Hooked (ML, #2.5)

Chapter 21

Chapter 21

Kwintas

The days were moving quickly as its couldn't wait the year to end. It is July! And it is making feel nervous every freaking day, knowing any time Leigh will be summoned by his devil Angkong. She'll go back to Manila! What will be my plans? Maari pa ring ko ba siyang makasama sa kahit ano? Will she allow herself or let just the devil does the thing for her own? I don't even know what will I do if I am in Leigh's position? Probably escape? Pero pa'no ang pamilya kong naiwan? That is going to be a selfish move...I don't really know what to do.

My heels clicked onto the marbled floor as I walked toward Sebastian's unit. Katatapos lang ng isang session namin sa Academy at nagtuloy na 'ko unit niya. I want to tell him na matatapos na ang painting class namin ni Leigh. Dalawang linggo na lang at wala na. And I think Leigh is going home this August. It is final. Sana'y before na lang ng birthday niya so I could treat her...surprise. I'll give her the most memorable birthday she'll ever have so...far, you know. Sana talaga mangyari iyon.

I punched in the code of his unit and pushed the only door he has, the front. I smiled immediately when I saw the view from his glass wall. The sky turning dark pink or red. It is spreading artily. My eyes fluttered and a smile spread across my dreamy face. It is so beautiful. Ito iyong isa sa mga mamimiss ko sa New York City, lalo na sa Brooklyn.

My eyes casted downward when I felt someone's gazing at me. I jumped out when I saw him, Sebastian, smiling at me. There are buds on his ear and a laptop on his lap. Kaagad akong pumunta sa kanyang pwesto, sa sala at umupo sa kanyang tabi. Akala ko'y nanonood lamang siya ng GOT, but my mouth gaped when my eyes flew toward the screen of his laptop.

A young girl face beaming at me. Her eyes are like Sebastian's. It is full of colours and emotions. I mean, it is black also. Her pert nose and juvenile lips. She waved her hands to me and my lips slightly parted. But I gave her a lift of my mouth. A faint red spreads on her cheeks as she gazed his brother.

"Sari, tawagin mo na si Saige," mahinahong sabi ni Sebastian, sabay alis ng earbuds sa tainga pati na rin iyog nakasaksak sa laptop. So, I will hear the conversation of these siblings, ha? Alis muna kaya ako? Sa kwarto muna? I don't want to interrupt them. Minsanan na lang ang uwi ni Sebastian sa Manila, they needed this kind of moment.

"Ganda niya kuya..." ani Sari, ang nakakabatang niyang kapatid. Sari is fifteen years old, I guess.

"I know, Sari," mutawi ni Seb. "Tawagin mo na si Saige," sunod niya.

"Ate Lana!" makulit na sabi ni Sari at napahagikgik. "Sabi ni kuya gusto mo rin ang The 1975! I am a fan, too!" dagdag niya ngunit tumayo na. Tumingin siya sa kapatid. I saw Sebastian's expression drawing into bother or embarrassed? Napatawa ako at hinarap siya. "Ito na kuya! Tatawagin ko na si Ate--ATE SAIGE!" sabay sigaw ni Sari at mukhang palabas ng kwarto, nang tignan ko ang screen ng laptop.

Hindi ko man lang nasagot ang tanong ni Sari. But the thought of The 1975, hearing them live last month and meeting the fucking band I darn adore, making me high again with my emotions. I don't even know how to put in words everything that happened last June 1. I am going to babble everything like a freaking high idiot. One thing I am sure of, I am beyond happy, seeing and hearing them live with the love of my life. I, sitting on his shoulders while the Robbers was playing...my fucking gods.

That's crystal clear to me. I will never forget it.

I faced Sebastian who is shaking his head while settling the laptop over the table. Hinarap niya ako at napabuntong hininga. Napatawa ako at nagsalita. "You are immune with persistent kind of people, ha? Sari is so cute! And you missed the little girl?"