Unveiling Secrets

Chapter Five: Bond

I woke up energized like I have a motivation to wake up early this morning, it's not because of the drama I watched last night because I was stressed watching it. I was stress of how naive the character was and about the plot like oh my gosh, I was overthinking all the time.

I should be tired right now but nauna pa akong nagising kesa tumunog ang alarm ko. Something's new..

Ginawa ko na ang morning routine ko bago bumaba, for sure kahit maaga akong nagising nakapag handa na sila Ate Cecillia sa baba.

"Good morning Phoebe, Alex is still not able to bring you to school" saad ni Ate Sita sa sala.

"Okay lang po, may kasabay po ako ngayon pumasok e" saad ko at narinig ko namang nag lakad si Ate Cecillia papunta sa amin galing kusina.

"Sino?" Chismosang tanong ni Ate Cecillia.

"Yung bagong lipat sa harap natin ate, we always have the same sched kaya ayon we became friends and sabay daw kami pumasok since wala pa rin ang driver niya" I tell them.

"Oh sakto lang naman pala e, basta kapag may nangyaring masama sabihan mo lang kami" saad ni Ate Sita at pumunta sa kusina.

"Sabihan mo rin kami kung magkakaroon kayo ng something." Dagdag na saad ni Ate Cecillia.

Narinig ko pang nag sawayan sila sa kusina at nag bulungan.

Umupo na ako sa sala at inantay ang inihanda nilang breakfast ko.

Nang dumating sila ay dalawang plato ang dala ni ate Cecillia.

Tinignan ko siya ng nag tataka. "Sasabayan niyo po ba ako? Bakit dalawa lang ang plato?" Tanong ko.

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Ano to? Papanoorin ko sila mag mukbang sa harap ko?

"Hindi hija, alukin mo ang bagong kaibigan mong kumain, nasa tapat bahay lang naman pala siya, bakit hindi mo ayain" saad ni Ate Sita sa akin.

"Nakakahiya po, tsaka baka hindi pa gising kasi maaga pa" ani ko.

"Katukin mo lang isang beses, kapag walang sumagot bumalik ka rito at kami ang sasabay sayo" saad ni Ate Sita.

Napa buntong hininga ako at tumayo na.

Pagkalabas ko ng pinto ay dumiretso agad ako sa pintuan niya at kinatok. "Sage gising ka na ba?" Saad ko at kinatok siya ulit.

"Yeah, wait a minute!" Sigaw niya mula sa loob.

I waited through the door for five minutes and nakita ko sila Ate Cecillia na naka silip sa bintana. Masusumbong na naman ako nito kila Dad kahit sila naman may gusto nito.

"It's early in the morning, did you miss me already?" He said then smirk. I would love to see his smile than that smirk.

"Gross, they want you to join me for breakfast" saad ko sa kaniya.

"They? Who's they?" Takang tanong niya.

"Them" Turo ko sa kanila gamit ang labi ko.

"Oh, but why?" He asked, still curious.

"Because you are the reason why I get home late yesterday" I said, half truth.

He didn't suspect or anything. "Wait for me, I'll just change my clothes" he said because he is still wearing pajamas, halatang kakagising lang niya.

After a while, lumabas din siya agad he just change into a short and t-shirt.

Nag palit siya pero pang bahay pa rin. Siguro ayaw niyang lumabas ng naka pajama.

"Let's go, your maid is waiting kanina pa" he said then chuckle.

Napatingin ako sa bintana namin at nagulat ako ng biglang nag tago sila Ate Sita.

Natawa rin ako, as if naman na hindi ko sila nakita kanina na naka silip sa amin.

Nauna na akong nag lakad kay Sage para buksan ang pintuan. I lead the way to the kitchen kasi nandoon sila Ate Sita.

"Buti naman nandito na kayo, kanina pa kami nag aantay" saad ni Ate Sita.

Napangiti lang si Sage at inaya ko naman siyang umupo sa upuan.

"Nilagay ko sa microwave saglit, nalamigan kasi e," saad ni Ate Cecillia hawak ang plato naming dalawa ni Sage.

