Too Classic for Him

XIII. Closing Time

Closing time

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end

Yeah, I know who I want to take me home

Cold World War II.

It's been three days since we talked. Sabi nila lovers should not go to sleep both angry at each other. But that doesn't count for us. Dominic and I weren't lovers anyway. And I'm still seething with anger. At ako pa ang unreasonable?

Did he want me to go down on bended knees for him to speak to me? Hell, no.

I'm the classic woman who wouldn't beg for him. For any guy for that matter.

Talaga ba? Sigaw ng utak ko. Kaya pala. Kaya pala naisip mong padalan siya ng gifts throughout the years. Kaya naisip mong kausapin si Rina just to break up with him. But a simple sorry or hello wouldn't do, right? Agh, damn pride. Gano ba ito katas at ang hirap tibagin?

Nag-ring yung phone ko at natatarantang napatalon ako ng bangon. Only to be disappointed to see only a number flashing on my screen. So, hindi ka talaga tatawag ha? I rolled my eyes ceilingward. I clenched my teeth in frustration. I didn't want to speak or accept any calls... but him.

Pero ayaw tumigil ng tumatawag.

"Hello?"

"Trish?"

Tumigil ako. "Who's this?"

"Hi Trish... it's me, Lukey."

Lukey? "Luke?!"

"Yeah..." He sounded throaty. Like whispering.

Nasan kang hinayupak ka? Gusto ko yun isigaw. But I refrained. I tried taking deep breaths otherwise I might kill him on the phone, if that were even possible. "Where the hell are you?"

"Don't kill me yet please..."

"I'm not. Because I'm gonna skin you alive." I hissed. "Where the hell are you Luke? And who are you with? You just threw me to the dungeon and have me eaten alive. Alive, Luke."

"Spare me the drama duhling. We both know you wanted Dominic since God knows when."

Bumuka yung bibig ko in defense. And bit my lower lip. "This isn't what we planned." Because I never plan to tell on Dominic. I never plan on telling him how I felt for him all through the years. I seemed like a celebrity fan. Nothing more. Isang pakialamerang fan na sobrang obsessed sa idolo nito— to the point of destruction.

Obsession and love. These two seem to go hand in hand sometimes.

And you can't possess someone you love without obsessing over him.

I took deep breaths to calm myself from hurling one too many curses at Luke. "We only planned for me to escape, remember? Sabi mo sakin, you will arrange something for me. And I'll help you with your family. Luke, ano ba?" Helpless na sabi ko.

I never intended to be on any contract with Dominic. And I never intended to be close to him—like this close. Nagsisimula ng mamuo ang luha sa mga mata ko. Unrequited love is the worst kind of love for me.

The thing is... mas mabuti pa nung hindi ko siya nakikilala. Like, nakikilala in the truest sense. It was different when I only knew him from my first impression of him. When I only knew him as a knight in shining armor. Someone who's just a figment of my imagination. Someone I'd shaped out of the person I'd known from that love at first sight moment.

At ngayong nakilala ko na si Dominic, nahawakan, even kissed!

Everything felt surreal.

And it felt so... painful. Because now I knew that it wasn't so hard to fall for him. Pero masakit na malaglag kung alam mo namang walang sasalo.