Seven
2022 Words
Hindi mapakali si Yeisha. What is wrong with her really?! Why the hell she did nothing while the man is busy kissing her two days ago?!
Yeah, it's been f*****g two days but that jerk didn't show up yet.
Wait.
Ang lalake lang ba ang may gusto sa nangyari? Di ba nga hindi naman siya naka tulog ng maayos mula noong isang araw?
I'm going crazy!! Arghh.. This is not healthy..
By the time Roderick left the house—his house—ay natutulala na siya.
I miss his presence tho.
Fuck the jerk of stalling her first kiss! But then, at the back of her mind, it's not her first kiss. But even if she wants to remember it, it doesn't get into her mind.
Don't care.. It's yummy tho..
Every time she wants to remember that day, she felt like all pains, blurd memories is coming back, kaya pinipigilan niyang isipin ang lahat ng nangyari sa araw na iyon.
It's been three f*****g years and yet still fresh to to her. She did her best to atleast forget what happened and accept the reality that that's the end of her mother's life, but its killing her..
Sobrang sakit lalo na at sa mata pa niya mismo nangyari.
Wish you were here mama.. May mapag sasabihan man lang sana ako ng kilig at nararamdaman ko ngayon..
She sighed on her thoughts —her wishing the things that she know it will never happen.
She was about to enter the kitchen when the main door was open.
Natulos siya sa kinatatayuan niya. And there's three—no, there was four man standing on the widely opened door!
Goldwyn—her best friend.. Jonas —her cousin and some guy who is wearing a gray t-shirt and black cargo shorts with his top knot brown hair.
Guwapo pero sa paningin niya, mas guwapo pa din ang lalakeng akay akay ng mga ito. Wait—is he.. Drunk?
What happened? It's her first time seeing him like this. Pasuray suray na halos hindi na nito kaya ang sarili nito.
But she's wondering why she doesn't feel any less points on his handsomeness.
She find him cute rather.
"h-hey baby girl!" ngisi nito sa kanya.
Napalunok siya sa klase ng pag ngiti nito, naalala niya ang labing lumapastangan sa birhen niyang mga labi!
"Miss me baby girl?" sambit pa nito.
"O. Shut up man!—cousin,—it's Jonas, and smirking —iakyat lang namin 'tong gagong' to ha, baka kung ano ano na naman ang lumabas sa bunganga nito e,!" inakay nito ang lalake na susuray suray sa paglakad.
Tumingin siya kay Goldwyn ngunit nagkibit balikat lang ito.
"So —ngumisi ito, ngising aso pa nga e—baby girl huh?" umirap siya dito na tinawanan lang nito.
Kapagkuwan ay muling nagsalita.
"Siya nga pala, this man here is Kelvie Valencia —our friend." ngumiti siya dito
"Nice to meet you.. Finally!" naka ngiti nitong sambit ngunit may kalakip na kislap ang mga mata nito na hindi niya maintindihan.
Finally?? What does he mean?
But instead of putting her mind into some sort of weird issues, pinili niyang pumasok sa kusina at nagtimpla ng juice—ang kusinang nagmukha ng 'kusina' dahil nagka laman na sa wakas.
She put an effor filling in this kitchen, mula sa pagkain hanggang sa pinaka maliit na gamit na kailangan sa isang kusina. Sa loob ng dalawang araw na wala ang lalake, dalawang beses din siyang namili online sa mga kailangan—which is gamit niya ang card na iniwan ng lalake sa tabi ng telepono at may kasamang papel at nakasulat doon ang account number.
Though they went to buy groceries the other day, hindi naman iyon sapat para sa kanila. And to think that Roderick alwas telling her to make it fast.
She's the kind of person who needs a lot of time when buying—and she hates the 'make it fast' when she is at the grocery store.
"Salamat , kumusta ka dito.. Okay ka lang ba?" sambit ni Goldwyn pagka upo niya, pagkatapos ilapag sa center table ang dalang juice para sa tatlo.
Sasagot na sana siya ng nakita niyang bumaba sa hagdan ang pinsan niya.
