Love is a game that two can play and both can win.
-Eva Gabor
Kath's POV
Bwisit talaga yung Tyler na yan! Monster talaga siya kahit kailan!
"Aaaaaaarrrrrrgggghh! Papatayin kita!" tumakbo naman agad siya nang mabilis kahit madilim pa ang paligid. Asan na ba yun? Parang naglalaro lang tuloy kami ng hide & clap. Parang naka-blind fold na rin kasi ako sa sobrang dilim.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!" napatili ako nung kamuntikan na kong malaglag sa hagdan. Buti na lang sinalo ako ng guardian angel, I mean, monster pala.
"Hey! I'm sorry. Are you okay, now?" he asked sweetly habang nakahawak siya sa baywang ko.
"Don't worry. Everything's fine. I'll catch you if you fall."
I'll catch you if you fall.
I'll catch you if you fall.
I'll catch you if you fall.
My fucking heart...
Bigla na lang nagpatugtog nang malakas yung kapitbahay namin kaya umabot dito yung sound. Gabi na kaya! Ano kayang trip nun? Baka nakainom na naman. Lasenggera kasi yung neighbor namin dito. Ang kwento, nag-start lang daw siyang magkaganyan nung iniwan siya ng asawa niya. So, ayun nga. At nakakaasar pa yung pinatugtog.
♪I don't know why
But when I look in your eyes♪
Napatingin ako sa mga mata niya. Nakatingin din siya nang diretso sa mga mata ko habang nasa ganung posisyon pa rin kami. We're like statue of a couple staring at each other.
♪I felt something that seems so right
You've got yours I've got mine
I think I'm losing my mind
'Cause I shouldn't feel this way♪
Yeah, I think I'm losing my mind 'cause I shouldn't feel this way but why am I feeling this way?
♪Catch me, I'm falling for you
And I don't know what to do♪
I don't know what to do. I'm so confused.
♪How can something so wrong
Feel so right all along
Catch me, I'm falling for you
How can time be so wrong?
For love to come along
Catch me, I'm falling for you
Pero paano na lang si Charles ?
How can love let it go
When it has no place to go
And I can't go along pretending
that love is in here to stay
catch me im falling for you
If I could just walk away
Without you from day to day
I would die just thinking of you
I think that we'll never be
More than friends, you and me
But why do I feel this way♪
Bakit nga ba? Hindi pwede 'to! Pero kaya ko bang pigilan yung nararamdaman ko? Hanggang kailan ko pipigilan? Hanggang kailan ko makakayanan?
♪Catch me, I'm falling for you
And I don't know what to do
How can something so wrong
Feel so right all along
Catch me, I'm falling for you
How can time be so wrong?
For love to come along
Catch me, I'm falling for you♪
Naramdaman kong nangingilid na yung luha ko. Holy cow! Wag kang babagsak please.
♪Maybe someday I'll see
Why love did this to me
'Cause I can't go along,pretending
That love is in here to stay
Catch me, I'm falling for you
Catch me, I'm falling for you♪
"Hey Kath, are you crying?" he asked. Suminghot kasi ako. I just shook my head then started walking downstairs.
♪And is it wrong for me to feel this way
'Cause I don't know what to do without you
I'M FALLING FOR YOU
Catch me, I'm falling for you♪
This is so wrong! I shoudn't feel this way!
Tuluyan ng bumagsak yung luha ko.
♪How can something so wrong
Feel so right all along
Catch me, I'm falling for you♪
"Kath...umamin ka sakin," hinabol niya ko sa may hagdan at hinawakan niya yung kamay ko.
"ARE YOU IN LOVE WITH ME?" shoot! Yan yung ayokong tanong eh! Kasi hindi ko alam yung isasagot ko.
"N-no. O-of course not!"
"But why—" I cut him off. I don't want to talk about this. It's giving me goosebumps.
"Come on! We need to switch it on! Nanonood ako eh! Epal ka kasi!" sabi ko na lang.
**
Someone poked me.
"Loko, gising na, may pasok pa."
"Hmm, bukas na lang po. Tinatamad ako," I said with husky voice.
Pero napabalikwas agad ako ng bangon nung marinig ko kung ano yung pinangtawag sakin ni Manang Elisa. LOKO? Loko ang tawag niya sakin?
"Waaaaaaah! Tyler?!" kinusot-kusot ko pa yung mga mata ko para makasiguro pero siya talaga eh!
"Why are you here? Get out of my room!" I yelled.
"Dapat nga maging thankful ka pa kasi may asawa kang gigising sayo para pumasok sa school," sumbat niya.
"Teka, asan si man—Ay! Wala nga pala si manang. Hehehe. Eh di THANK YOU!" sabi ko.
**
"What's for breakfast?" tanong ko.
"Oatmeal and pancakes. Mayroon ding garlic rice, salami, ham and egg," wow! Parang professional lang na cook ah! Professional agad? Dali-dali lang gawin nun eh. Kaso yun na nga ang problema ko, ang dali-dali na nga, di ko pa kaya!
"Hihihi! Nahihiya tuloy ako sayo," nahihiyang wika ko. Pero echos ko lang yun. Dapat lang na pagsilbihan niya ko! 'Cause I'm the queen!
"Don't worry, may kapalit yan," then an evil grin appeared on his face. May binabalak na namang masama yan, for sure. Pustahan pa tayo eh!
I sighed before asking him.
"Ano na naman bang evil plan ang pumasok dyan sa kokote mo?"
"Wala namang ibang pumapasok sa utak ko kundi ikaw at ikaw eh!" sinumpong na naman siya ng kakornihan. Nakalimutan ko siyang turukan ng anti-kakornihan.
