Wind and Sail

Chapter 15

Chapter 15

Dayn’s PoV

"Good morning Ate Clein, Clein's Husband, and Chivas? Am I right?” bati niya nang makababa kami.

"Yes, good morning din po," Tipid na sagot sa kanya ni Liqour.

Tumingin sa akin si Clarene at nagkibit-balikat nalang ako. Sa tabi ko siya umupo at saka ko pabulong na sinabi, "Ayaw sayo ang arte mo raw kasi."

"Shut the f**k up Dayn,” pasimple niyang sagot. Nakangiti siya habang binubulong iyon sa akin. Kinurot niya rin nang manipis ang braso ko kaya medyo napaingit ako nang kaunti.

Nasamid ako nang marahan dahil sa kaniya, imbes na tulungan ako ay pinandilatan nya lang ako ng mata. Pinipigilan ko ang paghagikgik dahil nasasamid na ako rito.

There’s Old Bay Scrumbled Egg, Spinach and Prosciutto Frittata Muffins, Bacons, Croissants, Loaves, as our breakfast. The cook did a good job with these options, she also made us some strawberry and avocado smoothies which tastes amazing.

We said our goodbyes when the car beeped. I kissed Liquor and hugged my Ate for a while before going in the car. She was confused but she just let me do it.

Clarene waved goodbye from the window and yelled, “Thank you Mrs. Marsilion-Ferrer! Sa uulitin!”

Nakita ko na nginitian siya ni Ate at kumaway pabalik kay Clarene.

Do your thing, I’ll do mine, Clarene. Continue with it habang wala pang nasasagap ang satellite ko.

Here we go again. As soon as the car stopped moving, she had her arm already wrapped in mine.

"Ano ito, Clarene? Hindi pa nga ako nakakababa, nakakapit ka na sa akin. Hindi naman bumabagyo., hindi ka liliparin kaya bitawan mo muna ako." 

I tried to remove her arm, but she resisted and looked at me, pouting.

"What are you pouting for?” sabi ko noong nakababa na ako. “Stop that, it is not cute. Nagmumukha ka lang na aso na sabik na sabik at kulang sa affection, so stop that.”

She is still pouting at me. She looks like a puppy dog whose toy was forcedly taken away from her.

“Alam mo, Clarene. Akala ko matino kang nilalang, akala ko lang pala iyon,” I disappointingly said. “Sapakin kaya kita riyan! At saka 'wag ka ngang kapit nang kapit sa akin, ni hindi pa nga ako nakakababa, e."

"Brutal, Sadistic friend! I hate you na!" She turned her back away at me and started walking away step by step. Ibang klase talaga ang toyo at arte niya. May pa 'Brutal, Sadistic friend! I hate you na!'. Akala mo naman ay ikinaganda niya iyon.

Clarene is walking like a duck and her hair is swaying side to side. I ran after her and walked beside her. I looked at my watch and I was surprised to find that it is already seven fifty, our classes will start at eight sharp.

I slapped her on the arm a little bit hard, but she is very dramatic, so she almost tripped and fell.

“So sadistic! I almost die!” she exaggerated. I laughed at her facial expression.

“Damn girl, it wasn’t even hard!” inulit ko ang pagsampal sa braso niya pero mas mahinahon ito kaysa sa una. She placed her hand on her arm and looked at me excessively. It is as if my hand slapped her bone and damaged her nerves. Tinawanan ko lang siya ulit. “You are so…. Ugh! Let’s just go, ang aga-aga ko gumising tapos---”

I didn’t get to finish my rant session because the bell rang loudly. The adrenaline rushed inside me and I just glanced at Clarene when all the other students started running towards the elevator.

I grabbed Clarene’s wrist and ran as well. “Dumbass, now elevators are full!” I yelled while we were running.

“Excuse me?! It wasn’t my fault!” she yelled back. I just realized that we weren’t running to get to the elevator. Tumatakbo kami paakyat ng hagdan. I glanced at my watch, and we are running ten minutes late to our class. With that being said, we both stopped.

“What the f**k are we doing here? Bakit ba tayo nasa hagdan?” I asked, breathing roughly.

She sat down and recuperate. “I do not know! You were the one who pulled me here!” she answered while laughing.

