Novelist's Romance

Ch. 13

 

“spend the night with me.”

 

I stopped kissing him. I pulled away and I saw him frown. Kitang kita ko ang pagtatanong sakaniyang mga mata. Lumihis ako ng tingin, di ko siya kayang tignan.

Spend the night with me. Ano nga ba ang ibig sabihin ng mga salitang iyon? Kapag ganun ba ay ibig sabihin ay magtatalik na ang dalawang tao? Hindi ko madepina kung anong deskripsyon ba ang mayroon kay Andrei sa pagitan ng dalawang salitang iyon.

Hindi ko kaya. Na realize ko sa loob ng ilang araw na hindi lang tungkol sa isang laro ang lahat ng ito. In the first place, wala naman talagang laro. I want him to be my first, but I want to make sure something that I already know from the beginning na magiging dahilan kung bakit ko ayaw gawin ang bagay na iyon.

“Zanna. What’s wrong?”

“uhh. Wala, medyo masakit ang ulo ko.” Sabay iwas ko lalo ng tingin.

Narinig ko ang kaniyang buntong hininga at tumayo, naglakad siya sa harapan ko, nakapamulsa at tila malalim ang iniisip. Umupo na rin ako ng maayos and I’m just staring at my knotted fingers. I can’t look at him, siguro ay napapansin na niyang lagi akong tumatanggi sakaniya.

“you don’t wanted to.” he said in conclusion as he stopped into his tracks nang nakita ko ang itim niyang sapatos na tumigil sa aking harapan. I slowly looked at him, katulad kanina, wala akong makapang emosyon.

“don’t want …what?” I innocently asked.

“to spend some time with me.” He said straight.

I inhaled deeply and stared at him, it’s the right time to clear the blurry line.

“what does that ‘some time’ really mean to you Andrei?”

“I want to know you better.”

“you want to know me at bed.” I snorted and glared at him but he shrugged, looked away and cleared his throat.

“well, it’s technically a part of it, but I will not force you if you don’t want to.” he said shrugging coolly like it’s nothing of a big deal.

I stood up, strolled towards his way at pumwesto sa harapan niya. I matched his gaze, eyeing him even more.

“I may add Mr. Montefuego that your persuading skills especially to that aspect is on top of your specialties” I said mocking at him. His impassive gaze turned into a half smile then into a big one and to a devilish smirk. Oh gosh, he’s so handsome.

“can’t argue with that Ms. Asuncion.” He added with humor in his voice. He’s really enjoying this, I’m a clown again. -___-

“Masaya ka nanaman.” Sarcasm is evident on my statement.

“yep.” He said  nodding his head as he pops the ‘p’ at the end of the word.

I groaned and picked up my bag as I stomped my feet out of the office. I can hear his footsteps behind him at mabilis naman siyang nakahabol at inakbayan ako. Tinignan ko siya nakatingin lang siya ng diretso pero may mumunting ngiti sa kaniyang labi.