Helveryst Series #2 : The Cassanova and The Hater

Chapter 22 - Operation101

[I'm sorry, bro. Ngayon lang din umamin sa'kin si Ali na mali ang binigay niya sa'yo. She just wanted to test you how long could you resist her cousin]

Mariin kong pinikit ang mga mata ko at hinagis ang phone sa passenger seat bago pinaandar ulit ang sasakyan ko. Wala na akong aasahan pa sa mga kaibigan ko dahil pagtatawanan lang naman nila ako. Miles and Miko doesn't have any experience on courting girls because they haven't tried it in their whole life. And about Rynier, he loves his girlfriend so much that whenever I'm going to ask his opinion, he'll ask his girlfriend's.

Okay, no choice. Seems like I'm going to choose my last option and it's my brothers, so as Katria. I fastly frove my car and parked it inside the garage of our mansion. I immediately opened the door and roamed my eyes around to find them. Narinig ko ang ingay nila sa kusina kaya patakbo akong pumasok do'n para kausapin sila agad.

"Guys, I need your help right now. Hindi ko alam kung anong gagawin ko," diretsa kong sambit kaya natigilan sila at tinitigan akong maigi.

Katria put down her utensils and looked at me from head to toe."Okay? What kind of help? At saka bakit parang nakasuot ka ng pang business attire?"

"It's not a business attire. Manliligaw ako."

Akken coughed for three times as if the popcorn choked him up."T-Teka lang...Sigurado ka ba d'yan, Kuya? Hindi ka sinapian? Alam ba ni Ate Zeriel 'yang pinaggagawa mo?"

"Uh...H-Hindi? No. She doesn't know. Hindi ko pa nasabi sa kanya," nag-aalangan kong sagot.

"Kung hindi ka ba naman sangkatutak na tanga, Kuya. How could she know that you're courting her if you didn't even talk to her about that. Magaling ka nga sa Math, bobo ka naman sa ganyang bagay." Cohen rolled his eyes on me and continued eating.

I messed up my hair in frustration."Nakalimutan kong sabihin sa kanya, eh. But can you help me? I gave her a bouquet of cempasuchil and an M&M chocolate but she got angry even more. 'Yong pinsan niya kase ang may kasalanan, binigay niya sa'kin dahil paborito raw 'yon ni Zeriel."

"Cempasuchil flower is given for funerals, Kuya. And M&M chocolate is for kids only. Talagang hindi niya magugustuhan ang binigay mo," Raizer commented.

"Wala nga kase akong alam sa mga bagay na 'yan. The reason why she hate that chocolate is because she's allergic on nuts. Panira kase si Alina, konti na nga lang ang chance ko nabawasan pa."

Kuya Daron stood up beside Kat and walked towards me."Why don't you try my style, dude? Write love letters for her and sing a romantic song using a guitar."

"Hindi ako sigurado kase masyadong makabago ang babaeng liligawan ko. And I don't know how to use a freaking guitar. Wala akong alam sa mga ganyan," nahihiya kong sabi.

Cohen raised his eyebrow at me."Eh, ano bang alam mo bukod sa pambababae? You don't know how to cook, to clean your condo, to talk nicely. Man, I'm telling you, it's better if you'll just solve math problems."

"Mabuti pa 'yong math problems kaya niyang solusyonan pero 'yong sarili niyang problema hindi niya kaya," hugot pa ni Akken.

Katria raised his both hands to keep us quiet."It's not bad if you'll try, Shael. At least, you know on yourself that you did your best. Subukan mo lang, support ako sa'yo."

Ngumiti naman ako at tumango dahil pakiramdam ko gumaan ang loob ko sa sinabi niya. She was about to hug me when Kuya cleared his throat that's why she stiffened for a bit and just tapped my shoulder. Napailing naman ako dahil sa inasta nilang dalawa.

"Thanks for your time. Babalitaan ko na lang kayo kung tapos ko nang gawin." I gave them a single nod before leaving the kitchen.

Napagdesisyunan kong sa condo ko na lang gawin ang binabalak ko para walang istorbo. I opened the drawer inside my room where I placed the different kinds of papers for my projects. Ilang minuto akong nag-isip kung anong kulay ang pipiliin ko pero 'yong pula na lang ang kinuha ko. They said that red represents the color of love.