"Hey!" I approach Hunter at the balcony. He was holding a cup of coffee in his hands but his eyes were lock at the dark sky above him.
"Hi." Tipid nitong sagut at binigyan ako ng simpleng ngiti. Naupo naman ako sa katabi niya at ginaya siya sa pagtitig sa madilim na kalangitan. Wala naman akong makitang maganda duon kaya't inilipat ko ang paningin sa mukha niya. Napakagat ako sa labi dahil sa lala ng mga pasa nito.
"What?" nakangiting tanong nito ng mapansin ang titig ko. I smiled slightly.
"Hmm, you know I'm not- good at saying things, but I just wanted to tell you that-" nangapa ng salita ang dila ko ngunit naubos nanaman ang pinaghandaan kong mga linya kanina. Tumaas ang dalawang kilay niya at may mapagbirong ngiti.
"Tell me what?" tumikom ang nakanganga kong bibig dahil wala na talagang masabi, sa huli natawa nalang din ako.
"You really sucks at telling something but you are good at punching really hard, I thought I'm gonna loose my jaw recently." He smiled.
"That- that is what I wanted to ahm- apologize?" natawa siyang lalo.
"Yeah you definitely should. You just punch the MVP basketball Captain and the President of sport team."
"Yeah I know, I'm screwed" Nailing na sabi ko nalang at hindi na napigilang mapangiti narin. I heard him sigh and when I look at him our eyes met.
"You really had the gorgeous smile Liv." he said which made me look away.
"You should do that often." He added.
"Noah made me do it." the pain pinch my chest ng muli nanamang bumalik sa alaala ko ang itsura ni Noah kanina.
"But I just made you smile right now." He grin, I smirk.
"Yeah, that's a rare. You just made the wild cub smiles."
"Well I guess, we're even now."
"Yeah, maybe we are." His grin turn into the softest smile at pagkatapus ay umisog ito palapit sa akin at iniabot ang kamay.
"Let me do this for a third time, but I hope it didn't ended the same way." Lalo pa niyang inilapit sa akin ang kaniyang kamay kaya't tinitigan ko iyun.
"Don't tell me your going to ignore this for a third time." Hunter said. His still smiling, waiting for my hands to reach his, so even though the feeling is not gonna gave me comfort, I accepted his hands. It stays like for only 3 or 5 seconds but I feel like, I'm gonna blow.
I can handle physical touch but not the intensional one like the handshake, holding hands or even a simple high five, ano pa kaya kong hug and kisses na, that's why I was so not into the idea of relationship. However Noah is such a surprise, he never made me feel uncomfortable as if he know what things I can handle and not. Knowing his jolly and crazy personality he tend to be touchy but i know he always considers my feelings. Julius on the other hand is the first ever person who hugged me, maybe because I saw him as a figured dad with no bad intension or any malice against me. Still, it'll be very hard for me when it's Noah, Hunter or Waxton. I'm not saying that they have a bad intension towards me, it's just my head who could not stop thinking of everything. But in my vulnerable state hug is what makes me comfort. I remember when Noah hugged me nung gabing tinamaan ng palaso ko si Neska. It was so warm and comfortable that it makes me less worries of anything. Noah is such a medicine to me but instead of giving him exactly the same, hindi ko alam kung bakit laging pagdurusa at sakit ang naidudulot ko.
"You really made yourself here Hunter." I broke the silence.
"Yeah, I guess."
"Inulan kaba nila ng tanong at sermon?" he laugh.
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Mystery / Thriller[SOON TO BE PUBLISHED] Liv Miller appears to be caught in an endless loop where everything repeats itself. Nightmares, thoughts of suicide, waking up, and repeat. She's drowning in the blood of her past, which haunts her wherever she tries to hide...
