Captured in His Eyes (The Art...

By niteskye

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The Art of Life #1: Art Version Avien Evangelista is calm and collected until she interacts with the only per... More

Captured in His Eyes
06.13.17 - Avien Evangelista
07.16.18 - A Book that is All Cover
07.16.18 - How to Peel a Mocking Eye
07.17.18 - Crayon Crumbs
07.26.18 - Weirdo
08.10.18 - Crackpot!
08.16.18 - Jagged Empty Pages
09.10.18 - On My Nerves
09.11.18 - Tears of the Unknown
09.11.18 - Enigma
10.05.18 - All it was is Unreasonable
10.06.18 - The Feeling is Mutual
10.09.18 - People Pleaser
10.09.18 - Under His Sleeves
10.09.18 - What Do I Do?
12.17.18 - Do Other Guys Hug that Much?
01.16.19 - Irritatingly Unpleasant Immature and Nonsense Creature!!
01.17.19 - A Shift to Irrationality
01.17.19 - Entertaining After All
02.08.19 - Whys and Should Haves
02.08.19 - And Then I was Alone
02.11.19 - Dawning on Me
02.14.19 - A Hollow
02.17.19 - This is Just a Phase
02.18.19 - It Will All End
02.19.19 - Nothing is Ever the Same
02.20.19 - Like Everybody Else
02.20.19 - A Friend . . . ?
02.21.19 - Other Side
02.22.19 - The Mischievous Student
03.04.19 - He Who Can't be Tamed
03.04.19 - Meat and Lettuce
03.19.19 - The Art of Effortless Influence
04.02.19 - Three Out of Six
04.13.19 - Withering Solace in Solitude
04.15.19 - Selfish Choice is Not a Choice
04.17.19 - The Less You Seek
04.25.19 - In the Pit of the Stomach
05.03.19 - Bewildering
05.03.19 - The First Visitor
05.11.19 - A Moment of Epiphany
05.31.19 - To Start Anew
06.03.19 - The More You Ignore
06.03.19 - Ice Bear and Avocados
06.13.19 - How to Meet Halfway?
06.26.19 - Something New
07.01.19 - For a Good Cause
07.04.19 - Game of Tag
07.04.19 - Flirt
07.15.19 - Losing My Mind
07.19.19 - When You Cry
07.19.19 - Off My Chest
07.25.19 - When Will This End
07.26.19 - Total Opposites
07.26.19 - Over Logic and Reason
07.26.19 - Bahala Na
07.27.19 - Proposal: Sealed
07.27.19 - Closer
07.28.19 - Getting to Know
07.29.19 - Day 3: Kiel is Sick
07.30.19 - Back on Track
07.31.19 - Harvin
08.01.19 - The Little Moments
08.05.19 - Earned a Vent Buddy
08.07.19 - The Kiel Effect
08.08.19 - A Ball of Sunshine
08.09.19 - Fastest 20-Minute Drive
08.09.19 - Meeting Tita Kylie!
08.10.19 - One Brave Soul
Captured by Harvin
08.10.19 - Eating My Words
08.10.19 - His Love
08.11.19 - Mommy Day Today
08.13.19 - Do Not Talk Mad
08.14.19 - Messed Up
08.16.19 - Heavier and Heavier
08.16.19 - In His Arms
08.16.19 - If Comfort is a Person
08.28.19 - Nothing Feels Like It
08.28.19 - New Friend
08.28.19 - And Then There's You
09.06.19 - I in Harvin
09.10.19 - Understand
09.14.19 - So This is Freedom
09.24.19 - Our Little Secret
09.27.19 - Panic Attack
09.27.19 - Getting There
10.02.19 - Justin Bieber
10.02.19 - Never a Dull Moment
10.08.19 - Strange Guilt
10.08.19 - And I Thought Everything was Fine
10.08.19 - Making it Work
10.11.19 - Going Back to Normal
10.14.19 - Backfired
10.14.19 - The Truth
10.15.19 - Who I Really Am
10.16.19 - Starting Point
10.16.19 - Closure
School Year 2017
School Year 2018
10.16.19 - Pile of Realizations
10.16.19 - Tiptoe Moments
10.17.19 - Patched Up
10.17.19 - Making it Up
10.17.19 - Sick Kiel :(
10.18.19 - More of You
10.18.19 - Changes
10.23.19 - to be present.
10.25.19 - The Lucky One
11.02.19 - Bottle All Up
11.07.19 - For Memories
11.07.19 - Arcadventures
11.07.19 - Busted
11.07.19 - A Lost Cause
11.07.19 - The Sunshine After the Rain
11.08.19 - It is what it is
11.08.19 - Out Loud
11.08.19 - Second Meeting
11.08.19 - Louder than Words
11.08.19 - Fragments of Brokenness
11.09.19 - New Beginnings for Breakfast
11.09.19 - Quick Escape
School Year 2019
11.09.19 - Kiel Yuan Santillan

10.23.19 - Play Pretend

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By niteskye

Play Pretend
10.23.19

I wasn't the confrontational type but I'd been meaning to discuss with Kiel whatever problem we had. But how would that be possible if he keeps denying that there is even one?

All I could do was to hope that the problem would solve itself. Sana gano'n na lang kadali iyon.

