Say You Won't Let Go (Donny Pangilinan)

Chapter 34

Donny

Sophie has really been acting strange for the past few months, but she won't tell me the reason why. I don't want to force her, but I just want to know. Janina is clueless, while Claui just stayed silent since it's not her story to tell.

Whenever I want to ask her out, she declines. It's heartbreaking. Does she still want to be with me?

Hindi pa ba kami okay sa nangyari noon?

May nangyari nanaman ba? I want to know.

Right now, a lot of things are running on my mind. Lahat na ng kilala ko, pinagtanungan ko pero 'di rin nila alam.

I only have one more person to ask.

2:04 PM

I went inside the men's locker room to sort my jerseys and tee shirts, then I heard someone singing like Sam Smith. I got a little crept out since by this time around, lahat ng players ay nasa basketball court or gym o kaya sa soccer field. The voice was from the shower room. May multo ba dito?

"But when you call me baby, I know I'm not the only one.",

"Hello?", I called out. No response.  

"Oh my God, Donny?", napatingin ako sa left side ko.

"Dylan?", my eyes widened as I saw him naked so I turned around.

I heard the shower handler twisting upon Dylan's stressing act when he saw me. I saw a bath towel hanging from the other end of the room and I ran carefully to grab it and hand it to Dylan.

"What do you want from me?", he loudly spoke. "If it's about Sophie, I know nothing! Please don't beat me up again.", he nervously said as I handed the towel to him.

"I won't, I'm so sorry, bro.", I helped him stand up since he must've slipped. "I didn't know you were here.",

"It's fine, man. What brings you here, though?", he asked.

"I heard someone singing kasi eh.", I chuckled. "Singer ka pala, ha.",

"Minsan lang.", he laughed.

Dylan and I reconnected since we didn't have a good start. I'm so thankful that we got to know each other better now. Siya pala yung kapalit ni Miguel Castillo. I'm good, we're all good. He's a good guy.

"There's one thing that I want to tell you, Donny.", Dylan is finally clothed

"Go, tell me.",

"I'm gay.", what?

"You're--?",

"Yes, I am. From the very start, I really had no plans on your girl. It was you who I was eyeing on.", he looked uneasy. "I got scared when you hollered at Sophie and the time when we had a fight, I forgot how to man up.",

"Wow, I never thought that you're gay.", I was speechless. "I'm sorry, can we forget about it?",

"Yeah, sure.", he giggled. "I found it so cringe-y when my crush saw me naked at the men's shower room. I hope I didn't scare you, I'm sorry.",

"It's fine.", I nodded at him. This guy is soft.

"If you need help on finding your girl, I got you.", he patted me on the back.

Please, please, Sophie. Wherever you are, I hope you're safe.

Sophie

It has been weeks since I've been going straight to Josh's place after school. I've been missing out on my priorities. I don't know if the world would still look at me the same way my boyfriend saw me, all good and clean.