"WEH."
"Oo nga." Iritableng sagot ng lalaki. He gave Milo a tired look, para bang what they're talking about is exhausting him. "Hinayaan lang yata niya akong makatulog, then she left and slept in her own bedroom."
True. I even held the guy's hand when I put him to bed. Tsss. Abusado na kung magrereklamo pa ah, that was more than enough!
"Awww, iiyak na 'yan." Said Milo in a mocking tone with matching pout pa. Pffft. However, in a nanosecond, all of a sudden, the annoying boy's face shifted into a serious one. "So? Ano nang balak mo n'yan?"
"After last night, hindi ko alam kung wishful thinking ko lang ba 'to or whatever but, I'm starting to think that Ellie feels the same way about me."
Gulp. The same way? Uhm, I'm not playing hard to get here ah, pero, alam ko naman na Key has always been flirty with me. The guy even once told me that he has 'feelings' for me pero, grabe. What was I supposed to feel at that time when he told me those words as he was pinning me down sa isang matigas na kama sa school clinic? So much for sincerity.
Yeah, people say actions speak louder than words. Kaso minsan, ang kailangan lang naman ng tao para maniwala, is for her to hear the words & see the actions at the same time. Is that too much for a girl to ask?
"I need to know if what she has for me is real, or if it's just, uh, hindi ko sigurado, probably," the guy paused for a while. Naghahalungkat siguro siya for an appropriate word from his vocabulary para sa tamang brand ng feelings ko for him. "...sympathy. If it's real, we'll figure it out. All of it. We'll find a way out of this. Together. But if it's not," lumunok siya, his voice strained, "then I guess I should stop holding onto her and just, let her go. For real this time."
"Let her go?" Milo echoed. He went ballistic, uh-oh. "Ihhh, gagu! Kahit nerdy-kadiri ka Key, may engot-engot tendencies ka talaga paminsan! Sa tingin mo ba dedeadmahin lang ni Pring ang Channing Tatum level of hotness ko kung 'di siya bulag sa pag-ibig ng dahil sa'yo?"
I stifled a laugh. Hindi ko alam kung natatawa ba ako dahil sa faulty metaphorical logic nitong si Milo o dahil shockingly, may substance 'yung mga pinagsasabi niya ngayon lang. Could be both.
Nagkibit-balikat lang si Key, unfazed. "There are still a handful of things I should worry about," he heaved a deep, heavy sigh. "Rina, my father, explusion. Damn."
"Ba yan. Puro ka drama, lul! So what if alam ni Rina? Mapapagod din sa kaka-blackmail 'yung malagkit na babaeng 'yan!" Whoa. Alam ni Rina? Blackmail?
"Saka h'wag mo na problemahin kung hindi na kukunin ng Daddy -yo mo 'yung services ng parents ni Pringles dahil hindi siya fan ng love story ninyo. Ano namang akala mo, 'yung pamilya mo lang 'yung kliyente nila? Ang laki kaya ng law firm nila Pring."
"Can't say I'm not impressed, Ovaltine. Pinag-isipan mo ba talaga ng malalim itong problema ko? I'm touched." The guy smirked deeply. Affirmative: his bastard self is back. "You forgot to provide solution for one teeny-weeny factor though: expulsion."
"Eh ano naman kung ma-expel ka?" The annoying boy rolled his eyes. As if indicating na ang mga pinoproblema ni Key – namin, actually – eh hindi naman talaga problematic & worthy of our neurons. "Ang dami kayang ibang schools na pakalat-kalat dyan! Pero tandaan mo Key, ang tunay na pag-ibig iisa lang."
Having said that, Key shuddered. Para ba siyang biglang nilamig at kinilabutan. "Seriously, Ovaltine, you sort of freak me out when you talk with sense like that."
"Wala eh, ganyan talaga ako: Pinagpala. Pogi na, awesome pa." Milo grinned at saka pa siya nag-strike ng kanyang Mr. Pogi pose. "Samin ka na muna tumuloy for the time being. Bigyan pa kita ng allowance eh."
[15] What Will Become of Us
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