BDSM SOCIETY: Judas' Kiss

CHAPTER 4

I remember this place. Everything that happened here was as fresh as it seemed like yesterday.

On how I spent my summer here getting rid of leeches and pests lurking on my plants. On how I had to cover my eyes from people in the pool area and my ears to stop hearing their curses and some were moans of pleasure from their women.

When did I realize my heart had started to smolder hate towards Zahir was in this garden.

Kung paanong sa murang edad ay pinatulan ko ang isa sa mga babae niya.

"Ah-huh! Gotcha!"

Now I understood why my flowers didn't grow beautifully. It's all because of these leeches. Pumasok ako sa bahay para manghingi ng pambungkal ng lupa but there was no helper inside. Naroon ang mga kasama ni Zahir kasama siya at ang babae sa tabi niya. Tumingin siya sakin pero nag-iwas ako.

"Hi, Maco!" bati ni Kuya Salem. I simply smiled at them before I went back to the garden.

"Yaya Cecille, please get me insecticides! Isama niyo na rin ang pambungkal ng lupa!" As much as possible ay hindi ako nag-uutos lalo na at kaya ko naman. Pero ngayon ay wala akong nakitang house helper sa loob kaya si Yaya Cecille nalang. I wanted this leech to die but I couldn't kill so I'm gonna bury this alive.

"Hi." Napasinghap ako at natutop ang aking bibig. No! I stared at the heels of the woman trampling the leech on the ground! "You're Maco, right?" Nakiki-Maco, hindi naman kami close. Masama ang mga mata kong tinunghayan ang talampasan. Oh, lo! A leech stomping a fellow leech! Ang isang 'to ay nakangiti nga lang sakin, but it's fake undoubtedly. She's friendly but she's nothing but a leech to me just like this one that ruined my flowers.

"Yaya Cecille! C'mon!" tawag ko sa Yaya ko. Hindi ko na siya hinintay at binungkal na ang lupa using my bare hands.

"I... I didn't want to disturb you but can you please tell Zahir that you didn't want to be babysitted? You know, we supposed to have a date today but it was postponed because of you." So, she's blaming me for their ruined moment wannabe with Zahir? I wouldn't let her!

I sighed and looked over her, again. Grr! I hate her retouched face. It's like, she's a man in the body of a woman. Malaki nga ang dibdib, mukha namang lalaki sa laki ng braso na kahit hindi ko hawakan ay matigas.

"Hindi ko hawak ang desisyon ni Zahir na i-postpone ang date niyo para bantayan ako, okay? You can ask him out and just leave me be. I didn't ask him to stay." I went back to the ground and tilled it with my bare hands but she stamped on my hand. Napangiwi ako pero hindi ako kumibo. I wouldn't give her the satisfaction. Not ever!

"Hindi nga ikaw. But it was your mom who asked Zahir to do it—"

"Then you should've asked mommy to withdraw her favor, not me. Stupid ka ba or what?" Tinulak ko ang paa niyang tumapak sakin. Talipandas! "Had I known him, he's not someone who could be commanded around with mere words. Even favor, he wouldn't comply kung ayaw niya."

"Are you saying na ginusto ni Zahir ang manatili rito?"

Yeah! You got it right! Marunong naman pala siya sa basic logic.

"Did he really ask you out? Maybe you're just hallucinating things. Baka naman ikaw lang ang nag-assume na may date kayo and for him, it's nothing. Did he commit to it? Baka nga ako lang ang ginawang dahilan ni Zahir para hindi kayo magkasama."

Her polished finger pointed at me. "You—!" Huminga siya nang malalim, calming herself. "You listen to me, hindi ako ang tipo na babaing nag-a-assume kung walang pinanghahawakan," mariin niyang sinabi, na para bang pinapaintindi niya sakin ang mga bagay na makabuluhan.