Chapter 31

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"Bakit ka ba niya mine-message?" Aburidong tanong ni Dave sakin ngayon. Hays, ang kulit naman. How many times do I have to tell him ba? "Hindi ko rin alam and wala naman akong pake." Ani ko.

Na s-stress siya about dun sa Dwight, well ako rin. Kanina kasi, he saw my phone and Dwight's message pop-up. And then yun, binasa niya and nainis agad. Parang bata 'tong lalaki na to. Kanina pa niya ako tinanong and I kept answering him. Pero parang hindi naman siya satisfy sa sagot ko kaya tanong parin ng tanong. Kainis.

Dwight has been messaging me this past few months and it bothers me. Like, minsan napapaisip ako. Ano bang intention niya? Hays.

"Ikaw wala, eh paano naman siya?" Tanong na naman niya. Ay, nako talaga. Tiningnan ko siya sa mata. "Alam mo, naiinis na talaga ako. Okay. Pero para maliwanagan ka, ipapaliwanag ko na naman sayo. Ulit. I really don't know why he keep on messaging me. I mean, we just bump to each other and that's it. Nothing happened after that. And nakita mo naman na I wasn't entertaining him, ayoko na nga siya i-message because I don't like it. And andiyan ka, may boyfriend ako. Why do I have to do that?" Ani ko sa kanya. Minsan, nakakapagod din mag paliwanag. Wala ka namang ginawang masama. And you really don't know kung bakit pero parang ikaw pa yung may mali.

He just look sideways. Bakit parang kasalanan ko? Mayghad. "Look, sige. I'll block him, okay?" I said trying to convince him. He immediately looked at me. "Talaga?" Aniya. I nodded at him. "Because I really don't care. Kung yun yung way para hindi kana maging ganyan, I'll do it." I assure him. Block kung block. Nakakaloka.

He smiled at me. Kita mo 'to. "Sige. I love you na talaga." He said habang nag papa-cute sakin. Umiling nalang ako. "Bakit ka ba nag seselos dun? I mean, how? And besides, teammate mo kaya siya." Tanong ko. He always see Dwight at trainings and school. Apaka seloso naman. Tsk.

"Ah, basta. Tsaka, hello? Sino yung nag seselos? Saan? Di ko makita." Aniya habang nag kukunwaring nag hahanap. Sus, kunwari pa. Ako pa talaga? Ako pa?

Binuksan ko yung tiktok ko at hinahanp yung mga liked videos ko. I played yung isang prank video. Nag play na yung video. "Hi, babe! Kumain kana? Ah, talaga? Buti kapa." Sabi nung lalaki sa video. He grab my phone very fast na muntikan ko ng malaglag! Letse!

Tiningnan niya at nakita na tiktok video lang. Tawa ako ng tawa sa reaction niya. Parang sasabak na sa marathon sa sobrang bilis niyang hinablot yung phone ko. "HAHAHA! Oh, bakit ganyan itsura mo? Akala ko ba walang nag seselos?" I said while laughing. "Nye nye. Kainis ka." Aniya sabay irap. Mayghad! Mas may attitude pa 'tong boyfriend ko kaysa sakin.

"Ay, paalala ko lang sa saturday ha, bebe? Kailangan kita dun." Aniya habang nag papa cute. I smiled and nodded at him. It's his first game! He finally going to made it to the floor after waiting for so long. I am going to watch his first game together with his family. My mom wants to watch also but she can't. My brother had several events at his school.

Yes, my mom knew about it na. Nakauwi kami nung nakaraan and suprisingly, mom didn't got shock. I mean, she's happy with it. Sinabi niya pa na I deserve it. I deserve na mayakap na yung totoong Dave. Imbis na yung picture niya ang niyayakap at iniiyaka ko. Ang creepy daw.

My little brother didn't agreed to it at first. Like, hindi niya pinapansin si Dave. Literal. Kinausap ko siya kung bakit and he told me na iba na daw kasi yung magiging baby ko. I laughed at what he said. I assured him na he will still my baby. No matter what. And thanks also to Dave kasi nag effort talaga siya. Ngayon, lagi na silang mag kausap about basketball thingy. Boring, chos.

I am going to wear a t-shirt with a printed name "Ildefonso," at the back. I bought it somewhere and na kyutan talaga ako agad. He doesn't have any idea about dun.

"Pero baka umuwi ako bukas. May kailangan kasi ako kunin and kailangan ko yun the day after tomorrow." Ani ko. "I'll go with you." He said. I didn't protest anymore kasi I know I won't win. Lagi siya ang nasusunod when it comes sa mga ganito.

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Mama:
Anak, umuwi ka muna dito sa bahay. May kailangan akong sabihin sa iyo. Importante ito.

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