She's My Boyish Girl

Chapter 10

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Zavier Yutsuko

WE finally arrived and the staffs carried our luggages, hindi ko na pinabitbit yung akin. It's just small, kayang dalhin lang ng iisang kamay. As they opened the door sumalubong agad sa'kin ang hangin ng Pinas. Ah, smells like... Home. Ngingiti na sana ako when I noticed something.

As far as I estimated, there are more or less fifty people in full black gear. What the hell are they doing? What the hell is this? And God! A fucking red carpet? Mukha bang may Reynang bababa?

Zyrah immediately glanced at me with a grin on his face. "Sheesh, may ROYALTY nga pala tayong kasama," he teased.  O M

I raised the side of my lip as I sarcastically scoffed at him. "Oh shut up, Zyrah." I'm just keeping my cool right now. Bakit ba kasi sila nandito?

"Look they even prepared a red carpet for you, Zavy. How fortunate it is to be a literal Queen right?" He added with a hint of something na ayaw kong pakinggan. Here he goes again, ipasak ko kaya sa bibig niya yung korona ko.

Binalingan ko ang isa na nasa likuran namin, he's silently reading a book. Takang napatingin siya sa'kin and he's throwing me 'I'm-innocent-look'.

"Kung may idadagdag ka, Lennox. Can you add that later? Kung ayaw mong ihulog kita sa hagdanan," I smiled at him kaya napailing na lang siya.

Una na akong bumaba and I remained my poker face. May dalawang linya sa bawat gilid ng red carpet, it's our men. Hay, knowing Marcel he prepared this. Hindi naman niya kailangang maghanda ng ganito.

Finally, when I stepped on the ground agad na napapikit ako, and I immediately felt the man beside me with an umbrella. I didn't mind him, it feels so nice to be here again and at the same time hindi rin masyadong maganda.

I still have an issue with my family, wala pa naman akong planong makipag-ayos or what. At bakit ako ang makikipag-ayos? Ako ba ang nagsimula? No, hindi so why would I do the first move.

As I walked on the red carpet, bawat nadadaanan kong tauhan ko ay nagba-bow, kasabay ko naman ang tiga-dala ko ng payong. Nakasunod lang din sa'kin ang tatlo, they're busy with their own world.

May nakaabang ng black van sa'min, nakabukas na rin ito so I went in at sumunod pa rin ang tatlo. Umalis na kami sa airport, we're going to our condo. May binili kaminh apat na condo unit, well of course hindi sa condo na negosyo ko, nag-stay kami sa ibang condo.

While riding everyone's silent, maybe because they're tired of the trip? Siguro. So I leaned on the back rest of my chair and closed my eyes.

This will be a new trip of my whole entire life.

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"GRABE, Zavy no. The traffic here is irritating! Unbelievable!" Of course, sa aming apat, Zyrah will be the most talkative one.

"Yeah, you'll be staying here for some time kaya sanayin mo na ang sarili mo," sabi ko sa kanya at pupunta na sa kwarto ko, but may napansin ako so I faced them again. Bakit hindi pa sila umaalis, why the heck are they lying on my couch na parang mga pusa?

"Magsipunta na kayo sa mga unit niyo! Matutulog ako," utos ko sa kanila but they just looked at me with a damn tired face.

"Then sleep, dito na lang kami sa unit mo so we'll live under one roof pa rin," Tyvon said boredly. Gago?

"Are fucking kidding me? Then why did you bought those three units next to mine?"

"Uh, di namin alam," Lennox said with a smile na gusto kong burahin sa mukha niya.

"Argh! Leave the hell right now!"

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I CAN clearly hear hus heavy breathing habang may nagmamakaawa sa kung nasaan siya. Tahimik na tinanaw ko ang buong syudad mula rito sa condo ko. Mafia, if one will hear such thing they will tremble in fear. Knowing that kind of word is up to no good.

Napabuntong hininga ako. "Are you done with him?" Kalmado kong tanong.

"Please! Spare me! Don't do this! Don't kill me!"ay kumalabog agad right after he shouted. I guess he was kicked. "Damn , you're so noisy." Halata na sa boses ni Marcel ang inis so I chuckled coldly.

"Kill him if he won't speak, I don't want to keep any rats." I ended the call and put my cellphone on my glass table beside me. Nakapamulsang pinanood ko ang daloy ng trapiko sa syudad. It's already night time, that's why the city is full of lights, looking like mini fireflies up here.

I have my own office table sa loob ng kwarto ko so I went there and checked some papers. It's already 10 in the evening, yung tatlo? Natutulog MISMO SA GUESTROOMS NG UNIT KO. I don't know why kung anong pumasok sa mga kukote nila at doon sila natulog.

They've bought the three units next to mine, pero ginawa lang nilang display. While checking some papers, maraming chats ang nagpop-up sa cellphone ko causing it too make such irritable noise. Talk about being a CEO and a boss of such unexpected underground groups.

After checking some files sa kompanya, binasa ko naman ang reports ng mga organisasyong hawak ko, illegal organisations to be exact. Some branches are doing well, some needed assistance. Fudge I'm so piled up with responsibilities na hindi ko naman hiningi sa may kapal.

But this is the new me. And I already embraced what fate I have received years ago.

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Thanks for reading 🖤

PRES.