Cheenie's POV
Hay! Finally home. Pero kailangan ko pa palang pumunta dun kila Mama bukas. Yung iba kong damit at gamit na kailangan nandun pa e. Hassle talaga. It's 9:30 pm na, bukas ko na lang iisipin yun. I want to have some long and nice slumber. Kanina pa sumasakit ulo ko buong biyahe! They kept on insisting na may something daw between me and Dion! Argh, and it annoys me big time.
I startle when I heard Sei.
"Hoy Cheenie! Kamusta?" Sei, pumasok dito sa kwarto ko, 'di man lang kumatok.
"Nauso kumatok Sei. And why are you asking?!" I steamed up.
"Parang tinatanong lang e! Inaatake ka na naman ng paka-Sisa mo. Mabuti pa magpahinga ka na lang" Sei.
"Ewan ko sayo" I just said after I rolled my eyes on him. Ayokong i-kwento kay Sei the whole trip namin sa Nasugbu no! Baka dumagdag lang siya sa pang-aasar.
He shrugged before he got out of the room.
Sa totoo lang kasi, ayoko talagang magkwento. I just don't like, people knowing what I feel. So, I put up this wall that no can breaks. It's not being selfish or something. I don't like all the peeps around me shot me a worried and pathetic look, whenever. That's the reason why I don't want telling people what's the real story or what's the real reason. Except my friends.
My phone suddenly vibrated. Someone texted.
From: +6394266084**
I'm sorry about what happened. Sana di ko na lang ginawa yun. Nakuhaan pa ng picture.
Huh? Wait! By the message structure I knew it's Dion. 'Di na ko nagtaka kung san niya nakuha number ko. Ang dami niyang source to choose for. Apollo pa lang e.
I changed his name. Dion Jimenez.
You're asking why I knew his surname?
Well, nung nag-post si Hermes sa IG, she tag all of us. I saw that Dion has an IG account but, hey I didn't follow him ha!
A minutes later I decided to reply him. I can't think of anything nice and proper so..
To: Dion Jimenez
Ah, it's okay. No biggie.
I know how it sounded so lame but, we're not close no. Baka isipin niya pa na ang feeling close ko if ever I replied him long.
I lay down on my bed. I let out a sigh when the moment my back rested on the bed. Tama nga si Sei, kailangan ko na talagang mag-pahinga. This past few 3 days was so tiring yet, so fun.
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It's 4:00 pm na. I'm going to our house today. It made winced with the idea of seeing Nyx Ersa's face but, I have to go there, tho.
I gathered my things on my satchel and I'm ready to go. I just wear a white v-neck plain shirt, ripped jeans, a authentic black vans, and my brown satchel.
Magco-commute lang ako papunta sa bahay. I don't like to bug Sei to drive me there. Isang jeep lang naman ang sasakyan e.
Minutes later I arrived na.
I knocked on the door three times, and finally there's someone to open it.
"Hi ma- " I didn't continue what I was about to say when I see Nyx Ersa opened the door.
She didn't say anything, she just open the door wider for me to got in easily. When I got in I sat on the couch. I see her go upstairs, she's going back to her room. Ugh. Feeling niya I will greet her nicely?
I waited for Mama, and a few minutes later, I saw her from the kitchen heading here in the living room. She sat beside me and look at me.
"Oh, Ma? Bakit?" I said looking all curious.
"Wala. Di ka man lang pumunta dito pagkatapos ng graduation mo? Nagbakasyon ka agad?" Mama said with a unmoved look.
"E diba, sabi ko pagtapos ng graduation ko mag-out of town kami ng mga kaibigan ko. I remembered saying it pa nga before the graduation e." I explain calmly to her.
"Ang tagal mo ng nagpaalam nun." she said, I looked away from her. Ang dami niyang dama, seriously.
"Ma, Di ako pumunta dito to argue with you. I came here to get my clothes and things that I need. Stop bombarding me some claptrap questions." After I said that she changed the topic.
"Kumain ka na ba? Nag-luto ako. Kumain ka muna bago ka umalis" Mama said before going to the dinning room.
I followed her.
"Di na Ma, I have to go na pagkatapos ko kunin yung damit at gamit ko. May pupuntahan pa ko after" I lied. Wala naman talaga akong pupuntahan after ko dito. Ayoko lang talagang makasama pa ng matagal si Nyx Ersa.
"Ikaw ang bahala. Sige kunin mo na yung mga kukunin mo" she said before kumuha ng mga plato at maghanda sa la mesa.
I go upstairs, I'm going to my room nang nakita ko yung kwarto ni Nyx Ersa, her door is half-opened. She's laying on her bed. Parang may ka-text yata.
Pumasok na ko sa kwarto ko tapos kinuha ko na yung mga gamit na kailangan ko, when I found a picture that breaks my heart.
It's a picture of me and Nyx Ersa. We look so happy. We were on a swing tapos nagtatawanan kami. We both holding ice cream on our free hand while the other is holding the chains of the swing. It's a candid kind of shot. I think I'm 5 years old here and she's 6.
I kept on gazing at the picture when I heard the door knob click. I quickly hid the picture under my pillow.
I look at her, she didn't bother to look at me. When she sat beside me there was a silence. Ugh. It was deafening me, so I decided to broke it.
"What's up?" I asked her.
"Gusto ko lang sabihin na bukas na uuwi si Chork. Sabi ni Mama." she said without looking.
Chork is a nickname, her real name is Cassandra York our little sister, she's 14 years old. It came up with the idea of Chork because all of our nicknames starts with letter C, and it's far from our real names, tho. Nyx Ersa doesn't want to call in her nickname. Si Mama lang tumatawag sakanya nun. Most of time dito lang sa bahay, by the way her nickname's Chien.
Chork's been in Tagaytay since my graduation. May retreat camping sila dun.
"Why don't just Mama say it in my face?" I said hiding my annoyed expression.
She shrugged. I rolled my eyes.
"And what would I do kung uuwi na si Chork?" I said putting my things in the medium box I brought.
"Mama suggest na dito ka na daw matulog ngayong gabi. Para bukas paguwi ni Chork nandito ka daw. Anyway Chork wants to congratulate you" she explained without any signs of emotion.
"Ah. I want to but I can't. I had a lot to do tomorrow. Siguro magkikita na lang kami ni Chork sa mall bukas." I said after I covered the medium box.
"Okay" she said, straight face.
And the deafening silence came in again. An question pop on my head, what if itanong ko sa kanya kung kilala niya si Dion? Or kung alam niya na liligawan siya?
Kaso di nga kami okay diba? Atsaka anong iisipin niya after I asked that? Na ang super OC ko?
Huh, alam niya naman siguro yun tsaka imposible naman na di niya kilala si Dion. Liligawan nga siya e.
She was about to stood up, when I spoke again.
"Kilala mo ba si Dion?" I asked without thinking.
"Huh? Sinong Dion?" she replied with an what-are-you-talking-about look.
"Nah. Never mind." I shrugged, I saw her stood up from my bed and out of the room.
It's so strange. How can Nyx Ersa didn't know anything about Dion? She didn't even know him nga e. Bakit siya liligawan ni Dion? Mukha di naman nagsi-sinungaling si Nyx Ersa nung tinanong ko siya kung kilala niya si Dion. Ugh. It's curiosty killing me now. That Dion. Pag nakita ko siya ulit, I swear I will make him state what's going on.
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