 "I did?” I questioned. “We’re now super late, I don’t think the professor will let us in. Ikaw naman kasi e, I was waking you up, but you just wouldn’t. I was literally pulling you out of bed and told me that it was still early to wake you up!”

“Hah! Really?! Since we’re late already, let’s just ditch it and eat triple chocolate cheesecake.”

I nod and stand up. “Yeah, let’s just do that, shall we?”

She then stood up and clung to my arm as we walk downstairs again, laughing to our katangahan.

I really want this to work, Clarene. Don’t do anything that will cost my trust.

I thought to myself as she throws her head back laughing and not caring while multiple pair of eyes look at her.

Nagchikahan lang kami sa nagdaang dalawa at kalahating oras. Ang susunod na klase ay ten fifty to twelve forty-five in the afternoon then lunch after. Nagpaalam na kami ni Clarene sa isa’t isa para pumasok na sa susunod na klase.

“Lunch ba tayo together? Or you have some honey to harvest sa lunch?” she asked. Kumunot ang noo ko dahil hindi ko naman naintindihan ang ibig niyang sabihin sa honey to harvest.

“Ha? What ‘honey to harvest’?”

She scoffed and rolled her eyes at me. “You don’t know that?”

“Will I be asking if I knew?”

“Hmp. It means business, kasi bee sa business. What do you do ba when you have bees? Edi harvest honey and take care of them. That’s why it’s honey to harvest, like I am asking you if you have some business you have to take care of,” she explained with gestures.

“Uhm… okay? No, I don’t have honey to harvest at lunch, Clarene. Where do you get these words and slangs?”

Nagkibit-balikat siya at tinawanan ako. “Oh, you are far left behind than I thought.”

“Well, let’s part ways na, see you sa labas ng kainan. Kapag nauna ka, reserve mo ako ng mauupuan. If I do get there first, I will do the same. Bye!”

She waved goodbye and left.

Natapos ang buong maghapon na kasama ko si Clarene at dalawang good news ang natanggap ko. Una, hindi ko nakita ang pagmumukha ni Sxan, at saka hindi ko naman siya hinihintay. Pangalawa, naisipan din ni Clarene na umuwi at doon na sa bahay nila matulog.

Before I go home, I went to the café of mine to buy another cake and a dozen donuts. The café we always went to is ours, it is under my name. Binigyan ako ng parents ko ng sariling business, they trusted me with funds and financial stuffs to establish one, but they told me that if it fails, hindi na nila ako matutulungan. They told me that I have to come up with solutions and grow my own business. Now, I think I did a good job because I was able to build another store.

Kilala kasi ako sa bahay na madamot at binansagang doublefish, kaming dalawa lang kasi ni Liqour ang madalas na kumakain ng mga pinamimili ko. Ate came up with it.

From now on I will call her 'Profanity Princess'. She’s just the princess, I am the queen. Nasa akin na ata ang world record pagdating sa pinakamalutong na pagmumura, according to her. I know that it’s bad and I am being a bad influence, so I am keeping it low and avoiding it as much as possible. I don’t curse in front of kids.

"Best and great afternoon to everyone!" masiglang bati ko sa kanila pagpasok ko.

Their foreheads creased in unison and eyes locked at me. "What's wrong? Stop staring, alam ko naman na maganda ako. By the way, I brought donuts, cake, and a tub of ice cream for Liquor!" I exclaimed but their foreheads remained creased.

Kumuha ako ng kutsara at ibinagsak iyon, lumikha iyon ng matinis na tunog na nagpatinag sa kanila. "What's with the look? Para naman kayong nakakita ng multong maganda," humahalakhak na sabi ko.

My smile slowly fades because they are still looking at me as if I did something wrong or as if I just committed treason.

"Jusko Dayn! A-anong nakain mo, ha? Jusko! Mang Gejer ihanda mo ang sasakyan pupunta tayo ng ospital! Nilalagnat ka ba? Anong nangyari sa iyo?" Sunod-sunod na tanong ni Ate habang hinihipo ako sa noo sa leeg. Damn this girl! What the hell is she doing?

"What are you doing?! I'm not sick! Ospital-ospital sinasabi mo riyan? Stop it before you find yourself at the emergency room of the hospital you are saying!" I warned.

She just rolled her eyes at me.

"Celestina, ang bibig mo," saway ni Manang.