"Couz, can you please go up and fix that idiot? He stinks!" nakatawa nitong sambit.
She tssk on horror. Ayy. Hindi pa nga kita asawa e.. Nahalikan lang am puta..!
Huminga siya ng malalim at tumayo. Hindi niya alam kung paano niya haharapin ang binata ngayon.. Bakit ba ito naglasing?! Talaga naman o, kung kailan gusto niya itong makausap dahil sa nangyari, ngayon pa nagpaka lasing!
" Easy .. Will you? Don't murder him.." napa lingon siya sa nagsalita. It was the new man—naka ngiti itong naka tingin sa mga kamao niyang hindi niya namalayang mahigpit palang naka kuyom!.
Right.. She will just murder him now!
Pero bakit nga ba siya nagagalit?.." relax insan, wala namang ginawa sa'yo 'yong tao para magalit ka ng ganyan.." mababang tinig ng pinsan niya.
Kung alam mo lang! Tinapunan niya ito ng masamang tingin at nag martsang umakyat. Kabisado na niya ang loob ng bahay, pero never siyang tumapak sa silid nito, ayaw niyang paki alaman ang privacy nito.
Ewan ba niya ngunit ayaw niyang isipin nito na paki alamera siyang tao.
It's like she wants to build a 'good' image on him, for what reason, she doesn't know.
Maybe she's like every woman that wants to be nice in the eyes of their significant other?
But he's not mine.. Yeah?
"Grabe talaga 'yang taong yun! Hindi na lang umuwi agad. Naki pag inuman pa talaga sa mga pinsan niya.. Ang aga aga!" narinig niyang sambit ni Jonas.
Sandali siyang napatigil. Kung ganoon, narito na pala ang gago. Kailan pa? Hindi ba nito alam kung paano siya nag alala dito? Kung paano siya hindi mapa kali sa kaiisip kung anong nangyari sa kanya?!
Wait? Nag alala? Kailan pa? No. No. No. Erase. Delete! "Hindi ako worried about him! f**k it!" great.. Kaaway na niya ngayon ang sarili dahil sa lalaking ito!
Ang hindi niya lang maintindihan ay kung bakit ganoon na lang ang pagtalon ng puso niya pagkakita niya dito kanina. Why o why?!
Kumuha siya ng bimpo—kinailangan niyang halughugin ang built in cabinet nito na halos lahat yata ng pader ay mayroon, —para lang makahanap siya, pumasok siya sa banyo nito at namangha siya sa linis ng banyo.
Halatang marunong sa gawaing bahay.—no wonder, he doesn't let anyone come and clean this house.
"Huwag kang makulit. Pupunasan lang kita ha." para siyang timang na kausap ito kahit alam niyan hindi naman siya maintindihan kung bakit ba naman kasi ang aga-aga e naglalasing!
Busit ka.. Sinasayang mo lang ang ka guwapuhan mo e!
Napaiktad siya ng hawakan nito ang kamay niya na may hawak ng bimpo at kasalukuyang pinupusan ang mukha nito.
Heck!! She felt some fire on her hands and it's tickling the hell out of her!
" Baby girl. How are you?" tila pagod na pagod na sambit nito.
Tumikhim siya para alisin ang bumara sa lalamunan niya.
"Umayos ka Roderick, I swear! I will kill you the moment you will kiss me again!" singhal niya dito.
Kiss me when you're not drunk.. Like that.. She giggled silently on her wish.
Hindi naman ito umimik but a small sexy chuckle came out to his mouth. And it made he shiver!
Damn it!
Ano bang meron sa lalaking ito at nagkaka ganito siya?, she should be the one who can be cold in an instant. Shouldn't she? —lalo na sa mga lalakeng ganito.
When she was in paris, lahat ng lalake na may pag tingin sa kanya, dinidispatsa niya agad, the next day—wala na ang mga ito, natatauhan agad.
But how come she can't do that reaction to this man? Who is he by the way? —ni apelyido nito hindi niya alam e!
"Why do people tend to not remember anything, while there's someone longing?" mababang sambit nito.
