HATE THAT I LOVE YOU Ch. 21

“Maya, sit beside me,” Kuya Kean said while tapping the space beside him. Buddy and I looked at each other.

“Ahm, Kuya dito na lang ako,” Buddy said wearing her puppy eyes. She is beside Jack – who is smiling from ear to ear – and DD – whose expression is ahm...the total opposite of Jack’s.

“Dito ka sabi,” Kuya Kean pulled my Buddy so she could sit beside him. Agad akong pumalit sa space na naiwan ni Buddy.

“Pretchie my labs, bakit ka lumipat?” agad na reklamo ni Eslove. Inakbayan ito ng naging katabi na nitong si Blet.

“Believe me, dude. It’s for the best.”

“Aba! Friends pala kayo!” agad na banat ni Kyra.

“Ano namang akala mo sa amin? “May the best man win.” ang motto namin ni pareng Blet.”

“Good for Pretchie then,” ani Shey habang nakatingin kay DD na poker face lang.

“Why are you looking at me?”

“I’m not looking at you.”

“Fine.” Mukhang wala na talaga sa mood si DD.

“O, magmeryenda muna kayo,” magiliw na sabi ni Tita Lyn habang tangan ang isang tray. “Pasensya na’t natagalan.”

“Okay lang po, Tita,” nakangiting sabi ni Papa Bear at kinuha kay Tita Lyn ang tray.


“Kuya Kean, di ka ba magpa-practice?” tanong ni Buddy sa kapatid. Nakitingin ito ng mga pictures.

“Wala kaming practice ngayon,” ani kuya Kean na natawa sa isang larawan. “Ang pangit ni Ayven dito.”

“Hindi ka ba nabo-bore sa ginagawa mo, kuya Kean? Natingnan mo naman na lahat ng mga litrato dito.”

“Itinataboy mo ba ako?” Alanganing napangiti si Buddy. “O, tingnan mo na lang.”

Napatawa si Buddy.

“SI kuya Ayven ba to?”

“Patingin kami!”

“Mga tsismoso talaga kayo,” comment ni Buddy at kinuha ang juice niya. “Bakit wala ng laman? Kuya Kean!”

“Here, you can take mine na lang,” nakangiting sabi ni Jack at inabot kay Buddy ang juice nito.

“Uuuyyyy! Ang sweet pala nitong si Childhood Sweetheart!”

“Childhood sweetheart ka diyan, Papa Bear!”

“Well technically, you can put it that way, MM,” sabi naman ni Jenny.

“I agree!”

“Pa-good shot ka lang kay Jenny diyan, Lyan eh!”

“Selos ka naman!”

“Hindi no! It just happened na Team DD ako!”

“Why did you drag my name into this, Kyra?”

“Kunwari ka pa eh kanina pa di maipinta ang mukha mo.”

“Why don’t you offer your juice, too?”

“Teka, may nanliligaw ba dito sa kapatid ko?”

“Well, I have plans,” ani Jack na napakamot pa sa ulo. Napatingin si DD dito.

“Ikaw DD, manliligaw ka rin ba kay Buddy?”

Napatingin ang lahat dito. Even Kuya Kean crossed his arms and raised his eyebrows.

“Cut it!” biglang nailing na sabi ni DD. “We’re friends.”

Buddy gasped. Napalapit tuloy si Kyra at Shey.

“Okay lang yan, Maya,” alo ni Shey na hinaplos pa ang likod ni Buddy.

“We’re here for you.”

“Mga baliw!”

“Ikaw na nga itong dinadamayan eh.”

“Bakit? Does MM like DD?”

“Friends kami, Jack-Jack like what DD said.”

“Good to hear. Pero okay lang ba sa iyo na manligaw ako?”

“Okay lang yan kay Maya,” si Kuya Kean ang sumagot for MM. “At okay ka rin sa akin.”

“Thanks for being my spokesperson, Kuya Kean,” Buddy said sarcastically while giving the photo album to Shey. Kuya Kean just pat his little sister’s head.


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