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Chapter 38-4. One Night Only?!

It is a waste of lifetime to be afraid of love,
To be afraid of getting hurt.
Love is a risk, but you have so much to gain.

Eleonor Malicsi Dimaculangan

And just to continue where we've left off...

“I can’t believe this!” I swear to God I could kill him by the way he smiled at me. “You are falling in love with me.”

The way my heart reacted, parang gusto na nitong kumawala sa dibdib ko at magsasasayaw ng Happy, Yipee, Yehey at infairness kulang pa yun, kasi sa lakas ng kabog nito, parang gusto pa nitong sumigaw ng MAY TAMA KAAAAH SEF!! MAY TAMA KA!! Tama bang mag-agree kay Sef?? Goodness.

Ang braincells ko naman biglang umapila... bigla namang naki-join at nagsayaw ng Chembot… kulang na lang i-posas nito ang makulit kong puso.... at di pa din toh nakuntento sa dance number niya, talagang sumisigaw pa ng,HEART, YOU'LL JUST GET HURT!!

Habang nagkakaroon ng epic battle si mind at si heart… Sef rested one hand against the wall, near my right ear as he was leaning closer towards me. I could feel his breathe fanning my lips. Even though he has a playful smile plastered all over his face, his eyes were telling otherwise. His eyes were rather serious and they bore on me without blinking.

Is he even aware that he can make me feel so darn weak?

Does he even know how I feel every time I am under his gaze?? 

Does he know what his smile can do with my heart?

This is pathetic Eleonor Malicsi Dimaculangan!! Pathetic, I tell you!! COULDN'T YOU JUST SNAP OUT OF IT!!

Diba sinabi mo nun? Dapat matigil ang kung ano mang kabaliwang nararamdaman mo?? Dapat maagapan na yan!! STOP IT!! STOP IT!! JUST STOP!!

My mind was screaming at me!! All logic told me that the right thing to do is to STOP my heart from its crazy stunts... this just got to stop… Mapapahiya ka lang Eleonor… masasaktan ka lang!! Alam mo na ang ending niyan… see how he’s mocking you??

Ganito ba talaga si Sef? Is he really this kind of a jerk??

What is it about TEASING me that he finds so amusing?? Talaga bang, masayang lokohin lang ako ng ganito??

Ganito ba talaga ang silbi ng CLOWN sa kanya?? To toy around with their feelings??

WOW. Ngayon mo lang na-realize yan Ellie?? DEYM IKAW NA ANG BIGA-TEN!! Hahaha.

Para sa isang kagaya ni Sef… lahat lang ito ee isang malaking JOKE ano?? C’mon Ellie, you know how it is with jokes… TALO ANG PIKON!!

Alam ko… alam ko… walang PIKON sa lahi namin. It’s just that… naiinis ako about the way Sef said it. Tapos yung ngiti niya pa… as if feelings are just something he should be laughing at. Pano kung totoo yung sinasabi niya?? Tapos tatawa-tawa lang siya??

ARGH WHAT WAS I THINKING?? OF COURSE HINDI TOTOO YUNG SINASABI NIYA!! NOT A CHANCE!!

Isa siyang malaking BULLY!! Gwapong bully to be exact!!

AHH. WHATEVER!! I will not let him have the pleasure of teasing me that easy!! Kailangan niyang malaman kung sino ang MAS BULLY saming dalawa. Mali ang babaeng hinahamon niya ng ASARAN!!

Aah, at baka nakakalimutan niya, ASARIN NA NIYA ANG LASING WAG LANG ANG ELEONOR NA BAGONG GISING!! 

“Haha,” I managed to let out a hoarse laugh. “Joker ka talaga Sef!!” I pushed him off me & I quickly took the chance to walk away from him. “I heard YOU are the one who is head over heels in love with me.”

Sef smiled even more & I only returned his smile of complete mockery even though deep down I was melting. “Aah.”Sef brushed a thumb across his lower lip. Ang landi niya talaga!! “Okay.” He shrugged. Yun lang ang sinabi niya. Hindi siya nag-contradict. Besides, OKAY doesn’t mean YES!! But it doesn’t mean NO either!! Sometimes, OKAY is just a means of ending a conversation!!

“But tell me,” He turned his back from me, papunta sa cabinet niya. “What if… it’s true…what you just said...” He went back in drying his hair again. Hindi ko makita yung muka niya. Was he smiling? Was he serious? “Pano kung totoo nga?”

My eyes went wide. Alin ang totoo?? ALIN?? That he’s… he’s… in love with----??? Na blangko ang isip ko. Parang hindi na-generate ng brain cells ko ang tanong niya. For once, natameme ang UTAK ko!!

SIYA NA!! SIYA NA ANG JOKER OF THE YEAR!! Hahaha. SAKANYA NA ANG TROPHY!! KANYANG-KANYA NA!! C’mon Ellie, you can’t possibly fall for that trap of his. It’s a TRAP!! And you should know better!! When you know from the very start… a guy like him could never fall in love to someone like you. NOT AN EFFIN CHANCE!!!

