Illegal Seduction

CHAPTER 11

LYNAIRE

Orange fruit settled for later, it sat on the countertop as if it's waiting for me to touch it and eat. It is healthy according to Mama, I never like fruits but vegetables. My gaze stopped from being falter, my fingers fidgets as it clawed by the mist of clouded anger of the protagonist.

Dumukot ulit ako ng pop corn sa hawak kong mangkok na naka-kandong sa hita ko. “It's already passed one in dawn, Lynaire yet you have this energy to watch that movie.” Mama Zyrene proclaimed, she step closer and joined me as she sit down.

Nakapulupot ang mga kamay nitong nakatingin sa 'kin habang ngumunguya ako, muli akong dumukot habang hindi nagpapatinag sa mga tingin nito at nginitian ito.

“You don't have your class?”

“I have but....one more episode and I'll close it.” she roll her eyes and flapped her palm at the arm rest of this couch before she turn her back to gouge for water on the kitchen.

“Nag-text sa number ko 'yung lalaki mo. Mga ilang araw na ang nakalipas kaya binili na kita ng phone para sa 'yo sila mangulit.” she smear the top of my head and glided her hands to my slick hair.

“Hunter ang pangalan, mukhang bago.”

“Mhmmm. Napulot ko rin sa daan nitong mga nakaraang araw.” saad ko para umirap ito at magtungo na sa silid nito.

“Matulog kana pagkatapos niyan.” my head dipped with an adherence to closed the business. I return my gaze back to the television as the antagonist starts to strangle the protagonist's friend.

Tuloy-tuloy ang pagdaklot ko sa pop corn at nguya lang nang nguya habang nakabalot na sa kumot. I let the four episode to be done before getting inside to my room. I lied again, but no for me; I was amazed and in dazed to continue it.

“Lynaire. What time did you sleep?” napabalikwas ako sa higaan ko dahil sa matigas na tunog ang bumungad sa 'kin.

Naka-pameywang ito, nakataas ang magkabilang noo habang may butil ng mga tubig ang damit nito.

“Zyrene...” my bedroom voice was cast, I stretch my arms from the both sides, and yawned for the second time.

Tumayo ako at sinabayan ito sa paglalakad patungo sa dining area. Tinola, our dish for this morning was styled on the center of the table, plates are ready, tools was in shining state as it uphold my tips to clenched it.

Hindi pa 'ko nakakapag-toothbrush, umupo ako sa tapat ni Ashlyn. I took the bowl contained soup and get the drumstick part. After we eat, immediately boost to prepared my self. Gusto pang mahiga ng katawan ko, ang mga mata ko ay bumibigat.

“Ayan, kaka-one episode mo 'yan, Lynaire. Sige pa, mamaya pa, may one episode pang natitira tapos tapusin mo ang limang episode para mamugto nang todo 'yang mga mata mo.” singhal ni Mama.

“Dalawa na lang.” nakangusong sambit ko.

“Rush up and Renlé will not going to fetch you, pinaalam nitong hindi siya papasok dahil may dadaluhan sila ng Mama niya na kamag-anak nilang namatayan.” I was healed with the left humidity, it clowned me when I saw the car from outdoor waiting. It's not Renlé, not Kaizer but his friend.

“Hi, Lynaire. Good Morning, I saved this day to make it special for you.” his eyes widen, it derived a dispute together the glitter and dazzling desire.

I was convicted, my hands was locked by his. It anticipated an appalling atmosphere when we both stopped and dragged our gaze to the guy standing with fresh breeze of looks.

“Step back, Lodrick.” the spherical divulge their relationship as a friend, it is bizarre for me to witness it now. Kaizer remain standing, his hands clipped inside his pockets as his hair comply with messy stagnant. Still wet, his eyes coveting me to obey him, my feet link to the surface of this ground.

His physical aura stunned Lodrick to be in grief and let my hands go. Kaagad kong napakiramdaman ang pagkapit ni Kaizer sa bewang ko at marahang hinapit papalapit sa kaniya.

“I'll accompany her, go now, Lodrick.”

“Ano bang nangyayari sa 'yo? Sinabi mo lang noon na si Ashlyn ang nililigawan mo, Kaizer tapos ngayon inaagaw mo si Lynaire? You're invasive, Kaizer. No'ng sinabi mong hindi siya puwede, inakala kong nagbibiro ka lang pero ngayon pa lang—sa nakikita ng dalawang mata ko....I know that's not only your facade wants,” Lodrick grabbed his feet off. His back laser us, he slammed the door of his car and starts the engine.

I ride my fiddling eyes to Kaizer, he smell the top of my head and growl to my ears as he licks it. Pumarada ang isa nitong kamay sa leeg ko, malapit sa likod ng batok ko.