**
**Beep, beep**
Si Kuya Christian na siguro yan. Dumarating lang kasi sila dito pag school days at pag kailangan namin sila. SILA, kasi kasama rin si Kuya Cedrick, driver naman ni Tyler. Di naman kami pwedeng sabay pumasok sa school at lumabas sa iisang kotse 'no! Ano na lang sasabihin ng mga schoolmates namin?
Kinuha ko na yung bag ko at lumabas ng bahay.
"Hi Kuya Christian!" masiglang bati ko. Naks! Ang energetic ko yata ngayon? Dahil ba yun sa kinain ko?
"Kath, isabay muna natin ngayon si Tyler," sabi niya.
"What?! Bakit?"
"Di makakapunta si Cedrick. May trangkaso. Ayaw mo ba? Gusto mo bang maglakad yang asawa mo on the way to school?" nakangiting sabi niya. Nangongonsensya ba 'to?
"Fine, fine. Pero di ko siya asawa, okay?" pagko-correct ko.
"Fine. Sige na, tawagin mo na yung HUBBY mo," I rolled my eyes on him. Makulit din talaga siya 'no?
"Tyler! Tyler! Tyleeeeeeeeer!" sigaw ko. Ayoko ngang lumapit pa dun. Duh? Three kilometers pa kaya ang lalakarin mo bago makarating sa mismong bahay.
"Loko, bakit?" Hala? Nag-teleport siya? Ba't parang ang bilis niya?
"Si Flash ka ba?"
"Hindi, ako si Me tapos sa gitna natin si Flash" sabi niya. Ano raw? Di ko gets.
"Huh?"
"Kasi ME FLASH YOU EQUALS FOREVER!" sabay buhat sakin papasok sa kotse. Set up na naman ba 'to?
"Hoy! Wala talagang trangkaso si Kuya Cedrick 'no? Set up na naman ba 'to?" tanong ko.
Napakamot siya ng ulo. Sabi na eh!
"Bumaba ka na nga! Kotse ko 'to eh! Shoo, shoo!" pagtataboy ko sa kanya.
"Loko naman, sorry na. Kung tatawagan ko pa si Kuya Cedrick, late ng dadating yun dito," sabi niya naman.
"Kasalanan mo yan! May pa-set up, set up ka pa kasi! Tsk."
Biglang umandar yung kotse.
"Hala! Kuya Christian naman eh! Magkano bang binayad sayo ng monster na 'to? Dodoblehin ko na lang wag ka lang pauto dito," sabi ko.
"Walang bayad 'to. Bukal sa puso 'tong ginagawa ko. Gusto kong mabuo yung love story niyo eh," nakangisi niyang sabi.
Tiningnan ko si Tyler nang masama. Binigyan niya naman ako ng kala-mo-dyan-ah look.
♪You, by the light
Is the greatest find
In a world full of wrong
You're the thing that's right
Finally made it through the lonely
To the other side♪
Nananadya lang?
♪You set it again, my heart's in motion
Every word feels like a shooting star
I'm at the edge of my emotions
Watching the shadows burning in the dark♪
Geez, maganda yung kanta pero wag naman sana yan yung pinapatugtog nila sa radio station. Parang nananadya eh.
♪And I'm in love
And I'm terrified
For the first time and the last time
In my only life♪
"Kuya, lipat mo ng station," request ko.
"Maganda naman yung kanta ah? Bakit nakaka-relate ka ba? Mahal mo na si Tyler, ayaw mo lang aminin 'no?" pang-aasar niya.
"You're fired."
"Guilty?" pang-aasar niya ulit. Ugh!
Si Tyler naman kung makangiti, abot tainga. Ugh! Feel na feel niya naman!
♪And this could be good
It's already better than that
And nothing's worse
Than knowing you're holding back
I could be all that you needed
If you let me try
You set it again, my heart's in motion
Every word feels like a shooting star
I'm at the edge of my emotions
Watching the shadows burning in the dark
And I'm in love
And I'm terrified
For the first time and the last time
In my only♪
"Ayiiiiiiieeeh! In love na siya kay Tyler!" pang-aasar na naman niya.
Di ko na lang pinansin.
"In love ka na pala sakin ah! Wag kang mag-alala. Sabi ko naman sayo, I'll catch you if you fall," he said sweetly while looking at me. Ayokong tingnan siya kasi feeling ko pag tiningnan ko siya bigla na lang akong matutunaw.
"Feeling mo naman!" masungit na sabi ko.
"Tingnan mo yan. Kapag ako, di pinapansin pero pag si Tyler, pinapansin. Ehem, ehem! Iba na yaaan!" sabi ni Kuya Christian.
Sana makarating na kami agad sa school para tigilan na nila ako.
♪I only said it 'cause I mean it
I only mean it 'cause it's true
So don't you doubt what I've been dreaming
'Cause it fills me up and holds me close whenever I'm without you♪
"Ayiiiiiieeh! Mahal na ko ni Loko!" *sundot here, sundot there*
♪You set it again, my heart's in motion
Every word feels like a shooting star
Watching the shadows burning in the dark
And I'm in love
And I'm terrified
For the first time and the last time
In my only life♪
"Admit it, you love me too," *sundot here, sundot there* again.
Gusto ko sanang sabihin na...
"Please stop it. Don't make me fall for you. 'Cause every time you look at me, I feel like melting. Every time you wink at me, my heart begins to race. Every time you smile at me, the horses start running inside my heart. Every time you touch me, it gives electricity all over my body. Every time you tell me cheesy but corny punch lines, I'm having goose bumps. Every time you exert effort just for me, I feel so special. Every time you kiss me, it gives thousands of butterflies in my stomach. Every time you're trying to say sorry, it feels like someone's touching my heart and begging me to forgive you. And that makes me fall for you, Tyler."