Behind His Smiles (Flawed Series #1)

Prologue

"Hey, you good?" I turned around, only to see Klent with the others.

I smiled, "Yeah. Ikaw? Tapos ka na bang bumisita sa pinakamamahal mo?"

He chuckled, "Yeah, and can you please stop on calling it pinakamamahal? It's seriously annoying," sabi niya.

I laughed, "Got used to it. Ano? Wala namang media sa labas, 'di ba?"

He licked his lips, "We already fixed that. Come on, dre. Naghihintay na si Sea sa 'kin. Kailangan na naming umalis. Papanoorin pa namin kung maganda ba 'yung pelikula."

I rolled my eyes, "Ako gumanap. Malamang, maganda ang movie."

Umirap din siya, "It's only because Sea was the one who wrote it. Shut up."

Renoah chuckled, "Ewan ko sa inyo! Tara na! Ma-lelate na tayo sa Premiere Night mo, Patrick! Jusko! Pelikula mo 'to pero parang ikaw pa walang gana manood!"

I laughed, "Hindi ka pa rin nagbabago. Hay, bakit nga ulit hindi tayo nagkatuluyan?" I joked around.

Umakto siyang sumuka, "Oh, come on! Nakakadiri ka naman! Bahala ka na nga diyan! Uuna na 'ko sa van! Tse!" sambit niya at naglakad na nga palabas.

Art chuckled, "Pikon pa rin talaga siya kapag iyon ang usapan."

Drei smirked, "Guess the mushroom's not yet moved on. If I were her, I could've been laughing with you guys about it. I don't know when will she forget it."

Ngumisi si Mark, "Hayaan mo na. Mukhang hanggang hukay niya dadalhin sama ng loob niya dahil do'n."

Ngumisi ako, "Give me five more minutes. Mauna na kayo. I just need to tell her one last thing," sabi ko.

Kiel nodded, "Sige, dre. Sundan ko lang si Renoah. Baka biglang atakihin sa high blood, e." They all laughed and went after him. Huling sumunod si Klent.

Bumaling ako sa lapida, "Hey... I gotta go now. Let's... Let's meet again. Personally. In God's time. Babalikan kita, pupuntahan kita. I promise."

Tumayo na ako before smiling, "I want you to be proud of me. Kasi... Finally! Finally, I can say... I already moved forward with my life. I still didn't got to study the degree I wanted, but this is better, right?" sabi ko.

I pursed my lips. Ayokong umiyak. Masakit. "Iiwan na kita, mahal ko. Babalikan kita sa susunod na araw kapag nakaluwag-luwag. Sana nga ay mapanood mo rin 'tong pelikula ko, e. It's about us. I asked Sea, Klent's girlfriend, to write something that's quite similar with our story. She did a great job writing it. Pinasa namin sa label ko at dahil sikat na writer si Sea, they approved it and I was the actor of my own story. Too bad the one who acted as you weren't actually you, though."

I chuckled, "But I'm glad I got to tell the world that I experienced that shit. I'm glad I was able to tell everyone that I moved on from it. Despite of it being so impossible."

Nilapag ko iyong dala kong bulakbulak.

I whispered, "Thank you for making me happy before, babe. But I'm afraid to say that I'm much happier now. I'm much more free now, just enjoying my career and success."

"Pinapangako kong gagawin ko ang lahat, matupad ko man lang lahat ng gusto nating gawin noon... Hindi na 'ko magpakakasal o maghahanap ng iba. Kasi hinihintay mo na lang ako diyan sa taas 'di ba?"