A week passed by but Aly still isn't around, not gonna lie, I miss him already. No one spoils me better than him.
"Good morning."
Gulat akong napalingon nang sumulpot bigla si Gray, agad kong nasinghot ang panlalaki niyang pabango. He's really neat, he's tall, he's handsome. How can someone like this man take interest in me?
Nanatili ang pagkamangha ko sa aura niya nang bigla niyang kinuha ang kamay ko. "W-What are you doing." Pinagsiklop niya ang mga kamay namin, gulat ko itong binawi pero hindi niya binitawan 'yon.
"W-What the he---"
"Language, babe."
Lalong ngumanga ang bibig ko, agad na uminit ang mukha at sinamaan siya ng tingin. Tanging ngisi ang naging tugon niya.
"Mr. President, I think you should stop doing these. It's in the students' handbook, PDA isn't allowed," sabi ko, though I like holding his warm hand, of course may hiya rin ako!
He chuckled sexily, what...sexily? "So you knew."
"Duh?" sagot ko, anong akala niya hindi ako nagbabasa?
Binitawan niya ang kamay ko, I don't know why I'm disappointed eh ako naman ang nagsabi na bumitaw siya.
Nakarating kami sa elevator, it's not just us but the students eyes are on us. Gray doesn't care at all, I don't know if he's doing it intentionally. Ugh, he's stressing me out.
"Wait for me later, sabay na tayo umuwi," sabi niya.
Napapikit ako ng mariin, his voice is the only sound everybody in this closed space heard. F*ck you Gray.
"May lakad ako," I said coldly to brush off others' idea na close na ulit kami, but instead of agreeing, he laughed. Pansin ko ang mga bulong ng mga estudyante, maging ako rin naman naninibago sa mga ganitong pag-akto ni Gray.
He's laughing which is rare but he's doing it now, here in school, comfortably. Parang gusto ko siyang takpan para ako lang ang makakakita ng tawa niya.
"You have nowhere to go, don't fool me. Your boy bff is not around," sabi niya na may halong pang-aasar.
Napanguso ako, can't really argue with someone who knows so much better than I do.
Natapos ang klase at hindi ko pa rin nakikita si Gray kaya ako na ang nagkusa pumunta sa student council para kaladkarin siya pauwi, of course hindi ko 'yon magagawa.
"Hala, sabi ko na siya 'yung mastermind eh." I heard a voice, it was that Ahyin.
"Right. He's smart." Dinig kong sabi ni Gray.
Binuksan ko ang pinto, nakita ko silang magkatabi at nanunuod ng movie sa malaking TV dito sa student council. It's just them.
It took him a minute before he noticed me. Napaangat siya ng tingin at tumayo, "Red," tawag niya.
I smiled, "Aren't you going home? if not then I will," nakangiting sabi ko at tumalikod na. Wala na ako sa mood, balak ko pa naman dumaan sa bilihan ng ice cream but nevermind, magsama sila.
What the h*ll am I sulking for? Ugh!
"Red." Napaharap ako nang hawakan ni Gray ang kamay ko, hindi ko namalayan na nakasunod pala siya.
Binawi ko ang kamay ko at isinuksok sa bulsa, kunyari ko pang tinignan ang oras sa relo ko, but really I just want to avoid touching him. I don't like this feeling.
"Bilisan na natin may gagawin pa 'ko," sabi ko at binilisan ang lakad palabas. Narinig ko ang buntong-hininga niya.
Nakalabas kami sa school at tuloy-tulot pa rin ako sa lakad na mabilis.
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Taming Red
Romance(written years ago, a draft that I decided to publish. bear with errors. thank you<3) Red, named after a color they said, I say it's a symbol of war, like the chaos in my head. I always find my name boring, but I liked the fact that my Mom thought...
