Burning Red
Chair
"So, what's the real score between you and Isaiah?"
Tila isang showbiz reporter na tanong niya at nagawa pang humalukipkip sa harap ko.
She has that determined look on her face na ikinaikot ng mata ko.
I continued eating my chicken breast at wala sa sarili iyong natanong sa sarili.
What are we? If you'd ask me, I'll answer the most easy way to say... we're flings... with a little touch of friendship in it.
Ngumiwi ako sa sarili.
I mean, we kiss and make out... well, he had my cherry popped to be exact but we never really talk about it. Ayos na ako sa kung anong meron sa'min.
I want it to stay like that. Ganu'n rin naman ang trato ko sa kanya tulad ng naging fling ko noon.
I can't think of any words that could define what we really are.
Guys... I mean old businessman like him surely wants this kind of thrill. Aliw aliw lang sa sarili dahil stress sa trabaho. Ganu'n. Take Ivan as an example, he's the one who I had a relationship before. A businessman. A boring one.
"Flings...?" Hindi siguradong bulalas ko.
Hindi ko alam ba't siya natawa sa sinabi ko.
"I didn't know Isaiah prefers to be called as your fling! Sa pagkakaalala ko seryoso iyong tao at hindi nabibiro. He took everything seriously... I wonder how he'll react kapag nalaman niya ang sinabi mo."
Well, I know that but he never asked about us at kung sakali man tanungin niya ay pareho ang isasagot ko.
Bakit, may iba pa bang maaaring itawag sa amin?
"I'm sure he'll like it. May iba pa bang tawag sa aming dalawa? Friendship, perhaps?" Tawa ko.
Umiling siya sa sarili at dismayado na hindi nakuha ang sagot sa tanong niya. Ano bang gusto niyang sabihin ko?
I drink on my juice at nagtanong rin.
"How 'bout you? What's the real score between you and Kuya?" Ngisi ko.
Tumigil siya sa ginagawa at itinago ang pagkagulat. I smirked. You think I missed it?
"What do you mean?"
Kumunot ang noo niya sa akin.
"Oh! I mean, I saw you went out of Kuya's room the night after his birthday... what's that suppose to mean?"
I acted innocent and nonchalant habang inaabangan ang reaksyon niya sa ilalim ng pilik mata ko.
She completely turned mute that made me conclude something.
"I-I... you were mistaken! Nagkataon lang na... it's not what you think it is! Nagkakamali ka ng nakita!"
Umangat ang kilay ko sa defensive niyang tono.
"I'm sure I saw it right and bright... you little bitch." I gritted my teeth and glared at her.
Sa kawalan ng depensa sa sinabi ko ay padaskol siyang tumayo sa upuan kaya gumawa iyon ng ingay sa cafeteria. She stormed out in a flash na ikinasabog ko ng tawa. Her hair swaying harshly dahil sa mabilis na lakad.
It is what I think it is!
Bago ako umalis du'n ay nakatanggap ako ng mensahi kay Ali.
Alistair:
Let me tell you something that'd surely mind your own business. I heard Kisha has made a plan kung paano niya maaagaw si Isaiah sayo :)
Ha! As if naman!
