When You Smile (Engineering Student #3)

Chapter Twenty Seven

Chapter 27

"King..."

Hindi ko masyadong maaninag ang mukha niya. Medyo madilim sa parte ng parking lot na ito pero base sa mga mata niya alam ko na galit siya.

Nakumpirma kong si King ito nang lumapit siya sa akin. It's been five years since the last time I saw him. Damn... I missed him so much.

I wanted to hug him immediately. I wanted to tell to him everything I learned here in Manila. I badly wanted to tell him that I learned a lot of things and one of these is realizing that saying good bye isn't that bad after all. Parting ways isn't that bad as long as there's assurance to come back. There's assurance that someone is waiting for you. I badly wanted to tell him that he is the assurance I am talking about.

I wanted to hug him... Kiss him... But I managed to control myself because I know he is mad.

"What are you doing here?" Mas dumiin ang tingin niya sa akin. Malalim din ang boses na binibigay niya sa akin.

Napakurap-kurap ako at namamangha sa nakikita. Limang taon... ang daming nagbago sa akin... maging sa kanya. He became matured. Ang dating medyo magulo at medyo mahaba niyang buhok na palaging hinahangin, ngayon malinis na. Maayos na ang pagkakagupit nito. He's wearing white long sleeve polo and a black slacks. He's like in formal attire, naka-neck tie pa nga ito eh.

I bit my lower lip cuz I am really amazed seeing him right now.

"I said what are you doing here, Casper?!" his voice boomed. I was startled. I blinked twice.

"I-I...I was just h-having fun..." lutang kong sabi.

He closed his eyes and then he massaged his temple. He gritted his teeth and he is trying to calm his self by looking at the sky.

"Ikaw? A-anong ginagawa mo rito?" tanong ko pabalik.

Hindi niya ako pinakinggan. Agad niya akong hinigit at dinala sa isang parte ng parking lot. That's when I realized that we went beside his car. He leaned me on his car and then he caged me. Ang dalawa niyang kamay ay nakahilig sa kanyang sasakyan at tila kinukulong ako. Nakayuko siya ngayon samantalang ako ay nakatitig lang sa kanyang dibdib.

Slowly his right hand went to my jaw and then he guided my face to his face. The next thing I knew he is kissing me passionately. I can feel in his kisses the longing but it was too rough... He is really mad.

I tried to cope up with his kisses but I think I can't cope up anymore. I was too overwhelmed and shocked and I missed him. Ilang minuto nagtagal ang halikan namin.

Nakaawang ang labi ko nang matapos ang halikan. I wanted to kiss him more but he refused. Bigla akong nakaramdam ng inis sa kanya! What? Wait... Damn... What was that?! I felt dizzy.

"Nakainom ka pa." that is not a question.