hug me ♡ ten

hug me ♡ thirty four

"Osige, sige," sabi ni Vernice, nodding at me when we talked about chatting on the groupchat nalang about sa group project.

"Sabay maglulunch Sushi?" I asked, but she chuckled at me at saka tinuro 'yung pinto ng classroom namin.

I furrowed my brows, at saka dahan dahan na lumingon dun. I widened my eyes nang makita ko si Ten na naghihintay, so I faced Vernice again.

"Umaasenso, sabi sayo, eh. May tyansa ka, nun palang," Vernice said, which made me blush.

They actually don't know na kami na ni Ten. Hindi ko pa sinabi, dahil nahihiya ako. Baka mamaya nalang sa gc rin ng Sushi. Ten and I decided to keep it low rin, dahil kinoconsider niya 'yung nangyari sa akin dahil kay Fatima. Nasa Class 2 - 3 lang si Fatima so there's still a lot she can do sakaling mawala ang mga kaibigan ko sa paligid ko.

I'd be lying if I said na hindi ako natatakot. My mum doesn't even hurt me, and being hurt, suddenly having Fatima hurt me like that? It really was a shock to me at hindi ko maalis sa isipan ko ang pangamba na baka maulit pa.

"Uhm, sige. Enjoy your lunch nalang," sagot ko, so she smiled and nodded.

Habang papunta ako kay Ten, narinig ko pang tumawa si Hendery at Lucas at nagbulungan about kay Ten. Plano yata nilang inisin, eh.

"NCity. Lunch," he said, so I blinked rapidly.

"Wala man lang tanong tanong, baka mamaya kasabay ko pala sina Venley maglunch," pagbibiro ko, but he only sighed before shaking his head.

"But you're not. Pansin ko lang, hilig mo na akong asarin, ah?" he pointed out, so I chuckled.

"Syempre." tanging sagot ko.

"Seriously, Minami," sabi naman niya, but I just flashed him a wide smile.

He let me grab his wrist habang hinihila ko siya palabas ng school gates. Medyo strict 'yung guard na nakaduty ngayon pero when Ten said na maglulunch lang kami sa NCity ay pumayag naman. Malakas rin sa guard, eh. Iba talagaaaa.

As we were walking, I heard him chuckle kaya't tinignan ko siya. He raised his brows at me, so I just shook my head. The grin on my face was almost permanent, my heart beating.

Hindi pa rin ako makapaniwala hanggang ngayon na he actually likes me back. At first I was just a girl who hid her feelings for him, until I had the courage to confess. Di nagtagal, it got me here, although I still had to go through a few things.

Nakarating na din kami sa NCity, and we sat down on a table for two. He gave me a smile, so I did the same.

"What are you getting?" Tanong niya, so I looked slightly at the menu.

"Carbonara and chicken wings," I said, making him nod.

"Oorder lang ako, wait," sabi niya, kaya't tumango ako and he got up from his seat.

Habang hinihintay siya, I tapped my fingers against the table. Nagulat nalang ako nang biglang may babaeng umupo sa harapan ko. I blinked, bago ko marealize kung sino 'yun.

"Um, hello. You're that one girl Ten was with before, 'diba?" Natsuki asked, and I smiled at her before nodding.

"Opo. Um, I'm Saiko, but everyone calls me Sai," sagot ko sa kanya, at nginitian naman niya ako.

There was something off about her smile, kaya kinabahan ako. Para bang she was trying to scare me away or something, pero hindi ko pinahalata na naiintimidate ako sa kanya.

"I didn't ask, though, sweetheart." she said, so I just stared at her. "Look, Ten's-"

"Natsuki. What are you doing, talking to my girlfriend like that?" Nanlaki ang mga mata ko nang marinig ko ang malamig na boses ni Ten.

I blinked rapidly, at napatingin sa kanya. He was looking directly at Natsuki, as if he wanted her to get out of his seat.

"Oh, so... you're a couple. I see. I thought she was just pathetically crushing on you. Hihi." Natsuki said, and hindi ko maidedeny na na-offend ako sa sinabi niya.

Totoo nga 'yung sinabi ni Ayako. Natsuki can be a maldita. I wanted to pull her hair right then and there dahil wala naman siyang karapatan na manghimasok sa amin ni Ten, but I didn't. That would be too rude.

"I think you're pathetically salty about me getting over you, kahit na may asawa ka na." malamig na sagot ni Ten, kaya't hindi ko mapigilan ang mapakagat sa pang-ibabang labi.

Seriously? Ten can be mean sometimes, huh? Pero nauna naman si Natsuki, eh.

"Is that so? Last time I checked you are in love-"

"Were. Past tense, Natsuki. Leave, before I call your husband and tell him what you're doing,"

Natsuki rolled her eyes and flipped her hair bago naglakad paalis ng NCity. Nang makaalis na siya at makaupo na si Ten, he raised a brow at me dahil tinititigan ko siya.

"Did you just...?"

"Yeah."

"You can...?"

"Yeah."

"Do you...?"

"Yeah."

"Pota, wala akong naintindihan dun, ah,"

"Shh, ingay mo, Kun-ge. Marinig tayo ni Ten Stupid,"