"For real?" Hindi makapaniwalang tanong ko nang malamang nagkakilala pala sina Sage at Luke dahil nanligaw noon si Sage sa teacher ni Luke! Oh my God.
Tumango lang siya at bahagyang ngumisi habang itinatabi ang canned beer na naubos na niya yata. Halos isa't-kalahating oras na kami rito sa isa sa mga parang cottage ng Picnic Grove. Nabubusog na naman tuloy kami sa magandang tanawin ng Taal.
Actually, maraming puwedeng gawin dito. May eco trail, horseback riding, zipline at cables rides pero mas pinili naming mag relax dito sa cottage para sa kantang gagawin niya. Ang kaninang tungkol sa kantang usapan namin ay nauwi ngayon sa kung paano sila nagkakilala ng kaniyang banda.
"I'm only friends with Ricci because he's a family friend and we go to the same school. You know San Carlos?" Tanong niya.
Tumango ako. Malaki nga at maganda ang paaralang iyon, pero mas pristehiyoso pa rin ang LCIU dahil para sa mga estudyante mula sa iba't-ibang bansa ito.
"She' young though, 20 maybe? Sage was 16 and they don't belong to the same school since Sage goes to LCIU back then. He comes often in our class every friday with Vincent and Andrei to take her on a date—"
"That's disgusting." I interfered.
He looked at me and chuckled before he resumed.
"He became popular in our campus when he performed solo on an event there, and I got intrigued with it since we have the same music taste. Andrei invited us on his brother's bar and a classmate of mine introduced us to them. Wala nang kung anong kaartehan, nagkasundo kami na bumuo ng banda. Kaming lima."
Nakatingin lang ako sa lamesa kung saan nakalatag ang ilang prutas, chips, notepad, ballpen, phones, at canned beers namin. Dala niya ang kaniyang gitara pero hindi niya pa tinutugtog.
Unti-unti akong napangiti habang iniimagine sila sa edad na kinse habang nagkakatuwaan at tumutugtog.
"So what happened to the teacher? Did they click?" I asked.
"No. The girl left—"
"She what? Left? Why?"
"I don't know, she was just a practice teacher and after her graduation, she never appeared again."
Nanlaki ang mga mata ko. "The fuck? The audacity?!"
"That's life, Sadie. And it's just right for them to break up since Sage is still so young."
"But still how dare she leave my brother?! Who the fuck is that woman anyway? Is she that pretty? Sexy? What?!"
Patagilid akong tinignan ni Luke at mahinang tumawa sa naging reaksiyon ko. Hindi naman nagbago ang aking ekspresyon dahil sa narinig. Of course, I feel bad for Sage. I know mali iyon, pag nagkataon that's pedophilia! But how can she leave him without any explanation?! I can only imagine how hurt was my brother before..
"She's pretty. Smart. Kind—"
"Kind?! May mabait bang mang-iiwan?!" Buwelta ko.
"Well at least as a teacher, she's really kind." Depensa niya.
Inirapan ko siya at humalukipkip ako. "So do you like her too?" I asked.
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La Cuevas #3: Beautiful Scars
RomanceCOMPLETED | UNEDITED After an unfortunate incident 18 years ago, Sadie Trinity is now back in La Cuevas, to forget and move on from the past. Unfortunately, her scar on the upper part of her chest always reminds her of her dark days back then. That'...
