She's Dating the Gangster (16 page)

“Yobo, look at them.. they look so cute together!!!” Kenji suddenly pushed me away. Mom totally

ruined our moment!

“You scared them, yobo! But I agree. Look at Kenji, he’s blushing.” My parents are retards! How could they do this to me?? Waaah! Last time we were like this was… 2 weeks ago? Shoot.

[Yeobo/Yuhbo/Youbo = sweetheart/darling/dear/honey]

“Aish.” I scratched my head. “Unbelievable.” Then left them. I passed by Sara and she just laughed at me. Aww man. Wala na ba akong kakampi ngayon? My life is a mess! UMMA, APPA! GO BACK TO

KOREA! >.< [Aish = s#it/damn]

After nun, dumating si Kuya Nathan. Kenji was so glad when Nathan arrived. Sabi niya boring daw

kaming kausap ni Sara, walang sense daw kausap! Mas mabuti pa raw yung parents ko may sense

kausap.. as if naman siya may sense kausap.. Para lang kumakausap kami sa isang retarded pag kausap namin siya eh!

I admit. Pangit relationship namin ni Kenji, it’s not perfect. Kung sa babae, sobrang moody. Pero people change, right? Meaning pwede pang maging better yung takbo ng relationship namin. I hope so…coz I

super like him.. I super duper like him. Ok super duper is too much. I’ll just make it super like. I super like Kenji delos Reyes! Even though he’s a gangster, I still super like him, my Sexy Love.

Inunpack na namin yung package na dala nila, ang daming pasalubong! 3 boxes, yung 2 pinadala na lang daw via lbc. Jesus. ang dami nilang pasalubong kay Kenji!! As if naman magugustuhan ni Kenji yung mga stuff na yun. But I’m glad na ok siya sa parents ko, I thought hinde nila siya magugustuhan.. well assuming kasi ako masyado eh. after namin mag unpack nag gather kaming lahat sa may living room.

“Kenji, I heard from these girls that you play basketball, and that you’re good at it.” Napatingin samin si Kenji, tapos nag grin. Wala akong sinabing magaling siya magbasketball. Si Sara lang yun. dumb@ss.

“Sinabi rin ni Athena yun? I know Sara admires me long time ago, pero si Athena sinabihan ako ng

magaling?” he grinned at me.

Hinampas ni Sara si Kenji sa may balikat, “Ang kapal mo Kenji ha. Manahimik ka.” Sabi ni Sara.

“I never said that you were good. Don’t smile at me that way, babo.” *babo or Pabo = fool+

“YA! Athena, be good to your boyfriend. Don’t call him babo.” Nag smile siya kay Kenji, “Kenji yah, she said nothing. Don’t mind her bad attitude.” Mom, how could you do this to me >.<

“Arayo.” Humarap sakin si Kenji tapos nag smile, “Jagiya, nanun baboga anida” tapos humarap ulit siya sa parents ko tapos nag smile. *Arayo = I know; Jagiya = sweetie/babe/baby/honey; I’m not stupid+

“OH! Hankuksarameyo?” nagsmile si Kenji tapos nag nod. *Are you Korean?+

“My mother is Korean, while my father is a Filipino. I don’t really speak in Korean, only my mom and nuna.” Nag nod mom ko tapos nag smile siya kay daddy. HEY I KNOW THAT SMILE!

“Yobo, it’s a good sign right?” humarap naman siya kay Kuya Nathan, “Sang Min ah, what do you think?

Should we engage them now?”

“OF COURSE!”

“YAH!! OPPA! UMMA!!” nag tawanan silang lahat except ako at Kenji. Anong nakakatawa dun?? Hinde

tama na pinaguusapan namin yun sa harapan ni Kenji! >.<

“Athena, relax! Ahjooma’s not serious about the engagement stuff, ok?” *ahjooma = married woman+

Hay nako. Eto na naman ako, assuming. Ang hirap kasi sa akin bigla bigla akong nag rereact sa mga

maliliit na bagay eh. I hate it pag nagiging ganito yung situation.

