Warmth of Home | Home Series #1

Chapter 18

Chapter 18

Hannah escorted the Rinceoir towards the mansion based on what I've heard from Maral. I just shrugged when all of them looked at me like I'm an alien. Checking if I'm alright to see Apollo here. Truth is, I'm nervous but I don't want to be near with him.

"Okay lang ako, duh." I rolled my eyes and returned to swim.

I'm on the middle when there's a guy who blocked my way. I looked at him. He was smiling shyly at me. I smiled too.

"H-Hi..." he greeted me while caressing his nape, nahihiya.

"Hello!"

"You're Scayans Rimathy, right?" he asked. Sa tingin ko ay ka-batch ko siya dahil nakikita ko siya minsan sa college building. He's handsome, though.

"Yes, how did you know my name?"

"Uhm, you are kinda famous." nagulat ako pero kalaunan ay natawa. Ako? Famous? Kung si Kerannie ay matatanggap ko pa pero ako? Impossible. But then, I remembered. Anitha and I fought, hindi kaya iyon ang sinasabi niya kaya niya ako kilala?

"Oh, you're talking about the fight?"

"What fight?"

My brows furrowed. Hindi niya alam? E kung hindi niya pala alam, ano ang sinasabi niyang kilala daw ako?

"You and your friends is kinda famous at school. Everyone is talking about your group, specially you."

Natawa lang ako pero hindi na sumagot. Famous ampuchi.

"So anyway. I'm Joshua." inilahad niya ang kaniyang kamay saakin na agad ko namang kinuha. We talked for awhile and I must say, he was good in talking, though mukha siyang playboy dahil sa features niyang mukhang may lahi na naikwento niya saakin na mayroon nga but believe me, he is so kind and totally not a playboy, because he's a playgirl! Can you believe that? He actually confessed to me that he's a gay! I am actually surprised because who have thought that he's a gay and having these kind of body and features? Sayang, girl.

"Though, that is my little secret, can you keep my secret?" He said while we are on the corner of the pool, away from the crowd, sa tago at madilim para hindi kami marinig ng iba.

I nodded. "Of course, I can keep a secret."

"Thanks, girl!" we both laughed and keep on talking about many things, even though he's a gay, he talks and acts like a man.

"My friends actually dared me to talk to you and ask you for a date." he rolled his eyes. "They didn't know that I'm a gay so I agreed-"

"Wait, wait, wait." I stopped him by waving my hands in front of his face, he actually stopped and looked at me with confusion in his eyes. "You are saying, your friends didn't know that you're a gay?"

"Uh-huh." nalilito man ay sumagot pa rin siya.

Kumunot ang noo ko. "E bakit hindi mo sabihin?"

Natigilan siya at umiwas ng tingin. "I... uh, I'm actually scared to tell them about my gender because I'm afraid to be judge."

"Really? But you just told me."

"It is because I think you are not a judgemental person and I was right!"

"Well, thank you for that but are they a judgemental people?"

"What? No, of course not."

"Iyon naman pala, why don't you tell them? Mabait naman sila, right?"

"Yes! But I'm scared, they are important for me, I don't want to break our bonds just because I keep a secret from them, hindi ko pa sigurado kung matatanggap nga nila ako bilang ako, kung sino ako."