In Love With The Game (COMPLETED)

Chapter 14

#ILWTG14 Chapter 14

Hindi ako maka-tingin nang maayos kay Yago. Naiinis ako sa sarili ko kasi bakit ako naiilang sa kanya? He's Yago, for heaven's sake! He's been always around me for nearly five months, tapos ngayon pa ako maiilang sa kanya?!

"Are you okay?" he asked.

I blinked a couple of times and slapped a smile on my face. "Y-Yeah. Nagmememorize lang ako," I said. He looked unconvinced, but he let it slide. Nasa coffee shop kami na medyo malayo sa school para mag-aral for finals. We couldn't study inside our units because the bed would be too inviting—we couldn't study in the library din because the tension was too palpable. So, in the end, we went to a pretty far coffee shop na 24 hours bukas para doon mag-aral.

"You want food?" he asked, stretching his arms and yawning. It's already 5am and we'd been here since last night.

I nodded. "Kahit sandwich na lang. Ikaw muna magbayad, I'll pay you later," I said, to which he nodded and proceeded to the counter to order.

I also hated the fact that I kept on watching his every move.

Oh, my god. May crush na ba ako kay Yago?! Since when?! And dahil lang ba ito sa sinabi sa akin ni Pablo?! Na-internalize ko ba iyong mga binibintang niya sa akin?!

O baka dahil biglang may sumulpot na Lily?

"Ugh!" I grunted—pretty loudly dahil biglang napa-tingin sa direksyon ko si Yago. He had this questioning look on his face, but I merely shook my head at him.

I should ask him.

I should really ask him if he likes me. I couldn't deal with constantly wondering kung ano ang meron sa aming dalawa—or the lack of it. Kapag narinig ko sa kanya mismo na mabait lang talaga siya sa akin, then this pondering would stop. Kailangan ko lang ng clarification para hindi ganito na biglang lahat ng ginagawa ni Yago for me e biglang nagkaroon ng malisya.

But I should do it after finals. I didn't want to risk whatever reaction I'd have during the finals week. Ayoko na makaapekto 'to sa grades naming dalawa. Law school before anything... besides, if I'd have a 'negative' reaction sa kung anuman ang sasabihin niya, then I'd have the whole semestral break to process my 'feelings.' I'd go home to Pangasinan, and I'd be able to think it through.

Tama.

I should just endure this week and right after finals, I'd ask him about this. Just to make things clear once and for all.

Yago clicked his tongue after reading something from his phone. I bit my own tongue because I didn't want to ask him kung ano ba 'yun. Feel ko kasi si Lily na naman iyong kausap niya... and so what naman? 'Di naman ako girlfriend ni Yago. Siya nga nagpaka-supportive sa akin nung nagpapaka-tanga ako kay Pablo, e. Ayoko ngang maging kontrabida sa buhay niya.

Instead, I bit down on my sandwich and continued reading the articles in Criminal Law. Wala kasing samplex kapag finals. Basta basahin daw lahat.

"Can I borrow your laptop?" he asked.

I nodded, handing it over to him. He was typing something, and I did my best to ignore him again and just focused on studying. Tatanungin ko rin naman talaga siya... I just needed to focus on what's important and that's my finals.

Habang nagta-type, tumayo si Yago para lumabas. Mabilis din naman siyang bumalik. Oh, shit. Nagbu-book yata siya ng flight dahil kinuha niya iyong passport and visa niya. He's really going to the US for the vacation! Suddenly, I felt like there's a countdown that started inside me.

I froze on my spot and watched as he successfully booked a flight.

Shit.

Should I tell him? Paano kapag hindi desirable ang kinalabasan? Baka hindi ako makapagfocus sa exams! Ayokong ma-expel!