Her Full-Time Apricity

Chapter 10: High Risk

Chapter 10: High Risk

Chapter theme: the Archer by Taylor Swift

“Tirik na tirik araw, mag iinom ka tapos burger pa pulutan mo?” 

My forehead creased when someone took the canned beer away from my hand.

“What are you doing here?” 

I asked with furrowed brows

Kyle stretched his arm towards the sky, causing the canned beer to spill in his hand. “Ditching classes, like you.” He chuckled, taking a sip from the beer.

“Why are you here?” 

Muling tanong ko habang hinihila palapit sa’kin ang mga gamit at pagkain ko para makaupo manlang siya. “Ayaw mo ba na nandito ako?” Nakangisi pa rin na tanong niya. I rolled my eyes and returned my gaze at the cliff’s end. 

“I didn’t ask you to be here.” I sighed, opening another can of beer.

“But I know I needed to be here.” He said, softly smiling at me.

As we both look at each other, I could clearly see the buckets of sweat building and tracing down from his forehead, bahagya rin siyang hinihingal. Paniguradong init na init na siya dahil sa leather jacket na suot niya. Did he also run on his way up here? 

“How did you even know that I’m here?” 

Kyle pouted his lips, as if he’s pointing something with it.

Nang makita ko naman ang tinutukoy niya ay napabuntong hininga ulit ako. “You planned this, don’t you?” I assumed, holding the airtag that’s with Estelle’s car keys.

“Just being a good friend.” 

Bahagya pa siyang tumawa habang kinakamot ang likod ng ulo niya. I reached for the towel that Estelle placed in her car and gave it to Kyle.

“Ikaw magpunas...” 

He said, even leaning a bit closer to me.

“You know this can be used to suffocate someone, right?” I simply said.

Agad namang kinuha ni Kyle mula sa aking kamay yung towel at ipinang punas na sa kanyang pawisang mukha. “Sungit talaga.” Pabulong pa niyang reklamo bago naupo sa tabi ko. Talagang nakanguso at nakasimangot pa siya, akala mo batang hindi binilhan ng laruan...

Hinayaan mo ka na muna siyang makahinga-hinga at chineck ko naman kung ano pa ba ng pwede kong maipakain sa kan’ya. “Kumain ka na ba?” Tanong ko sabay tingin sa kan’ya. Nang sumilay ang nakakaloko niyang ngiti ay napa irap na lang ulit ako. Ito na naman po siya. “Hala, grabe, concerned...Thank you, Lord!” He chuckled and I could only shake my head.

Kyle glanced in his wristwatch before standing up from our seat. 

Hindi ba napapagod ‘tong lalaking ‘to?

“Let’s go...” 

He said, offering me his hand.

“Saan?” Kunot noo kong tanong dahil nakakasilaw masyado yung langit at nakatingala ako kay Kyle. “Ang init na oh, I already had a reservation at their restaurant, so let’s go.” He continued.

Napatitig ako sa kanya. 

He skipped classes, drove all the way here at Rossberg, which I never imagined was possible at the first place, and had everything prepared when he arrived in here. “Anong trip mo?” I couldn’t help but ask. 

Kyle shook his head while wearing his gummy smile.

“I already told you, I’m just being a good friend, like what you always do. Kaya tara na, let’s make likom your things na. Ang init init na talaga, Nessa, di ko na keri.” He said, already taking things he can carry with him.