Shades of Flames (L'amour De Cebu Series #1)

5

"Ally!"

Agad akong tumigil at hinintay si Arziel. I walked away after he wink at me. Nakakabigla 'yun at nakakatindig balahibo pero hindi ko malaman kung bakit ako namula dahil roon. I instantly walk away after that, feeling ko kasi ako ang kinindatan 'nya at wala akong paki kung assuming man ako. Wala na akong paki dahil nagiging delikado na magkacrush ako ng Archi student. Dapat hindi ko iyon binibigyan ng interest.

"Ally! Bakit ka naman umalis agad!" Reklamo nya at tumingin ulit sa mga taong nagkukumpulan.

"Bumalik ka kung gusto mo, ang ingay roon eh!" I said as I started walking.

Ang ganda lang pag gabi dito sa Plaza Independencia. The lights of every corners are either dim or made for decoration. Maganda naman talaga kasi tambayan rito at marami ding mga may jowa na tumatambay. Maybe because of the ambiance of the sorroundings. May iba 'rin na dito gumigimik at may nagprapraktis ng sayaw.

"Ally?! What is this? I thought we'll hang out?" Inis na sabi nya sa akin.

I sighed. Yeah right? Why am I even leaving them there? So what if Ethan's there? Hindi ko dapat binibigyan iyon ng pansin. Let Ethan do his things and I'll do mine. But the thing is I don't want to have a crush on him, kahit pa ay alam kong nagiging delikado na ako roon. I don't want to involve with any Archi student like him.

"I just want to walk around, Arziel. You can go back, I just want some peace. I'll be waiting here." Sabi ko rito.

Tinignan ako nito ng mabuti at ngumuso tila may iniisip. Ilang minuto ako nitong tinitigan ng naging iba ang titig nito at tila may ideyang pumasok sa isip.

"Hmm? Is this because Ethan is there?" Tanong nito na tila nagdududa.

I instantly laugh like what she said is something ridiculous. Yeah, that was right but I will never admit that. Never.

I shake my head again and started laughing like her joke is just too much to handle.

"Ethan? Do you mean that SouthWe guy? I don't even know him, Arziel." I said still laughing.

She frowned and glared at me.

"What? Ethan is handsome. It's just that he's not your type because he's an archi student. Bet you'll have a crush on him if he's not archi." She spatted.

I heaved a sigh and sit on the nearest bench. She sits beside me as I look at the sky. It's dim but the stars are beautiful right now.

"You know why, Arziel."I meaningfully said.

I look at the stars and try catching it with my hands even if it's too far from my hold. Gad! I miss him. I miss my Daddy.

"You still didn't move on that? That was just an accident!" Arziel frustratedly said.

"Not to me...You can't understand, Arziel. You don't know what we've been through and the whole story."I can feel the clenching pain of my heart as I remember the last day of my Dad. As I remember the darkest days of my life.

How my Dad saved me from the collapsing building and how he died because of saving me. Until then I'm hating those people who construct establishments. I hated those engineers and architects who never made the building durable at that time.

I just hated their lanes and rows. I hate it because of my Daddies. The company even gave us money to not file any lawsuit and threatened us. I hate it because we don't have enough finances to fight that time, we're so helpless. I hate them to death. But I have my friends who'll be like it in the future and I have to deal with it. But I just can't have any male species in my life related to those. Nasa bokabularyo ko na bawal ang mga Archi o kaya Engineering, kahit yung ibang connected 'dun.