Chapter 5
Talo
"Ba't ka nga nakangiti?!" tanong ni Seth sabay yugyog ng balikat ko paglabas ni ma'am.
Humikab si Terry at tumayo para mag stretch ng katawan. "She's probably imagining weird things..."
"Weird things?!" gulat si Seth. "Bastos ba 'yan, Covy? Ikaw, ha? May boyfriend ka na ba?"
"Ingay niyo," malamig na sabi Ays, naglalaro na ng barilan sa cellphone niya.
"Wala akong boyfriend, okay? Just... a crush!" pag-amin ko.
"Sino? Yung nasabi mong may crush ka pero isang araw lang?" Tumatawa si Seth habang sinasabi ang mga 'yon. Magkahawak na ang dalawang kamay namin dahil pinigilan ko siya sa pagyugyog sa balikat ko.
"Sino raw?" Terry popped in front of me too with intense curiosity in her eyes. "Hindi nagsasabi, o!"
"Gaga, kapag sinabi niya kasing isang araw lang niyang magiging crush, it means hindi relevant at mawawala rin agad kaya 'di ko na rin chinika sa gc," depensa ni Seth at tumingin kay Terry. "Pero sino nga? Iyon pa rin?" at binalik ang tingin sa akin.
I groaned and nodded. "Yeah, siya pa rin..." And I don't think I'd switch crush again. Baka siya na hanggang... dulo.
He saw me as a deity, but to me, that was disrespectful to all the gods and goddesses. Still, that was his personal opinion of me. I never thought I was that beautiful! I knew I was attractive, but not enough to be compared to deities.
The way he said that to me that day... it felt like my beauty... transcended the ordinary.
At kaya ako nakangiti nang patapos na ang klase dahil dumaan silang magkakaibigan sa classroom... at nagkatinginan kami sa hamba ng pintuan. He didn't even smile at me, yet his impact on me was absurd!
If you'd look at him... you wouldn't even risk to try to approach him. The boy was too uptight and unsociable. He only talks to his friends and only answers important questions from other people. Kaya naman... ngayong bukas sa akin ang ibang side niya, I couldn't help but feel special and happy about it. I got a free access to his inner self...
Ako: Saw you! Vacant niyo?
We started talking even in daylight as well. And he started it! He messaged me one time... asking if I ate breakfast. With that, I concluded he had fallen for me too.
Elãzar: Yeah, saw you too. You were spacing out.
I pouted and watched my friends gossip about something.
Ako: Kaantok kasi iyong subject.
Elãzar: But if you love the subject, hindi ka aantukin?
I chuckled upon reading it. Tumingin sa akin ang dalawa.
"Nakikinig ako sa inyo!" I lied. Baka kasi magtanong na naman sila.
"Nakikinig? Sinungaling! Bakit? Anong nakakatawa, eh, ang pinag-uusapan namin ay 'yong aksidente sa intersection?" Seth widened her eyes for emphasis.
I smiled apologetically with my perfect teeth showing. Umiling sila at nagpatuloy, hinayaan na ako sa sini-sikreto ko.
Ako: Yeah, like for example, kung sa'yo ako makikinig hindi ako aantukin ;)
With wink para mas lalo siyang kiligin.
Siguro kaya niya ako nagustuhan dahil sa kakulitan ko? Aanhin mo naman kasi ang ganda mo kung wala kang personality na agaw pansin? Kahit average looking ka pero maganda ang personalidad mo, magiging habulin ka, pero kahit maganda ka pero boring ka, hindi ko sure kung gugustuhin ka pa rin.
