Trigger and Bullets

bullet 15 - touch move

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Bullet fifteen

“So the rumors are true? May creepy dungeons sa FDI?” narinig kong tanong ni Ella. “I told you. Sa laki ng FDI mayroon at mayroong sikretong matatago.”

Hindi ko siya binigyan ng pansin dahil hindi ko na maalis ang mata ko sa kanyang kapatid. Nagsuspetsa ako kay Ella at hindi ko inakalang mas kahinahinala si Cole dahil sa naging reaksyon niya. All my suspicions froze as soon as I looked at his shocked face. But then his stunned expression lightened immediately. Mabilis niyang naitago ang gulat but he was too late—I already saw it.

Nanliit ang mga mata ko habang inaalala ang una naming pagkikita. It was in this same spot, humorously, he wore the same amount of clothing that time. Then my second meeting with him was in school. Sa walang katao-taong pasilyo ng unibersidad… nagsimula na noon ang klase kaya nakapagtatakang—well, ngayon lang ako nagtaka—nagpang-abot kami noon. Cole knows something. This was a shot made in the dark but I was ready to bet.

I took a step forward toward him. “Cole? Lead me to your room, we need to talk.” I needed to question him.

“Who am I to say no?” he asked in a playful tone. Maybe this handsome boy suffers bipolar disorder. How could he shift mood so fast? From stunned to relax to Coleish in a minute. Now he’s wearing his female predator smirk. I can almost see light bulbs of indecent thoughts over his head. Bless this boy.

Ella sprinted to my side like a leopard and then she grabbed my hand. “Kill me first, brother.”

Whatever these two were thinking—ayaw ko na mapalalim o pansinin pa. I needed sleep and Cole appearing to know something was an opening I had been waiting. Cole was like the first ray of sunlight behind the dark clouds. If you’ve been covered by dark skies too long you’ll be as desperate as… how desperate I was.

Tinanggal ko ang pagkakakapit ni Ella sa akin.

“She is asking for it,” he argued with her sister. I rolled my eyes then, as fast as I could, I pushed him hard on the door, binalewala ko na hawak ko siya sa balat--sa abs if I may add. Bumukas ang pinto ng banyo. Itunulak ko ulit siya para maipasok ko siya sa loob bago pa ako mapigilan ni Ella. Then I locked the door behind me.

That was the strangest thing I ever did, besides firing a pistol. Huminga muna ako nang malalim before I looked up at the face of my sunlight. Natulala siya sa akin—siguro dahil sa ginawa ko. Nagumpisa nang kumatok si Ella sa pinto. Dahan-dahan kong inangat ang isang kamay ko na nakapatong sa kanya at dahan-dahan ko rin tinanggal ang mga kamay niya sa aking bewang para malagyan ng distansya ang aming mga katawan.

Nang maka-get over na siya bumalik na naman ang mapaglarong ngiti niya. “In… here?” he asked, his eyes were dilated.

Malapit na. Kaunti na lang pagbubuhusan ko na siya ng lahat ng aking distress at frustrations. Inisip ba talaga niyang—uh! I’m not like that, whatever that is. I mean I am a girl who waits for the right time and right one. Paanong napunta sa ganito ang takbo ng isip ko? Right, because I locked myself with this handsome and toned and hot and toned and hot and handsome creature. I couldn't deny the fact that I was affected by his pressence. Gosh. Look at him! He's someone to drool over.