“Hehe.. I know..” sarcastic.

We had dinner with Kenji. Wow. Welcome na welcome siya ha. first, ang daming pasalubong. Second,

ang daming pasalubong. Third, yung joke tungkol sa engagement. Crap.

Sunday was just like an ordinary Sunday, but with the grown ups. We went to mass to celebrate then went to the mall. Family bonding and stuff. I didn’t get to see Kenji because he said that he’s already nagsasawa seeing my face everyday. What a meanie! Akala ko pa naman din tuloy tuloy na! bwiset.

Monday again, and I’ll get to see Kenji! Yay! Sara and I didn’t walk today because appa wants to give us a ride to school. Weird. The school’s nice daw and big, our uniform daw is cute, and there are a lot of Filipinos. Duh.

Sabay kami nag punta sa classroom ni Sara, Thug Lords were already there, wow.. aga ah. I sat beside my Sexy Love, nakatingin lang siya sa akin. What the heck is his problem?

“Ano?”

“Tinatamad ako.” tumayo siya tapos kinuha yung bag niya then started walking, “I’m going to ditch our class.” He turned his back at me. Ano ba siya!! hinde pa ba siya nag babagong buhay?!

“Ok. then, I’m going to spend my lunch with Lucas.” I grinned.

Napatingin siya sa akin, normal lang itsura niya, “Babalik ako ng lunch time. at dapat nasa canteen ka lang, kasama sila Sara. Pag umalis ka ng school, patay ka sa akin!” again tumalikod na siya at nagstart na naman mag lakad.

Ok, that didn’t work! Let’s see if hinde pa to mag work.. Nilabas ko yung cellphone ko then nag pretend na may dinial na number..

“LUKE! Nasan ka?” napatigil sa paglalakad si Kenji. “What? Nasa gate 2 ka ng school? …Ok! I’ll be there in 5 minutes.” Tumayo ako tapos kinuha yung bag ko then I passed by Kenji, “I’m going to ditch class, too. Bye!” hinawakan niya ako sa may braso tapos hinila sa may seat namin.

“No. aattend tayo ng class natin. Walang aalis.” BINGO! I knew it. I’m so clever.

Nag palakpakan yung mga tao nung time na yun. para kaming nasa drama sa tv, sinusubaybayan

everyday.

Natapos ang school ng maayos. Ganun parin kami ni Kenji, pag public, parang friends lang.. nag aaway parin, pero hinde na tulad ng dati. Pag tumahimik na ko, tumitigil na siya sa pag sasalita. Pag-alam niyang nabobore na ko sa class, siya mag sstart ng mood ng class. Parang iba na talaga siya.. and I think i.. love him..

Alam kong ang weird, bakit nga ba si Kenji, why not Lucas? Kahit ako hinde ko alam. Nasanay lang siguro ako na si Kenji yung nasa tabi ko, and not Lucas, although si Lucas yung mas ok, si Kenji ang pinili ko.. si Kenji yung binibeat ng puso ko.. it’s Kenji not Lucas. I chose him over Lucas. And that is final.

“Let’s play..” he said, out of the blue.

“Why do you wanna date suddenly?”

“I just missed hanging out with you.. I missed you yesterday. I was trying to avoid you, kasi.. basta. Just wanna be with you today.” kasi what?? I’m eager to know!! What was that all bout?!

But then again.. it doesn’t matter. “Okay. Where are we going this time?”

“Mall. Let’s go see a movie.” I nodded.

We went to the usual mall, ATC. Hinayaan niya akong mamili ng movie na papanoorin. YAY! I wanna

watch Employee of the month! But then, ayoko maging unfair kay Kenji, so I chose Texas Chain Saw

Massacre.

The movie was good, but nakakadiri. Pero all in all, I enjoyed it. Paglabas namin ng movie house, we saw Abi with some guy. So wala na talaga sila ni Lucas? How is he na kaya.. anyway, Kenji kind of smiled at her, which is ok lang naman. They’re friends, right?

As usual SHE glared at me. Pero not worth it. I have Kenji naman eh. Of course, commute kami, we rode a bus then nag trike kami. Wow. Trike.

