College Arc XXIV: Lips
Seraphiel Basileus Jaena Amnon
There's a lot of things to talk about when people dragged that name.
Seraphiel with his intelligence and surreal beauty. Basileus with his greatness and talent. Amnon with his wealth and honor.
Yet for me, he's Seref. The reliable, kind, and passionate Seref. The one who is passionately dream driven and very much persuasive.
Hindi alam ng mga tao kung ilang beses niya akong nakumbinsi na gawin ang mga bagay na madalas hindi ko ginagawa.
Truth is, if it was all up to my mind, I would have dropped all of this.
Sa katunuyan, iyon ang gusto kong gawin. Iyon naman talaga ang natural sa akin. Ang sundin ang isip. At iyon naman talaga ang gumagana.
Movies and books sugar coat situations I supposed. When in fact, being rational, keeping your wits, those things always work better than being emotionally driven.
Little bit hypocrital to say that for someone who actively reads and who engages on watching films. But fiction has always been a different world from reality. And reality, well, it is often disappointing.
Ngunit kahit na iyon ang gusto ko, hindi ko tuluyang magawa.
There's this incomprehensible ardor in me that holds strong affection towards Seref Amnon. At sa pagkakataong ito, hindi ko na tuluyang maitali pabalik.
Alam ko 'yun. Alam ko. But even for the last time, I will try to fight it off. This is my final attempt to follow my mind. And if it still doesn't succeed, then there's really no way for me but to live with these feelings.
"Sigurado ka ba dito Hira?" Tanong niya sa akin. Ang kamay ay marahan na hawak ang aking buhok. Ang mata ay naka-direkta sa salamin sa aming harapan upang ako'y pagmasdan.
"I'm always sure. Just cut my hair Seref."
For as long as I can remember, I had always kept my hair long.
Ang kaniyang kabilang kamay ay dahan-dahang tinaas ang matalas na gunting patungo sa aking buhok.
Seref cleared his throat.
"Dahil ba 'to kay Quen Coderan?" Maingat niyang tanong.
"Ba't naman siya nasama sa usapan?"
"Don't women cut their hair when they're. . . heart broken?" He frowned.
Who said my heart got broken?
"I had a crush on him for months. I was infatuated so to say. That disappointingly vanished which is all my fault and which I am condemning myself for the lack of my emotional fortitude. Hindi naman maaayos ng pagpuputol ng buhok iyon, kaya naman bakit ko gagawin para roon?"
Ako'y umiling.
"It's not because of Quen Coderan." Aking sinabi. Naghintay ito ng itutuloy ko ngunit wala akong dinugtong.
Pinagmasdan ako ng kaniyang mapagmasid na mata bago maiintindihing tumango.
"Shall I start cutting it then?" Magalang nalamang tanong ni Seref.
Tinaas ko ang aking kamay at hinawakan ang parte ng aking buhok na gusto kong maputol.
"Hanggang dito." Aking turo dalawang dangkal sa ibabaw ng aking balikat.
"You want it that short?" May bahid ng gulat sa kaniyang tono.
Sigurado akong tumango.
"Why? You don't think it will suit me?"
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