My knees froze, my chest hustling to the capes of his, he give it a peck and marked it a small kisses together the gaped of his palm to my hands. It enclosed as we proceed to his car.

“Don't come near him.”

“He's your friend.” fending a brief gaze along with a small sigh.

“I don't care. Just don't come near him,”

“Kaizer...”

“Lynaire.”

“Why you're doing this? Naiinis na 'ko,” naiinsulto ko ng banggit para lumayo ako sa kaniya.

Inunahan ko siya sa paglalakad patungo sa silid ko, marami na ang nasa loob. All eyes are on me, their forehead pointed at expectation, mini brain functions together as all of them softly move their head after I stopped and struggle to taken another step forward.

“Si Kaizer?”

“Hindi ba may boyfriend na 'yung babaeng 'yan?”

“Hinahatid lang, boyfriend na?”

“Oo naman!”

“Edi pahatid mo 'ko sa kuya mo,”

“Ulol mu!”

“Teka, Teka. Si Kaizer nga mga ugok.”

Falling prose of these excluded poison of people have breach to the principles. It hustle my shoulder, their back filling with arms of noise as it flowing down to ground to be spread and curl their tickle screams of repugnance.

Masyadong maingay para sa 'king pansinin ang lalaking nasa likuran ko, pinagpatuloy ko ang paglalakad hanggang sa maalsa ako ng braso nito para mapa-atras ako at maumpog sa dibdib nito matapos dumaan ng lalaking tumatakbo at hawak pa ang baseball bat sa kaliwang kamay nito.

Following the balls is not as illicit for them, it overturn my view towards athletics. Kaizer's arms showered my flesh his warmness, despite the fabric covering his biceps—it permeated to my throat down the part between my thigh.

“Careful..” I retrieve a deep sigh, his natural voice laces a piece of intact pearl to be adorable as for my settled dish.

A few person saw it, seemingly they hate that idea. I have noticed some of half covered their knuckled with a bald fist, clenching like they are manifesting to beat me up. Girls, my fellow occurred their glare within a snob, I found it not great, not good, not healthy and remorse for me to take it.

Nit-picking time has collided, the return of my convulsing self revolved me inside. Para akong hinahabol ng kabayo dahil sa bilis ng pagtibok ng dibdib ko, ginamit ko ang mga kamay ko para itulak si Kaizer papalayo.

Nagsisidatingan ang mga babae at halong babae habang bitbit ang kanilang bags, paper bags, mga sling bags at ang kanilang pamaypay.

Kaizer enfold his arms to my waist as it evolved a cast caress to my skin, I feel the resume of my breath. Inhaling the freshness of my sight here defined the route towards my way.

“I can walk na.” I muttered, my back was held by his arms, his hands scrolling it to be remain on my stages.

I'm not pikon, not hammering those back. Maraming nakakakita, ngunit walang nagsasalita, nakasarado ang bibig pero kabaliktaran iyon ng mga matang halos pumutok na sa pagkakalaki.

Either, they are in muddled or in an intricate. My brows arch, it falter to Kaizer's chin down to his throat which now is sweating due to this throng blanching his fresh outlook.

“You can but I want to walks you in.” bulong nito. Bulong ngunit rinig ng mga katapat niya, may tili, masasaya at sa kabilang banda may naiinis, hindi matanggap, at nagtatampo.

Cloud painted with smiling aura of sunshine, it is so vast that even the blue sky fancy me. I return my gaze forward our way, ngayong nakahawak ako sa braso nito ay mas lalo ko pang naramdaman ang pagkakahigpit ng kapit niya para mas magtimbang ang kaba sa dibdib ko.

“Lynaire...”

I didn't face him, my attention are in our board. It wrote the schedule; our schedule in our trip with an exact time. Behalf of our classmates are sitting, all of them made their own business when my eyes formed to constraint them.

“Baby...” usal nito. I clenched my fist, when he rest his face to my shoulder, his hands located my whole shaped waist and he used a little force to pull me closer.

His prominent breath brushes my skin, leaving an abrupt settled agony. Frustration approach me, it yields to my physical feelings, his dominant chest is now visible to be touch for my shoulder as he bury his face further to my neck.

“Kaizer, we're on public.” sabi ko sa kaniya, hinawakan ko ang gilid ng ulo nito para ibalik ito sa kanina pa nitong pag-kakaupo.

“Kaizer.” banta ko pa para tumingin ito sa 'kin nang malapad na nakangiti.

Natapos ang klase ng inaabala ako ni Kaizer. Behind my back, his presence are always present. Our fellow students minimized their voice as I walks by near to them. I wait for my companion beside the double door of this canteen while swaying the string tip of my bag. I cannot emerged my eyes to this guy's squiggling physical.

