The Story of Us

chapter forty-four

Chapter 44

"Thanks for the dinner Kevin, we really enjoyed it." sabi ni Cath pagkababang pagkababa namin sa sasakyan.

Nag dinner kami kasama si Kevin. Inaayos na kasi ni Kevin ang pangalan niya sa mga kapatid ko. Kainis. Why can't I do anything about it? As if I can stop him even if i did something about it. Ugh.

"Dude, for the tickets? Thanks." sabi naman ni Christian.

"Oh yes! About the tickets! Really thank you! Thank you! Thank you! You don't know how much we appreciate it!" masayang masayang sabi ni Cath.

Of course, they mean those words. Matagal ng gusto nilang pumunta sa Macau. Oh, and me, too. Alam ni Kevin ang tungkol sa bagay a yun. Kaya niya siguro naisipan na bumili ng ticket para dun.

"No problem. I don't have any relatives or friends here to celebrate Christmas with so I decided to invite you guys. Besides, we're friends, right?"

"Yeah.." sabay na sagot nina Cath, while looking at each other, nodding.

Christian doesn't like Kevins' attitude, but because of the tickets. He now likes him. Only for now. My brother is clever, you know?

After nun, nagpaalam na din si Kevin. Hindi ko alam kung san nags-stay ang lalaking yun.

So what?

Wala akong pakialam. Sinira niya ang maganda ko na sanang araw. Akala ko tuloy tuloy na ang pagiging masaya ng araw ko kasama si Matthew, hindi pala. He's always popping out nowhere.

"You guys..." pagsisimula ko. Tumingin sila sakin pareho. Si Cath sa may pintuan niya naka pwesto si Christian naman sa stall ng kitchen naka upo.

"Are you sure you want to go to Macau, and stay there for...five days?" I put an emphasis on the words five days. Baka hindi nila naintindihan kanina si Kevin. They nod. Oh c'mon. Tell me they're just kidding.

"Seriously?"

"You know what Carm, just spill it. We all know that Kevin has a big crush on you. Really. Big. He won't go here just to waste his time, waiting for you to finish school or what. Of course he'll gonna make a move." wika ni Cath habang papalapit sakin dito sa sofa. Ok. Here we go again. Kevin as the topic.

"I know.." yun na lang nasabi ko.

"O yun naman pala eh? Di ba dati ka pa naman nung pinopormahan? E bat ganyan ka ngayon sa kanya?" tanong naman ni Christian still sitting in the stall.

"I thought you don't like him?" tanong ko kay Christian.

"I... do like him?" He paused. Parang na iisip pa siya kung gusto nga ba niya si Kevin o ano. "Yeah, i like him. A lot." sagot niya na may kasamang ngiting aso.

See?

Nabili na siya ng suhol. Cath placed her hands on my shoulder, trying to comfort me. Ah.. How I wish this would just all end. Napapagod na din ako sa kasasabi kay Kevin na ayoko sa kanya.

Hindi ko man sabihin sa kanya ng deretsahan eh ramdan na naman niya siguro yun? Di ba?

But how? He's so persistent. And it's annoying me. Kahit gaano pa ka sweet ng mga ginagawa niya. HIndi ko pa din magawang maapreciate yun. Ewan ko ba.

"May nangyare bang hindi maganda sa inyo ni Kevin kaya ka ganyan sa kanya? Ha Ella?" seryosong tanong sakin ni Cath. She's being a big sister to me. And I kinda like it.