I licked my lips saka umayos ng tayo. I blinked a few times para bawiin ang sarili ko mula sa pagka gulat.
Khalil's also looking at me. Naka gilid ang kanyang mukha sa direksyon ko while one of his eyebrows are shot upwards. In between lis lips is a stick of cigarette habang ang kamay ay naka tigil sa face level nya like he's lighting the cigarette with the lighter in his hands.
I don't know where I got the courage to walk towards him at tumabi sa kanya kahit hindi naman kami close. Maybe it's the alcohol. I maintained a distance naman. Umayos rin sya ng tayo si Khalil pero hindi nya pa rin binababa ang kamay nya.
"You're smoking?" tanong ko. Gusto ko tuloy kurutin yung sarili ko for asking a very obvious question. Paano naman kasi, I don't know what to say to him kahit na technically,
