I met August's burning stare as I walked across the room. Pakiramdam ko ay nagulat siya pero naitago niya kaagad iyon pagkaraan ng ilang segundo.
"Leave", malamig niyang tugon. I was expecting him to say that and honestly, that discouraged me a bit.
"August," muli kong tawag sa kanya. Muli siyang humithit sa sigarilyong hawak, as if I'm completely disturbing his chill moment.
"Don't act like you care because I know you don't," he said, still not looking at me.
August changed a lot. Naninigarilyo na siya na hindi naman niya dati ginagawa. Don't tell me, hindi niya na tinigilan ang paninigarilyo niya simula noong nag-away kami?
My heart ached. If only I knew this would turn out like this, hindi ko na sinabi iyon sa kanya. I just thought he'd just let that go. Afterall, marami namang p
