Blog Thirty One: Honesty
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“Wow, maka-weird ka naman, Celeste, ‘kala mo naman en normal ka,” umiirap na sabi ni Cadmus.
I shot him a long. “Eh sa ang weird naman talaga niya eh,” I snapped.
“He doesn’t seem weird to me,” maarteng sabi ni Cadmus. “In fact, mas weird ka pa nga.”
I raised a kilay. “Not seem weird to you? Bakit, nag-uusap ba kayo or anything?”
“Well, he is usually nakatambay sa College of Engineering na katabi lang ng College of Fine Arts. Nakakasalubong ko siya madalas and because maganda ako, kinakausap ko siya,” he said smugly.
I gave him a funny look. “At ano namang pinag-uusapan niyo?”
“Bukod sa kagandahan ko?”
“Meron ka niyon?”
“Don’t be inggitera. Of course meron akong ganoon kasi ikaw ‘yung wala. But anyway, he doesn’t seem weird to me. In fact, he is very polite nga.”
“Yes, yes, I know he’s polite, but still… ang weird niyang kausap. Saka he’s very aloof kaya.”
“And so? Ikaw nga eh masyadong feisty. Kabaliktaran niya. Doesn’t it occur to you na he probably finds you weird din?”
I wrinkled my nose. “Whatever,” umiirap kong sabi. “We’re not that close or anything naman eh.”
He raised his kilays. “Oh, really?”
“Yes.”
“Parang kailan lang noong pinapasok mo siya sa loob ng bahay niyo without even knowing his name habang duguan siya. And wow lang dahil dineactivate mo pa ang lahat ng CCTV cameras niyo.”
“You know that was an emergency, Cadmus,” I insisted. “I mean, he’s bleeding, so I just acted out of impulse.”
“Funny. He’s bleeding, but you didn’t raise hell when you saw the blood.”
“I fainted nga eh, ‘di ba?”
“And after you fainted? Ano? You brought him to your house and even saw more and more blood. Wow. Just wow. Tapos hindi kayo close sa lagay na ‘yun? Eh ‘di wow na, Celeste,” he said sarcastically.
“Puwede ba? What’s with you and my closeness with Cirrus ba? Bakit ka nag-iisyu there?”
“Wow, so ako pa ang nag-iisyu? Ikaw kaya itong bumulabog sa beauty ritual ko, saying ang weird ni Cirrus.”
“Eh sa weird naman talaga siya eh.”
“Alam mo,” he started thoughtfully, “walang patutunguhan ang usapan natin, so maghanap ka na lang ng kausap mo while I do my beauty ritual.”
“What the hell is that beauty ritual ba at naglalagay ka lang ng putik diyan sa mukha mo? At dito pa talaga sa gitna ng campus, Cadmus, ha.”
“Excuse me, but this is not putik. This is called sacred mud.”
“Mud is putik, FYI.”
“Add the word sacred, please.”
“Sagradong putik is still putik.”
“Shut up, Celeste, and go away.”
“Maka-go away ka, Cadmus! Diyan ka na nga!”
Dahil he’s so not matinong kausap, nilayasan ko na siya. I went to Belleza Journals at nadatnan ko doon si Cyber nang mag-isa.
