"H-Hindi na," tanggi ko dahil nakakahiya naman.
"It's fine," he said and pulled my head again so I could lean on his shoulder.
I sighed when I realized na wala akong laban sakanya dito. Ang kulit niya, e. Sa huli, sumandal na lang ako sa balikat niya at pumikit. Inaantok talaga ako.
Maya-maya pa, nakarinig ako ng pag-ubo galing kila Kesha at Lexie kaya napamulat ako. Naabutan ko ang tingin ng dalawa saamin ni Caius, nakataas pa ang kilay.
Umayos tuloy ako ng upo at kinusot ang mata. Ngumisi iyong dalawa. Hay, naku talaga.
"Don't mind them. Just rest.... or sleep," he told me. Siya na mismo ang nagbalik sa ulo ko sa balikat niya.
Tumango na lang ako at pumikit ulit.
Minsan, hindi ko maintindihan si Caius. One minute, he's being a tease, a crackhead and he can be pretty annoying. And then another minute, he's being scarily serious, silent and snob.
Ang weird lang.
I'm lying if I tell you I wasn't being confused with how he act towards me.
Kesha and Lexie always tease me about him. They always ask about us, together. Like, what's the score. Are we finally together or whatnots.
Caius is really nice. Okay, fine, I like him.
But....
Even though I like him, I'm still scared. I'm scared for many reasons. Like, what if it's only one-sided? Paano kung ako lang pala iyong nahulog? Basta madaming tanong sa isip ko.
At isa pa, takot ako sa commitment.
Hindi ko din alam kung bakit pero siguro.... ayaw ko lang masaktan.
Lahat naman yata hindi gugustuhin masaktan. Sino ba'ng may gusto noon?
At baka hindi siya matanggap ng family ko. I mean, I think they're going against it and I don't like that. Hindi na nga maganda ang relasyon ko sa parents ko tapos mas lalala lang dahil sa pagboboyfriend.
Hindi ko alam kung ilang oras akong nakatulog. Basta pagkagising ko ay wala na sila Kesha, Lexie, Jared at Dale. Si Caius naman ay nasa tabi ko lang, nagpphone.
"Hala! Anong oras na?" Gulat kong tanong kay Caius.
"You're awake," he smiled. He moved his shoulders and arms na parang ngayon niya lang nagawa. Hala, nangawit siya. "It's already seven in the evening,"
"Where are the others?"
"They already went home."
"Huh?!" I shouted. "Why didn't you wake me up?"
"You're sleeping peacefully so I let you," he shrugged. "Tara, hatid na kita, Miss." Sabi nito at tumayo na. Sumunod na lang ako.
Nang nasa kotse na niya kami ay natulog ulit ako. Antok na antok, eh?
"Icah, we're here," I heard him say. I opened my eye while the other one remained closed.
BINABASA MO ANG
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General FictionJeicah and Caius have their own reasons why both of them are scared of commitments. When everything's uncertain, are they willing to take risk? When the person they want to keep are against their relationship, are they willing to fight for it? Stole...
