Dare Me To Love You (ITL Series #1) |COMPLETE

Dare 2

CHAPTER 2
GABRIEL
"DARE." I said, uninterested to the game. "Ang boring mo maglaro, Gab." Reklamo niya, samantalang iyong apat na ay tahimik lang na pinapanood kami ni Jeus na magbangayan.

Maybe the four motherf*ckers are used to hearing my, “dare” whenever we play this game. Childish you may say, pero bored lang kami. We aren’t old guys. We also play childish games… like playing with different girls.

Our last professor had important matters to do and spared us to go home. Since it’s too early to go home and watch the silence, we came here in the gymnasium to play. We’re bored.

"Sinong magu-utos sa kaniya?" Walang ganang sabi ni Gold at bumuntong hininga.

"I have an idea!" Sabi ni Jeus na ngumiting aso. Napatirik ako ng mata, kung ano-ano nanaman ang sasabihin ng bwisit na ito.

"Tutal, kanina pinahiya mo iyong classmate nating mathematician..."

I CAN'T imagine myself telling someone 'I like you' because it's not happening! But now, Jeus Freedom Alvarez just made a dare! Humanda ka talaga Jeus! I'll kill you after this!

I saw Monica standing and I think she's waiting for her service. Nag-suot siya ng earphones and started to tap his palm on her right thigh. Sinasabayan siguro niya ang ritmo ng kanta sa kaniyang cellphone.

I walked towards her and lend the bouquet of red roses in front of her. Kumunot ang nuo niya pero hindi pa rin siya lumilingon sa gawi ko.

Ilang segundo pa ay humarap siya sa akin at pinakatitigan ang bouquet. "M-me?" Sabay turo niya sa sarili. I sarcastically looked everywhere and look at her.

"May iba pa bang nandito?" Walang emosyong sabi ko. Sa oras na iyon ay parang may gusto akong ilabas na emosyon pero pinigilan ko.

Tinanggal niya ang earphones niya at tumingin ng diretso sa mga mata ko. Gusto kong ibaling sa iba ang tingin at ganon nga ang ginawa ko.

"And what exactly is your point, Mr. Santos?" Diretsang tanong niya. Tulad ng nasa dare ay ginawa ko ang kailangan kong gawin.

"I like you..." Sabi ko at gustong mapayuko na parang nahihiya, but I did not looked down. I braced myself to look into the depth of her eyes, until she broke the stare.

"Look, Mr. Playboy." She looked at me again and her eyes became shallow, it’s emotionless. Yet I saw a small peck of emotion; a glimpse of desire. But I was not confident enough to think such emotions.

"I don't have time for sex, okay? I'm very busy at school, work, and a lot of things that is full of sense. I don't have time to soften dicks and I don't have time to waste for useless things. Yeah, I know I'm inexperience but please, don't bother to give your effort just to have me." Mahaba at mahinhin niyang sabi na parang pilit na inuunawa sa akin ang punto niya.

"Can you be my girlfriend?" Ewan ko pero kusang lumabas iyon sa bibig ko na maging ako ay napatigil.

Wake up, Gabriel! That is not part of the plan! Reklamo ng isip ko. Bahala na! Nasabi ko na, eh. Ano bang pwedeng dahilan kapag tinanggi ko 'di ba?

"What?" Mahinang sabi nito na parang hindi narinig ang sinabi ko at kumunot pa ang nuo. Iniabot ko ang bouquet at sapilitan iyon pinahawak sa kaniya, pero hindi niya iyon kinuha. So the bouquet was still on my hands.

"As I’ve said I don't hav---"

"Yeah you don't have time for sex! But I'm not inviting you in bed—“ Pinutol niya ang pagpapaliwanag ko.

"Then what is your point?" Naiiritang sabi nito. Umikot ang kaniyang mata at maarteng tumingin sa akin. She crossed her arms in front of her and raised an eyebrow.

"Can I---" urgh! May sumingit nanaman!

"Ma'am Monica, hinihintay na po kayo ni Ma'am Jewel." Magalang na sabi ng service niya.

Nagulat ako ng kinuha niya ang bouquet at bumulong sa tenga ko, "I'll accept your challenge, Mr. Santos." She winked and smiled at me before she entered the car.

I was shocked and didn't step a foot. Biglang nagsalita si Retz sa cellphone kong nasa bulsa. Yup, they heard everything because the whole thing was a plan—a dare.

"Hey, you just asked her out!" Manghang sabi ni Retz. I can already see his unbelievable smile through his voice over the phone

"Yeah, you're unbelievable." Bahagya pa'ng natatawang sabi ni Jeus.

"You never asked a girl to be your girlfriend, bud... even when your dick wants some!"

"What a pussy, Santos." Ramdam ko ang walang emosyong pagbigkas ni Luis at Ian  narinig ko pa ang pag-apir sa kabilang linya na lumikha ng tunog.

"Hey! Parang hindi naman kayo naging ganon!" Reklamo ko na medyo naaasar.

"I've never been a pussy in bed, Gabriel. And I'm not a stupid to ask a girl to be my girlfriend just because I gave her a bouquet. Girls want everything for you to have her." Mahabang sabi ni Luis.

"He’ll not listen to you." Sabi ni Ian kay Luis.

"Whatever you say, Gab will always be Gab. He's a jerk.” Ian said like he wasn’t a jerk like me. That mother*cker.

"You’ll hurt her, bro. Lagot ka sa mga kaibigan niya." Sabi ni Jeus na parang iba ang tono gaya ng usual tone kung paano siya magsalita sa harap namin.

"What do you want me to do then? Court her?" I chuckled and my smile disappeared, altered with an emotionless face.

"If she falls in love with me... It's her fault." Sabay baba ng telepono.

Love’s a sh*t. That’s the reason why I continued being a jerk and I’ll continue being one.

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