Hindi ako makapagsalita… parang nabalot bigla ng katahimikan ang kwarto… What will you do? Oo nga… what will I do? And I was rendered speechless once more...

“Kalimutan mo na nga lang.” Sef said as he grabbed something in his cabinet. Bagong toothbrush… nasa pack pa nga ee. He handed it to me without actually looking. Yung towel niya nasa may ulo pa din niya, concealing his face from my view.“Oh, mag-ayos ka na. I’ll drive you home.”

It was a silent drive home. Tahimik lang si Sef, tahimik lang din ako. Iniisip ko, ano ba itong napasok ko?? LECHUGAS KA KASI ELEONOR MALICSI DIMACULANGAN KUNG BAKIT PA KASI PUMATOL KA PA??!! See what happened? Nag-back fire tuloy sayo yung joke mo!! Besides, papano ba akong nakatulog sa kwarto ni Sef?? Panong nagawa nila Borge at lalo na ni MAX na iwan ako dun???

Infairness Ellie, sa tingin mo ba… could there be any slightest possibility na totoo yung sinabi ni Sef… TOINKS!! TUMIGIL KA!! STOP!! WWWAAAAAAAHHH!!! AYOKO NA!! Wag na wag siyang magkakamaling ligawan ako… dahil baka wala pang isang segundo naka-oo na agad ako!! :man_in_love:

I tried to steal a quick glance of him… his eyes were fixed on the road… I wonder what he was thinking? Sef then shifted his gaze on me and I quickly looked away. “Mukang tahimik ka ata?” he asked, grinning. “I was just fooling around back there.” I didn’t answer. “Baka mamaya sineseryoso mo na mga sinabi ko.” At nang inabutan kami ng red na stop light he managed to poke me by my arm. “Uyy!”

SEE?? SABI SAYO JOKE LANG LAHAT YUN EE!! Grabe Ellie, affected much?? Haha. He was just ASKING you papano kung totoo. Yun lang. He didn’t say anything about it being ALL TRUE!! Kaya pwede?? Stop being sooo darn affected!!

“Stop talking. Mag-drive ka na nga lang.” Hindi ko sinasadyang mapataray ang sagot ko!! Bravo Ellie!! Bravo!! Ipagpatuloy mo lang yan! Haha.

“Oh,” Sef said at may kasama pa yan na mapang-asar niyang ngiti. “Bakit ka ba nagagalit?” Simple lang yung tanong niya but it was enough to make me blush wildly. GAAAAD!! Bakit ganito?? Ang lakas talaga niyang mangasarrr!! NAKAKAINIS!!! "Just tell me if you don't want it to be a joke." He wasn't looking at me, syempre naka focus siya dun sa daan. But there was something in his voice that gave me goose bumps!! Nagsitaasan ang lahat ng balahibo ko sa katawan!! "Pwede ko namang bawiin ee."

Napalunok ako... my heart was beating so darn fast!! Lechugas talaga itong lalaking ito!! Maniwala kayo!! IMBUDO si Sef!! IMBUDO, LECHUGAS, ANIMALES, PUNYEMAS!! LAHAT NA!!!

“Gusto mong lumabas nitong kotse ng hindi dumadaan sa pintuan?” I asked him angrily. Seryoso, I was ready to throw him out the car. Kahit sabihin pa niyang, sakanya ang kotse na ito!!

Nawala yung malaking ngiti niya sa muka. "Alright." He shrugged. "You're the boss."

Tahimik lang kami all the way papunta sa bahay. Then suddenly reality hit me… meron pa pala akong mas malaking problemang dapat iniisip... ano nga palang sasabihin ko kela Papa’t Mama?? H-hindi ako umuwi kagabi, at first time na nangyari yun!! Hindi yun ikatutuwa ng Papa ko. Ano kayang gagawin niya? Itakwil kaya niya ko?? Kasuklaman?? WWAAAAHH!!

Dire-diretso si Sef sa street namin kahit na sabi ko ipara na lang niya ulit sa may kanto. “Wag na, pupunta rin naman ako sa inyo ee. I was invited, remember?” Hindi ko na na-comprehend ang sinabi niyang yun…kasi… before I knew it, andito na kami sa TAPAT NG BAHAY KO!!

Andaming tao sa bahay namin… HUWAT THE HELL… My heart almost dropped when I realized naglipana ang buong angkan ng MALICSI sa bahay namin. Mga tita’t tito, mga pinsan, pamangkin… lahat-lahat na!!

OH MY GAAAAD!! ISANG GABI LANG AKONG HINDI NAKA-UWI… hindi naman nila kailangang mag-react ng ganito!!

WAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!!! LAGOT KA NGAYON ELEONOR!! HULING ARAW MO NA TOH SA MUNDONG IBABAW!!!!

To be continued.