Heart of Darkness

Simula

Simula

"Alam mo, kabaligtaran ng pangalan mo ang sex life mo." I stopped sipping on my champagne when I heard Elena speaking.

"What?" My forehead creased, looking at her weirdly.

"Winter pangalan mo pero tagtuyot ka." She spatted.

My mouth fell dramatically, tumaas ang kilay ko sa kanya at nagsalita.

"Excuse me?!" Eksaherada kong sabi. "A-Anong tuyot?! I am living my best life--"

"Hindi best kapag walang sex, Winter!" She spatted. "That was the most important and exciting part of being a person. Sex!"

I almost shivered with what she was saying but I rolled my eyes at her instead. Too much information!

"Alam mo, Macarena..."

"Elena!" She exclaimed and her eyes widen. "Elena 'yun, Winter! You bitch!"

"Pasosyal!" Umirap ako at sumimsim sa champagne, pinakialam ko ang cherry na naroon rin at pinagkross ang hita.

"Busy ako sa trabaho," I said. "That's why I am not flirting. Inaayos ko ang future ko."

"Asus!" She rolled her eyes. "Ilang taon mo nang inaasikaso ang future mo! Ilang taon ka na, twenty-eight? May sapot na 'yang ano mo!"

"I'm gonna slit your neck, bitch!" I hissed at her. "Shut up! Nakakahiya sa nakakarinig!'

"Alam mo, Winter Andromeda Almedarez, freelance model ka lang at pwede nang pagsabayin ang trabaho at paglandi sa panahon ngayon." Aniya. She raised her hand dramatically and imagined something above her.

"It's called trabahoe." Aniya at bigla akong natawa at iniangat ang wine glass ko.

"At pwede rin isabay sa working, quoted as whoreking." I said.

Sabay kaming natawa pero syempre classy para hindi kami mukhang loka-loka. We clinked on our glass and chuckled.

"Pero bitch, akala mo lang. Wala akong jowa pero marami akong kalandian." I said.

"Sus, when was the last time I saw you flirted?" Nag-isip s'ya. "Years ago na, Winter!"

"Akala mo lang kasi, hindi mo ako nakikita palagi but I never got ignored by boys, no!" I said. "Tita na ako pero malakas pa rin ang karisma ko!"

"Weh?" She eyed me from head to toe. "Sige nga, flirt someone there." She pointed the dancefloor.

"Sige ba," I said, competitive. Tumayo ako at hinawi ang mahaba at kulot kong buhok papunta sa likod.

"Well," I shrugged and fixed my shining, little black dress and looked at her. "Let the shpw begin, shall we?"

I winked. Humagalpak naman ng tawa si Macarena at pumalakpak sa akin.

"Go, girl!" She cheered.

I smirked, ipinalibot ko ang tingin sa paligid at napatango. Well, maraming gwapo but not my type of guys.

I saw a lot of people dancing in the middle with their partners, the dancefloor is wild, the lights flickering in different colors.

Sa isang paglingon ko palang ay kaagad na tumigil ang hininga ko nang makita ang isang lalaking nakaupo sa isang stool.

The man is wearing a dark blue button down long sleeves that was folded until his forearm and black pants. Malinis ang pagkakagupit ng buhok n'ya, not the usual haircut for my type of boys.

It was Ivy League cut with high fade if I am seeing it right. Seryoso lang s'ya sa pagsimsim ng alak sa baso at pinaglalaruan ang iniinom, making the ice clinched each other.