Vengeance of the Past

CHAPTER 9

"LET'S GET WASTEEEEEED!" Sigaw ng ate ko habang nasa gitna ng dance floor. Malakas ang music pero sa sobrang lakas din ng boses nya e talagang marami din ang nakarinig at mga naghiyawan pa.

Nagyaya si ate na mag-bar together with her bestfriends- na naging kaibigan ko din. They are at the same age at ako lang ang pinakabata. I don't mind though, hindi naman kasi ako napapaghulihan kasi bukod sa matangkad ako e I look like dalaga naman na.

I was dancing with them ng maramdaman kong may sumasayaw sakin sa likod ko. Humarap ako dito and I dance wildly. He just look at me at awe while I was dancing. Napatulala pa sakin ang loko.

"Come on!" I urge him to dance with me and he took that as a cue signal to touch me. He's holding my waist as we both dance our hearts out in the music. I was getting wild hanggang sa magsimula na din na tumaas ang kamay ng kasayaw ko papunta sa upper part ng body. And that was my cue to stop. Lumayo ako dito at tiningnan ako nito ng nagtataka.

"What's wrong, babe?" he asked, stepping his foot forward to get near me again. I step backwards.

"You're getting clingy. I'm done with you." I said and turned my back on him.

"What the f**k!?" he muttered and grab my arms so I could face him again.

Marahas kong inalis ang hawak nya sakin. This is my attitude when I'm inside a bar.

I'm not a saint. Just because I have a good image in school doesn't mean I can't do things like this. As long as I know my limit, it's fine with my parents. And this incident is not new to me. I can handle myself well because Adana taught us taekwondo.

He still didn't let go of my arm and when I was about to give him an uppercut, someone snatched my arm from him. And I'm getting annoyed already! Why does it always have to be my arm!? Well, as if they can grab my legs, tsk.

"Who the heck--!?" I stopped my sentence the moment I recognized his face. He lifted his eyebrow, as if urging me to continue what I was about to say. But I didn't. I was so shocked to see him here!

"What the f**k dude? We're talking. She's mine!" reklamo ng kasayaw ko na nasakin pa rin ang paningin. The moment he diverted his gaze on seven, his eyes grew wider. "S-seven." he stuttered. What's wrong with him? May gusto ba sya kay seven?

Seven just stood there and did not even respond to the guy. He just look at him firmly.

"She's yours?" he asked, giving me a quick glance, as if saying that I was the one he's referring to.

"I.. Well yeah. We're dancing awhile ago and we just got a 'lil problem but she's mine." he confidently said. Now, its my turn to meet seven's gaze. f**k!

"Are you h--"

"NO!" agaran kong sagot kahit di pa man nya natatapos ang tanong. He smirked amd turned his head to the guy.

"Well, she said she's not your--"

"But I was dancing with you earlier and you didn't stop me!" he accused me.

"Yeah. Not until you got clingy all of a sudden!" I retorted and cross my arms on my chest.

"What the f**k is wrong with that!? We're in a bar! That's supposed to happen when you're in a bar!" he shouted. Pointing his finger on me.

I bite my lips. I was slowly losing my patience. Because of his loud voice, we attract some audiences, great. Sa di kalayuan ay nakita ko ang kapatid ko na nakangisi habang kinukuhaan ako ng video at nang makitang nakatingin ako sa kanya ay kinindatan ako at sinabihan ng good luck through her lips. Ang mga kaibigan nya ay naglalabas ng pera mula sa kanilang wallet, pinagpupustahan ako. Bwiset!

"Enough kiddo. Go back to where you belong." seven dismissed in a most arrogant way that makes the guy's face turned red out of embarrassment and anger. Uh-oh.

"Let's talk outside, then." akala ko ay si seven ang kausap nya at ganon na lang ang gulat ko ng makitang sakin sya nakatingin!

"Why me?" I asked. Kumunot ang noo nito and look at me like I said something stupid.

"Because you're mi---"

"Say that again and you'll be thrown out here with broken bones and barely breathing." seven warned. "She's mine." he added, and I got dizzy at the moment. My heart is thumping out so loud. What the hell?

