ROUGE (androgynousxstraight)(bxb) -ongoing

Chapter 37 - A Burglar In The House

Chapter Thirty Seven
"A Burglar In The House"
Daniel Rouge Gustilyo's Point of View

Hinintay ko magdamag si Theo na makauwi sa bahay. He came home around 2 in the morning. He wasn't drunk he was rather... happy.

Sumunod ako sa kaniya papasok at tinanong siya. "Sa'n ka galing?" Nagbabaka-sakaling may in-attend lang na isang business meeting sa kompanya. I was hoping he did not meet his girlfriend, hoping that he just went somewhere. I was anxious all night thinking about it.

Lumingon ito sa akin. "'Wag ka ngang umaktong para kitang asawa." He taunted at me. Napatingin na lamang ako sa sahig.

Why do I always feel so weak whenever he's around me?

"Theo, is this still about that incident?" Tanong ko sa kaniya.

'Di ito nakasagot sa akin. He just went inside his room, "Theo." Tawag ko ulit sa kaniya at sinundan siya sa loob.

This is the first time I'm going to explain myself to him. I hope he hears me out.

"Is it still about that kiss? I'm sorry. 'Di ko naman sinasadya 'yon." Tiningnan niya lang ako ng nakakunot noo. Nakaupo ito sa kaniyang higaan habang nakatayo lang ako sa harap nito na pinagmamasdan siyang hinuhubad ang kaniyang sapatos. I saw him clench his fist again.

"Excuses." He nonchalantly answered. "You and your lousy excuses." He added. Anger evident in his voice.

Napabuntong hininga na lamang ako. "I didn't mean it. It was an accident I swear. Si Eric kasi."

"Hinayaan mo siyang halikan ka." He spat out at me. "It wasn't an accident."

"THEO," I yelled. "Do you think I was fine with it? Hindi. I kept telling him to stay away pero ayaw niya." I summed up my courage to speak to him, tinaasan ko siya ng boses.

"You did not try hard enough Rouge."

Now he's calling me by that name

"I swear that kiss didn't mean anything!"

"Liar!" He yelled at me. "What about the sex? You had sex with Eric. Don't you lie to me. Dahil alam ko, mismong si Romeo ang nagsabi sa akin. You cheated on me, at first ayaw ko sanang maniwala but that kiss supported my theory!" Galit na galit nitong sinumbat sa akin.

R-romeo told him? Nabigla naman ako kaya napa-atras ako sa kinatatayuan ko.

"You're a pathetic liar." Napalunok na lamg ako bigla sa pagdudura nito sa akin.

Kaya bigla na lang akong napuno, this time I was the one who clenched my fist. "Ikaw ba? You lied to me, you toyed with me, you made me the side bitch sa relasyon niyo ni Stephanie na 'yan. Now who was the liar in the first place Theo? I'm not going to lie we had sex but that was before you even confessed to me!" Mahaba kong litanya sa kaniya.

"Theo, I put up with your differences kasi mahal kita. I put up with everything, I shoved people around me just for you. And now you're acting like a kid. As if that kiss took away something from you." Nangagalaiti kong sinabi sa kaniya. Napahawak naman ako sa dibdib ko kasi sumisikip na siya. "Oh—Oh god that was just a kiss."