Siglaw (Kafagway, #2)

Kapitulo 9

IKASIYAM NA KAPITULO

After our second periodical exams, Eunice, Dominic, and I went to SM for a small celebration. We did well on our exams. Ramdam ko iyon. Paano, we shared our notes to each other tapos halos nagrereview lang talaga ako days before exams.

I'm a really lazy person and you'll hardly see me opening my books and notes in school. Gulat nga sila Mommy at Daddy nang nakitang nagrereview ako.

I rolled my eyes at Kuya Noelle when he said, "Asus! Kunwari na namang nagrereview 'to!". There was never a day na hindi nasira ang araw ko dahil sa kanya!

Nagstarbucks sila Eunice at Dominic. I did not bother order dahil hindi ako mahilig sa coffee or even tea. Sinabi niyang may frappe pero I'm earning for a book right now kaya naiwan ako sa labas habang pumila sila sa loob.

It's raining right now. Simula first month of October, nag-ulan ulan na. The weather's really weird.

Namataan ko sa malayo si Prince kasama ang dalawang kaibigan niya. One of them is a girl.

Kaagad akong ngumisi at tinawagan siya. Nakita kong tumigil siya at tinignan ang phone. He raised his eyebrow when he saw the caller. Nakangisi niyang tinanggap ang tawag.

"Bakit?" Bungad niya.

"Nine o'clock," Sambit ko. Kaagad siyang bumaling sa kanan niya. I laughed. "I said, nine!" Sambit ko ulit. "Ay," He said and laughed. Umikot na siya at nang nakita ako ay ngumisi at saka lumapit.

Sakto ring papalabas na sina Eunice at Dominic. In the end, nagsama-sama na kami. His friends were Ate Vivian and Kuya Lapus. Pumunta kami sa KTV sa fourth floor at ang daming binayad ni Prince na kakantahin namin!

Ang malala pa, sa may labas ang pinili niya! Kahit namumula-mula ang pisngi ko, I still sang. Panay ang video ng mga kaibigan ko sa akin. We took many pictures. It was fun. They were really friendly and noisy.

Kasalukuyang kumakanta si Ate Vivian. Her voice was really good! Pwede siyang maging muse ng isang banda, sa totoo lang.

Nalingon ko ang phone nang nagmessage si Kuya.

From: Kuyang Kairita
Asaan ka?

I rolled my eyes and typed a reply.

To: Kuyang Kairita
KTV. With friends. Alam nina Mommy. Huwag ka ngang ano diyan.

Napatawa si Prince bigla sa tabi ko. "Bwisit kasi," Bulong ko. "Chill.Siyempre, kapatid ka niya. Malamang, protective talaga."

I groaned. "Too protective!" I corrected. "Want to annoy him?" Biglang tanong ni Prince. Nalingon ko siya at may nakakalokong ngisi. I widened my eyes and gave him my phone.

He put his hands on my back at hinila palapit sa kanya. I leaned closer to him as he put my phone below us. He opened my IG application and took a picture of us sa story ko. Linabas namin ang aming dila. Walang sabi-sabi niyang inupload iyon.

I laughed when Kuya Noelle was the first one to see it. Nagreply siya doon.

noellecostales: ANO YAN??!?!?!?!?!???!

I laughed and left him on seen. Sunod sunod pa ang message niya kaya inoff ko na ang cellular dahil doon.

"Bye, girl! Ingat!" Ani ate Vivian at kinurot pisngi ko. Sabay-sabay kasi silang magjijeep at magtataxi na ako since it's late. Ayoko na ring maglakad papunta sa bahay dahil may bar malapit sa amin. It's eight already! Hindi ko nga namalayan ang oras, e!

Mabilis naman akong nakarating sa bahay. Hindi naman ako pinagalitan nina Mommy at Daddy. Si Kuya lang kasi, ang daming sinasabi. I just shrugged my shoulders at him.