She's Rich, He's Richer

Chapter 10

She's Rich, He's Richer : Chapter 10

~A little spice of life...

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We successfully went back to the hotel. Kier and I exchanged numbers since we're already friends. That fast? Yes.

Hindi naman mahalaga kung gaano kayo katagal bago naging magkaibigan, what matters most is kung gaano kayo tumagal bilang magkaibigan.

I have this feeling na sobrang gaan ngloob ko sa kanya. I don't know maybe because he's a good person to begin with.

Kinaumagahan, nagising silang apat na masakit ang ulo. Malamang ay hangover. Pinagtimpla ko sila nang tea which was given by Kier na mabilis makahilom sa hangover para na rin makauwi kami agad.

Mico will drive so kailangan maayos siya. It's for our safety rin naman.

Maghahapon na when they all recovered. We packed our things and off to our respective homes.

Walang masyadong nangyari sa byahe. Tahimik. Siguro ay may hangover pa rin talaga sila at ako naman ay napuyat at napagod dahil sa kanila.

Days smoothly passed by. Usual days. Nothing much extraordinary happened. Mico was with his usual sweet persona.

Si Karen naman ay pinapakwento ako kung kamusta raw ba at kung maganda ba dun sa pinuntahan namin.

Same old days kung saan sabay sabay kaming kumakain.

Mico would pick me up everyday after school.

We did not celebrate our monthsary since it really was not our thing.

Last three weeks of class nalang pala so everyone of us became busy since this week will be hell. Which is almost finished.

The latter week ay mag-aayos nalang kami ng requirements.

Kier and I are texting. Sometimes he rants about his things to me and I'll do the same.

If he's happy he'll share it with me. If naiisip niya si Kane idadivert ko ang pag-iisip niya sa ibang bagay para hindi siya gaanong malungkot.

We're plainly friends orayt? Since I have my Mico whom I love so much and he has not moved on yet from whoever that girl was. But hopefully he will the soonest.

"Kane, ano ba yan nagtetext ka nanaman. Sino ba yang katext mo this past few days? It's not my cousin right? Even he is complaining about that eh. Tell me who's the guy?"

Mico's complaining?

"Oo nga. Ang busy mo dyan sa phone mo. Simula nung bumalik kayo palagi mo na yang hawak. Dati naman hindi ah. Sino ba yan?"

Both Karen and Cass are curious based on their facial expressions.

"Just a friend."

"A friend?" lumingon ako at nakita ang nagtatakang mukha ni Mico.

"Boom lagot." Cassandra said tsaka sabay silang tumayo ni Karen papalayo.

Them too became fond of Reynaldo kaya ayan, see the result for yourselves.

"Hmm oo kaibigan." I explained.

"A girl?" he sat next to me.

"Ahmm ahh. A guy."

"Saan mo nakilala?" ano ito? Hot seat?

"Sa Laguna. Siya yung tumulong sa akin sa paghatid sa inyo sa hotel. He's a good guy."

"You two are texting?"

"Oo. Wala namang masama."

"Kailan pa?"

"Since umalis tayo ng resort. He's plainly a friend." I defended

"Alam ba niyang may boyfriend ka na?"

Yun lang. Never mentioned that. Hindi naman niya tinanong kasi eh.

"Ahhh. H-hindi niya alam."

"Okay." he stood up and went away.

Is being honest necessarilly needed? Should I just lied? Damn.

I followed him trying to explain everything.

"Mico! Hindi niya naman kasi tinanong eh kung meron o wala!"

"Still you should have told him so."

"Pero ang weird naman na nagtext siy nang hi then I'll reply I have a boyfriend. Or nagtext siya nang kumain ka na? then I'll reply, may boyfriend na ako. Or sinabi niyang nakakainis ang prof ko then I'll tell him, I already have a boyfriend named Mico. Di ba? Ang weird nun. Pati hindi naman kasi siya nagtanong." I joked, somehow.

He stopped and faced me.

"You're not plainly friends Kane, you two are plainly flirting."

"So you think I'm flirt? That's absurd!" my voice broke and lowered.

"The hell he doesn't know you have a boyfriend. You're texting almost 24/7. He almost knew what you're doing, what you're thinking, what's happening to you, where are you, what's the things in your life and every f*cking details about you except that you have me! That's more absurd! You get my point? The hell that he's a guy and you smiled so wide when you're facing your phone even inside my car, even you're with me. You think I didn't notice that? I let that one pass and I expected that you'll tell me who was your new friend but you never did." he looked so pissed and irritated.

Ginulo gulo niya pa ang buhok niya as a sign of frustration.

Yes it felt good that his that jealous but no I'm not happy. May kasalanan ako. I'm at fault.

Hindi ko alam ang sasabihin ko. After a minute of silence he speak again.

"Now you tell me, am I supposed to be happy? Am I supposed to say, oh can't wait to meet him. Can't wait to see him. I wanna be friends with him too.Because for sure all I want is to cut the neck of that dude. Come on f*cking tell me! Should I feel hapiness?!"

"S-sorry."

"Sorry? Ha. That was heartwarming Kane. I don't know. Kailangan kong magpalamig ng ulo ko. Hindi ko na kasi alam kung anong iisipin ko. You seemed to like him, I saw how you smiled and looked at your phone. How you get excited when it beeps. Inaalis ko sa isip kong gusto mo siya to the point na hindi mo na ako napapansin pag kinakausap kita. Me being sweet to you sometimes doesn't give you the same reaction. Wish I was just overthinking."

Mico, I love you. And yes, you're just overthinking.

I wanted to say that but I know in his state right now, that's useless.

I wanted to say sorry for letting him feel that way.

I wanted to say sorry for hurting him kung saan hindi ko naman gusto.

Ang ironic kung sasabihin kong hindi ko sinadya. Pero I didn't mean it.

"Just please, Kane, please. I need to think. I'm always composed but not now. I can't control it. My anger's overpowering me..."

He's so red siguro ay dahil sa kakasigaw at galit niya. He looked frustrated too... and that was all because of me. I hit the button.

I was dumbfounded. He left. Following him again would be useless. Mainit ang ulo niya baka mas lumala lang so I took the opposite direction.

I wanted to run after him. I want to hug him real tight and say how much I love him.

How sure my feelings towards him.

Everything was all misunderstanding.

Wrong timing ang lahat.

Hindi matanggal sa isip ko ang galit na mukha ni Mico. Madalas kasi ay iritado lang siya but today's different.

Unti-unti nang tumulo ang luha ko. I can feel double the pain I have caused him.