OPPA SERIES V1 (Book 8): Mr. Popular [COMPLETED]

💖Chapter 14💖

My eyes suddenly felt heavy when our gazes met. Hindi ako makalunok at parang may nakabara sa ilong kong malungkot na hangin. Habang nakatitig ako sa mukha niya, naaalala ko iyong sinabi niya noong nasa huling set kami ng Dream Date.

"Sera." but his sweet and caring voice break all those noises inside my head. "Hey. I'm sorry. I had to ask Alvin to pick you up. Baka kasi hindi ka sumama kapag nakita mo ako."

Mabuti't alam niya. "Ano bang balak mo? Ano'ng ibig sabihin nito?" paasik kong tanong.

"I just wanted to talk to you... about us."

"Us? Yuno, walang tayo." I reminded him.

Hindi siya nakasagot.

Sa isang iglap, pagtingin ko sa malawak na football field na mayroong basketball court, nawala na ang mga kaibigan niya pati si Alvin.

"You made it clear that you don't like me before the show ends. Okay na ako duon. Ano pa bang gusto mo?"

He looked at me in my eyes and, he too, is almost about to cry.

"Tanggap ko naman eh. Eto ka." I raised my right arm at the highest that I can reach. "Eto ako." then did the opposite with my left arm. "Hindi ako bagay sa'yo."

"Sino'ng may sabi?"

Natigagal ako sa sinabi niya.

"Ikaw lang ang may sabi niyan, Sera."

"Pero hindi mo nga ako minahal kahit noong magkasama tayo sa bahay diba? How am I suppose to buy this shit that you are stirring right now?!"

"I lied." Litung-litong tinitigan ko siya sa mata. He just look back at me as straight as how I am staring at him at the moment. "I just said that because I thought that I would cheat on the girl I met online. But it happens to be you."

Ang absurd. Hindi ko ma-gets.

"Ano, mahal mo lang ako kasi ako si MissWriter_02? Pero kapag ako na si Sera, hindi na?" hindi ko na napigilan ang sarili kong maiyak sa sinasabi niya. "Ang labo mo!"

"Look, Sera. I like you. 'Yung mga araw na nakasama kita sa show na 'yon, I was genuinely happy. I can't even hide my feelings at that time. Nahahalikan kita, nayayakap kita. Those were my off-guarded gestures to show my affection to you and that really concerned me. Because you see, I was forced to enter that show because it is part of my job. Dahil nabihag mo na ang puso ko sa chat pa lang. And it would be a sin for me if I will not try to find this girl I met online just because I fell in love with Sera in just 3 days. Kausap kita sa chat ng matagal, I had asked you out and just before we can meet in person, I was forced to prepare for that show. Hindi mo alam na habang naghihintay ka sa akin, hinaharang ako ng manager ko. All I can do is to promise you that I will be back, still in love with you. Hindi pa tayo noong nagkakaroon ng malinaw na usapan pero buo na ang desisyon kong mamahalin kita."

Hindi ko alam kung matatawa ako o maiiyak. I'm just competing with myself all along?

"Then about that final episode. I feel so guilty when you did that. Alam ko, narinig mo lahat ng sinabi ko. I was scared. Bukod sa ayokong mamatay ka nang dahil lang sa kagaguhan ko, ayoko ding mawala ka ng tuluyan sa akin. I was really confused that time because I equally love two different women. But still, I got to choose. I'm sorry if I let you feel that way. I'm sorry if I had to hurt you with words I didn't really mean. I'm sorry if it seems like I didn't choose you."

Napairap na ako habang pinupunasan ang luha ko. "So, sino talaga ang gusto mo?"

"'Yon nga ang na-realize ko nitong Miyerkules lang nang malaman kong ikaw si MissWriter_02. Mahal kita, Serapphine Guillen. You started to enchant me when I first met you...