Sa may tapat kami ng village bumaba, we chose to walk na lang para naman sulit yung oras.

“Kenji.. yung kanina.. ano yung ibig mong sabihin?” i asked bravely.

“Anong kanina?”

“Yung.. inaavoid mo ko yesterday, bakit?”

“Ahh. Wala lang. tinitingnan ko kung kaya kong hinde ka makasama.” OMG ang bilis ng tibok nung

heart ko. “fortunately, I survived.” Napayuko ako nung sinabi niya yun. akala ko naman positive. Well, positive nga naman, for him.

“Ahh.. ganun ba.”

“Oo. Pero kaninang umaga, kaya ayaw kong pumasok kasi baka may magawa akong hinde maganda

sayo. Yun ung reason kung bakit gusto ko mag ditch.” Tumawa siya ng mahina, “Pero nung narinig kong kausap mo si Lucas, nawala lahat nung plano ko.” what was his plan? Ano yung balak niyang gawin sakin kanina?

“Ano yung dapat mong gagawin mo sakin kanina?”

“Yakapin ka ng mahigpit.” Nagstop siyang mag lakad, so did I. “Naka survive nga ako dun sa pag avoid ko sayo, pero namiss kita.. as in.. ay teka, hinde lang miss. I missed you, SO MUCH.”

Hinampas ko siya sa may balikat niya, “Sira ka talaga. Kung gusto mo pala akong yakapin, then why

didn’t you hug me? And why were you trying to avoid me when you know that you’re going to miss me

that bad?”

He pulled me again into a hug, “Stop nagging. I said it, didn’t I? I lost.. I am a babo.” He’s.. the..alter ego.

I’m in love with the Kenji I’m hugging right now.

“You’re not a babo. I was just joking that time..” he pulled away then smiled at me. “Kenji yah.. let’s stay like this forever..”

“Babo. We can’t. pagtatawanan tayo ng mga tao, iisipin nila baliw tayo..” who cares about what other people think?

“So? Anong pakialam nila? Edi gayahin nila tayo.. basta nothing’s gonna stop us..”

“Tss. Ikaw talaga. Tara na nga.” Hinatid niya ako sa bahay, since medyo madilim na, ok lang na mag holding hands kami. Pagkahatid niya sa akin, nag bye lang kami tapos umalis na siya.

Improving na kami ngayon, akala ko hinde na kami mag babago eh. THANK GOD AT MAY ALTER EGO

SIYA! just kidding. Kahit na masama talaga ugali niya, it doesn’t matter. I love him.

Wednesday, my parents went to QC, they’ll be staying there for a couple of days. May kamag-anak kasi kami dun. Kaya ayun, they want to visit them and give their pasalubong.

Sara and Jigs are finally dating. Naging tame si Jigs because of Sara. Kirby naman is acting weird lately.

He’s been quiet and medyo moody. Well, matagal nasiyang tahimik, pero iba siya ngayon. Lalo na yung pagiging moody niya. Nung Tuesday, he didn’t attend their b-ball practice, tapos pumasok siya na may bruise sa left side ng cheek niya. nung tinanong ko si Kenji, sabi niya, hinde niya daw alam. Hinde na raw sila masyadong nagkakasama ni Kenji, since ako madalas kasama ni Kenj, at si Jigs naman kay Sara. I’m worried about him..

Thursday, nothing much happened. Sara and Jigs ditched our class. Grace’s pissed off because of her boyfriend. I didn’t even know that she has a boyfriend. Kirby as usual is quiet. Abi.. well I don’t see her that much nowadays so I guess, she’s doing good?

Friday, October 13, 2006

It’s been 2 days, since nung umalis sila Mommy and Daddy. I miss them so much. ilang beses ko na rin sinabi kela Kenji yan, and I think medyo naaasar na sila. I don’t get to see my parents that much you know. So please try to understand me.

“Kenji yah.. what do I do?? I miss umma and appa..” niroll niya yung eyes niya. speak up boyfriend!