“Why you're not entering inside? There's no fare here.” He taunted, I gaped at him with disgust though, he exhibit his beam—flowery and abundant in his own kind.

“Let's go.” hinila nito ang kamay ko papasok at pinaghanda pa ng upuan. Kinuha niya ang bag ko saka ipinatong sa ibabaw ng lamesa.

“Do you want carbonara? Adobo?” inismiran ko ito, tumayo ako at nagtungo sa tindera ng hindi ito binabalingan.

Maingay ang mga naging katabi ko sa pagpila, punuan na ang mga lamesa at wala pa rin akong nakikitang mga kasamahan ko. I gaze at Kaizer furtively to saw his lips glowing in his ever temper.

The color wooden of this corner has established a wonderful creatures, it's painted with white color and sat with fashion. The menu are always open, it is vast for students to see even we're on afar.

Hinintay ko ang babaeng nagunguna sa 'kin at pagkatapos ay tumingkad ako para ituro ang carbonara na may leafy sa ibabaw, isinabay ko ang pagturo sa chicken joy.

“Kelwin?” he is holding a thick stick, sweeping the floor.

“Naparusahan, pinatawag si Mommy kaya pati 'yung supervisor nadamay.” Lorwin shown to my side, his eyes lecturing his twin brother a deep and meaningful smile. His demeanor built a strong bulks of ignorance when I tried to step forward to Kelwin.

“Hayaan mo siyang mag-map nang mag-map, kasama naman niya 'yung supervisor natin.” pang-uulit pa ni Lorwin.

“Smile pa,”

“Umalis na nga kayo.” may inis na taboy sa amin ni Kelwin.

Itinaas nito ang hawak na map at iniharap sa 'min ang maruming tela. My gazed diminished, it rolled with scruffy vary dust making my feet be on process to step backward.

“What the?! Mahiya ka nga, si Lynaire to, oh.” sigaw ni Lorwin habang hawak ang braso ko.

“Nang-aabala kayo, mabuti pang umalis na kayo dahil tatausin ko muna 'to bago ko kayo kutusan.” he ordered.

“Vacant ngayon,”

“Alam ko.”

“Dito muna kami.”

“Naglilinis ako!”

“Edi maglinis ka.”

“Umalis kana nga!”

“Sigaw ka ng sigaw, 'yung kasama mo masamang nakatingin sa 'yo.”

“Good Afternoon, Supervisor.”

I grab Lorwin's hand, we closed the talks to lessen the possible ejection of each squeal. Our supervisor really doing the game as Kelwin do. Both of them accepted the mislead punishment, it causing for their image to be on low grade.

“Why our supervisor also doing that thing? I'm expecting that only students can be discipline by imposing a punishment?”

From the hallway our feet driven to step; his parted brows whim, extravagance of his sigh has pulled out together his self measuring the words he will going to spill out.

“Or course, that's right. Because the high shares always hold by our parents.” pagmamalaki nitong usal, sunod akong napatango ngunit naging aberya pa 'yon para mag-isip ako, shareholder sila at hindi ang may-ari.

“That's distinct.”

“You want to have a coffee?”

“Can we peek at the base where the basketball players rules the court?” pakiusap ko.

Binitawan ko ang kamay nito para kunin ang tumbler sa bag ko. Isinaklit ko iyon sa pulsuhan ko habang naglalakad patungo sa court na sinasabi ni Lorwin.

It's two–thirty in afternoon, is should be their rest. I only know it based on the written scheduled on the board from outside the gate. Their billboards also displayed outside the school.

Leech catch by them. Maraming mga tao sa loob, lalo na ng sigaw ng mga kababaehan—bukod pa sa dami nila ay may mga lecturer ring napapadaan at nanonood sa mga basketbolista na kasalukuyang nakaupo sa kanilang puwesto.

Dumaan kami sa harapan ng mga nagraragasang tao, malayo nang bahagya sa mga nakahilerang upuan papataas. Nanginginig ang kalamanan ko matapos akong mapansin ng babaeng nadaanan ko, tinawag nito ang pangalan ko, ang paraan niya kung papaano niya tanungin si Kaizer sa 'kin.

“Oo nga no, na sa'n si Kaizer? Lagi mo 'yung kasama, hindi ba? Halos alam ng mga senior dito na nililigawan ka ni Kaizer at hinahanap ang dati nitong nililigawan.” Lorwin's voice is loud, I'm not afraid to answer it if I'm sure to what I'm going to utter.

I want assurance, I want to know if I'm ready, if there's not threshold between the complicated and the difficulties upon solving the case.

