1|Does She Know?

Kabanata 7

Does She Know?

Kabanata 7
Crazy is pretty

Namamanhid na ang bibig ko. Ilang oras na akong tahimik, my head falsely focusing on the road. Dahan dahan lang ang paghinga ko, avoiding any sort of attentiom to direct to me.

"Cyvyn, ba't tahimik ka?" I eyed Kuya Jem, ready to brake his neck open. How can he destroy this quiet solemn atmosphere. "Gutom ka na?"

Cryzler craned his neck to my direction for a moment pero kaagad ding ibinalik sa daan. I rolled my eyes and chose to ignore my brother.

Ang awkward sa loob ng sasakyan ni Cryzler at nagagawa pa ng magaling kong Kuya na magsalita. Sabagay, he can't feel what I feel after what I did yesterday. Yes, and today is the day I refuse to believe I did that!

Inis kong sinandal ang ulo ko sa katabi kong bintana. Bakit ba kasi nandito ako sa tabi ni Cryzler sa shotgun seat? Uh, let me remind myself, that that is because of my freaking selfish brother. Sinolo ba naman ang backseat.

Inis kong  kinuha sa bulsa ng denim shorts ko ang phone ko ng magvibrate ito. I rolled my eyes and answered it. It was no other than Kuya Jesse. Bakit ako ang tinawagan niya pwede namang si Kuya Jem.

"What do you want?" Tanong ko.

"Sabi ni Kuya Juston, sabihin mo daw kay Cryzler na huminto pagdating sa Gumaca. Kain daw muna," Bago pa ako makaangal ay narinig ko na ang dial tone sa tenga ko. Shit, binabaan ako?

Pinatong ko sa dashboard ang phone ko. I'll have to gather my courage first before I talk to him. Haharapin ko na sana si Cryzler ng magsalita naman si Kuya Jem, panira ang bwisit!

"Sino tumawag sayo?" Si Kamatayan. Susunduin ka na daw. I glared at him through the rear mirror then faced Cryzler, eyes on the road.

"Uh, ano, Cryzler," OMG, I definitely called him by name. "Sabi ki Kuya Juston, hinto daw sa Gumaca. For lunch yata?" I chewed my lower lip after it. Naiwas ko rin kaagad ang tingin sakanya.

I can't stomach this feeling. Kinikilig ako, awkward na kinakabahan. What do I do with this? From my peripheral vision I saw him nodded not even throwing a look at me.

The same thing happened in the remaining hours inside the car bago kami makarating sa Gamuca and stopped the car on a nearby restaurant where we saw Kuya Juston's car.

Kanina pa rin ako nagtataka kung bakit dito pa kami ni Kuya Jem pinasakay e, si Kuya Jesse lang naman ang sakay ni Kuya Juston. Uh, that's weird at bakit namin kasama ngayon si Cryzler? What exactly are we gonna do at Davao?

Bumaba ako ng sasakyan matapos makababa ni Kuya Jem at Cryzler. I was expecting that both of them are already heading towards the restaurant pero tumaas kaagad ang kilay ko ng makitang nakasandal pa sa sasakyan niya si Cryzler.

He noticed me and started walking away. Wait, is it okay for me to think na inintay niya akong makalabas bago sumunod kina Kuya? Okay, what a wild guess.

Sumunod na ako sa loob ng restaurant but gradually losing my pace and my mind when I saw a girl sitting beside Kuya Jesse. Walang pagkakamali at hindi ako magkakamali, siya iyon. Lilac Crimson. Si Lumi na baliw.

Nang makalapit ako sa kanila ay inokupa ko kaagad ang bakanteng upuan sa tabi ni Kuya Jem, sitting in front of me is Cryzler and beside him is Kuya Juston, then Kuya Jesse and then Lumi.

Tahimik ako kahit nagsisimula ng kumain. Hindi naman ako gutom. Actually, I just wanna get swallowed by the earth. It's still awkward for me habang naiisip ko ang sinabi ko sakanya kahapon. Paano ba iyon alisin sa utak?