P.S. Obsessively In Love With You

Chapter 12

Chapter 12

Nisha's POV

“Nanliligaw?!” Di makapaniwalang sabi ni Hans na pinanlakihan ako ng mata as if saying,
‘Don't tell me totoo yung sinasabi nya?’

Hans arrived at my house an hour after Lucian claimed that he'd be "the best soon-to-be  boyfriend that I'd ever have." Of course, the first thing na tinanong ni Hans kay Lucian is kung ano ginagawa ni Lucian rito and Lucian replied na nililigawan na nya ako, (proudly might I add)

Kaya eto kami ngayon. Lucian grinning while sitting on my sofa, me leaning on the doorway, biting my lips and not knowing where to look and Hans standing there with wide eyes.

“Hans.. Ano kasi..” I said trying to find the right words to say but came up with none.

“Nisha said that she likes me too.” Sabi ni Lucian at napatingin si Hans sakanya na parang gulong gulo na.

“I thought—” he said then stopped, shaking his head at tumingin sakin then back to Lucian.
“Kailangan lang namin ni Nisha ng best friend talk. Right now.”

Lucian smiled,
“Then mag-usap na kayo.”

“I need to talk to her alone, gaya nga ng sinabi ko ‘best friend’ talk.” Hans said in a blunt way making me wish that I'm as straightforward like he is.

Lucian was still smiling but I could tell na medyo nainis sya sa sagot ni Hans, yet he stayed quiet.

Tumalikod si Hans and I know that's my cue to follow him. Lumabas kami sa front door and dun sa garden. He then faced me and crossed his arms.
“Explain.”

Then I told him everything, from the very start. I told him that Lucian said na manliligaw sya sakin, my suspicion na sinabi ng kambal yung address ko, and how he heard me talking to my phone, then him crying, basta lahat.
As soon as I finish, he sighed.

“Nisha, it would be a lot easier kung harap-harapan mo syang ireject imbis na gumawa ka ng palusot. Just tell him 'No'. Trust me it wouldn't be that bad.” He said na para bang kinakausap nya ay isang grade 1.

I shook my head,
“S-Sorry, pero di ko kaya. Tinry ko na lahat ng pwedeng ipalusot but he kept on persisting.”

Totoo naman kasi, it's not like I could do anything about it.

Maybe I could, but I'm too afraid of the outcomes.

He rolled his eyes,
“That's because di mo sinasabi sakanya ang totoo! Bakit di mo sabihin sakanya na hindi mo sya type? Na hinding hindi mo sya magustuhan, unless.. You secretly like it?” he said at tinaasan ako ng kilay.

Nanlaki ang mga mata ko, greatly offended by what he said,
“Tingin mo magugustuhan ko yun?! Yung tinatrato ako na parang alaga o laruan na pinapaikot?! Akala ko ba alam mo na na pinaka-ayaw ko ay yung mga ganun?” I said, trying so hard to keep my temper down and not to shout at him.

“Oh great, now you're shouting at me pero sya di mo man kayang pagtaasan ng boses.” he said calmly but I could sense that he was getting angry. If he's getting mad then so am I.
Why would he accuse me of that? Does he even really know me well?

“It's not like that.. I just can't offend him.. He's not like you na kilala ako na kahit anong gawin ko hindi mo ako ija-judge. He's also intimidating.. I-I'm scared of him.” Pag-amin ko, hoping that he'd get my point.
But to my disappointment, he didn't.

“Nisha, look. Stop being so scared, kung ganyan ka lagi then patuloy ka lang nyang gaganyanin.. Yes, I could talk to him but gusto ko na ipaglaban mo naman ang sarili mo kahit isang beses lang. Hahayaan mo na lang ba na habang buhay pushover ka?” he said his voice suddenly softening. He grabbed my hands in his own. The way Lucian did nung nasa restaurant kami, but the feeling it gave was the opposite. It was soothing instead of uneasy.