"Si Dayn na ito, Manang. Akala ko sinapian eh. Hmm, What's that?"

"Sinasapian-sapian sinasabi mo riyan. Ito ba?" Tinapunan ko ng tingin ang mga bitbit ko.

"This is a bomb, everyone. Do not worry, they’re kinda safe, I guess. I just bought them, where should I hide these?" I asked with a serious face.

They just froze there; they are confused as f**k. Manang stopped stirring the soup, Ate just stopped and just stood still.

What the heck? They really believed that these bags have bombs inside. Why would I put bomb in front of them and had the audacity to bring it inside out house?

Ilang baitang na lamang ang naaakyat ko papuntang second floor ay huminto ako para silipin. They kept talking with panic in their voices. Tingin ko ay pinagtatalunan nila kung sino ang titingin sa loob ng paper bags.

Nakita ko si Liquor na dumiretso sa mga bags, pinigilan pa siya ni Ate pero huli na siya. Nabuksan n ani Liquor ang bag na may laman na ice cream.

"Mommy! She wass just kidding! It was Ice cream, cake and donuts!" sigaw nito. Kumawala ang tawa ko na kanina ko pa pinipigilan at nagmadaling makapasok sa kwarto.

Their face was like... Come on I can't believe that I tricked them. And voilà, it worked.

"You are so stupid, Dayn! You scared all of us! Humanda ka sa akin bukas! Aatakihin kami sa puso dahil sa mga katarantaduhan mo!" I heard her unstopping curses from downstairs. Her mouth is like a f*****g microphone, it is so loud na umaabot hanggang dito sa kwarto ko.

Binuksan ko ang pinto ko at inilabas lang ang kalahati ng katawan ko. "Anong all of us sinasabi mo riyan? Si Liquor hindi naman natakot!" sigaw ko pabalik sa kaniya. She cursed at me in Spanish.

There's no place like home.

Nagising ako nang mag-alarm ang orasan. Maiinis na sana ako ngunit naaalala ko ang mga mukha nila Ate kagabi kaya nawala ang inis.

I greeted good morning when I went downstairs. Umupo ako at kinuha ang tinapay na nasa harap ko.

"Gising na pala ang pinakamamahal kong kapatid!" she said sarcastically. "Kamusta ang tulog mo? Masaya ba?" 

Nang-iinis ko siyang nginitian. "Uh, yes. Thank you," I answered.

Naalarma ako nang may lumipad na binilot na tissue sa akin, mabuti na lang at nakaiwas ako. Tiningnan ko kung sino ang bumato, nakita ko si Ate na nagbibilot ulit para ibato ulit sa akin.

"Taragis ka! Akala mo nakakatuwa ka kagabi, ha?” sabi niya sa akin at wala parin tigil ang paglipad ng mga tissue sa akin.

"Hey! Nag kakalat ka sa ginagawa mo! Tigilan mo yan!" I tried to stop her by saying that, I am so glad that she obeyed.

"Good dog.” Pagkasabi ko noon ay binato niya ulit ako nang isang beses. “Hindi naman iyon first time! Kung makapag-react ka naman, sobra," I added.

"Sino ba namang hindi magugulat? First time iyon, Dayn. Still unbelievable. Anyway, you're improving na ha. Nababawasan na ang iyong kakuriputan." 

Napangiwi ako sa sinabi niya. Kuripot? Ako pa talaga? Kuripot ba iyong kada Linggo sinasamahan ang anak niyang kumain sa labas? Kumain sa labas ng bahay, diyan sa poolside?

"Oh yeah, really? Profanity Princess?" I spoke.

She stopped doing her things and looked at me ruthlessly. She's giving me what-did-you-just-call-me? look.

"Bingi talaga. I said, Profanity Princess," I repeated.

"So how do you recognize yourself then? Master Sadista? Queen of Topak? Killing Queen? or Ugliest Beauty Queen?" sagot nito

.

Where did she get the ugliest? Kung sabagay, pangit siya, baka roon niya nakuha.

I answered, "None of the above.”

"None of the above? So, what is it?" tanong niya.

"Tanong mo sa pagong, baka alam niya, hindi ko kasi alam, e." I winked at her.

Inirapan lang niya ako kaya inirapan ko rin siya. At hindi na natapos ang kaiirap namin sa isa't isa.