Chapter 08
Zaiker's first Instagram post is a photo of the fucking familiar girl.
It's a High School photo to be exact. The girl is sitting on the grass field drinking water from a black hydro flask. Her hair is tied into a messy braid, her sweats are visible too.
zai.kier You did great.
I can feel my heart beating faster than usual. Tears are pooling in my eyes while reading the pinned comment.
kaira.lev Ang plastic naman ng caption mo.
The girl in the photo is me. Damn it. Hindi ko nga alam na may account ako na iba.
"You okay?" Zaiker asked, nakita niya siguro ang pag-iba ng mood ko.
I shamelessly stared at him while he's driving. Why can't you tell me the truth? I averted my gaze from him and simply wiped the lone tear that escaped from my eye.
I know they are lying to me pero iba pa rin pala talaga kapag nakikita mo mismo 'yong ebidensya. It's like I'm living in their lies.
They should be thankful that I'm still trying to understand them. Maybe there's a reason why they keep on lying to me or maybe they are trying to hide the truth- the truth that might affect my relationship with them.
Nang makarating kami sa tapat ng bahay ay lumabas agad ako at marahas na sinara ang pinto ng kotse niya.
"You're not okay. Tell me what's bothering you, Kenna." Humarang si Zaiker sa dinadaanan ko nang makalabas ako sa kotse niya.
I stared at him, blankly. "What do you think?"
He licked his lower lip and averted his gaze from me like he's struggling to say something, something that may affect me, or is it the other way around?
"There is something that is bothering you." He stated.
I crossed my arm over my chest, "What makes you think that something is bothering me? How can say that, Zaiker?"
"You're too transparent, Kenna. You act calm but you're words and eyes says otherwise," He answered,
"I'm mad and disappointed." Pag-amin ko pero agad ding ngumiti ng pilit, "Nevermind. I was just overthinking about something..."
"Like what?"
"What if the people around me are just pretending? What if they are lying to me? But, I know you and my family won't do it, right? Since you all know how much I hate liars, sa tingin ko naman ay hindi niyo magagawa sa akin 'yon." I smiled like an innocent kid infront of him.
Wala parin akong makitang emotion sa mga mata niya. His face remained serious. He's that good at hiding his emotion huh?!
But, he's not good at lying.
I badly want to confront him but I just can't. There's something on my mind that is telling me not to confront him. I don't even know why I feel like it's not a good thing to ask him about it.
KINABUKASAN ay halos ma-late na ako sa trabaho ss kadahilanang late na akong nakatulog kagabi or did I even slept? I don't know anymore. Good thing Zaiker woke me up. Siya rin ang naghatid sa 'kin. But the whole ride with him was silent and I thanked him for not talking inside my head. I need it. We both need it.
"Kenna, pinapatawag ka ulit ni Sir Reev," Ani Hannah nang nasa kalagitnaan ako ng pag-kain ng lunch ko na hinatid kanina ni Zaiker.
"B-bakit daw?" I asked her at nagmamadaling inubos ang pagkain na inihanda para sa akin ni Zaiker bago tumayo para linisin ang desk ko.