Natatawang napailing na lang ang lalaki bago sya lumapit ng konti kay seven, "you're a big joke." he spat. Hinawakan ako sa braso bago tinangkang hilahin palabas. Pero hindi pa sya nakakatatlong hakbang ng biglang may humigit sa braso nya at sinapak ito. s**t!

"I warned you." seven stated bago suntuking muli ang lalaki. Tiningnan ko ang mga tao na nasa loob at napapailing na lang ang mga ito na parang dissapointed sa ginawa ng lalaki. Tiningnan ko ang bouncer ng bar at nakatingin lang sila sa gawi namin, tinatantiya ang sitwasyon. Damn! Why aren't they doing something?!

Tumingin ako sa kapatid ko at ganon na lang ang inis ko ng makitang mukha pa syang proud kay seven sa ginagawa nito. I saw Eric, one of ate's bestfriend, collecting money from Dave, Herry, Dylan and Kristin. I sighed. They're hopeless.

I guess I don't have a choice. Bumalik ang tingin ko kay seven na binubugbog pa rin ang lalaki na ngayon ay halos di na makamulat. He's so drunk. Di ko napansin na lasing pala kasayaw ko hays.

Lumapit ako sa kanila.

"Stop it, seven." but he didn't.

Hawak nya sa kwelyo ang lalaki na mukhang hindi na kayang tumayo pa. Kung hindi dahil sa hawak ni seven ay baka kanina pa ito nakatumba sa sahig. Dala na rin siguro ng kalasingan.

When he was about to punch the guy again, humarang na ako sa gitna. Kung sakaling dadapo ang kamao nya sakin, I'll stop him. But my plan didn't stay on my head because when he was about to give a punch, i closed my eyes, scared of getting hit. Hindi ako umalis pero nanatili akong nakatayo. You're a coward, dove!

Ilang minutong pagpikit ko pero wala akong naramdaman na kamao na tumama sa mukha ko. I slowly opened my eyes only to see seven raising his eyebrows at me. I tilted my head. He sighed and let go of the guy, may mga sumalo naman kahit papano dito, probably his friends. I wonder kung bakit hindi sila tumulong kanina, tsk. Seven held my wrist and drag me out of the bar.

Tahimik lang ako habang papunta kami sa sasakyan. Binuksan nya ang passenger's seat at pinapasok ako don, sumunod ako. Umikot sya sa harap ng kotse papasok sa driver's seat.

"San tayo?" I asked.

"Somewhere peaceful." he shrugged at hindi na kami nag usap pa sa byahe.

When he parked the car at a particular place, I opened the door at lumabas na. I'm not a mprincess to wait for him to open the door for me. Besides, kaya ko naman.

"Wew. Seriously, seven? Gastro publiko? Eto na yung peaceful mo?" I mocked him.

"I thought you still wanted to drink?" he asked, shrugging his shoulders. Lumakad na sya papasok kaya naman sumunod na rin ako.

Laking gulat ko pa ng pagpasok namin e mayga tumawag sa kanya!

"Seven!" napalingon kaming pareho sa right side ng bar. May mga grupo doon ng mga babae at lalaki, perhaps, a year older than me, i guess.

Tiningnan muna ako ng kasama ko bago ako hinawakan sa bewang at iginiya papunta doon. Narinig ko pa ang sipol ng iilan sa mga ito.

Nang tuluyang makalapit ay umusog pa sila ng kaonti para makaupo kami pareho. Inuna nyang paupuin ako at umusog ako ng konti para may space para sa kanya. Akala ko ay uupo na sya sa tabi ko pero laking gulat ko ng umikot sya papunta sa kabilang upuan at humalik sa pisnge ng babaeng nasa may kabilang dulo ng table. Napaiwas agad ako ng tingin. Ganon na lang ang hiya ko sa sarili at umusog pabalik sa iniwan kong space para sa kanya. f**k this!

Is she your girlfriend, seven?

Well, I don't care.

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