Hopeless Romantic 2: Bitter (PUBLISHED UNDER POP FICTION)

CHAPTER FOUR

"Totoo ba?" Tinaasan ko siya ng kilay, "Wala kang pinayagang manligaw?" 

"So?" I raised my left eyebrow.

"And single ka?" Tinaasan ko siya ng kilay.

"Hoy ikaw, ano ba problema mo? Wala kang karapatan tanungin sa akin yung mga yan kasi we're nothing but strangers. I don't know you. You don't know me. We're not friends because we don't like each other. We hate each other! We're strangers! Ugh" I kicked his leg.

He grasped both of my arms.

"10 things!" ???

"What are you saying?!" I asked. 

"First, hindi hoy ang pangalan ko. Second, don't act like nothing happened between the two of us. Halikan pa kita diyan e. Third, bakit galit na galit ka sa akin dati, and I think until now, at naisipan mo pang gamitin si Josh para lang mapaniwala ako or kami," Tinatry ko umalis pero ang higpit talaga ng hawak niya.

"Let me go," Nanghihina na ko. Ang higpit ng hawak niya! Buti na lang walang masyadong tao sa garden kasi class hours pa. 

"Sagutin mo muna yung tanong ko."

"Because I hate you! Nagsawa ako sayo so ginawa ko lahat para lumayo ka sa akin. Now let me goooo!" Okay fine, I lied. Never ako nag sawa sa kanya. Kainis nga e! 

"Talaga lang ha?" He's sarcastic. Eh anong pake ko?

"Ugh!" Nakakafrustrate na!!!

"Fourth, wag kang masyadong obvious na bitter ka sa akin pwede? Fifth, gumanda ka nga, tumalino at tumapang pero it doesn't mean na hindi na ikaw yung dating Rylie. I know you too well. You act like you're strong pero deep inside, you're weak as hell." Nag grin siya.

"Sixth, I respect you pero wag mo kong pilitin na maging rude. Seventh, move on! Eight, can you please act like we're friends in front of them. I know kaplastikan pero it's the only way para hindi sila magduda sa past natin or kung gusto mo naman ipagkalat, sige maging bitter ka lang forever. Ninth, what's wrong with you? What's your problem with me?"

"What's wrong with you? Para kang leech, sobra makakapit! Get a life! Let me go!"

"Last but not the last, I have a life. New life. New lifestyle. New heart. New GIRL. I know she's not going to break my heart like you did. I loved you but you wasted it. I'm not dumb, don't act like you didn't love me at all. Wanna know why? Kasi hindi ka naman magkakaganyan kung hindi mo ko minahal. Think twice."

He let me go.

Susuntukin ko sana siya pero hinawakan niya yung wrist ko.

Tiningnan ko siya ng masama...

"See? You're still you. You're still the old Jamilah Rylie... What's your last name again?" He laughed pero halata mong fake dahil sa galit niya. Yung totoo? Inaagawan ba niya ko ng role? Sino ba ang bitter? Ako o siya? O BOTH?

"I'm not. Ugh. I hate you!"

"Thanks! Don't worry, di ko naman siya lolokohin e. I'll do my best."

Do his best para hindi siya lokohin? So it means may possibility na lolokohin nga niya si Katy. This is BULL...ahisjafhfhadjl...DOG!

"WHAT DID YOU SAY?!" I shouted.

"Gagawin ko lahat para lang hindi siya masaktan. I'll do my best to be the best guy for her. I won't hurt her. I'll just love her like there's no tomorrow. Yun naman ang gusto mo diba? I'll stay away from you and I'll stay with her. Don't worry, susundin ko yung tips mo dati," He said seriously at naglakad na palayo.

Yun pala ang ibig niyang sabihin sa he'll do his best. Yun nga ba ang gusto ko? Oo naman. Yun naman talaga ang gusto ko diba? Sumaya si Katy at hindi siya lokohin ni Justin. Pero anong tips pinagsasabi niya? Ano ba pinagsasabi ng lalaki na yun? I hate him! I should hate him! I ran as fast I can and went to comfort room. Pumasok ako sa cubicle at umiyak. 

Medyo naging literal na comfort room na nga ang CR para sa akin e. Kasi dito lang ako pwede umiyak. Dito ko lang nalalabas lahat lahat lahat. This is my comfort zone already.

Lumabas na ako...

"Oh. Rylie, what happened to you?" Tanong ni Katy.

Maybe hindi ko na kailangan sabihin sakanya yung about sa amin ni Justin. Sabi naman niya hindi niya sasaktan si Katy diba? Nagwoworry pa din ako sympre pero mas okay kung wag na lang ako makielam. I'll just leave them alone and do whatever they want to do. I don't care anymore. I shouldn't care. If that's what makes Katy happy, then GO! 

"Hi Katy. Wala! Naisprayan ko na lang ng perfume yung eyes ko."

"What happened? Ang tanga naman ng perfume," She laughed at her own jokes. Ganyaaan yaaaan, "Joke lang. Ano, okay ka na ba?" Tumango ako.