Ms. Rank 1 Meets Mr. Player (un-edited)

chap 75: Untitled

Aya's POV

I was walking down the hallway pabalik sa klase, I can't stay inside the room ng kasama sya, I can't focus sa klase, I can't even keep my focus sa harap ng room namin, I always steal a glance at him pero I've never seen him look at me or steal a glance at me. I guess this is my answer, galit sya sakin, he despises me now. This is what I want right? This is what I wanted right? Then why? Why does my chest hurt so much?

Habang naglalakad pabalik, I bumped into Layla and she gave me her usual look, she wasn't mad, she wasn't angry at me. It was her usual stare at people she knows.

"I hear what happened, I want to talk to you privately, pwede ka ba makipag kita sakin this Saturday at 4:30 pm sa starbucks?" She said and looked at me, waiting for my answer.

I nodded and gave her a faint smile "O-ou, yea, I'll see you this Saturday" mahina kong sagot sakanya

 

"Great, I'll see you then" she answered. She didn't show any emotion when she spoke, she just told me what she wanted and walked away.

Layla was always like that, maybe because of work, reputation, stress and at the same time pressure sa pagiging head ng isang prominent company. I guess kaya nagbago si Dennis ay dahil din dun but at the same time, I still have a guilty conscience of leaving him all alone like this. I wanted to stay beside him but at the same time, I have to leave him.

Saturday came, it was 4:25 pm at nasa Starbucks na ako, I've ordered my coffee and sat outside behind the table where I always sit on pag magkikita kami ni Dennis dito sa mall. I felt a sharp pang in my chest when I saw a couple sitting on that specific table. "Sana ganyan din kami, Sana ganyan PA kami ngayon" These words echoed in my head over and over again as if mababaliw ako kakaisip sa isang paraan para makalimot kahit sandali lang.

This mall in general holds a lot of memories para sa aming dalawa. The cinema, the fastfood, the restaurants, timezone, comic alley. Lahat. There's a lot of memories ng pagsasama namin dito that just being near here make me want to cry. I felt the tip of my eyes heat up but I had to brush that feeling away. I wiped of my still dry eyes and made sure that there was no tears falling on my cheeks.

I looked at my watch and it says 4:35 pm, pero wala pa si Layla but it's only been 5 minutes so baka na traffic or something so I decided to wait a little bit longer. I checked my phone and lo and behold.

No messages. No missed calls.

I know, it's pathetic, nung isang beses lang, it pains my heart to see his name on my phone pero ngayon? I'm longing for his corny messages, our long hours of phone calls, the way he'll try to make me laugh pag alam nyang may iniisip ako. When I request a song, kakanta sya ka-agad. If I feel unsafe and scared pupunta sya ka-agad kahit madaling araw na. Minsan nga dahil sobrang late na at magka-usap pa kami, nakakatulugan ko sya pero I always feel complete dahil boses nya na tumatawa or kumakanta ang huling narinig ko bago ako makatulog or minsan dahil sobrang pagod sya, sya naman ang makakatulog pag magka-usap kami pero babawi sya kinabukasan to make it up to me. Little things, pero everything means a lot to me.

A deep sigh, I want him back  but I can't. I closed my eyes, sighed once more and looked at my watch. "4:45 pm" I muttered to myself.  She might be busy I can only wait til 5:00 pm. I can't really stay that long at this mall. I can't look at a stall na hindi namin napuntahan. This place alone means a lot kaya it took me a lot of courage and will power to actually hang around this place.