Ramdam niya ang paghihirap nito. May bumundol na parang kirot sa puso niya.
"Why? Can that person be a human and remember me, even just once?" may pait na sambit nito saka tumawa ng mahina.
Nagmulat ito ng mata at tumitig sa kanya.
Napalunok siya sa klase ng pagtitig nito.
There's this unknown emotion in his eyes that suddenly disappeared.
Who hurt you??
" Matulog ka na! " pasinghal na sambit niya dito. Hindi niya maiwasang langkapan ng inis ang pagsasalita niya. Nagmukha tuloy siyang nagging girlfriend!
Napakurap siya sa naisip. She saw the lips of Roderick slightly tugged up. And then pumikit ulit ito na parang wala siyang sinabi. She gritted her teeth and fold her fist.
"Naku .. Naku.. Ka talaga! Hindi ka lang lasing, binigwasan na kita! Urghh!" inis na sambit niya.
Hindi niya alam kung naririnig nito ang sinasabi niya dahil bahagya nitong iginalaw ang isang kilay.
Napatigil siya ng binitiwan nito ang kamay na hawak hawak pa pala nito mula kanina—kaya pala, kaya pala ramdam niya ang tila pag iinit ng katawan niya kanina, dahil sa simpleng paghawak nito sa kamay niya.!
"Ikaw baby girl, if you've been inlove for how many years with someone, but that someone doesn't recognize you, or even just remember you just a little bit, will you give up? Or just wait for the right time for that someone to remember you..? Will you still wait.. Even if you know that "—he cleared his throat —" it will only give that someone a huge pain if he/she remembers you? " dahan dahan itong nagmulat ng mata.
" I will. There's always a right time for everything Roderick.. Hindi man ngayon, pero kung kayo talaga ang para sa isat isa, why not? I'm willing to take a risk and wait for it.. " matagal itong naka titig sa kanya.
Na tila ba binabasa nito kung totoo ang sinambit niya. Kapag kuwan ay pumikit na ito at ipinatong ang isang braso sa mata
" Go down, no need to do that.. I will just sleep for a couple of hours and then I will clean up later.. Don't worry too much.. Thanks baby girl!" sambit nito.
"And, I'm willing to wait until –she will remember me, like what you've said.. Maghihintay ako—"
And he closed his eyes.
Nanatili siyang nakatayo sa gilid ng kama nito, hindi siya umalis hanggang hindi niya narinig ang pino nitong hilik.
Sleep and rest.. Reset your mind if necessary.
Damn that man for making her heart in pain! He is in love! My God.. It hurts.. It really hurts—but what hurt her the most was, being Roderick hurting by someone.
And it's killing her!..
Honestly, the woman is so lucky, but Roderick doesn't deserve being in pain like this, ramdam niya ang sakit sa loob nito.
The way he talk shows it all.
But for some reason, she adores him more on how he acted coolly while there's no reason to be —hurt, pains and longing is not easy to handle.
Why? Why just now??
Why just now when he is inlove with someone else?
She likes him—no scratch that —she wants him.
She step on the door, after she put back the things that she used to wipe him up in order to reduce his drunknes.
Drunknes my ass!
She's pouting while walkin on the aisle, and she heard Jonas talking, but she did not pay attention to it.
Pumasok siya sa kuwarto niya at lumabas sa veranda.
In her mind, Roderick will be out of her book—of her life.
God... It hurts!
Kung kailan siya nakaramdam ng kakaiba para sa isang lalake, saka naman siya makaka ramdam ng sakit.
Literal na 'pinagtagpo ngunit hindi itinadhana' and drama nila.
I didn't even taste the hell all of him!
We didn't even date.
Heck!!
"Ma, puwede bang paki tulungan mo ako? Gawin mong magka amnesia siya para makalimutan niya iyong babaeng mahal niya—"
But no, ang sama ko kapag ganoon..
"Tssk. Just give me another chance Lord, and grow up once again—no Roderick, nothing. Just let me be please"
"Better to be alone than to be with someone who doesn't feel the same" she murmurs on the cold night.
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