Escaping Strings

Chapter 32: The Moods

Sa kama. Sa kama. Sa kama. Ow! Em! Gee! Did he? Really? Oh, God, damn it! Fuck, fuck, fuck! Lagot ako kay Iris kapag nalaman niyang....

“Wait, wait, wait! What are you talking about?”

He sits beside me, smilingly say, “You know what I mean, babe. I wonder who he was with last night.”

Fuck! I think, I am right. Did they really do it? Sinasabi na nga ba eh, hindi naman talaga bakla si Jacob, hindi makalakad nang maayos ang pinsan ko sa sobrang wild niya. I guess, what he have done was enough to show how man he really is... BUT THAT WASN'T RIGHT! Shit! I was just kidding, hindi ko naman akalaing susundin niya at magpapadala siya sa pang-aasar ko. Kasalanan ko na ba 'yon? Hindi ko naman sinabing gawin niya talaga, pero binigyan ko siya ng permission kaya kasalanan ko! Paano na lang ang pagkakaibigan nila?

“Babe?”

“Yes, babe?” I asked without minding him at all.

“You're frowning.”

“Oh.”

Natauhan naman ako kaya inayos ko ang hitsura ko. Napabuntong-hininga na lang ako.

“And deep,” he added that made me look at him.

“You don't know who he was with last night, do you?” I asked.

“I wish I do but I can't convince him to talk further,” sagot niya.

“Why, do you have someone in your head?”

“Wish I was wrong,” I said, filling my mouth with the food in front of me.

He just watched me eat. Then suddenly, I feel like there's something missing. Napasandal na lang ako sa backrest ng kinauupuan ko. I really want that missing piece so bad! Argh!

“What's wrong?” he asked, concerned.

“Naiinis ako sa'yo!”

Matthew's POV

Huh? Bakit, may ginawa ba akong mali? Ano na naman ang ginawa ko para kainisan niya ako?

“Babe naman.... Tell me, what have I done this time?”

“Wala!” Lumingon siya sa kabilang side ng dining area para hindi ako matingnan.

Tumayo ako para mas malapitan siya saka hinawakan ang mga kamay niya, “Babe, tell me. Please?”

She look at me and this time, she seems calm saying, “Okay lang.”

Well, not really, hindi siya okay. Ang hirap niyang kausap kung minsan pero ayos lang kasi mahaba ang pasensya ko pagdating sa kaniya.

Tumayo siya para iligpit ang kinainan niya. I look at her body, medyo lumalaki na 'yung tiyan niya. Kung titingnan ng iba, iisiping busog lang siya pero kung lagi niyo siyang kasama, malalaman niyong buntis siya. Hindi naman kasi talaga malaki ang tiyan niya kahit busog. She's damn sexy! And now that she is pregnant, oh, I can't wait. We are having a baby, kinikilig ako.

“Babe,” I said as I hugged her from behind.

“Bumalik ka na roon,” sabi niya.

May halong pagtatampo ang kilos niya at boses niya. Pilit ko namang inalala kung mayroon ba akong nagawa bukod sa pagmamasid ko sa kaniya habang kumakain siya kanina pero wala talaga.

“Tell me what's wrong? Do you want something?”

She look at me as if she'll say something but decided not to.

“I can do anything just to lighten up your mood. Tell me, are you craving for something?”

“Uhm….” She bit her lower lip like she's hesitating.