Soft Boy ✔️

Chapter Seven

CHAPTER SEVEN: BODY

Ramdam ko ang bilis ng pagtibok ng puso ko, this is so bad I can't even think straight right now. Bakit ba siya dito nakaupo tsaka did he just say he missed me like minutes ago? Bakit ko ba yun naiisip? He's probably flirting with me because he's just like his brother! Alexander is such a flirt and a playboy.

Baka tinuturuan niya itong kapatid niya. 

This shouldn't be happening. No wonder Rina has been teasing me about me liking Ares when I don't? Oh my god I'm overthinking right now. Nasaan ba yung babaitang yun? Nasaan ba si Rina? Kinuha ko ang phone ko at agad na tinext si Rina secretly.

''Nasan ka?'

text ko. Is she absent again or something? Kakausap lang namin kagabi ah? We have my not so favorite english class na pang-advanced. I kinda hate this class just because of the teacher and my stupid classmates kaya kailangan ko si Rina ngayon. 

"Is Rina here?" bigla niyang tanong sakin, that should be my question but why is he asking?

"I don't know, kakatext ko lang sa kaniya at hindi pa siya sumasagot." sagot ko sa kaniya and for no reason hindi ko na realize na tinanong ko siya kung bakit niya natanong,

"Why did you ask?" why is he asking about Rina? He looked away ng tumingin ako sa kanya after ko magtanong.

"Nothing... I was just curious lagi mo kasi siyang kasama at katabi during classes" sagot niya.

And how did he know na magkatabi kami?

Is he like... stalking me?

"And how did you know na magkatabi kami?" tanong ko sa kanya.

"Lagi ko kayong nakikita whenever I have to go somewhere or whenever I ditch," natatawa niyang sabi. Ditcher. What a ditcher.

"Baka magalit ang mga parents mo niyan." sabi ko sa kanya at nawala ang ngiti niya tsaka naramdaman ko ang tensyon niya. 

Binigyan kami ng mga worksheets na kailangan gawin with a partner and Ares is my partner. Humarap ako sa kaniya dahil malapit na rin akong bumagsak sa klaseng ito, I need to do something really.

"The thing is..." panimula niya, "I don't have my parents with me or with us..." sagot niya sa sinabi ko kanina. I bite my bottom lip nang marealize na it was a sensitive topic for him.

Medyo kumurot ang puso ko. "I-I'm sorry... I didn't mean to..." bulong ko sa kanya. 

I mean I get asked about these kinds of questions too. I feel bad, really.

"Okay lang, sanay naman ako sa mga ganitong bagay." he said. 

"Buti ka pa, sanay na.. I still can't be like that." natawa kong sabi sa kanya.

"Why? Well.. If you don't mind me asking?" tanong niya tsaka lumapit siya sakin. 

"I don't have a perfect family, my parents are not with me either." I paused, taking time to explain everything.

"My dad doesn't go home at all because he's too busy at minsan nakatira siya sa mga iba niyang apartments or mansion niya." I miss my dad so much. Siya na lang ang parent ko, he's my mother and father figure.

"What about your mom?" bulong niyang tanong. Natahimik ako sa tinanong niya, my mom is a funny story.

"My mom died when I was younger." I said, I didn't know how to say it.