The One After (ONGOING)

Chapter 5

Double kiss

Okiel's pov

"Dito siya dumiretso, hihintayin ka na lang daw niya. Hindi ka raw niya na-contact dahil low batt siya." sambit ni mama mula sa kabilang linya.

Nasa kwarto ko daw kasi si Denise at hinihintay ako.

"Okay, pero baka matagalan pa'ko dito bago makauwi. Pakainin mo siya ma kung nagugutom. Sige na po, may gagawin pa'ko." sambit ko at ibinaba na ang tawag nang sumang-ayon naman si mama.

I'm at Delia's place because we had a problem in our research, so we decided to remake it again.

"Tumawag mother mo?" tanong ni Delia nang bumalik na ako sa pwesto ko.

"Mhm." maikling sagot ko at tumango lang siya.

Patapos na rin naman na itong ginagawa namin at ang iilang parts ay itutuloy ko na lang sa bahay dahil wala akong tiwala sa iba kong ka-member na aasikasuhin nila 'to agad.

"Huy, ang landi mo!" I heard Nicole saying it to Renica as I see her in the side of my eye, poking Nicole who was next to me.

Muntikan na'ko magkamali sa pagsusulat dahil sa kakulitan nila, so I glared at them.

"Renica, kung wala kang balak na maging matino, feel free to leave if you think that our group's no fun at all." iritang sabi ko at binalin ang atensyon sa pagsusulat.

"Oops. Sorry." rinig kong sabi niya at nag-peace sign pa ito.

As time passes by, hindi na'ko medyo maka-focus sa ginagawa ko at hindi komportable dahil sa pangangalay at medyo maingay na rin ang iba kong kagrupo.

"That's it, I'm out. Let's continue this next time." sambit ko at binitawan ang ballpen na hawak ko.

Kinuha ko lang ang mga papel na kailangan ko na sa bahay ko na lang itutuloy.

I wave my thanks and goodbye to Delia while Nicole does the same.

She decided to head home with me.

"Sungit mo naman kanina, buti na lang pogi ka." she says and I didn't show any expression.

Diretsong nakatingin ako sa kalsada habang siya ay dahan-dahang humawak sa kamay ko.

When I let her do that, she gave me a warm smile.

"Akala ko magagalit ka eh." she said and pouts like a kid.

There's no other people around, so she took the chance to wrap her arms around mine.

"Nic, huwag ka magulo, baka mabitawan ko 'to." I said seriously.

"No." aniya.

We're almost 5 meters away from her house, so she need to let go of me.

"We're here. Get inside, it's getting dark." utos ko nang makarating na kami sa tapat ng bahay nila.

She fixes her self and directly faced me.

"Bakit kasi hindi mo dinala yung kotse mo? Edi sana kanina pa tayoe nakauwi parehas." sambit niya.

"Because.. I want to be with you longer, I decided to walk home with you, so I didn't bring my car with me." I answered, making her blush and look away.

"Tss, stop that! Y-you're way too flirty again!" she said and laughs.

I smiled as she keeps blushing.