Chapter Twelve- Hangover

Hating gabi na dumating sa bahay si Hero, andami niyang sinasabi na hindi ko maintindihan malamang dala na rin yun ng kalasingan.

FLASHBACK

Mom told me to wait Hero arrived, nasa bar na naman kasi sila ni Caleb.

Hanggang ngayon hindi parin umaalis ang dalawang babaeng gumugulo sa isipan ko.

Una, ang babaeng naka-engkwentro sa masquerade party.

Iniisip ko kung sino ba siya, saang grupo siya bahagi.

Pangalawa, ang babaeng hindi ko rin alam at bakit siya napasok sa isip ko, si Li-Nerd.

Iniisip ko kung, ano ba siya, marunong nga ba talaga siyang mag-teleport, bakit sobrang naiiba siya sa ibang mga nerds.

Patuloy akong nag-iisip, at nag-tatanong sa sarili ko nang biglang bumukas ang pinto...si Hero, dumating na.

"Hyung, ipaghiganti ko ako!!" sabi niya habang inaakay ko siya paakyat.

"Hanapin mo si Kylie, hyung, hindi pa kami tapos eh!" Hero said na umaaktong umiiyak.

Tss. Babae na naman...

"She teased me, and then she'll run like that?! How could she?!"

"You're drunk, Hero." I said.

"But at least, I leave a two kiss marks on her left neck and another one on her right neck." sabi niya pa bago ko siya pabatong binitawan sa kama niya.

END OF FLASHBACK

Hindi siya makaka-pasok ngayon sa kadahilanang may hangover siya.

Maagang umalis sila Mom at Dad kaya kaming dalawa lang ni Hero ang nag-aalmusal sa hapag ngayon.

Kahit may hangover siya maaga parin siyang bumangon, he thought he can go to school today, but he's not.

"Kainis naman, kaya ko namang pumasok eh." reklamo ni Hero.

"Who's Kylie?" pag-iiba ko ng topic and all of a sudden, he didn't speak or even move a muscle.

"Hyung, paano mo nakilala si Kylie?" tanong niya.

"Last night when you arrived, you keep saying her name." I said.

"She teased me, hyung." sabi niya habang nakatungo.

"Then?"

"We kissed." he said that made me choked.

"What the hell?!"

"It's true, I kissed her, we kissed, and we're at the part more than that but she run, and I don't see her again and it's making me crazy!! When I saw her again, I promise I'll do more than that, I'll mark her as my territory not just a kiss mark." he said.

Yes, when he's emotional, bigla-bigla nalang siyang nag-e-english. That's Hero.

"Hero, you're just 18 years old for pete's sake." I said.

"Hindi mo ako naiintindihan hyung, palibhasa wala kang ibang iniisip kundi mga missions, school, missions, study, war...sa tingin ko nga wala ka pang nagugustuhang babae, eh andyan naman si Ali, antagal na nung may gusto sayo ayaw mo pa pagbigyan." sabi niya.

Tss. Wala na daw akong ibang iniisip...kung alam mo lang.

"I'm going." I said and turned my back to him.

Habang nasa biyahe, bigla na lang nag-flash back sa utak ko ang sinabi ni Hero kanina.

"eh andyan naman si Ali, antagal na nung may gusto sayo..."

Alira likes me since when we're grade schoolers she said; she always fought with some other girls coming near me like she's shooing some cats whose trying to steal her food. Pinakiramdaman ko rin ang sarili ko kung gusto ko ba siya...pero wala, hindi ko talaga siya gusto.

Tho, Alira is also kind in her own way but that doesn't make me to like her, she's way to possesed liking me and that makes me feel somewhat irritated.

She always said that she likes me, and no one else can snatch me from her but again she's wrong.

Okay, let's say there's no one can snatch me but I'm the one being drag by myself and she can't do anything about it.

I got to school in about 15 minutes from the house, and as expected, makakasabay ko sila Caleb, Dhion, Lyka and Alira.

"Kairo!!" she yelled...of course that is Alira Aswell.

"Hey, Kairo!" sabi naman ni Dhion.

"Morning, Kairo!" bati ni Lyka.

"Bro!! Oh, asan si Hero—pfft." natatawang ani Caleb.

Hindi ko na sila sinagot at dumiretso na ako sa classroom...syempre hindi mawawala ang boring class.

"Class dismiss." our prof. said after the bell rang and before leaving.

I went straight up to the cafeteria, as usual all girls are yelling, some are moving at the hallway.

Muli nila akong binati nang makarating ako sa table namin, syempre may pagkain na agad.

"How's Hero nga pala?" tanong ni Dhion.

"Hangover." I said.

"HAHAHA, paano ba naman kasi bigo siya kagabi." Caleb said.

"What happened last night?" Lyka asked him.

"Ganto kasi yun, may nakita siyang babae, actually maganda kasi talaga kaya nilapitan niya, medyo matagal pa bago siya bumalik, magulo ang buhok pati damit niya nang makabalik siya sa table namin, that's why I thought he had a quick...you know, so I asked him, pero ang sinabi niya lang ay sana ganun nalang daw ang nangyare kaso tinakbuhan pala ang gago hahaha." kwento ni Caleb.

