His Unofficial Boyfriend

11. His Clandestine Ways

Lee's Point of View

Hindi ko sinadyang saktan siya.
Ang buong akala ko ay wala na akong pag-asa sa kanya. Binigay ko naman ang lahat. I showed him that I truly care for him even though it was evident just from the start that I won't stand a chance.

Six Weeks Ago

Una kong napansin si Greyson nang enrollment dito sa university namin. May bitbit siyang folder sa isa niyang kamay habang ang isa naman ay nakahawak sa mamahaling iced coffee na binibenta sa labas.

"전형적인 부자*," I whispered to myself while I was sitting in a bench sa ilalim ng kalachuchi tree. I was wearing a hoodie that time to cover my face kasi alam kong kapag makikita na naman ako nina Reese at nang mga kasama niya ay kukulitin na naman nila ako.

Hindi nagtagal ay lumapit siya sa akin para magtanong kung nasaan ang Arellano Hall. Sinabi ko naman sa kanya ang direksyon at nagpasalamat siya sa akin. He tapped my shoulder with his folder na para ba akong langaw na nakadapo sa mga isda sa talipapa. Tumawa na lang ako kasi natuwa ako sa kinikilos niya.

Sinundan ko siya nang hindi niya alam para malaman ko na tama ang dinadaanan niya. Hindi ko lubos na mapagtanto kung ano ang meron sa kanya, but I was really attracted to him.

Hindi ito ang unang beses na na-attract ako sa isang lalaki. I've had boy crushes before, but it took me months to finally admit that I like those people, but what I had with Grey was in an instant.

Hindi maipagkakailang gwapo si Greyson sa unang tingin pa lang. Matangkad, maganda ang mga mata niya, mabango, at magandang manamit - tipikal ang kagaya niyang lalaki sa university namin, pero merong iba sa kanya na hindi ko pa nakita sa iba. He has this charm that could swoon anyone, but I was certain that he doesn't know that yet.

I thought that was the last time na magkikita kaming dalawa since ang laki ng university na ito at hindi ako pala-gala rito sa school fields. Things started to change four weeks later when I found out that the person whom I like will become my roommate.

Notorious na ako rito sa dormitory namin na palaging may nakaka-away na roommate. Eventually sila ang umaalis dahil hindi nila kaya ang ugali ko. What people did not know is that ako palagi ang biktima.

I'm not particular with my roommates. I am actually cordial with the general population. It's just that I did not want someone to intrude my privacy. Let alone ask me if I was a guy on that video scandal on Twitter.

It happened when I was in high school when I was still oblivious about certain things on the interweb. Menor de edad pa lamang ako noon at curious pa ako sa mga bagay-bagay. I installed Twitter on my phone since Facebook became toxic especially sa comments sections ng viral posts. Believe me when I say that the most dangerous places in the Philippines are the comments section.

Twitter was fun and it was different from Facebook as well. Marami akong nakaka-interact na mga tao roon based on the things I like and prefer.

A month after I installed Twitter, I gained a lot of followers dahil sa photos na pinagpo-post ko roon. I reminded my followers daw of Nam Joo-hyuk of Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo. Tinawanan ko na lang kasi sikat talaga sa Korea ang lalaking iyon, so it was a privilege to be compared to him.

There was this follower who really caught my attention. Her name was Noreen and she was Australian. We messaged each other for almost two months until we decided to take things to the next level when she asked me to have a webcam sex with her.