Rains of Darkness (Celebrity Series #2) [EDITING]

Darkness 31

Chapter 31

Friend's Daughter

Sa hapon ding iyon ay hinatid ako ni Arvie sa bahay. Pagkarating namin sa labas ng bakuran ng bahay ay hinarap ko siya. I smiled.

"Salamat, Arvie!" I said cheerfully.

He nodded and smiled a bit. "Punta ka ulit bukas sa bahay."

"Huh? Bakit?"

"I will teach you something."

"Tuturuan mo akong gumuhit?" nakangiti kong sabi.

He rested his tongue into his lower lip and shook his head. "You're already good at that. I'll teach you another."

"Ano naman?"

"It's a surprise. Just come early tomorrow. Get in now. Baka hinahanap ka na."

"Nanghingi na naman ako ng permiso! Ayos lang kina Mommy kasi busy naman sila."

"You still need to say that you're coming to our house tomorrow. Para alam nila kung saan ka hahanapin."

"Okay..." Ngumiti ulit ako at kumaway sa kanya. "Papasok na ako. Bye!"

"I'll watch you getting inside."

"Okay."

Kumaway ulit ako bago tumalikod at pumasok sa bahay. Pagkapasok ay nilingon ko ulit siya.

"Babye, Arvie."

The side of his lips rose a bit. "Get in now, naughty. I'll see you tomorrow."

"See you too!"

Ngumiti ako nang malapad, hindi tinatanggal ang tingin sa kanya. Ganoon din siya sa akin hanggang sa tuluyan ko ng maisara ang pinto.

Kinabukasan ay nabigo ako sa inaakala kong "interesting" na ituturo niya sa akin. I thought he will teach me how to draw more and new techniques for graphics. But to my surprise, he taught me how to punch instead! In short, he's tutoring me for boxing!

"Teka! Awat na! Awat na muna!" sabi ko habang hawak-hawak ang tuhod at habol-habol ang hininga.

He was finished on discussing me the stretching and the basic earlier and so, he instructed me now to punch as many as I can in the punching bag. Kailangang isunod-sunod dahil may sinet siyang oras. I can't seem to endure it for too long because it was really breathtaking!

He chuckled at my reaction. Suot ang pulang gloves ay hawak-hawak niya ang timer para sa akin. He glanced at me amusingly.

"Come on, baby. Kaunting oras na lang..."

"Ayoko na! Nakakapagod 'to, Arvie. Hindi ko naman 'to kailangan!"

"That's only a random practice. Hindi pa 'yan proper. Don't worry because I'm not going to teach you the intensive too. Baka gamitin mo pa sa akin..." He giggled.

Tinanggal ko ang gloves at hinihingal na naupo sa sahig. He immediately handed me a bottle of water. Agad kong inabot iyon at diretsong nilagok. He chuckled more and settled in front of me.

"I'm teaching you all the hobbies I love. Except of course, from car racings. Are you sure you don't want to continue this?" tanong niya.

I glared at him. He smirked to me when I leered my eyes.

"Nakakapagod 'to! Parang intensive na kahit practice pa!"

"Hmm... I give you reward if you will survive this training today. Deal?"

My eyes narrowed. Ibinaba ko ang tubig at humalukipkip sa kanya.

"Ano naman 'yon?"

"You will know if you'll survive. Ano?"