One-shot Compilations

Emotional Vulnerable

"Why me?" he asked while having his beer.

"Why not?" sabi ko habang kumakain ng kropek.

"Did I just get lucky?" he asked habang may malaking ngisi sa labi.

"What do you think we shall do here?" I dared him. I looked right through his eyes. He smirked. We're not young to not know what's about to happen. Man and a woman alone in an apartment. Drinking. What could go wrong?

"You know that I play around," he said. Trying to tell me his intention. Ganito naman palagi eh. They would say they have a girlfriend or they are not into commitment or some sort. The fuck! I know that. If he thinks he got lucky today he is fucking wrong with that. I evilly laughed inside.

I play with feelings, too, Trav. I said it in my mind as I gazed upon his lips lovingly. This is just a start. I saw him gulped. Wala pa nga akong ginagawa eh.

"Does your girl know you are here?" tanong ko.

"Which girlfriend?" sabi niya. I looked at him with wide eyes and laughed.

"Gago ka talaga," sabi ko sa kaniya.

"I told you," sabi niya sa akin. "Bakit ako ang inaya mo? Where is that boyfriend of yours?"

"Ha? Sino?" I asked him while I was drinkin' beer.

"Yung palagi mong kasama uminom?" tanong niya.

"Ah, si Jack?" tanong ko. "Nandoon sa kanila. I can't disturb him."

I said at naalala ko kung ano ang nangyari noong huli ko siyang nakainuman. I shook my head. He should have not said he like me.

"Oh, break na kayo? Kaya ba ako ang pamalit?" he said.

"Break? Hindi ah. Kaibigan ko lang yun," I said because it's true. Jack was just a friend to me. We never had sex or anything. He was just a friend.

"Oh, like fuck buddies," he said.

"Ikaw talaga. Lahat na lang sa'yo involve sa sex no? Hindi naman ako kagaya mo na palaging kinakama ang mga kaibigan niya" sabi niya.

"Is that my fault na ang gwapo ko lang talaga?" he said. I cringe. Yes, he's this conceited. He knows he is handsome and that is the problem. I know him since childhood. We grow up in a small town a few hours away from this city. I saw him in his ugly stages that the girls and gays flocking towards him will not recognize him. He has a talent for singing and dancing. A total package kumbaga.

He's tall. Way taller than me. He's a model in Manila. Lumalabas rin siya as an extra sa mga drama pati na rin mga commercials. Maputi siya. He has dimples on both side of his cheeks. He has a good body too since kailangan sa trabaho niya. Yes, because of him I had insights to what life of a model is. Nakakatulong ito sa pagsusulat ko at oo sobrang gwapo niya but he's a hoe. I know that. He fucks around whether it be girls.. or gay. He can have both with his looks.

The good side of him is that besides his achievements he's always down to earth. He still talks to us, his childhood friends. Nakikipag-inuman pa rin siya sa amin sa gilid ng kalsada. Kumakain ng tuyo at lutong bahay. He is still the same. He is proud to where he is from. That despite of the income he has now he is proud to let people know that he came from a poor family. He also doesn't brag about the things he has. He is just confident about his looks and I give him that since totoo naman eh. Sobrang gwapo naman talaga niya. He has thick eyebrows. Chinito siya. Matangos at perpekto ang ilong niya. His lips is thin but it suits his face.

"I just wanted to talk," I said honestly. "I feel lonely. You should accompany me since nandito ka naman."

"Oh, so past time mo ako?" nanunukso na sahi niya.