His Unofficial Boyfriend

19. Daylight

Greyson's Point of View

Lee was acting kind of strange after he received a call from someone. I tried to ask him kung sino ang nakausap niya sa cell phone pero wala siyang sinagot. Nakatulala lang siya sa kawalan na parang mangiyak-ngiyak siya. Even though I was also bothered because of his switch of behavior, hindi ko na lang siya kinulit pa tungkol doon kasi hindi ko naman maku-control si Lee if he's really a private kind of a person.

Nawalan na ako ng gana na maglaro pa kaya tinanong ko na lamang siya kung pwede bang pumunta na lang kami ng aming room para makapagpahinga na kaming dalawa.

"Pwede bang mauna ka na lang muna? Give me ten minutes. Susunod ako sa'yo."

I just nodded and faked a smile before I caressed his head and went upstairs.

Mahigit sampung minuto na ang nakalipas pero hindi pa rin siya dumarating dito sa kwarto namin. I went to the balcony to check him, and right there on the poolside where I left him, I saw Lee while he was conversing with someone on the phone again. This time, parang galit na galit siya sa kanyang kinakausap.

"What's wrong with this guy?" I asked myself. I then realized that Lee was a much more complex person that what I perceived him as. He won't tell me his problems, at kapag pipilitin ko siyang magsabi ng mga iyon ay nauuwi lang talaga sa away ang lahat.

Nang tinignan ko ulit siya mula sa balcony na kinauupuan ko ay napagtanto kong umiiyak na siya. Kahit na ako na walang alam sa nangyayari ay nalulungkot din para sa kanya. Gusto ko siyang i-comfort, pero hindi ko alam kung paano kasi hindi ko gamay ang takbo ng kanyang pag-iisip.

I just sighed heavily because of this frustration that I was having with him.

Ilang mga minuto pa ang lumipas ay pumasok na si Lee ng kwarto namin. He was smiling like nothing happened a while ago. "Bakit parang malungkot ka?" he asked me.

Isang pilit nga pagngiti ang pinakita ko sa kanya bago ako sumagot ng, "Wala ito, ano ka ba? Ikaw, bakit parang malungkot ka?"

I wanted him to be honest with me, but I was not surprised when he told me a white lie as his response. "Bakit naman ako malulungkot, e, nasa St. Tropez tayo ngayon."

I laughed with him after he said that but he didn't know that I was vanishing inside. "So, sino pala ang tumawag sa iyo kanina sa baba?"

He caressed my head and told me that it was his friend from Korea. "He told me that his house was robbed," he said, but I knew that he was lying again. "Don't worry, okay naman sila ng pamilya niya," dagdag niya pang sabi.

"As if that friend of yours and his family really exist," I whispered to myself.

"Can we sleep now para naman maaga tayo bukas? I-charge na nating ang ating phones para marami tayong makuhang photos, love," he asked me.

Parang nawala ang exasperation ko sa kanya when he called me love. This was the first time that he called me something other than my name or my nickname – or babo, whatever that word is.

Kinabukasan ay nilibot namin ang buong island ng Balesin. Natatawa nga si Lee kapag lumilipat kami ng locations kasi parang round trip ticket daw ng buong mundo ang binook ko dahil hango sa iba't ibang mga bansa ang design at culture ng mga ito.

Doon kami sa Bali unang pumunta. As usual, it was one of the most relaxing places here in Balesin. Ang sasarap pa ng food na sini-serve nila sa The Warug. Even Lee could not resist their dishes at napa-dalawang serve pa siya ng nasi goreng.

The next destination that we visited was the beautiful Phuket. Kahit hanggang ngayon ay namanangha pa rin ako sa exterior ng villas dito: From the blade-like roof projections to the hallmarks that replicate the Thai culture, lahat ang gagandang tignan.