"So that's why your boy has that attitude on me." Mangha si Waldo nang ikuwento ko sa kanila ni Miya ang nangyari kahapon.
Hinatid ako kahapon ni Claine. He said that I should expect a text from him. Hindi ko naman alam kung anong gusto niyang mangyari. If he wants a... date or what. But my best friends are here, unexpected that they visit me.
"Akala ko talaga ay may galit siya sa akin. I'm thankful that this has to do with you. Well... That's why Hill has no boyfriends for how... many years," Waldo teased me.
"How about your humored girlfriend?" I fired back.
Natahimik siya. Now he met his girlfriend here, in his homeland. He looks serious for her and I want to meet this girl. Hindi ako makapagpigil. Waldo is teasing me like I can't even fire back. Akala niya lang....
"It's not a humored," matigas niyang sabi.
"Oh... "
Tumahimik na lang ako. It's not a humored then it's true. That's what I thought. Napangiti ako.
"Bakit hindi mo ipakilala sa amin?" tanong naman ni Miya na kanina lang ay nanonood ng TV.
Waldo just sighed and nodded. "Soon."
Mediyo naging komportable rin ang usapan nang makalipas ang ilang sandali. Umalis agad si Miya at sumama naman si Waldo na umalis dahil may lakad daw siya. My brother is in his room. Sinundo ko siya kanina pero hindi pa lumalabas.
"Bye. " paalam ko sa dalawa nang makapasok sa elevator.
Napatingin ako sa aking cellphone and I didn't receive a text from Claine. He's busy? It's sunday and there's no work unless he go with his friends. Hindi naman niya yata kailangan na sabihin sa akin kung sino ang kasama niya.
I was about to lock my door but the elevator opened. Agad na lumuwa doon si Claine.
"Clay... " Now I called his nickname.
"May bisita ka?" agad naman niyang tanong.
I shook my head.
"Wala pero... " Naisip ko na meron kanina.
"Pero... " Tumaas ang kilay niya at gusto na marinig ang idudugtong doon.
Wala naman dapat akong ikabahala.
"Bumisita kanina si-sina Miya at W-waldo."
Ngayon na sinambit ko ang pangalan ni Waldo ay nabahala ako. I'm not guilty. Kanina na pinagusapan namin ang hindi magandang pagkikita nila ni Waldo ay nababahala na ako. Waldo and I are just friends and there's nothing between us in the past. Naging magkaibigan kami dahil sa mga pareho naming tingin sa mga ibang bagay. Lalo sa relasiyon.
Mahirap na isipin na nababahala ako kahit hindi naman dapat lalo na at mayroon ng girlfriend si Waldo.
Tumaas ang kilay niya. "I saw him."
