Unexpected Classmates in Twenty Third Section

CHAPTER 65

Sumabay pa sa kaniya ang iba. Ako hindi! Hindi ko naman alam kung anong kinakanta niya eh.

“Oh, if you don't love yourself, no
(if you don't love yourself)
(You can't love no one else)
Then you don't love no one
If you don't love yourself
You can't love no one else, no
How can you love if you don't love yourself?”

Do'n niya tinapos ang kanta! Ilang beses niya pang tinugtog ang gitara kahit pa tapos na ang kanta.

Nagpalakpakan naman ang mga abnoy. Nagchicken dance pa sina Kenji at Mavi, napailing na lang ako dahil hindi naman akma ang sinasayaw nila sa kanta.

"Oh!" Pabigla niyang inabot ang gitara sa katabi niya. "Ikaw na! Bawal madaya!" Dinuro niya pa si Adriel.

Kamot batok naman ang isa bago kinuha ang gitara. Bawat string ay pinipitik niya, parang sinusubukan pa. Lumunok pa muna siya at tumingin sa 'kin, nag 'okay' sign lang ako at ngumiti.

“Tahimik ulit!" Sigaw ni Vance at hinawi pa ang hangin gamit ang dalawang kamay niya.

“Why do feelings hit so hard at night? When the sun goes down... Thinking 'bout you's my kryptonite. A little lost right now... And maybe I, maybe I didn't try... Try to work it out... Feelings always hit so hard at night” Paunang kanta niya.

Pumikit siya kaya nakigaya na 'ko. Ang ganda rin pala ng boses niya. Hindi gano'ng malamig pero malambot at hindi gasgas.

“I think it's time I let these feelings free... 'Cause all this love is slowly killing me... I wish somedays I was someone else... Not missing out and always missing sleep.”

Pagkakanta niya ulit. Ang alam ko ay medyo mabilis at parang rock 'tong kanta na 'to. Anyare? Bakit bumagal? May sariling version ka rin?

“I start to wonder if I'll die alone
Guess that's just the way my life has gone... Like, how could anybody love myself? And that's something that I still.”

Nagmulat ako ng tingin saktong tumama naman 'yon sa mata niya. Nakatingin din pala siya sa 'kin. Bakit pakiramdam ko may iba pang ibig sabihin 'tong pagkanta mo?

Pumikit na lang ulit ako. Ang ganda kaya ng kanta.

“Don't push me, I can't hold it
I can't hold it
I'm falling towards the ground
You shot me like a bullet, like a bullet
An all familiar sound, I've been so used to running away
Hate my truth, if I could, I'd change.”

Naririnig ko ang pagsabay ng iba sa kaniya, sumabay na rin ako. Pero hindi ko nilakasan 'yon, baka umulan. Sayang naman ang magandang panahon kung paabagyuhin ko.

“Why do feelings hit so hard at night?
When the sun goes down
Thinking 'bout you's my kryptonite
A little lost right now
And maybe I, maybe I didn't try
Try to work it out
Why do feelings hit so hard at night?”

“...yeah, yeah.”

“We are young but I can see the future with you, I want to be with you always, Heira.”

A-ano 'yon?

“Hurts but it's okay because I'm used to it
Curse when this song play for the truth in it
You're falling deeply for someone else
I think it's fair to say I'm losing it
I'm sick of feeling like I'm not enough
And having no one near that I can trust
Stay up thinking what I do wrong?
I'm an addict, 'cause this love a drug.”

"Do you see that moon? You are as bright and beautiful as the moon, Heira."

“Don't push me, I can't hold it
I can't hold it
I'm falling towards the ground
You shot me like a bullet, like a bullet
An all familiar sound, I've been so used to running away
Hate my truth, if I could, I'd change.”

"It's too early to say this but I want to be with you forever, you're the only one who has made me feel this way, baby."

Bakit ko naririnig ang mga 'to?

“Why do feelings hit so hard at night?
When the sun goes down
Thinking 'bout you's my kryptonite
A little lost right now
And maybe I, maybe I didn't try
Try to work it out
Why do feelings hit so hard at night?”

"As you admire the beautiful things God has made, remember you are one of them, wonderful and special. I love you, Heira Yakiesha."

Tumatabingi na ang ulo ko dahil sa pagpipilit kong mahanap, makita at maaninagan ang lalaking 'yon.

Tapos na ang kanta pero hindi pa rin ako nag mumulat. Isang hindi pamilyar na boses ang tumatakbo ngayon sa utak ko. Bakit kilala mo 'ko? Bakit gan'yan ka magsalita?

Sino ka?