"Okay lang po, thank you," he said and helped Ate Cecillia to the plates, and I admire him while doing that.

We start eating and laging nakikichismis sa amin si Ate Cecilia, I wonder if utos ni dad ito or gusto lang talaga nilang kasabay ko si Sage.

"Ay oo nga pala hijo, bakit ka lumipat dito?" Tanong niya.

Napatawa naman ako nang mahina and napansin kong napatingin si Sage sa akin.

"You wouldn't be asking that if I were you Ate." Saad ko habang naka ngisi kay Sage.

"Bakit? Masiyado bang pribado yung dahilan, pasensya na Sage, hays sige maiwan ko na kayong dalawa, masiyado pa namang maaga tumambay muna kayo roon sa sala mamaya pag tapos ninyo kumain," saad niya at umalis na.

"Baka mamaya pag isipan ako ng masama ni Ate Sita dahil sa sinabi mo," saad ni Sage at sumimangot ng kaunti.

"Oa, pasalamat ka nga sinabi ko yon para hindi ka na mapressure, welcome ha," inirapan ko siya nang pabiro.

"By the way why are you alone here with just your nanny and driver? Where's your parents?" He asked in the middle of the silence.

"My Dad owns a company in Manila so doon sila naka tira ni Mom right now, and my brother wants to study in the city and I want the opposite, it's fine naman, wala namang nag bago nung nandito ako. They always call me if they have time," I casually narrate my life.

"And Ate Cecillia and Ate Sita is kind of my family now so hindi naman nakakalungkot," I added.

"Ang bilis mo naman kumain, wait for me to finish up para mahatid kita sa apartment mo," I said when I noticed his plate na empty na.

"Take your time Phoebe, I'm gonna stay a while here," saad niya at sumandal sa upuan niya.

"Bakit naman?" Tanong ko.

"Ate Sita offered and I don't want to refuse, and besides if nakita mo yung apartment ko right now, napaka boring," he said like a kid who does not want to go home.

"Ikaw bahala, but I'm just gonna read all he time, hindi ka ba mabobored?" Tanong ko sa kaniya.

"It's fine, I can borrow some of your books para masabayan kita," he said like its a normal thing for him.

But hey, it is not for me, it makes my heart flustered.

"I want to try what it feels like to be a nerd," he said ruined my good impression on him just now.

"Whatever, let's go, I'll just get some books in my room, do you want to come?" I ask him.

"Sure, is that okay to them?" Tanong niya na nagpataka sa akin.

"Bakit naman hindi magiging okay sa kanila?" Tanong ko sa kaniya pabalik.

"Sabagay," he shrugged at nag punta na kami sa kwarto ko.

"Saang subject ka ba nahihirapan? I have many books here, you can just pick one," I said and kinuha ko yung mythology book na similar sa binabasa ko kahapon.

He picked one fictional book and napailing naman ako, sa dami ng pwedeng basahin hindi pa talaga related sa pag aaralan namin mamaya.

"You should read this one we have math class later," saad ko sa kaniya habang hawak yung libro about sa math formula.

"Kabisado ko na yan, kahit i recite ko pa sa harap mo yan right here, right now," he smirked.

"Oh really? Hindi halata sa mukha mo na marunong ka nito," I said and nawala yung ngisi sa mukha niya.

"I'm serious, but," nahihiya siyang tumingin sa akin, "I hate physics," he said.

"It's fine, here it can help," saad ko nang i abot ko sa kaniya ang libro tungkol sa physics.

Pagkababa namin ay narinig namin na tumakbo sila Ate Sita sa kusina na para bang inabangan nila kami kanina sa hagdan.

Napailing na lang ako at nag lakad na papuntang living room at sinundan naman ako ni Sage.

Naubos ang oras ko kakaturo sa kaniya, hindi na ako nag basa at nag focus na lang sa kaniya. We even had a quiz para lang masigurado na naintindihan niya talaga, but something's off. Yung formula na ginamit niya, hindi yun yung naka lagay sa book.