I sighed upon seeing his smile and hearing his laugh from the back.

Aminado akong nahihirapan akong basahin siya. Hindi ko alam. He's unpredictable. He has his own ways. Pero sigurado ako ngayong may problema kahit pa ngiti-ngitian niya ako.

The mood I felt at their home? Tita Kylie not smiling at me and almost ignoring Kiel? Kiel not being touchy? May mali!

"Uyy Avien, baka matunaw!"

Napunta ang atensyon ko sa mga kasama nang marinig ang pangalan ko.

Erin giggled. Ngumisi si Shanice at tumawa naman si Nathan. Nag-init ang pisngi ko nang marealize na nakatitig pala ako kay Kiel.

Lumunok ako at nagpanggap na nagpapatuloy na sa ginagawa.

Wala na palang gagawin! Natapos na namin ang PT! Nagkukwentuhan na lang sila!

Nagpanggap akong magsusulat.

"Alam mo matagal na 'kong may napapansin sa inyo ni Kiel ha." Ang lakas ng boses ni Dianne! "MU kayo noh?!"

"Crush ata siya ni Kiel. Inaasar nila Jai."

"Kaya nga! Ang obvious na!"

"Crush din ata ni Avien eh, ayiiee~~" Sa pang-a-asar nila, napalingon na sa amin ang iba. Pati sila Kiel.

Gusto ko na lang mapasapo ng mukha, nahihiya sa atensyon.

"Hmm. Parang sila na nga?" Gumatong pa si Nathan!

"Waaah!! May jowa na si Kiel!"

Hanggang sa sumali na sa pang-a-asar ang mga kaibigan ni Kiel.

"Hooy! Hindi kami!" tanggi agad ni Kiel, napababa pa sa inuupuang desk.

Nag-angat ako ng tingin sa kaniya.

My eyes narrowed.

Ah todo tanggi ah?

"Ay si defensive."

"Soon daw!"

"Hindi ko maimagine. OMG."

"Kayo, Avien?" someone asked, genuinely curious. Mukhang gulat pa.

Napaiwas na lang ako ng tingin at mahinang umiling.

"Di ba si Harvin jowa mo?"

Napabalik ako ng tingin agad. Lumakas pa ang ingay.

"Hindi," I replied with conviction. "Hindi kami. Please."

"Ay, sorry."

Namatay na rin naman ang panunukso dahil nakaramdam na si Nathan at pinatigil ang mga kaklase.

"Tara, magpasa na tayo." I stood up and smiled a little at my groupmates. Nagtulong-tulong kami sa pagbubuhat ng proyekto.

Ramdam ko ang mga matang nakatingin sa akin mula sa likuran pero hindi ako bumaling hanggang sa makalabas na kami.

"Finally natapos din natin! Celebrate tayo mamaya!" masiglang aya ni Erin pagkalabas namin ng faculty.

"Taraaa!"

"Movie marathon kila Ailene!!"

"GG!!"

"Pwede sainyo Ai?"

"Sige lang."

"Yehey!!"

"Sama ka Avien?" Lumingon silang lahat sa akin.

May lakad kami ni Kiel mamaya at bigla akong nagkaroon ng urge na hindi tumuloy.

I smiled a little at the group and nodded, confirming my attendance. Binalik ni Erin ang ngiti ko at nagsimula na silang magplano sa panonoorin namin.

Sa doorway ay nakatambay ang grupo ni Kiel. Our eyes met as I crossed our distance. Umiwas din ako ng tingin at nilampasan siya para tuluyang pumasok.

I sat on my seat, waiting for the next subject teacher.

"Hindi ko alam kung bakit nila iniisip na girlfriend kita eh ang taray-taray m---"

Sinamaan ko ng tingin si Harvin na bigla-biglang nagsasalita. He made face.

"Parang lugi ka pa ha," sambit ko.

Natawa siya at napailing.

Bumalik na ang atensyon ko sa notebook.

"Feeler amp," bulong-bulong niya pa. I chuckled.

My phone suddenly vibrated in my pocket. I took it out and read the message from Kiel.

love:
okay ka lang?

Ako:
Yes.

love:

sorry kanina ☹️ alam na ba nila?

Ako:
I don't know. Nakakahalata.

love:
sorry sila jai kasi eh!!

Ako:
Okay lang.

love:
bat ba sila bigla nang-asar?

Ako:
They caught me looking at you

love:
😯😳

bakit?

why r u lookin at me miss?!

weirdo?!

creepy as hell

Napanguso ako para pigilan ang ngiti.

Nagseryoso ulit ako.

Ako:
Hindi ako makakatuloy mamaya. Manonood kaming movie kila Ailene.

love:
wooooooowwwww

oki babyy enjoooyyyy

update mo me mamaya

Napataas ang kilay ko.

Ganun lang 'yun? Wala man lang sad and crying emojis? Natuwa pa siyang hindi kami matutuloy?

I squeezed my phone and shove it in my pocket.

Fine, Kiel! Fine!

*  *  *

January 15, 2024


sorrry, guys, sa irregular updates and sorry kung maikli lang ito huhu I'll try my best even mooore in writing #newyearsresolution

Happy New Year by the way!!

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