"Hindi patutulugin? Bakit, anong gagawin natin?" napahinto ako sa paglalakad dahil sa sinabi niya. Nagkatinginan kaming dalawa at sabay na humalakhak. Ako naman ang umakbay sa kanya ngayon. I don't know why but Aiden and I really think alike.
"Tangina mo talaga—aray ko!" halos masubsob ako nang bigla'ng may dumaan sa gitna namin, dahilan upang mapahiwalay ako kay Aiden. "Anong problema mo?"
"Kindly walk faster. You both are so slow." Elijah said coldly.
"Edi, mauna ka! Ang lapad ng daan, oh." pikon na saad ni Aiden at itinuro ang daan kung saan pwede'ng-pwede dumaan sina Elijah at Red ngunit sa gitna talaga namin siya sumiksik.
Sumimangot siya dahil sa sinabi ni Aiden.
"It's almost time. We are running late." we walked faster because of what Red said.
"Sino ba kasi ang late na 'yan at palaging tumatakbo?" inis na saad ko.
Ayaw kong pumasok pero kailangan. I am so sick of doing the same things each day. Papasok, uupo, makikinig sa professor or lecturer buong araw, and repeat the next day. It's tiring.
"Tell Bryan if we can do our part na tayong dalawa lang. Ayaw kong makasama 'yung mayabang."
"Hindi pwede!" bumuntong-hininga ako dahil sa sinabi ni Aiden at tinignan ang isa sa mga ka-grupo namin. Napairap ako nang nakitang nakatingin na ito sa amin.
"Let's just do our part and then we can leave para makasunod tayo kina Ram sa bar."
Para akong nagising dahil sa sinabi niya.
"Mag-babar sila?"
"Yan, diyan ka magaling." I smirked and went closer to him.
"Not really."
It's not that I am addicted to bar hopping, I am just happy to know that I'll finally have a fucking break. Though I actually want to go home straight later because I'm tired, but going out before going home won't hurt.
"I'm not going." Red said as we went out of the room. Our last class has ended and I almost screamed in delight because I almost fell asleep.
"Alam namin, Red."
Masyadong loyal sa crush niya, which amazes me because Red was never interested in anyone to the point of isolating himself from people and bars. He never said no kapag nag-aaya kaming lumabas, nitong mga nakaraang linggo lang.
"Mauna na kayo. Sunod na lang kami ni Blake."
I licked my lower lip as I watched our friends leave.
"Let's go to a local cafe." one of our blockmates suggested. I put my arm around Aiden's shoulder and started walking.
We went to a cafe near our university, where students usually spend their time studying and chatting. Yung iba naman nakiki-wifi lang.
"Anong gusto mo, Blake? Order everything you want, ako ang magbabayad." napakunot ang noo ko dahil sa sinabi ni Aiden. I looked at him unbelievably when I noticed how arrogant he sounded like while smirking.
"Ang yabang mo. Ang galanti mo yata?" I placed my things on the table while looking at him.
"Sinong hindi magiging mayabang at galanti kung nandito ang card ni Ram sa akin?"
Halos humagalpak ako nang itinaas niya ang card na hawak-hawak.
"Ang yaman yaman mo, bakit nangunguha ka ng card ng iba?" I pulled him to sit beside me and took Ram's card from his hand.
"I was earlier whining about them going somewhere without us kaya binigay niya sa akin 'to para matahimik." saad niya at mukhang proud na proud pa. "Kukunin ko rin dapat 'yung kay Elijah pero sa susunod na 'yun."
Chapter 1
Start from the beginning
