The Weird Existence of Henry

ch. 10

s t r a t e g y

I woke up to a message of Henry, telling me to come over as soon as I read the message. Agad naman akong kinabahan. Ano kayang nangyari? Weekend pa naman. I was planning on sleeping all throughout the day and relax but I guess, I wouldn't have that. Nang makarating ako sa bahay niya, walang katao-tao.

"Henry?" my voice echoed the whole place.

Hindi pa rin talaga ako maka get over. Sobrang laki talaga ng bahay niya. Tapos, siya lang nakatira mag-isa. If I was him, feeling ko hindi ako tatagal dito ng ilang linggo. Ewan ko ba, hindi ko kasi kayang mag-isa.

I opened the glass doors, facing the pool. Bumungad sa akin ang sinag ng araw. It's such a beautiful day. Kita rit ang buong syudad. Napangiti ako sa tanawin.

"You're here," nagulat ako sa biglang nagsalita.

Nang makalingon ako ay mga mata ng camera ang bumati sa akin. Then he immediately looked at his shot and laughed.

"Huy burahin mo ya!!" agad ko siyang nilapitan, offering my hand for him to hand over his camera.

"Abutin mo muna!" pang-aasar niya sakin. Itinaas naman agad niya ang camera. He's freaking five-eleven! How am I supposed to reach that?

"Akin na nga sabi eh!" paatras siya ng paatras habang ako namam ay pilit na tumatalon para maabot ang camera. He just kept on laughing.

Tumalon pa ako ng isang beses. Hindi ko nalang namalayan nang biglang natumba si Henry sa couch habang ako naman ay bumagsak sa kaniyang dibdib!

The next thing I know, nakapatong na ako sa kaniya!!!!

"Oh, ba't ka namumula diyan?" tanong niya, with a smirk on his pretty face!

Agad naman akong tumayo at inayos ang suot ko. I was wearing a skirt for fuck's sake!!!! "Hindi kaya!" pagtatanggi ko ka agad.

He just laughed out loud. "Follow me."

Ang weird talaga niya! But I did follow him. We went downstairs, siguro basement niya to. When we got there, namangha agad ako sa buong paligid.

"Is this your studio?" agad kong tanong sa kaniya.

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Yep," simpleng sagot niya. Inilibot ko ang aking paningin. His studio is super legit. There's all the lights and everything and of course, that big ass plain white back drop. I don't know what to call it.

Then he put a single black chair in the middle.

"Take off your shoes," utos niya.

"Ha?"

"I said take off your shoes!"

"Bakit?"

"Just do it! Then umupo ka sa chair."

I just scoffed. Makautos naman to. Para wala nang gulo, I just took my shoes off, and sat on the chair.

He was holding his camera. Nabigla nalang ako ng itapat niya ito sa akin and clicked it. I was so damn sure my face looked so shocked in that photo.

"Ano bang trip mo?" tanong ko naman.

"Hindi ka pa ba nagkakaboyfriend?" he asked randomly, so out of nowhere that it caught me off-guard.