A Bloodless War

Kabanata 6

Kabanata 6

HINDI ako nakapagsalita. Mas umawang pa ang labi ko sa sinabi niya habang siya'y seryoso at matiim pa ring nakatingin sa akin.

"U-Uh," tumikhim ako at umayos ng tayo.

"Zeij—"

"And who told you to leave without telling me?" sinalubong niya ang mata ko. His eyes were now almost pitch black, annoyed.

"K-Kasi I was bored and..."

"You'll leave me whenever you're bored?" Kumunot ang noo niya.

"Hindi naman! Gusto ko lang magpahangin tapos 'yon!"

"Pa-hangin?" he scoffed. Ibinaba niya ang paniyo sa labi ko at umayos ng tayo. "And yet I saw you here kissing another man?"

"I didn't!"

"You did!" he hissed. "I looked like a fool searching for you all over the place yet you're just here with that boy!" Tinuro niya ang dinaanan ni Brad.

"I did not kiss him! He kissed me! Hindi mo ba nakitang sinampal ko siya?!" I hissed.

"But you didn't push him right away!"

"Because I was shocked!" sigaw ko. "Makaasta ka akala mo wala kang ginawa, ah! Akala mo ba hindi ko nakita 'yong pakikipaglandian mo sa kusina! Patawa-tawa ka pa!" sigaw ko.

"She's just my friend!" aniya, kunot ang noo.

"Then, Brad's also my friend!" sigaw ko.

Now we looked like a couple fighting over petty things! Partida, second day pa lang namin ito! Paano kung magtagal pa!

"You don't kiss your friends!" he hissed.

"And you don't laugh with your friends!" I screamed frustratedly back and I saw how his mouth parted in shock.

Miski ako ay natigil.

What kind of fucking reason was that, Alyx?!

Natahimik kaming dalawa, nag-iwas ako ng tingin at hinigpitan ang hawak sa revolver ko.

Damn, bakit ba hawak ko pa 'to? What if he sees this?

"Alyx," he called me by my name. Napatingin ako sa kanya na halos pagsisihan ko naman kaagad.

His gaze was just too much, I am a socialite and I can stand gazes of thousands and millions of crowds, yet his stare is different, it's a bit more intense and intimidating.

Halos manlambot ang tuhod ko sa tingin niyang ibinigay sa akin.

"Don't change the topic, we're talking about you and the kiss from your man," matalim niyang sabi.

"He's not my man! He's just a friend," giit ko ulit.

"You two kissed!"

"Hindi! He kissed me! Kanina palabas na ko then he came to me and told me something. Then ayon, hindi ako pumayag. Then, he kissed me! Malay ko ba, nagulat ako sa ginawa niya and it took me a while to push him! I know you saw that I slapped him!" Kumunot ang noo niya sa sinabi ko.

"What did he tell you?" tanong niya.

Tumikhim naman ako at nag-iwas ng tingin.

"W-Wala," sabi ko.

"Alyx," he said in a warning tone.

"E, wala nga!" I hissed. Sinamaan ko siya ng tingin pero hindi siya nagpatinag. Kung galit ang tingin ko sa kanya ay mas nakitaan ko ng awtoridad ang kanya.