Bitter Holidays in Jeju

Chapter 18

Chapter 18

"Let's hide here," suhestyon ni BJH. Hawak-hawak niya ang kamay ko at hindi na niya talaga ako binitawan makalayo lang kami ro'n sa paparazzi na 'yon. Kabang-kaba ako sa kung anong pwedeng mangyari. If that paparazzi spoiled BJH's location now, maaaring maraming makaalam at susuyurin pa siya rito. "We should be fine here."

"Sana nga..." usal kong halos pabulong na lamang.

We tried to hide behind a store and BJH just pleased the vendor. Good thing for us, pinayagan niya kaming makapagtago. Hinintay naming makalagpas ang paparazzi hangga't sa makalayo ito para makalabas na rin kami sa kinatataguan namin. But if this person chose to stay, we would be staying here longer or could be whole day sa ganitong lagay ng sitwasyon.

"Aya!" He hissed as soon as he checked his bruised elbow. I gasped a little when I saw that it has a little dry blood on it. "I hate paparazzi." Iling-iling naman nitong tugon. (Ouch!)

"We should wash that out. Baka kung mapaano ka pa," nag-aalala kong suhestiyon. Umiling naman ito at nirolyo pababa ang sleeves ng kanyang sweatshirt. "Okay ka lang ba talaga?"

He nodded continuously as if that would make me feel fine. While he's worrying about the paparazzi who's coming after us, ako naman 'yong nag-aalala sa kanya. He was so serious no being caught. His determination makes me laughed, but I'm trying to hold it off since if I did, we could be caught.

Saglit lamang ay sumulpot na ang taong iniiwasan namin. As much as we want not to get caught ay nagtago talaga kami ni BJH and we're just hoping so hard that the vendor wouldn't rat us out. When the paparazzi talked to the vendor, nakinig kami nang mabuti if she would say a thing about us hiding behind her store. Taimtim namang inintindi ni BJH ang usapan nila and he was just relieved as soon as the rough deep voice from the paparazzi slowly faded away.

Naghintay pa kami ng ilang minuto at saka kami sinilip ng vendor at sinabi sa amin na nakalayo na nga iyong naghahanap sa amin. She just then realized that BJH is a celebrity and she wanted to have a picture with him, but she has no phone with her so he used his phone to take the photo. He get her name so he would remember it.

"Jeongmal gamsahampnida!" Pagpapasalamat ni BJH. Yumuko rin ito bilang pagrespeto sa vendor. (Thank you so much!)

Tinapik ng matanda si BJH sa balikat. Her smile seemed genuine. Para bang ngayon lang din siya nakakita ng artista sa personal. Though I believe most of the time ay maraming local celebrity ang nagpupunta rito para mag-taping nang kung ano-ano. Even the foreigners ay dinarayo talaga ang lugar na 'to.

As soon as we left our hiding spot, we just made sure that this paparazzi won't be seeing us at the base of the hill. Mukhang hindi na rin namin matutuloy ang pagpunta namin sa Aqua Park since the paparazzi could show up at any moment. We tried going to another trail so that we could somehow lose him. It almost took us an hour before we could even reached the base of the hill. Mas napagod kami sa pagbaba which should be the opposite dahil pababa na at mas mabilis na lang ang lahat, but then because of this paparazzi's way to culminate our privacy.

Though there were some people who are about to go up the hill, nakasasalubong namin sila at nakikilala nila si BJH and they would just come at us and asked if they could take a picture with him. Hindi naman ako mag-aassume na gusto nilang makipag-picture sa akin so I would know agad kung sino ang tinutukoy nila.

Some of them wanted to kiss him on his cheek at pinagbibigyan naman niya 'yon. Some tried hugging him so tight that his face scrunched dahil natamaan iyong sugat niya kanina. That's the part where I had to get in and made some space between them at bago pa mang tuluyang magkaroon ng commotion ay umalis na kami ni BJH. Just to be sure. Para hindi na rin siya pagkaguluhan since ang iniiwasan namin ay ang malaman ng mga tao kung nasaan na siya ngayon.