Valen Series 1: The Alpha King

chapter 5

Chapter 5

"Nay," bahagyang nakangiwing sabi ni Zan paglingon sa likuran.

Tinignan ko ang ginang na tiyak na nanay ni Zan, nakapamawang ito habang nanunuri na nakatingin sa aming dalawa, lalo na sa akin. Agad naman akong napatago sa likuran ni Zan habang nanginginig ang tuhod at mga kamay dahil sa kaba. Hinayaan naman ako nito habang tinapik-tapik ang likuran ko para pakalmahin ako. Maybe he knows that im not comfortable with the other person.

"It's okay Adi," he whispered in a gentle voice, i didn't look at them, i bowed my head and play with my fingers, im afraid of that woman, her look is stoic, authoritive and intimidating. What if she'll do something bad on me like Mama said? Im aftraid because i think, Zaniel can't protect me because that woman is his mother!

I stop my tears to fall, i shouldn't cry because im already eighteen in the day after tommorow right? It will take just a day and hours and then im already in my legal age. And if i'll cry here, i will look like a weak, i don't want to be weak, i want to be strong!

"Nay, your scaring her! Stop it!" I heard Zaniel annoyingly said.

"Ikaw na bata ka! Bakit ngayon ka lang ha?! Bakit nag half day ka lang?!" Rinig kong sabi ng Nanay ni Zan, based on her voice, she's mad at pinapagalitan si Zan.

"Nay! A-aray!" He groaned in pain, nag angat ako ng tingin sa kanilang dalawa dahil sa daing ni Zan, at nakita kong pinipingot siya ng Nanay niya! "Ang sabi ko umuwi ka ng maaga dahil may pupuntahan tayo! Pero hindi ka dumating! Where did you go Niel?!" Tanong ng Nanay ni Zan at namaywang, tinigil na ang pag-pingot sa namumula na niyang kaliwang tainga. Ako naman ay nakatulala lang sa kanilang dalawang mag-ina.

Im surprised that in his age pinipingot pa siya ng Nanay niya? He's old already! Diba sa mga maliliit na bata lang 'yan ginagawa if they did something wrong? I wonder, how old Zaniel is? I think he's older than me. Si Mama, hindi naman ako pinipingot o sinasakit no'n physically eh, if i did something bad, im grounded, she won't let me go outside of my room in a months! No watching TV, no games in my ipad, no books and no bakings and cooking. Im stuck in my room and it sucks, i feel like a prisoner who did a crime like a bad people who's inside of the dungeon. Kulong na nga ako sa loob ng bahay, kinulong pa ako sa loob ng kwarto ko ng walang ginagawa.

"And.... who are you? Are you a girlfriend of my son?" Napakurap-kurap ako ng makita ang Nanay ni Zaniel sa harapan ko, nakataas ang kilay habang tinatanong ako.

"P-po? G-girlfriend p-po?" Utal na tanong ko habang nanginginig ang labi sa kaba. Bakit niya naman natanong 'yon? Zan and i, we just meet hours ago. I know what girlfriend means, i always read it in the hundreds of the pocket books i read, nagpapasalamat ako sa mga libro na nagbibigay ng mga ideya sa akin kahit ang mga maliliit na bagay lang, dahil diyan, nalalaman ko kung ano ang pamumuhay ng ibang tao sa labas ng bahay namin na nagsisilbi kong kulungan simula ng mamulat ako sa mundong 'to.

"Bingi ka?" She snapped her fingers in front of my face.

"Nay! Stop it! She's not my girlfriend! Kanina lang kami nagkakilala!" Zaniel hissed at his mom.

"Oh? Sayang, akala ko girlfriend mo na." Disapointed na sabi nito at tumingin ulit sa akin pagkuwan ay matamis na ngumiti. "Tara ija! Pumasok na muna tayo sa loob at ng makakapaghapunan na tayo!" She excitedly said and then pulled me towards their door. Her stoic and grim expression lately faded, napalitan ng isang mabait at malambing na ngiti. I looked at Zaniel walking in our back looking at us and see him shaking his head lightly with a small smile on his lips. When our eyes meets, he mouth something, apologizing from his mother's behavior. I just nodded and smiled at him while blushing, feeling embarrass with my action and expression a while ago. Natakot naman kasi ako sa reaksiyon ni Zan kanina eh, akala ko may gagawing masama ang Nanay niya sa amin. I thought she will go berserk at us when she saw us because of Zan's reaction lately, halatang takot, pero parang hindi naman. Akala ko cha-chop-chop-in na kami.