Running After The Dusk

12

Halt

"What was that?"

Iritado kong binagsak ang pagkakahawak ko sa braso ni Vino nang makarating kami sa quarters. Mabuti nalang ay magkatabi lang ang quarters ng Chev at Olfato kaya hindi ako mahihirapan kung sakaling mag wawalk out ako sa harap niya ngayon.

He was so carefree! Like he doesn't care about what happened just a while ago. Samantalang ako, hindi pa mag proseso sa isip ko ang lahat ng sinabi niya kanina. My girl?! When did he ever own me? At talagang hindi pa siya nahiyang ipagkalandakan sa mga tao doon kanina yung mga sinabi niya ha?! He didn't even flinched!

"Anong what was that?" Kunot noo niyang tanong.

"Duh? That 'My girl' thing." I raised a brow. "Anong pumasok sa isip mo at sinabi mo yon?"

Ngumisi ito. "Ayaw mo nun? Girlfriend na kita sa paningin nila."

"Ah!" Ginulo gulo ko ang buhok ko bago uli humarap sakanya. He's literally driving me nuts! "Can you answer naturally?"

He looked up and covered his mouth, mas lalo akong nainis nang makita ko siyang palihim na tumatawa habang nakapikit ang mata. Bwiset! Ano bang nakakatawa sa sitwasyon na to? God knows how much I hate being linked with a guy. Mabuti sana kung malilink ako sa taong gusto ko naman, pero sakanya? Gosh! Over my dead body.

"Can you just be thankful that I saved you from that crazy woman?"

"Wow!" I scoffed. "So ako pa yung may utang na loob?"

"Ako pa ba dapat mag pa thank you?" Natatawa niyang sagot.

I crossed my arms and arched a brow. "Don't you know it would be a big issue not only to mine but to yours! Imagine, people think both of us are in a relationship?! What if it circles around Rio, what are you gonna do, huh?!"

I really want to bang my head on the floor right now. Ano nalang ang sasabihin ni Daddy kapag kumalat ang fake news na yon? That would be a very big disappointment lalo na kung ibebrainwash pa siya ni Auntie. Kaya iniiwasan kong sumama sa ibang lalaki bukod kina Cyrus kasi alam kong pag nadawit nanaman ang pangalan ko sa isang sitwasyon, hindi ko alam kung paano makakalabas.

He rolled his eyes and gave me a boring look. "Nothing? Who cares about issue, anyway?"

He seem not to care at all.

"Duh? I do! I don't want my name to be mentioned somewhere else!"

Bahagya siyang natawa. "Atleast maayos na issue yun."

I gave him a questioned look. "Anong maayos don?"

"Vino's girlfriend." Itinaas niya ang dalawang kamay niya sa ere at umukit ng parang bahag hari.

"What the heck?" I flashed a disgusted look. "Don't you know that people might hate me more because of what you've done?"

This guy is literally driving me insane. Hindi niya ba nagegets yung point ko? Halos lahat nga ng fangirls nila Cy galit na galit na sakin tas dadagdag pa siya? My God! Baka one day paglabas ko ng school may humila nalang ng buhok ko dahil sa sobrang galit sakin. I never experienced that yet and I don't want to have a memory experiencing my hair getting snatched.

"Mabuti nga yon e."

Nawala ang pandidiri sa mukha ko at pinagsalubong ko ang kilay ko. What the hell did he just say? So ayos lang sakanya na mabuhay ako ng ganto? Na everyday tragic dahil baka sugurin ako ng mga fangirls niya?

"What?"

I bit my lips when he stepped forwards and did a halfsmile. Ito nanaman sa walang hangganang paglapit sa akin, he really loves doing this thing to me at hindinko alam kung bakit parang gusto ko rin. Hindi na ko naka atras pa dahil alam kong pader na ang nasa likuran ko. Nilabanan ko ang bawat titig niya but he's too strong that he made me look away.