Save You [boyxboy]

Chapter 12

"Claude?" I called out after he finished his call. Agad siyang napalingon kung nasan ako. His eyes widened at medyo napaawang pa ang kanyang bibig.

I took a seat on the swing right beside his'. Hindi pa rin siya nakasagot sa akin, at mukhang hindi parin siya nahihimasan sa kanyang pagkagulat.

"W-what are you doing here?" Finally he spoke after a minute of slience.

"What are you doing here?" Binalik ko sa kanya yung tanong. It's obvious that he has a problem, bakas iyon sa boses niya kanina.

His head immediately dipped. He scratched his ears out of mannerism, matagal ko na yan pansin.

"Nagpapahangin lang," He said with a sigh. Nagpapahangin lang daw tapos dadagdagan niya ito ng malalim na buntong hininga? He and Yohan should go to an acting workshop, ma-recommend ko nga sa kanila.

"May problema ba?" I know I'm sounding nosy again, pero ano nga ba ang gamit ko bilang kaibigan kung hindi ko man lang sila madamayan sa kanilang problema?

Silence suddenly enveloped us. It seems like he was assessing kung ikwe-kwento niya ba sa akin o hindi.

"I actually took your advice." My forhead suddenly creased. What advice? Agad akong napalingon sa kanya, and to my surprise he was already looking at me intently.

Nung nalaman niyang wala akong alam sa sinasabi niya, he immediately filled me in. "You know-yung binigyan mo ako ng pep talk-about dreams and passions."

I raised a brow. "So you decided to follow your dreams then?" I asked.

He let out another sigh, at tumingin ulit siya sa baba. "Not exactly."

"I decided to open up the idea to my parents."

I immediately know where this was going.

"And let's just say, they were not happy about it. Especially my dad."

I want to ruffle his hair to comfort him, pero parang masyado naman akong touchy nun. I'm not sure if we're on that level yet.

"That's why I'm here. Hindi ako umuwi since kagabi. Nakitulog lang ako sa bahay ng pinsan ko. It seems petty, but it's my way of rebelling. That's why my mom called kanina, my dad on the other hand is still probably clueless that I'm gone."

Pinalubutan ulit kami ng katahimikan. I can see myself in him. The situation is very familiar.

"It's funny na ikaw palagi ang napagbubuntungan ko ng problema," He broke the silence.

"May reklamo ka?" Pagtataray ko.

"Wala ah!" The urge of panic in his eyes made me chuckle. Nakakatakot ba talaga ako kapag sinasaniban ako ng katarayan?

"Joke lang," I said in between of chuckles.

"Ikaw, ba't ka nandito?" His question made me silent once again, until I decided to answer it.

"Same reason," Wala sa sarili kong sabi.

"What do you mean?"

"I also ran away from my dad," Natatawa kong sabi. Well I'm not entirely wrong.

"Because?" He trailed.

"Because I don't want to see him," I said with a shrug.

With his confused expression napilitan akong mag-kwento. Mapagkakatiwalaan ko naman yata ito siya, besides he opened up to me already-It won't hurt naman ata kung ako naman ang magkwento.

He was silent the whole time. Hindi ko mabasa yung nasa isip niya, kaya't patuloy lang akong nag kwe-kwento.

"I blamed myself for a long time. Akala ko talaga kasalanan ko."