King's Downfall

2.

Hindi ako nakapag salita dahil pakiramdam ko para akong isang nauupos na kandila sa bisig niya, his eyes stared at me as if he's going to devour me whole.

He's so close that I can smell his expensive sexy perfume.

I cleared my throat and pushed him gently. He licked his lip and brushed his tousled hair with his fingers, it's all messed up but it suits him well.

"Am I not supposed to be here?" I asked with a hint of sarcasm in my voice.

"Why are you here?"

"Namamasyal, ikaw anong ginagawa mo dito?" pagbabalik ko ng tanong sa kanya, he didn't answer.

"Baka iniisip mo na ini-stalk kita" he smirks. "Are you stalking me?"

"Ang kapal po talaga" nakangiwi kong sabi. "Diyan ka na nga" he grips my hand and locked in behind my back.

"Ano ba? Nasasaktan ako!" he smiled devilishly, as if my suffering ignites something inside him.

"Sisigaw ako. Isa!" he laughed.

"Kahit umungol ka pa," he flashed a taunting smile, para bang sinusubukan ako, iniinsulto.

He's the king, I'm just a transferee. He can easily manipulate the situation, and bend it on his advantage.

"Ano ba kasing kailangan mo ha?" his smoky gaze meets my eyes, they are damn beautiful, it's almost unfair.

"You" he whispered breathily, the devilish smirk is still plastered on his lips. "You on your knees"

"Are you crazy? Bakit naman ako luluhod? Magdadasal ba tayo?" he laughed, so hard that his grip on my hand loosened.

Nasisiraan na nga yata siya, ganoon yata talaga kapag sobrang talino, yaman o taas ng tingin sa sarili. Lahat ng sobra nakakabaliw.

"Run...don't look back or I'll make you regret that you ran into me today" his smile faded, he's calm but the dangerous type of calm.

Sinimulan kong tumakbo, but I can still feel his eyes on me, I can't help it, hindi ko napigilan. Lumingon ako at nakangisi siya.

Damn it, I think I dug my own grave.

I stopped by the bulletin board, nabasa ko na tomorrow's the Student Involvement day, we get to choose kung anong organization and sasalihan namin.

I'm thinking of joining the music org, hindi kasi masyadong nakakapagod ang activities ng music org. And most of the time uunti lang ang members.

We are allowed to wear civillian tomorrow and its a free day after, the meeting starts at 10. Great! I can read a book or watch a netflix series until the wee hours of the morning.

Napatingin ako sa palapulsuhan ko, I can still feel the warmth of his grip. I brushed that thought away and decided to call manong. Daan na lang ako sa mall at bibili ng libro at makakain.

"Ow!" napahimas ako sa ulo ko habang nakanguso.

"Sorry, sorry!" What the hell's wrong with this day, I keep on bumping into someone!

"Okay lang, sorry din" he flashes a cute smile, lumubog ang dimple niya at sumingkit ang mata niya.

"Here, I'm giving away flyers for tomorrow's event. Sa music club kami. Sorry talaga, hindi kita nakita" I smiled back, fixing my hair.

"Okay lang 'yon. Hindi rin kasi ako tumitingin sa daan," pinakita ko sa kanya ang phone ko.

"I'm Demeter Rodriguez by the way" naglahad siya ng kamay na agad ko namang tinanggap.