Soju Trilogy 1: Tipsy in Jeju (Published under Precious Hearts Romances)

Chapter 47

Naggiyagis ang ngipin niya at bahagya itong itinulak sa dibdib para makadaan siya. "Are you listening to yourself? You cheated on her. Kundi ka ba naman gago at kalahati! Mambababae ka tapos isisisi mo sa ibang tao ang kasalanan mo. Kundi lang kita kaibigan, baka kagabi pa kita ginulpi."

"Are you cursing me? Why are you speaking in Filipino? I hae mothae." Hindi daw siya nito maintindihan. "I thought you were my friend."

"Don't use that friend card on me," sabi niya at naglakad papunta sa locker room para kumuha ng tuwalya. "It was not as if I deliberately asked you to cheat on her or set you up to fuck another girl. You did it to yourself. So stop blaming me."

"Ji-lal-ha-ne!" mura nito sa kanya at hinaklit ang harap ng black sando na gamit niya sa pagte-training. "Yana and I made promises with each other."

"And you broke those promises. You can't have your cake and eat it, too" Di siya natinag kahit na saktan siya nito. Mas gigil na gigil siya kaysa dito. "And besides, you don't need to bother with my girlfriend. Yana is mine now. Mine to protect. Mine to love. I picked up the pieces when she found out that you were fucking another girl. You have no right to act wounded when you hurt her first. You have no right to even look at her now when she became sick trying to earn money to come here and be with you..."

"She spent money for her family. Her family is all she cared about."

Natigilan siya. Iyon ang akusasyon niya kay Yana noon. Na mas pipiliin nito ang pamilya nito para sa kahit na sino. Kahit pa sa lalaking mahal nito. "Not enough reason to cheat on her. And you didn't even have the guts to tell her the truth."

"Because I still love her. Why didn't she tell me that she knew about me and Eu Jin?" anito at nanlalambot na binitawan siya.

"To give you a dose of your own medicine." Alam mo na ngayon kung ano ang pakiramdam na asang-asa ka sa isang tao tapos niloloko ka lang pala. Yana was classier than that. She stuck by him up to the last moment. Pero di na nito kailangang malaman.

Nanlisik ang mata nito. "You are worse than me. I committed a mistake, yes. But only to one woman. But you a line of women that you used and discarded.."

Pinalis niya ang nga kamay nitong nakakapit sa damit niya. Hinaklit niya ang harap ng T-shirt nito at saka ito ubod-lakas na isinalya sa mga locker. Matapang niyang tinitigan ang mga mata nito. Then he gave his friend and evil grin that would have him shaking on his toes. "Jal deul-eobwa," sinabihan niya itong makinig mabuti at tinapik ang pisngi nito. "I never keep secrets from Yana. My life is an open book. She knows about those women. She knows that they are not important. That I don't have a relationship with them and I don't make empty promises. I don't hurt women because they know the score. It is different with Yana because I give my commitment and loyalty to her."

"Commitment and loyalty? My ass!"

"We were not committed until she came here in Jeju. And I remained faithful to her. Unlike you, you pretended to be faithful to her when you are actually a cheating louse." At hindi niya matagalan ang mga katulad nito.

"I love her. Eu Jin is a fling," anitong nanginginig ang baba. Parang umaaapela pa ito na may pag-asa pa ito kay Yana.

"It doesn't matter. Yana is mine now. I am not letting her go. You won't hurt her anymore. She. Is. Mine. Now." Direkta niya itong tiningnan sa mga mata para maging malinaw dito ang mensahe niya. Padarag niya itong binitawan. "Nae ap-eseo kkeojyeo! Get out of my sight. And this is the last time that we will have a conversation with Yana if you still value our friendship. Forget about her."

Nagmamadaling lumabas ng locker room ang kaibigan at sinundan lang ito ng tingin ni Gideon. Hindi siya papayag na bumalik pa si Yana sa lalaki. Wala na siyang pakialam sa kasunduan nila ni Yana.

He would keep her. Sa kanya na si Yana. Kahit na akitin pa niya ito. Kahit na gamitin niya ang lahat ng charm niya para makalimutan nito si Dong Uk.

Gagawin niya ang isang bagay na hindi niya nagawa noong unang beses niyang aminin sa sarili na gusto niya si Yana. Hindi na niya tatakasan pa ang nararamdaman niya. Forget about boundaries. Forget about the deal.

He would finally have Yana for himself and he won't let her go no matter what.

Inilabas niya ang cellphone at tinawagan ang number nito. "Yabusaeyo!"

"Yana, nae sarang," tawag niya sa pangalan nito at dinugtungan ng endearment na nangangahulugang "beloved".

"O! Bakit ka napatawag, Gideon?"

"I miss you, Yana-ssi."