Find Me • Kobe Paras

Find Me • 13

"are you enjoying the party?" agatha asked bright, bright smiled widely and showed agatha his drink.

"Happy Birthday!" bright said loudly, agatha thanked him and continued to walk across sweaty bodies who were dancing to the music the dj was playing.

"Rivero!" agatha shouted, ricci and louise turned their heads. Bineso ni agatha si louise and ricci,

"thank you for coming" agatha said, grabbing louise' hands.

"syempre, malakas ka sa amin" louise replied.

Umikot ang ulo ni agatha, tila ba may hinahanap, ricci chuckled.

"si kobe pa hinahanap mo?" ricci teased, pinanliitan ni agatha ng mata si ricci, pero umiling siya.

"no, si tyler." agatha replied, tumango tango lamang si ricci.

"enjoy the party guys!" agatha said and kumuha ng dalawang drinks mula sa waiter at inabot ito kay ricci at louise.

Agatha pushed her way down, she was welcoming everyone who was coming in. Ang inarkila na lugar ng mommy niya for her party is a two story air bnb house here in QC. The party area was upstairs at mas tahimik sa baba.

"hi kobe!" agatha said when she spotted kobe coming in, kobe gave her a half smile.

"happy birthday agatha!" kobe said trying to say it cheerfully.

"yung gift ko sa susunod nalang" kobe said at lumapit ng konti kay agatha, agatha nodded.

"okay lang, nag-abala ka pa, enjoy the party kobs!" agatha said wanting to high five kobe, but kobe went in for a hug, ngumiti si agatha.

"kung broken hearted ka, inom ka lang, ako bahala." agatha joked, ngumiti si kobe na may lungkot sa mga mata, he opened his mouth to say something but dumating na si tyler at napunta sakanya ang atensiyon ni agatha.

"TY!" agatha exclaimed, hugging tyler tightly, yinakap naman ni tyler si agatha, kissing her temples.

"you're late!" saad ni agatha, pouting, tyler ruffled agatha's hair.

"I bought your cake pa kasi diba?" tyler reminded, agatha smiled at tyler.

"for later?" agatha asked, tumango naman si tyler.

Agatha completely forgetting na nakatingin sakanila si kobe.

"akyat na tayo" saad ni agatha, holding tyler's hands. Tumango lamang si kobe.

The dj was playings songs that agatha didn't even know, laging sila juan at ricci ang sumasabay sa kanta. But agatha tried to sing along and even dance to some of the songs played.

Nag photobooth rin sila ni louise, sila nila juan at javi, sila at iilan sa upmbt, syempre sila ni tyler.

"EVERYBODY SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY AGATHA!" the dj shouted into the mic kaya naman ay sumunod ang mga tao sa sumasayaw sa dance floor. Agatha smiled, putting her chin in tyler's shoulder, tyler putting his hands on agatha's knees protectively.

"so kayo na ba?" ricci asked tyler and agatha, agatha looked at ricci, she didn't say anything, but she was smiling.

"mahalaga masaya kami!" agatha shouted and stood up, extending her hand to grab tyler's. Tyler laughed before standing up to dance with tyler.

"ang saya ni agatha" ricci said drinking his beer, sumandal si louise sa balikat ni ricci, admiring how her friend was dancing silly with tyler.

"been so long since I saw her like that" juan replied, taking an ig story of how agatha dances.

"I'm happy for her." javi said, smiling at the view of agatha laughing at what tyler said.

Biglang nag iba ang kanta, it shifted ilysb by lany, ricci stood up with louise to dance, javi with einica, leaving kobe alone with juan who was texting someone. Kobe was looking at tyler, and how tyler was mouthing the words to agatha. Agatha smiled and guided tyler's hand into her waist before she wrapped her arms around tyler's neck, her head in his chest, gently swaying to the beat of the song.

An unexplained pain in his chest, remembering the times when he was still agatha's number one.

"thank you ty." agatha whispered, tyler kissed the top of her head.

Ayaw man aminin ni kobe, but the sight of agatha being happy with tyler hurts, the sight of agatha dancing with tyler hurts kobe, and when agatha distanced himself from kobe, kobe was broken, but he decided to keep it to himself.

"for agatha to explore" kobe reminds himself.

But what scares kobe the most is the thought of agatha not being there when he's ready.

Or baka hindi na mahanap ni agatha ang daan pabalik kay kobe.