wants. You don't want to intergue with what he's facing. I know you might be dying out of curiosity but you'll know it soon. Just don't force someone to come out of its shell. "

"but it feels like I'm so helpless, so useless, parang ang nonsense ko nang tao specially kasi yung kuya ko di ko man lang matulungan."

"you're honestly not, your help will be used soon, Alex. Hindi naman porket kaya mong makatulong ay ipipilit mo na."

"I hope so. Thanks Trip. You're a good listener." sabi ko.

It feels nice having someone remind me of what I should be doing, of what I'm not aware of.

He may be right na kahit kaya kong makatulong, ipipilit ko na yung tulong na gusto kong ibigay.

It's just that I wanted to know what's really going on with Kuya. Specially na ako yung mas malapit sakaniya.

"who's your brother by the way? I might know him." he asked.

"Alexander Fernández. He used to study out our school." I said.

"yup, I know him."

"He has a strong personality who would've thought someone like him would have this weak and soft spot."

"you never really know when someone is hurt, Alex. Someone chooses not to show it, others choose to show it maybe because they can't handle it on their own."

He's just a hundred percent genius. I wanted to know more about Trip. Specially he's deep talks makes me fascinated about something. He's an eye opener.

"do you live alone? " I ask, I would just like to ask who's he with.

"yep. You don't anybody aren't you? " he sarcastically asked.

"where are your parents? Do you have siblings? "

"they were separated, Alex. Why do you ask so much? "

"sorry to hear that, I just really wanted to know you well." I explained.

"you know me, I'm Trip Wagner. You'll know the rest soon." he said.

"Wagner? German? " I curiously asked.

"yep, I look like my mom, she's japanese."

"oh okay." I simply replied.

It seems like he doesn't want to open up that much, syempre kakakilala lang namin. I didn't knew Trip was from a broken family.

"natahimik ka? What happened? " he asked.

Okay maybe I was wrong, maybe he liked the idea of me getting to know him.

"none, it just seems like I'm talking too much." sabi ko, but really I wanted to ask how he is and how does he live.