Amber Alert (El Vicente Series #1) [COMPLETED]

Kabanata 5

"4th time..." He said.

Pinanood ko siyang senyasan ang kaibigan niyang umalis. Umiiling si Dylan na umalis bitbit ang isang babaeng hindi masyadong pamilyar. He left with the girl.

I smiled and raised my glass of rum. "This is my hobby now."

Tumagilid ang ulo niya. Tinitigan ko siya. I don't know how many times I tell this but... he is so handsome.

He poked his inner cheek using his tongue before talking. 

"Your hobby is stalking?"

"I'm not a creepy stalker."

He chuckled sexily. "Hmm... our next gigs might be too far."

Seryoso ang mukha pero naghahamon at nanunuya ang boses niya. It's like he is asking me if how far can I keep up?

Nagbikit ako ng balikat at inubos ang huling shot ko ngayong araw. "Sa Mindanao ba 'yan?"

"Puerto Alcala."

Puerto Alcala...

 The next city from here. That's an hour or two..  

I smiled. "It's not too far, Hunter. Unless I'm going to ride a boat or rent a jet just to get there." Humalakhak ako sa nasabi ko.

He spreaded widely his feet and faced me. Nakatungkod ang kamay sa counter at pinatong doon ang baba. Napaisip tuloy ako kung lahat ba ng nakakausap niya ng ganito kalapit ay hindi ba nauutal o kaya natitigilan kapag kausap siya? Because me, although I can take it, I feel like I have to pray hard just to talk to him normally.

"Aren't you a student?" he raised his eyebrow and surveyed my body.

"Third-year college under Business Management course. 21, single." I said.

He laughed. Nanginig ang balikat niya habang nakatakip ang kamao sa labi. I can even see his fangs from here because of laughing.

Hindi ko maiwasang mamamgha. He's actually laughing. 

"Single.." He echoed. 

"Totoo." My face didn't lie. Tumagilid ang mukha ko. "Ikaw? Are you single?"

Oh, come on, Amber. Nandito na din naman tayo, let's just go straight to the point. Ano pa't bumyahe din naman ako ng ganito kahaba kung wala naman din akong mapapala kundi matitigan lang siyang kumanta? 

He lit up his face, not surprised. Binasa niya ang labi gamit ang dilang pula. The lights blinked beautifully on his lips since they're wet. Ang mata niya'y kita ko ang aliw doon. Far from what I usually see him.

"What do you think?" Magaspang na sabi niya.

I screamed inside me. Nanuyo ang lalamunan ko. Look what he's doing to me. Hindi ko yata kakayanin ang isang oras dito.

I shrugged and tried to escape his eyes. "You have a lot of fans.. some of them are pretty."

He nodded, looking at me. "Yeah, some of them are..."

"Wala kang nagugustuhan doon?"

He shook his head. "I'm not friendly."

I know. Unlike his bandmates who always smiles at their fans. Siya'y kailangan pang ibuwis ang boses para lang makakuha ng kisap ng mata galing sa kanya.

Ngumuso ako. "But you're talking to me."

"You're not my fan, though."

"I am!" 

Nanunuya ang mga tingin niya sa akin. "Still new on the hood."

"I love your band."

"A fan should like the music, how we play, or us.. all of us."