American Boy ✔️

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fourteen: Share

"What?"

"Yes! Yes!"

A laugh escaped from my lips again. I couldn't take it anymore, Silas Nakamoto is officially one of the funniest guys I've ever met here in NEO. Him and Ryland are just something else. Kahit na may love-hate relationship 'tong dalawa, nakakatawa pa rin yung pang-iinsulto nila sa isa't-isa.

"God, Ryland... stop it!" tawa ko habang pinapalo ko yung balikat niya para tumigil siya.

"You are stupid, Nakmoto. Puro ka babae."

"At least I pull girls, what do you pull? Your ankle? Puro injury pa more sa basketball." tawa ni Silas.

The way my eyes widened with Silas' words. Ang sama talaga ni Silas kay Ryland. Dati naman hindi sila ganito sa isa't-isa, pero ngayon... ewan ko ba kung anong nagbago but I'm here for it.

"Ano bang problema niyong dalawa? Actually... ano bang nangyari nung summer break?"

"Well... my lovely Katerina..." simula ni Silas, umupo siya sa tabi ko at isinandal ang ulo niya sa balikat ko at may ngiti naman na bumuo sa gilid ng labi niya.

"Galit yang pang-apat na Manuel dahil hinalikan ko yung babaeng gusto niya." Nalaglag ang panga ko sa sagot ni Silas, doon ko agad narealize na mali yo'n. Maling-mali! No wonder Ryland is upset at Silas since the first day of our school again.

"Silas... mali naman yo'n!"

"Hey, hey! She was the one who insisted the kiss... I just answered. At tsaka hindi ko naman alam na siya yung crush mo, Mr. Manuel."

"Do you just let girls kiss you and then you let them have it?" Ryland sighs, as if pagod na siya sa usapan na 'to.

"Mali ka naman din, Silas. You shouldn't have let her kiss you... or any other girl kiss you. For god's sake, you're already in senior high, stop going after high school students especially freshmen!"

"Hoy, grabe ka naman Ms. Miranda. Hindi na 'ko gano'n. And his crush was your age, nag-aassume ka nanaman, naku talaga."

Umiling na lang si Ryland at kinuha yung bola sa tabi ng upuan niya at tinitigan nang masama si Silas bago niya binalik yung mga mata niya sa'kin, now with a smile on his face. At least hindi galit sa'kin si Ryland, mukhang kailangan nanaman niyang maghanap nang bagong babaeng magpapatibok ng puso niya. Some girl who's not into Silas this time.

"I didn't pull my ankle this time, so I will be playing some basketball before the bell rings... tsk." Ryland said and finally left the classroom.

Ryland changed. He matured. And he gets more serious and aggressive for some reason. Gano'n ba kapag tumatanda? 'Di naman ako gano'n noon ah? Well, except when I threatened Anne. Pero 'di naman ako ang nagsimula nang away, yung babae naman yung nagsimula.

"You're mean, Mr. Nakamoto."

"Am I? I told you, I didn't start it." inilapit niya ang mukha niya sa'kin at napatingin agad ako sa kanya na may kasama maliit na ngiti sa bibig ko.

"You answered it."

"What can I say? It's in my nature?"

"Nakamoto nature?" I smirked.

Natawa kami sa isa't-isa. Naging close kaming dalawa ni Silas, ilang taon din ang lumipas at 'di ko inaakalang magiging kaibigan ko ang isang tulad niya. A playboy, a danger to any woman... is now a friend of mine, although he now insists to be my greatest friend.