“I don't know. Kaizer sent a fined letters to me for him to return back when he's done doing his errands.” sabay kaming umupo sa bandang harapan. Ibinabaw ko ang bag ko sa hita ko matapos kong ipag-krus iyon.

“Let's just wait.”

“Our trip will be tomorrow na, I guess I need to prepare for my cloths na rin.” baling ko sa kaniya.

The court is the area where people with big big mouth can scream, to support the players here, it is natural to lift their mood up, to increase the chances they will hold the trophies.

“You should be, ikaw na lang yata ang hindi naka-handa. Halos ang mga kaklase natin naghanda na ng kanilang gamit pagkatapos i-announced ng lecturer natin 'yan.” napasimangot akong tinungtong ang gitna ng court.

May pitong pumagitna sa atensiyon ng mga tao para doon dumako ang kanilang paningin. The player stood up, their attire picturing messy, within their body contained sweats deploy a shimmering hopes to water.

“Si Lodrick, maglalaro!”

“Akin siya, number 34!”

“Akin naman 'yung number 89!”

“Whooo! Go! Go! Go! Lodrick, patumbahin mo lahat ng haharang!”

Lorwin and I whipped for that shouted code, the easiness hug me. And for the last minutes as they are in guard to seek for the ball, the both tall player in front discourse with the ball on the air.

It was clawed by the player number 34 on back. My eyes drift to his reflexes, he is so fast to get the ball and dribble. Pinasa niya iyon sa kasangga niya na hindi man lalayo sa kaniya dahil malapit ito sa ring ngunit naagaw iyon ng kabilang kupunan para mapasigaw sa dismaya ang mga maiingay sa likuran namin.

He's maybe the shooting guard. The ball meets the ring, the motion consumed a seconds before it darted inside the ring and be passed to other team, the man with jersey name on his back; Gutierrez.

“Kay Mason tayo!”

“Number 34!”

“Kaya mo 'yan!”

The fields has glinted a tedious play, it covered by their own defense as each of person inside the court positioned them selves, ready to catch, get, or sneak for the ball.

The man with number 34 are good on getting the ball, he's in direct angle to passed and shoot the ball. Halata ring siya ang nasa shooting guard, lahat ng mga malalapit sa kaniyang kakampi ay napupunta sa kaniya ang tira.

6 - 11

Three points for that blissful notion. The ball circulated on the ring, it voluble until the crowded shouting for them to win whilst the opposed are yelling to be banned it.

Napatayo si Lorwin sa tabi ko matapos iyong pumasok sa loob ng ring. Napunta sa kaniya ang tingin ko at sa mukha nitong may halo ng inis.

“That's foul! Pushing for the jersey number 89.” seryosong sambit niya bago siya bumalik sa pagkaka-upo.

“You see that man wearing number 89?”

Tumango-tango akong tumugon sa kaniya. He is running for the next ball, the ball are on his hand. Their exercise was appalled, it's so trashy.

“Hindi dapat siya ang naglalaro.”

“You're saying that guy should not be in his place now?”

“Yes, he is the proxy.”

“Where's the real owner of that jersey, then?”

“Nagdabog. Parang na-heartbroken.”

Second quarter, the game was a messed. The entire movements was mixed by deceptions, all of the player mist with their sweats. Many shots had missed, few attained three points but also found out that number 89 was travelling.

34 - 29

Their score is monotony, it the same measure when the last team planted with vexing muscle, they push their selves to fight, to play, and to shoot but they failed, due to their sudden anger, their game turn miserable.

“Tara na, hindi na maganda ang laban.” anyaya niya sa 'kin ngunit napako ang mga mata ko sa kakarating lang na lalaki.

Basa pa ang buhok, wala sa ayos ang damit, naka-rubber shoes ito at wala akong balak na isipin na maglalaro ito, madulas ang court at dapat may kaunting pagka-thick and dulo ng sapatos nito.

“Let's go,” I stand up. I guess my time here are only here. Terminating the influx of each shoot is not good, not pretty fine but it halted into drain weight.

“Papasok kapa?”

“Mhmm..”

“Tara na.”

It's afternoon time, yet the sun dispelling a bleach of its power upon peering at me. Sun's ray increase it's degree as my skin suffer to its intense burning affection.

Mabilis akong naglakad patungo sa silid namin at ipinahinga ang sarili. The stage next to the oval loaded with throng, announcing something.

My stomach crumpled when the range of his set of arms have contacted my waist to answered it by pulling me closer to his. My head shaken but inside it I wanted to shrill, to shout my head is hurting.

“Where have you been?” bulong nito sa tenga ko.

I didn't answer him and placed my head down to my settled arms. He stroke my hair through his hands, it have an attentive glutton to smear my nape and tie my hair.