"Also..." I said that made their attentions on me.

"What is it?" Alira asked.

"When he arrived at home, he keeps saying a girl's name which is 'Kylie', sabi niya rin kagabi she teased him, and run away kaya inuutos niya saking ipaghiganti siya. Tsk." I said.

"Yeah, that's right. Kylie nga pala yung name nun, at alam niyo pa ang malupet, sinabi niya pa na nag-iwan daw siya ng dalawang kiss marks sa left neck ni Kylie at isang kiss mark naman sa right neck." sabi pa ni Caleb.

Tumayo na ako nang maalala kong kailangan kong mag-advance reading sa chemistry.

"Saan ka pupunta, Kairo?" tanong ni Alira.

"Somewhere there's no one named Caleb, Lyka, and Alira." I said atsaka umalis narinig ko pang sabay nagsalita sila Lyka at Dhion.

"Bakit ako nasama?/Hindi ako kasama, yes!!!"

Nararamdaman kong nakasunod na tumatakbo sakin si Dhion, but I keep my eyes on the floor while walking until he said her name.

"Oh, Kharin!!"

Nilingon ko agad kung nasaan ang tinawag niya, pagkalingon ni Li-Nerd sa kaliwa niya which is kung nasaan kami parang may napansin ang namumula sa kanang leeg niya.

"Hmm?" she said.

"I saw something red in your neck, what is that?" tanong ni Dhion sakanya.

Of course hindi lang ako ang makakapansin...Tss.

"A-ah, wala lang yun." sabi niya.

"Is that a kiss mark?" biglang tanong ni Dhion kaya nanlaki ang mata ni Li-Nerd sa gulat.

"Huh?! Hindi ah, actually this is...a burn, yeah, yung nakababata ko kasing kapatid na babae gustong i-try yung curler tapos aksidente niyang nadikit sa leeg ko yun...oo yun nga ang nangyare." explanation niya kaya ito namang si Dhion napatango-tango na para bang naniniwala siya kay Li-Nerd.

"Yeah, sorry I misunderstood it." sabi ni Dhion.

"Wala yun, meron ring naka-pagsabi sakin kanina, pero paano rin naman ako magkaka-kiss mark, sa hitsura kong ito." sabi niya na kunwari pang natatawa.

"Don—" sasagotin ko na sana siya nang unahan na naman ako ni Dhion, buti nalang at hindi ganun kalakas ang pagkasabi ko.

"Don't say that, always remember that everyone has their own uniqueness. So don't make your confidence low, hindi mo lang alam pero may taong may gusto sayo sa paraang nakikita niya ngayon sayo." sabi ni Dhion.

He's depending on himself of course...

"You also don't need to say that but thanks anyway, bye for now, may kailangan pa kasi akong gawin. Thanks again, Dhion and also sayo Kairo sa pananahimik mo dyan sa tabi." sabi niya at lumakad na paalis.

Pero bago pa yun may napansin na naman ako, and I know I'm the only one who knows that...it's her smile, it's like...that Blue Girl from the masquerade party's smile.

"Kairo, alis na muna ako. I have to go to the Dean's Office. Bye!" he said and leave. Buti naman.

Lakad-takbo ang ginawa ko para lang mahabol ko siya, walang katao-tao sa lugar kung saan ko siya naabutan.

"Kairo? Bakit?" tanong niya.

"Say my name."

"Eh?"

"Say my name."

"Bakit?"

"Just fvcking say my name."

"Kairo."

"My nickname."

"What nickname?"

"The fvcking nickname you gaved me!"

"Kai, then what?"

"Say it again with seducing tone." I said and that makes her chuckled.

"I can't."

"Just fvcking do it!! Damn it!"

"I can't because I can't, hindi ko ugaling mang-seduce kaya hindi ko rin alam kung paano ko gagawin yun." she said.

"I'm sorry." I said and turned my back at her.

"K." she said that made me stop for a while.

That line...its hers maybe that Blue Girl and Li-Nerd are the same but it also make me think...

Li-nerd; a total nerd; have black messy hair; does have black cornea covered with a thick-eyeglasses; innocent voice.

Blue Girl; a total babe; she's pretty and sexy; have a long brown hair; she had this green eyes; her voice making me seduced.

They're completely opposites, maybe they just have that same expressions which is 'K'. Ugh, parang sasabog na ang utak ko.

Nang makarating ako sa may library nakita ko sa bandang malapit sa wall ang isang Ramos, walang iba kundi si Nazzen.

Wala siyang kasama na kahit sino sa mesa niya, not until someone came.

He has a eyeglasses but unlike Li-Nerd his glasses doesn't that kind of thick, mukha siyang mas bata samin or kaedad lang rin ni Hero.

Ngayon ko lang nalaman na may kaibigan pa pala si Nazzen, akala ko buong school ay walang kwenta na ang tingin sakanya, may mga natitira pa pala.