What Are We

Chapter 4

"Uno! Uno!"

Why does she look like Koa?

"Zaffire!"

"Caveastro!"

Is she Yale? Or she has twins?

"Verreiraaa!"

No,no,no,no... I shook my head as disapprobation.

"Putang*na!"

Wtf? Bigla nalang umalog ang ulo ko. 

"What the fuck*n hell Rewera?! Asik ko sa putang*nang nambatok sa'kin.

"Ano bang iniisip mo at napakabingi mo?" Napatungo ako. Gusto ko silang murahin, nabingi lang ng ilang segundo. Tsk-tsk. 

"He was thinking about the woman we met last Saturday." Sagot ni Khairenh. Nanatili lamang akong nakatungo at tahimik na nakikinig sa kanilang usapan.

Naiinis na ako. 

"Sinong babae? 'Yung Vidal? Tangi*a mo sa'kin 'yon Uno!" Nagbabantang saad ni Cain. Tch, I have a taste, Cain. Pakipot pa itong si Cain, playboy naman. He's always like that, marking girls but in the end, he'll leave the girl.  That's why the girl will left to us sobbing either to us or to his parents and sister.

"Si Drell-."

I cutted him off. "Can you all stop? Don't asking and pushing me those women of yours. Not interested."

"So sino nga? Napaka pabebe mo Zaffiro." ani Klausyer at halatang dismayado na.

"Si Lighht ang iniisip ko okay? Happy?" Walang ganang sabi ko para patantanin ang bunganga nila. Bakit ko ba kasi iniisip iyong babaeng 'yon?

"Ang babaeng nagpatigil ng mundo ni Uno." Khairenh teasingly said and they all laughed.

"Ang babaeng nagpatigil ng mundo ni Uno," I repeat what he said mockingly. "--the day I saw her I felt like she's very special to me. Before I met you all, I feel like I've known her for so long. I feel like there's a part of my life that she's so special to me and all off m-..Ugh nevermind.. I just don't remember.." Ughh..why does my mind kept thinking her?

Umayos ako ng tindig at uminom ng tubig sa sports jag ko. We're all serious and sitting quietly. Tumigil din ang mga kwento nilang mga walang kwents. 

"Baka naman special talaga siya sayo? Baka nga mas malalim pa iyong pagsasama niyo kaysa saamin, saatin."

"Gaano kalalim? Twelve feet?" Napaka gag* talaga netong si Klausyer, nagawa pang magbiro. "Just kidding, I have a suggestion for you para naman hindi ka mag isip ng mag isip dyan. Over thinking causes stress and anxiety, Zaffire. We all know that. Ang suhestiyon ko sayo ay makipagkilala ka sa kaniya. Tapos magtanong-tanong ka. May knowing each other naman pag ka bagong kaibigan 'diba? Know about her life- about her past life. It can help you, Zaffire..." Gusto kong sumang-ayon, pero paano? Paano ko sisimulan?

"H-how?" I asked him innocently. F*ck, why am I like this?

They all chortled. "Ikaw ba 'yan, Verreira? Nagawa mo ngang makipagkilala kay Kataliya eh, tapos magtatanong ka kung paano."

"F*ck you. Can you forget the past, Cain? Nagawa kong magpakilala kay Kataliya dare 'yon ni Ate Zola okay? At tsaka kung iniisip niyong duwag ako, hindi ako ganoon. Duwag my ass." Naiirita na ako. Di bale sanang sinagot nalang nila ang tanong ko, hindi pa sana umabot sa punto na masabi nila ang pangalan ng babaeng pinaka-ayaw ko sa mundo.

"Aren't y'all hungry yet? I'm starving already." Napatingin kaming lahat kay Khairenh. Actually I'm hungry too but I need to find my f*cking bracelet.

They're already standing up, while I was an idiot wondering where I missed that bracelet.