“What kind of boyfriend are you??? I said I miss my parents!!”

“I KNOW! Narinig ko nay an ilang beses na ngayong araw!” bingo! He’s pissed off.

I pouted then nilagay ko yung hands ko sa may arm chair ko then pinatong ko yung ulo ko, (yung parang natutulog ka sa desk lol)

“S#it.” I heard him kicked the chair infront of him, “Tara na.” I raised my head then looked at him.

“What?” kinuha niya yung mga gamit ko tapos hinila niya ako.

“Jigs, sabihin mo sa teacher tinawag kami ni Athena ng daddy ko.” nag salute si Jigs kay Kenji

Nagpunta kami sa may locker niya tapos nilagay niya yung mga gamit ko sa loob, except for my bag.

Hinila na naman niya ako sa may side stairs, “Saan tayo pupunta?! Kenji bitawan mo ako!” hinila ko yung kamay ko sa pagkahawak ni Kenji, “Ano bang problema mo??”

“Whine ka ng whine! Nakakairita na! we’re going to see your parents! Wag na tayo mag aksaya ng

panahon! Tara na.” I smiled at him tapos this time, hinila ko naman siya pababa ng stairs, “TEKA LANG!

WAG KA NAMAN MAG MADALI NG SOBRASOBRA!”

We have reached the outside world of our village. We rode a trike para mabilis yung pagpunta namin sa may sakayan ng bus.

First time kong mag cocommute papuntang qc, usually si kuya Nathan o kaya yung driver yung

naghahatid sa akin dun, pero ngayon si Kenji ang kasama ko at yung iba pang pinoy. Pag dating namin sa may ayala sa makati, sasakay kami ng MRT. Omg! First time kong sasakay ng mrt.. guess what? THE

TRAIN WAS FULL! Kaya nakatayo kaming dalawa! It was so crowded that halos sobrang magkadikit na

kami. We had no choice. May nag kakatulakan sa gilid namin kaya medyo natutulak ako, Kenji suddenly placed his arm around me. First time na we were hugging in public. Pero hinde siya hug eh.. parang inaalalayan niya lang ako. oh well. Nung bumaba na kami sa stop nung mrt, nag taxi na kami, kasi hinde ko na alam yung next na way.

Nakarating naman kami sa house ng uncle ko ng safe. My parents introduced Kenji to our relatives, they were like ‘omg! He’s so gwapo. They are so bagay!’ wow.. compliment? I guess my family likes Kenji, huh? Well I don’t like him anymore.. coz I love him na. *blush*

“Kenji yah.. sorry.. hinde ko naman alam na lahat pala sila nandito ngayong araw..”

[a/n: the yah part.. kunwari, kenji yah, parang sweet na pagkasabi ng name in korean.. or kunwari close kayo. Sang Min ah, Kenji Yah.. mga ganun.]

Nag smile siya sa akin, “Ok lang, at least na-meet ko family mo. HA! gusto nila akong lahat. Even your cousins!” I agree. Yung mga pinsan kong babae panay ang tingin kay Kenji, aww man. He’s already taken cousins!!

7 pm umuwi na kami ni Kenji, ayoko pa talaga, pero I cant leave Kenji alone.. hinde na kami nag

commute, pinahatid kami ng uncle ko sa driver nila. And buong ride namin pauwi, hawak ni Kenji yung kamay ko..

Kenji.. ok lang ba kung mahalin kita? I love you.. gusto kong sabihin sayo pero natatakot ako.. hinde ko alam kung saan ako natatakot.. pag sinabi ko bang I love you, sasabihin mo rin na I love you too? Sigh.

Si Kenji muna hinatid namin, pag stop naming sa tapat ng house niya, I’ve decided na sasabihin ko.

whatever. Wala na akong pakialam sa sasabihin niya. positive or negative, It doesn’t matter. kelangan niyang malaman yung nafefeel ko.

Binuksan na ni Kenji yung door ng car bumaba kami pareho.

“Ayos, babae na pala nag hahatid ngayon sa lalaki.” Nag smile kami pareho. “Sige na, umuwi ka na,