Faded Love

11

XI.

"Hanapin mo ng sayo, mas maganda kung ikaw ang hahanap ng sagot" She said.

Napakamot nalang ako sa ulo. "Tss, balik na ako don," Sabi niya bago puntahan ulit sina Hannah.

"What the hell, this girl is so mysterious, ano ba 'to" Isip ko na lang.

I called Dom, it's been weeks since we last bond. Kasi nga lagi na lang si Janina kasama ko, and besides, sabi din ni Dom may inaasikaso lang siyang sobrang importante.

"Hey bro, you free?" I started.

"Ah ganon, okay maybe next time, again" And we dropped our call.

Hindi na naman niya ako masasamahan, he's busy arranging things daw eh. He's with his family ata.

"Janina, tara," sabi ko sabay hablot sa kamay ni Janina. "Hannah, let me borrow your bestfriend muna"

Hindi na siya nagpupumiglas. "Saan na naman ba tayo pupunta?" She asked. "May hahanapin tayo," I said sabay start ng sasakyan. "To be more specific, ako, may hahanapin ako at sasamahan mo ako"

Nag- phone na lang siya.

Habang nagda- drive ako, kita ko siya sa side mirror, she's so pretty, "Janina, nung time na sinundo kita para mag- bar tayo, bahay niyo ba talaga 'yon?" I asked her.

Nabigla ako sa sarili ko gaya ng pagkabigla ni Janina sa tanong ko. Ang tagal ko na din yung tanong kasi when I picked her up, nung sumilip ako sa bahay nila, walang tao, parang walang gamit sa loob. Nasa labas na siya when I saw her eh. Weird but ok, just dealing with it.

She put her phone in her bag and faced me, "Since we know each other for atleast a long time I guess you have to know this, to be honest with you, nope, I don't live there," She replied and humarap sa daan na tinatahak namin.

I looked at her, "T- then w- where do you live?" I asked, stuttering.

"Okay, only you and Hannah knows about this," She started.

"Oh wait bat ka tumigil?"

Bigla ko kasing itinigil ang sasakyan kaya siguro napatanong siya. "Well, I thought baka magulat ako sa sasabihin mo eh." Sabi ko then chuckled.

"Sus," She giggled and bigla siyang nagseryoso.

"I lived in a condominium," She whispered.

Ngumiti lang siya at kinuha na ang cellphone niya at doon itinuon ang pansin.

"What? Since when? I mean bakit ngayon ko lang nalaman?" Sunod- sunod kong sabi.

She giggled at tiningnan ako. "Ang cute mo talaga pero matagal na, I lived there for almost 3 months already, the condominium building was near the cafe, kung saan tayo nag kita"

Sumaltik ako and faced her. "Ha? Sinong kasama mo don? Where's your parents anyway? You haven't mention them since we met?" Wala na namang preno bibig ko.

"Oh chill, isa isa lang tol" She said.

She sighed. "Okay so, I don't live with my parents because they abandoned me, so yeah, ayoko na kasi sila maalala eh, that's why I didn't bother to mention them at all" Huminga siya ng malalim, humarap siya sa akin, she gave me a smile and ipinikit na niya mata niya.

Oh dang, I thought alam ko na ang kalahati ng personal life niya, wala pa pala, wala pang kalahati yung information ko about her.

I have so many questions to ask but I don't want to pressure her. Pakonti konti muna.

Alam kaya ni Hannah 'yun?

Magsasalita na sana ako pero, "Hannah doesn't know about this thing so please be quiet"

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