Blatant (taglish)

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I woke up with a pounding migraine in my head, I've never been this weak sa inuman, how come naging ganito na ako ka- o.a. Magka hangover. Something is definitely on that drink. I shouldn't have drank at the first place. Teka... if I have a headache now from drinking last night at a party, on the big house, with me collapsing sa hallway dahil sa nakita ko.. then it must have been true all along.. and how come na pati katawan ko masakit na din, I never had hangovers like this........

SHIT !

Minulat ko ang mata ko to find myself handcuffed sa poste ng higaan, I'm on the floor tho, that's why nakadagdag na din sa sakit ng ulo ko and as well as body pain. The room looked familiar from last night, this is the room where I saw Josh being held at gun point. Slowly, naramdaman ko nanaman ang pagkabog ng dibdib ko sa takot, at nagsimula ako maghingal.

"Gising ka na pala." That voice, my most despised voice to hear.

"Wtf?! Asaan ka? Let me out!" I shouted, hindi ko sya makita. Naka harap ako sa wall dahil my right hand is cuffed sa gilid ng higaan.

"I'm here, sa other side ng bed, cuffed just like you." He answered. And I tried my best lumingon para makita sya to make sure I'm not alone.. not that I want to be with him. To make sure na hindi ako naghahallucinate.

I saw him, he has bruises on his cheeks. In my head I wished na sana ako nalang ang sumapak sa kanya ng ganyan, from all the shit I went through during and after our relationship.

"What happened to you? Bakit ka nandito?" I asked. Annoyed I'm in a same room as he is.

"I should be the one fucking asking that." Sagot nya, and I immediately got pissed off sa pagmumura nya.

"I was here minding my own business, finally putting myself out after you put me through mess." I answered with a bitch tone as possible.

"And I am here minding my business too, solving it rather, and you being here, just made things worse you dumb bitc-" before he finished cursing on me, a familiar face entered the room.

"Now that is not the way to talk to a lady you dumb fuck." It was him, the guy I mindlessly looked for last night after his mini concert that stunned me. Ngayon ko lang naappreciate at nakita what he really looked like, specially his figure, he looks like a man that can make any girl bow and open their legs on him, his biceps could pop out of the fabric his black suite was sewed with, his nose and face shape compliments each other, while his dark brown eyes adds to the beauty he has. But why is he here?

I looked at him confused, both in the situation and why he's here habang naka handcuffed kami like hostages.

"Why?" Nasabi ko, thinking out loud.

"Oh sorry darling, I can be a bit of a curious so I listened to your small chitchat." Sagot nya, and his voice even sounds music besides his skills in piano. And his accent just added as one of ways he could be called perfect. But shit, he was the guy pointing the gun at Josh, and him staring and talking to me na parang hindi ako naka handcuffed is just messed up.

"I'm asking bakit kami naka handcuffed?" I made my voice sound annoyed at him, staring back pero in a pissed off way, unlike him na naka tingin sakin like he's just having regular talks with me sa café.

"Oh.. that, well, Lil Josh here still have a, hmm what do you call that? Atrazo? Oh yes, atrazo sa akin, and my familyas well. So he's here.." he paused, habang pa-palapit sa akin.

"but you darling, I should be the one asking.. why where you peeking through the door looking at businesses you're not concerned of?" He continued. Naka tingin sya sakin as if he knows his own answers already. While me, hindi ko din sure bakit.

"Ohh and to think you guys were ex lovers? Such romance we have here." Pumalakpak sya dahan dahan bago pumunta naman kay Josh.

"I never thought Lil Joshy here will get chances from attractive women." I looked at them habang kinakausap nya si Josh, nakita kong nanginginig si Josh, and his baggy eyes started tearing up.

"Please! Hinding hindi ko na gagawin yon! Maawa ka! Let me go Per favore! (Please!)" Nagmamakaawa si Josh habang halata sa bawat kilos nya ang takot, and I couldn't help but feel nervous.

"No no no mio amico (my friend), I considered you my brother for quite a while. And this! is how you're repaying me with?!" He reached out for his pocket at bumunot ng baril just like how I saw him last night. At may pumasok na din na dalawang lalaki na nakita ko kagabi, they really are indeed big enough to crush you into a pulp.

This time, I was panicking, tumalikod ako while struggling to breathe na sinabayan pa ng pagkakahilo, it felt as if the room was getting smaller, and my lungs was getting tighter. I heard him rushing to me, nakita kong hawak nya ang baril so I closed my eyes, and I felt a touch on my face, I looked at him while he came down to kneel at me, hindi na nya hawak ang baril, instead, he was soothing me, kind of..

"Shh, Respirare bella ragazza, Breathe (breathe beautiful girl)." He actioned into inhaling and exhaling. Nabawasan ang pag hingal ko pero ang kaba ko ay parang ganun parin.

"Rico, dammi un'acqua fredda! Piu veloce Rico! (Rico, Give me a cold water, faster Rico!) sigaw nito, and from his words it very much sounded like an Italian language. I'm sure it is.

One of the guys na kasama nya ay nagmamadaling lumabas at bumalik ng may hawak na isang baso ng tubig. He took it and let me drank it.

"Better?" He asked, hindi ako sumagot, instead, I looked away from him.

"It would've been much better if u just let us go." Sagot ko, tumayo sya at natawa.

"I love how you always talk not only about your own sake. While on the other hand, Josh only thinks of his own freedom." He answered, taking the glass of water I left and drank it. Wala akong maisagot dahil alam kong tama sya, In the end of the day I still think of my concern for myself and Josh for safety purposes lang, but still, Josh only thinks for himself and talks only for his own good.

"We're going to play a game.. Tonio, portami due pistole (bring me two guns)" isa naman sa mga kasama nya ang umalis.

"No! Please don't kill me, we were like brothers right? Fratelli? Vero? (Brothers? Right?)" pagmamakaawa ni Josh, while me, focusing on getting calm. Bumalik ng may hawak na dalawang baril ang isa sa mga inutusan nya... this is torture, I can feel myself tensing again...