Chapter 14
"What are you doing, Noah?!" galit kong usal sa kanya. Whenever he wants to hold my hand, I pushed it away. Gusto ko siyang galitin, gusto kong 'wag na niya akong pansinin. In short, I don't want him to meddle with my life anymore. Matalas ko siyang binigyan ng tingin. "Let me out of the car, kailangan ko ng umuwi."
"No, I won't let you leave the car unless we talk."
Umiling ako. "Wala naman tayong pag-uusapan. Saka wala naman dapat talaga? Ano bang pag-uusapan natin? We just had a date Noah, hindi mo naman ako kailangan suyuin palagi. You don't even know me."
Napangisi si Noah. "Yeah, it's just a fucking date."
"Tingnan mo, minumura mo pa nga ako."
Noah pressed his lips and took a deep breath. "I'm not cursing directly to you. That's not my intention. I won't do that in the first place. It's just that... you did a favor on me and now you're avoiding me. What's the problem here, Tate? I just wanna know why you're ignoring all of my texts, calls, and even now in person."
Even with the tension rising, nanatili akong tahimik.
"Aren't you gonna talk to me, Tate? Are you going to ignore me all this time? What did I do?"
"You did nothing," I finally spoke. "You never did anything wrong for me, Noah."
"Would you like to fill me in? If it really wasn't me, I want to know, Tate. You just can't do this to me. We're having a great time and then one day you just went shut me all up. I don't understand how you decided to do that to me but when you favored me to date your best friend, you never replied to any of my texts anymore."
I took a deep breath. I'm not sure if handa siyang marinig ang sasabihin ko pero kung gusto niyang maliwanan din sa sitwasyon, better to say it na lang. Pero baka isipin niya kasi na siya ang dahilan ng away namin ni Gwen and I don't want to press it to him dahil hindi naman. He maybe the reason pero hindi masyadong sineryoso ni Gwen. I'm not putting the blame to Noah, he's nice and friendly to me, sana 'wag niya lang din masamain ang sasabihin ko.
"Hey, Tate." Panunuyo pa nito sa akin.
Hinarap ko na siya this time, kumuha lang ako ng lakas ng loob para tingnan din siya sa kanyang mukha. I miss his face, his kakulitan but I have to forget all of him para matapos na ang sitwasyon ko kay Gwen.
"Listen to me, Noah. Don't push this to yourself, sasabihin ko lang 'to kasi ito 'yong nangyari and I've had my fault here kaya wala kang kasalanan dito."
"Oh, okay..." he nodded. "Whatever it is, I'll listen carefully."
"Gwen stops being friend with me," I said and before he could give a reaction to it, inunahan ko na siya. "She did that kasi akala niya inaagaw kita sa kanya. She thought I lied so I could have you and not tell her about it pero pinalala niya. Kung ano-anong inisip niya. I know I had my fault there pero sana naman pinakinggan niya ako pero hindi e. Naging manhid siya sa mga explanations ko that I just lied to her para hindi siya masaktan and yet she took it seriously kaya we end up in this situation. Hindi na niya ako pinapansin. Nakakadisappoint dahil lang sa isang lalaki."
"I'm sorry, Tate..." he said.
I sighed. "No, it wasn't your fault at all. Mababa lang ang rason ni Gwen at hindi ko maintindihan kung bakit niya nagawa 'yon. Yes, she's the reason kung bakit tayo nag-date at nagkakilala. Gustong-gusto ka kasi niya e. Bet ka niya kaya umaaasa talaga siya na siya ang mapipili mo. So when the time na nagdate tayo at nagkakaroon tayo ng communication, she keeps talking about you. I-message raw kita, mag-selfie ka raw and anything like that. Hindi 'ko lang ginagawa kasi nahihiya ako sa 'yo. But you have to know that this isn't you, I have my fair share of fault there."
BINABASA MO ANG
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