HAJ & SETCH (COMPLETED)

XI

"I'm not into party, miss Aemie. I refuse to accept your invitation." nidungo si Haj.

Aemie pouted.

“I told you dae. You can't change his mind." sulti nako kang Aemie.

Gaina pa nako sya gi sultihan nga di jud na mo sugot si Haj. Ako na gani mismo ang nag invite kay Haj ganiha, gi reject ra gani niya.

"Why though?" Nilingkod syas akong kama ug nag tulala.

"Like what he said, he's not into parties." ana ko.

"I've never met anyone who is not into parties," she pouted.

I chuckled. "Do you really want him to come with us?"

Nanglingo si Aemie. "Nah. Ayaw nalang. Anyways, I can invite other guys. You know guys we've party with before" niliwanag iyang nawng.

Di jud ni sya mabuhi ug walay kauban lalaki sa iyang party. Well, our party is exclusive only for the invited one's, maong gusto jud sya mang invite ug mga papi.

"I'll call Yaddi," anas Aemie ug ni adto sa terrace sa akong kwarto.

Gihuwat nako sya and later on nibalik syag sulod sa kwarto. Nag abot napud iyang simod.

"Oh unsa man daw? Gi reject pud imong invitation?"

Hinay hinayng nisaka ang iyang ngisi. "Ofcourse they're in. Yaddi's gonna invite his friends. It will be a big party."

Dako na kaayo syag ngisi ug halos maguba na akong kama kay iyahang gi ambak ambakan.

"Can't wait for tomorroowwww.. Yieeee I missed partying so much!" she said, shouting. She looked so happy.

Nag abot akong kilay. "Tomorrow?"

Nihunong syag ambak sa akong kama. Dayun nilingkod sa akong tapad. "Yup. Tomorrow. Why?"

I gave her a sad face.

"Waeyo? Are you busy tomorrow?" she asked again.

"Nope."

"Then why you looked sad?"

I sighed. "Abi kog karon"

Aemie immediately picked up a pillow ug gi bagbag sa akoa. "Gaga abi kog naunsa ka. Pero baya baya excited na ka mag party?"

Ningisi ko.

It's because of Haj. Sya na akong bodyguard and like what happened the last time I party, he respected my personal space and didn't follow me around.

"Agay!" singgit nako kay naay namitik sa akong agtang. "Yah!"

Gibunalan na gani ko niyag unlan, gi pitik pa akong agtang.

"Mura kag tanga diha ga ngisi ngisi gud." anang Aemie. "Tug'an rajud sa tinuod yot.. Kauyab na ka noe?"

Nag abot akong kilay sa pangutana niya.

"Ha?"

"Naka uyab na ka-

"Hatdog." bara nako.

Nipunit napud syag unlan maong nidagan na dayun ko pagawas sa kwarto.

"Ay Borikat!!"

Hapit ko ma slide pag gawas sa kwarto.

Haj gave me a no-idea-look. "Naunsa ka miss setch?"

Nalukot akong nawng. "What are you doing there?" I asked back.

Naa syas gawas sa akong kwarto the whole time nga naa mi sa sulod ni Aemie??

Unsay trip ani bataa.?

"I just got here miss setch 'cause I heard someone shouting." Haj answered.

Awww abi kog ganiha pa sya diri.

"Wala ra to. Ga storya ra ming Aemie. Normal ra namo mag singgitanay." ana ko. Akong gi lingi si Aemie sa sulod sa akong kwarto.

She's already in the terrace. Naay ka call. Probably, ga pang invite guro.

She really love people to be around her.

"Haj?" I called.

"Miss Setch?"

I looked at him. Nitutok ko niya ug pila ka segundo bago ko ni storya.

Nang hupaw ko. "Nothing.." then I smiled.

Nitando ra sya nga murag inosente nga bata.

Haj is tall and buff but not so buff. I always know what kind of guy Aemie likes.

And Haj is not her type.

But I know why Aemie seems to like Haj.

Haj remind Aemie about her older brother.

I paused from thinking. Nihunong mismo akong utok ug huna huna pag abot sa topic about Aemie's brother.

Niadto na dayun kos kitchen area ug nag kuhag milk. Pang pa cheer up.

"Ay borik-" I stopped over reacting.

Borikat nalang jud permi mogawas sa akong baba inig makuyawan ko.

"Sorry miss setch" tingog ni Haj.

Yes. Nakuyawan napud ko kay kalit kalit ra syag sulpot sa akong likod.

"It's fine. Do you have something to say?" diretso nakong pangutana bago niinom sa milk.

"Does your friend, Aemie, have a brother?"

Nahunong kos pangutana ni Haj. Pati pag inom nakos milk kay na pause.

"H-Huh?" Wa ko kabalo unsay isulti. Nahilom ming duha ni Haj then suddenly naa'y nitubag sa iyang pangutana.

"I had. His name was East. Why?" Aemie appeared.

"East.." usab ni Haj nga murag naay gi huna huna. Then his jaw clenched. "Uhm.. nothing." Nitan'aw usa sya nako bago sya nigawas sa kitchen.

Nahabilin ming duha ni Aemie. She looked sad.

"I'm sorry." I mouthed.

It's obvious that she's sad kay nahinumduman niya ang iyahang kuya.

"Okay lang. Maybe he's my kuya's batchmate." niduol sya nako ug nag kuha pud syag iyahang gatas.

We drank milk like we are having a beer.

Shat yarn?

Nag smile nag usab si Aemie while ga kwento about sa iyahang flight.

While gapaminaw ko niya, something still bothers me.

I mean, why would Haj ask about Aemie's brother? And how did Haj knew kuya East?

Di ko ka tuo kung ka batch sila kay halata nga mas older sa amoa si Kuya East.

There's really something about Haj. Because unlike kuya Kaj, his older bro. Haj is kinda mysterious.

Why does it feels like something big is gonna happen.
Or something kept is gonna be spilled.

What's happening?