Chapter Two

“yes you” confusion shot her face
“can you pay for my ride?”

she pouted

“kapal ng mukha! and why in the world will I pay for your ride?”
“cause!”
“cause what?” she raised her eyebrow
“cause you saved me, if you didn‘t then I should be dead by now, and I won‘t be riding the bus”
“what kind of answer is that?!” she asked
“the one that will get you to pay my ride?”
“as if!”

“are you two going to argue all night? you can just go out of my bus” suddenly butt in by the driver

we looked at each other, she rolled her eyes then asked ..
“where are you going?”
“where are you going?” I asked her
“huh?!” then she looked at me with quiet suspicion, she even backed up a bit

Then she faced the bus driver
“I’m sorry.. here sir” she gave I don’t know how much

we immediately took our sits, good thing there’s only a guy in here or else people would glare at us cause we made them wait too much. well maybe cause of me cause.. you know.. I think you get my point

anyway she’s sitting in the couch across me
and she’s still looking at the pictures in her camera

“hey, You, what‘s your name?” I asked
she just looked at me for like a second? Then she gave another snobbish look!

“look, I‘ll pay you as soon as I can change my Australian dollar to Singapore dollar okay?”

She’s not talking!
Okay, I know I was a jerk! But hey, look here, I’m a handsome jerk
Pfft! I flatter myself too much

On the 6th bus stop she pressed the red button, then she got off
I immediately followed


Her POV

aba’t napaka kapal ng mukha ng lalakeng to! nakakainis!
kasalanan ko pang tulungan sya ha?
ewan ko ba kung ako sumusunod sa kanya o sya sumusunod saken! eeh! kainis!

naglalakad na ako ngayon papunta sa hotel ko
nakasunod padin sya

“don’t tell me you‘re going with me in the hotel?!”

nagulat sya sa bigla kong pagtanong sa kanya

“can‘t I?”
“how will you pay?”
“aren‘t you going to invite me to your room?”

ansaveeehh??!!

“no way!!”
“then hand me money to accommodate a room”
“aba‘y napaka kapal naman talaga ng mukha ng isang to oo! are you a syndicate?!”
“what?! does this handsome face looks like a syndicate to you?!”

“anong malay ko kung ginagamit mo lang yang itsura mo para makapanloko?!”
“what?!”
“ay, what if you‘re just using your looks to deceive people! to get money from them!? what if you were just acting to jump off the bridge earlier just for me to help you then you can get money from me?!”

kinabahan ako sa mga assumptions ko, kaya dahan dahan akong lumayo sa kanya, kinapa ko na din kung ano mang meron sa bag ko na pwedeng ibato sa kanya

ansama ng tingin nya saken! grabe yung simangot nya
nakapa ko yung hair brush ko, kaya naman dinampot ko tapos tapos

“aaaahhhhh!!” hinagis ko sa kanya tapos tumakbo ako palayo

“what the?! --”
“hey hey!! You!!”

“aaaaaahhhhhh!!” nakikita ko na yung hotel na tinutuluyan ko, agad akong pumasok sa loob
tinignan ako nung receptionist

“whooohhh”

*thug!*

“aaaaahhhhh!!” tapos lumayo ako sa pinto, sinong matinong tao ba naman kasi ang ihagis ang sarili sa salamin na pinto..
baliw ata to eh! sayang, gwapo pa naman.. nakapa weirdo nya talaga! stalker kaya sya??

“ma‘am? any problem?” tanong nung babae saken
“problem? problem? umm, no.. he-he”

“hey! You!” biglang pumasok yung lalake
napatingin kami nung receptionist sa kanya

“hala! anong ginagawa mo dito?!”
“ma‘am is there a problem? do I need to call security?”
“NO!” biglang sagot nitong lalakeng ang kapal ng mukha na to
“umm”
“no” tapos yung tingin ng lalakeng to saken parang parang..

“sir, are you a guest in this hotel?” biglang may dumating na lalake
“huh?!” tapos inalalayan sya palabas ng hotel
“no, wait.. You! hey, lady! you helped me! get me out of this one too, please!”

*ting ting ting!*
sawakas narinig ko din yung magic word sa kanya, parang naawa ako bigla

humabol ako sa kanila sa labas
“no! I‘m really with he --”
“sir, I‘ll take it from here, I‘m sorry also” sabi ko
“sigurado-- ay, are you sure ma‘am?”
“Pilipino po kayo?” tanong ko dun sa lalake na parang guard ata?
“ay, Pilipino ka din ma‘am? sigurado po ba kayo na hindi kayo ginagambala ng isang to?”
“ewan ko dito manong, basta ako na po muna bahala, salamat po ha? pasensya na din”
“sige ma‘am, tawagin nyo na lang po ako sa loob kung sakali”

tapos umalis na si manong, hinarap ko naman tong baliw na to

“You! seriously, are you a crazy person or something?” tanong ko sa kanya
“what? no!”
“then why are you following me?”
“cause, I don‘t know here”
“so you‘re here alone?” napataas pa kilay ko sa sagot nya
“no, actually I‘m in a group.. but since, umm, I got separated from them”
“where are they?” tanong ko, bigla akong nakaramdam ng awa sa mokong na to, instinct ba ng Pinoy ang ganito? asar huh!

“I don‘t know”
“how about contacting them? do you know their number?”
“yes, but I don‘t think I may be able to contact them”
“why not?”
“different country, different cell phone signal. duh” nag roll eyes pa sya, bad trip!

“wow pilosopo, what I mean is their contact number here”
“oh! umm, wait I‘ll look if they gave me some calling card”

“hey, here‘s one”
“call them”
“how?”
“uhh, maybe use the phone? you pabo!”
“what phone?” tanong nya

ay naku! masisipat ko noo ko sa isang to! ang sakit lang ng ulo ko sa kanya! grabe!

“see that receptionist over there? don‘t you think she has a phone?” urgh! sakit talaga sa ulo!

“miss, can we use the phone for an out going call?”
“umm, sure ma‘am”
“thanks”

“hello?”
“…”
“it‘s m--”
“…”
“I‘m here at -- where is this?”
“Joo Chiat!” sagot ko
“Joo Chiat”
“…”
“what?! why did you guys left me?!”


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