One Shot Stories

60. ML

"Savage!"

Rinig ko hanggang dito sa sala ang phone ni Terrence mula sa kusina. Naglalaro kasi siya ng Mobile legends, isang sikat at kinaaadikang laro ng mga kabataan ngayon.

"Tara dito, buntot kalang sa'kin, Akemi!"

Oh, he's talking to someone on the phone. Akemi? A girl pa huh?

"Oo, tama 'yan hahaha." He giggled, still playing with her. How can she made him giggled so easily? How can she easily made him laugh?

I opened my phone and tried to see how much my balance is and there is none. Wala rin namang wifi rito sa bahay nila Terrence. I want to play with him too. I don't want seeing him playing with girls, uh it's okay lang naman if play lang kaso sa nakikita ko may kasamang harot, which will never be okay for me. Terrence is my friend? I don't know how should I call it. We are more than friends but less than lovers.

Tinignan ko ang loob ng bag ko para hanapin ang wallet at kumuha ng sapat na halaga ng pera para magpaload. Imma going to download that game then once I learned how to play, I'll ask Terrence if he could play with me.

Ilang araw na rin ang lumipas mula nang insidenteng 'yon at patuloy pa rin silang naglalaro. Araw-araw kong nakikitang nawawala na sa'kin ang atensyon ni Terrence, dahil nasa iba na, nasa babaeng kalaro niya lagi. Mula din n'yon ay pinag aralan ko paano laruin ang mobile legends and I'm enjoying it naman but the thought of Terrence is playing with other girls, bothers me so much.

Ngayon din ay kasalukuyang kumakain si Terrence pero hindi ko alam bakit hanggang sa pagkain niya'y kausap niya pa din 'yung babae. Ni hindi na niya nga napapansin ang presensya ko rito. Dalawa lang naman kami sa bahay nila at hindi rin naman kami nagkakalayo sa isa't-isa, pero bakit parang sobrang layo naming dalawa?

Andaming nagbabago sa araw-araw niyang pakikipaglaro kay Akemi ngunit isinantabi ko muna 'yon saka siya sinabayan sa pagkain.

"Uh.. Terrence," I called him out.

"Hmm?" He responded but his attention is still on his phone, I can see that he's suppressing a smile.

"Can we play mobile legends after our lunch?" I asked, my hands are trembling and I'm sweating asf.

This time, he moved his head up and looked at me, confused. "You're asking me to play with you?" He mocked.

"Y-yea.. but it's okay if you don't want to. I can handle myself naman," I whispered and lowered my gaze.

"When did you learned how to play ml?"

Ramdam ko ang mga malalalim niyang tingin sa'kin kaya hangga't kaya ko ay umiiwas ako.

"Nung i-isang araw lang.." I stuttered.

My eyes widened when he held my chin up and made me look directly on his eyes. "Who are you talking to down there? Is someone hiding under the table?" He smirked and examine the table.

"You're just too imitating that's why I can't look straight on you," I reasoned out.

"Hmm, nga pala I can't play with you later. Magr-rank kami ni Akemi and tingin ko hindi mo pa naman kayang makipagsabayan sa'min, palakas ka muna."

"Ah haha oo."

'Yan nalang ang tanging nasagot ko saka nagpaalam para magbanyo saglit. Sa loob ng banyo ay doon ko nilabas lahat ng luha ko.

"I don't get it. You said I'm important to you but you still make me feel that I'm not worth your time," I badly want to throw these lines to him but I can't. Mag-aaway lang ulit kami kapag nagsalita ako kaya mananahimik nalang ako.

"Okay lang 'yan, Dae. Makakalaro mo din siya. Tiis lang," I said while deeply staring at myself on the mirror. I shed away all my tears and acted like nothing happened and I didn't get hurt.

Mula nang usapan na 'yon ay hindi na niya ako pinansin o kinibo man lang, lagi na rin siyang wala sa bahay nila at hindi ko alam kung saan siya hahanapin. Sinubukan ko na ding tawagan ang phone niya pero wala, hindi siya sumasagot. Nag-alala ako, sobrang nag-aalala.

Habang naglalakad pauwi ay nakita ko siya naglalakad habang magkahawak ang kamay nila.

He didn't call me, he didn't text me, he didn't show up to me, nothing. Ngayon alam ko na ang dahilan bakit siya biglang hindi nagparamdam, may nagpapasaya na sakaniya.