It's quarter to five and I'm currently at the SSG office. I'm compiling the stuffs I'm going to study, it's the budget record of the former officers. I'm going to study it prior and come up with some strategies, meeting would be held next week.
"It's late already, aren't you going home?" Nagulat ako sa biglaang pagsasalita ng kung sino man. Ang alam ko mag-isa lang ako rito. I saw Ciaran, the President, standing between the door and the wall.
"And you?" balik kong tanong. Parang inaakusahan niya ako na bawal ang mag-tagal dito sa school, siya rin naman nandito pa.
"Tss!"
After putting all of them at my tote bag, ready to leave. "Adiós!"
"Pabili po ng kwek-kwek." I'm outside the school. Maraming tindahan sa labas, mga laruan o pagkain binebenta nila. Inabot na sakin ng tindera ang cup na may laman ng binili ko.
I was about to get my wallet from my bag when my phone vibrated. Kinuha ko muna ang cellphone ko sa bag bago mag-abot ng bayad. Naupo ako sa isang bench na nasa tabi ng mga puno.
I checked my phone while chewing kwek-kwek. The notification is for message, from Abuelo. It says, 'May pupuntahan kami ni Nana Sey mo, di kita masusundo, Rara'. It's fine tho, I can walk my way home.
I stand up and throw the plastic cup in the trash can. Since I'm done eating I can now go home.
I stopped on my tracks and look behind me. Something feels weird...Like someone is watching me, my every move. I continue on my tracks but I got my guards up, I doubled it.
As I turn on the left side, I hid in the large boxes in the trash can of this house. They should call for the truck to pick this, they smell so bad at least not the smell of rotten body.
"Why are you following me?" I left the place I'm hiding on. I should stop hiding in smelly things. He looks surprised seeing me hiding behind this smelly trash can.
"Tss! You could have hide in some other places." He helped me out. My ankle is starting to hurt. Curse this day. I glared at him intensely, letting him feel how annoyed I am at him.
Binitawan niya rin ako agad kaya nagsimula na akong maglakad palayo sa kanya. This is too much encounter to someone you just met hours ago.
I heard loud footsteps, he's following me again. This guys knows how to get in my nerves. First, he follows me making me think that my life is in danger.
"I take you home. You can't walk that long or you–" He stopped talking and pulls me close to him. I was about to tripped in a huge rock that's blocking the sidewalk. He checked my foot, the bruise is pretty alarming. It hurts, kumikirot.
Naupo siya sa harap ko. "Ride on my back, Meira." He tapped his shoulder, signaling me. I was taken a back. I didn't move, I just stare at his back.
He look over his shoulder, raising his eyebrow at me. Left with no choice. "F-fine... I'm warning you I'm quite heavy."
Dahan-dahan akong sumakay sa likuran niya dahil sa paa kong kanina pa kumikirot. Bigla siyang tumayo kaya napahawak ako sa leeg niya. He didn't warn me! Papatayin niya yata ako sa gulat.
"C-cant b-breath," hirap niyang saad. Agad kong niluwagan ang pagkakahawak sa leeg niya, baka mapatay ko pa ito.
"My apologies but if YOU didn't stand up quickly I wouldn't do that. You should've warn me." I reasoned out, emphasizing the word you.
"You call this heavy? You're not heavy," he said. He starts walking while carrying me. He just walk and walk and I didn't ask him where he would take me. If he did something weird I can just tightly held his neck.
"Sir! Kanina ko pa po kayo hinahanap," kabadong saad nong lalaki. Tumango lang itong kasama ko. Binuksan kaagad nong lalaki 'yong pinto ng sasakyan, sa likod. Binaba niya dahan dahan at inalalayan sa pag upo sa loob ng sasakyan.
Tumabi siya sa akin at sinenyasan niyang mag-drive na yong lalaki. He bent down, examining my left foot, I looked away feeling embarrass. That's stupid move of mine, walking home knowing the situation of my foot but I forgot about it.
"Where's your house?" Nabalik ako sarili ko noong narinig ko 'yong tanong niya. Prente siyang nakaupo habang nakatingin sa daan.
"Alvarez Subdivision," I informed them. I was about to look at the window at my side when I caught the driver looking at me. He looks like somehow surprised. Who wouldn't? His boss suddenly came back with a girl on his back.
I ignore the driver looking at me and I just stare at the window. We were at the guard house. President lowers the window, the guard let us pass upon seeing me.
"Thank you for the ride, President."
We were outside our house. It was a short ride that feels an hour. He didn't look like paying attention at me, his focus is the house and the things around it.
"Coffee, water, juice?" I asked trying to be polite. I got no choice but to let him inside our house since he looks like he wants to enter and as a grateful person he helped earlier, I let him inside.
"Tea." He smirked teasing me. I pointed out the direction to our kitchen.
"Ikaw na kumuha, sakit na ng paa ko." I showed him my foot. He got no choice but to stand up and go to the kitchen and make his self a tea.
I'm sitting at our couch here in the salas, I'm trying to find a comfortable position with my injured foot. First day and I got this. I hope this heal overnight.
I heard footsteps that gradually stop. He was holding a tray with a tea set, a sandwich. Did he made all of this?
"You made that a-all?" I shockingly ask. He nod at me like a proud kid that got a star from his teacher. He slowly puts down the foods from the tray before walking back to the kitchen.
As I wander my eyes in the foods in front of me, my mouth feels watery. I'm sure my eyes are gleaming with excitement. They look so delicious even my stomach agrees, my stomach growled.
I was mesmerized at the food in front of me when I feel something wet and cold in my left foot. I saw President putting my foot gently at the basin with ice and water. I guess he can't find the ice pack.
"This should do the work like ice packs. I can't find it." He sighed and sit down beside me. His head is facing upwards the ceiling while his eyes is closed.
I can see his side profile. He has this pointed nose that girls would be jealous of, he also has long eyelashes but they're not curly. He could be a model.
"Are you living alone?" he asked me, while his eyes are shut. I turn my gaze at the whole house. It's not big but it's also not small.
"No. My mom and I are living here but she's at some sort of out of town work." I sighed, realizing how lonely it sounds. My mom is a busy person but I understand her for that.
"So alone." He opens his eyes and he reached out for the food in the table. He took a small bite and chewed them.
"Someone is with me, Nana Sey but she's kinda busy, I guess." Shrugging of the question. I picked the sandwich that was left and put it near my nose, smelling it.
"You didn't put any poison here right?" I accusingly asked him. He looked at me with his eyes widely open, like he sees a ghost. I also can see the chewed sandwich pieces in his mouth. Ang dugyot nito tingnan kung sa ibang tao ko ito makikita pero gwapo siya kaya mukhang kanais-nais naman iyon.
Nilunok niya muna 'yong pagkain bago dinepensahan ang sarili. "Stupid. Of course not, why would I?"
I shrug my shoulder as my answer. I took a bite of the sandwich. Gwapo na nga masarap pa manggawa ng pagkain, full package.