ROUGE (androgynousxstraight)(bxb) -ongoing

Chapter 16 - Where Have You Been?

Chapter Sixteen
"Where Have You Been?"
Daniel Rouge Gustilyo's Point of View

I slapped him in the face.

It was a resounding slap pero 'di siya nabigla, instead he just touched his cheek. Padabog akong umalis sa harap nito at bumalik sa classroom.

How dare Eric kiss me?

PUBLICLY?

...

After class, I texted Theo if he can pick me up pero hindi ito nagrereply sa akin. I tried calling him but he wasn't even answering my calls. Kaya napag-desisyonan ko na lamang na tawagan ang sundo namin. "I'll be there in fifteen minutes." Ani nito sa akin kaya wala na akong nagawa kun'di ang maghintay sa park sa school.

Nabaling ang atensyon ko sa isang lalaki na pamilyar, when I took a good look at him. I realised it was Romeo, he wasn't wearing any uniform. "You're alone?" Tanong sa akin ni Romeo. He was with a guy, tiningnan ko naman ang kasama nitong lalaki, naka-uniform ito tapos matangkad at maputi na leaned body at stoic din ang pamumukha. He looks like an expressionless being.

"What do you expect from a Gustilyo?" I scoffed. Napatawa naman ito at nakapamulsang naupo sa tabi ko. "What do you want Romeo?" Tanong ko sa kaniya. He's actually quite annoying for me. Yeah, his skin is as clear as porcelain and he looks so perfect to the fact that he's being narcissistic. It annoys me. His narcissism is what annoys me.

"Say, Daniel we're actually recruiting models. Do you want to join?"

"Me?" I asked him, pertaining to myself. He just nod at me.

"Yeah."

I scoffed again. "Ba't naman ako?"

"You've got a perfect body. Maganda." He said the latter in a hesitating tone. "You're perfect for modelling." He added.

I rolled my eyes at him, "At saan mo naman ako gustong mag-model?"

"My agency found you, and they were asking if you want to join. At first ayaw ko naman sana kasi I don't like you pero they keep on insisting so here I am." Ani Romeo, habang nakatayo na nakapamulsa sa harap ko. Meanwhile the guy next to him is just silent.

"Trust me I don't really want you to be in my agency. So I'll be happy if you say 'no'." He added, this guy really hates me. Well same sentiment.

I opted for a smirk instead. "I'll be joining." Ani ko rito at napalunok naman ito sa sinagot ko.

"You're serious?!"

"You asked me." I nonchalantly answered. "In fact, it'll be fun seeing you being intimidated." I answered and left them with the guy. Narinig ko pa nga itong tinawag ang pangalan ko pero nagsimula na akong maglakad papalayo sa kanila.

I walked my way out of their view at tiningnan ko ang phone ko, 'di parin nakakarating ang sundo ko. Wala rin akong text na nare-receive mula kay Theo. Sa'n ba pumunta si Theo? Ba't 'di parin siya sumasagot sa tawag o sa text ko man lang?

Naghintay ulit ako ng ilang minuto sa parking lot until it occured to me that I spent almost forty minutes waiting and not even a single message from Theo nor the driver arrived. So I tried calling the driver instead.