The Exhibitionist (Filipino)

Kabanata 12

"Well, well. If it's not the Queen of. . .Ssh, I wouldn't be that eager to win."

GUSTO ko na lang siyang sampalin sa harap ng mga members ko, nang magpakita si Wynona sa akin sa locker room ng girls.

But I dare not.

Kasama ko ang mga members ko, at ayaw kong gumawa ng bad image. There's too many gawking at me (especially the insecure girls) na ngayon ko lang napansin. Siguro ay nakapagtayo na ng kaniyang sariling kulto si Wynona.

I can not let my guards down. Or else babagsak ako. Isa pa, every boys in this campus thinks highly of me—innocent, angelic, and such. I can't sacrifice that just for a classless b***h like Wynona.

"Congrats, Wynona. You've done a great job there. Seems like you're a smooth sucker. Prince Charmings would be eager to have you." I smiled at her and winked before I pulled back the T-shirt I used on my locker. Basa na ng pawis iyong suot ko kaya nagpalit na ako.

Narinig ko ang ang iritang pagtawa ni Wynona, tila hindi makapaniwala sa bite back ko. She knew I'm just controlling myself around her.

Well, she's damn right. I am.

Pero bago ko pa mayaya paalis ang mga members ko na silang nagpalit na din ng damit, ay nahawakan na ni Wynona ang braso ko para pigilan akong umalis. Agad kong tinabig ang kamay niya na tila ba germs iyon.

"No touching." madiin pero mahina kong sambit sa kaniya.

Nakita ko ang pag-ikot ng nga mata niya sa hangin. Pero pinunan niya agad ang space between us.

"Just wait and see. Kukunin ko si Maximilian sa'yo. It seems like you can't tame that cute guy, huh? Queen Ssh?" narinig kong bulong niya sa akin. Ramdam ko ang pag-grin niya nang sabihin niya iyon. Naipaikot na lamang din ang mga mata ko.

She can't do that.

Can she?

* * *

Ilang beses akong nagpagulong-gulong sa kama kinagabihan. Hindi ako matahimik. Ngayon lang ako kinabahan ng ganito.

And I know that if I fail this time, malaki ang magiging epekto nito sa akin. Hell, it's Wynona we're talking here. That brat.

She will crush me.

Alam niyang ito ang weakness ko dahil ang Cunt na iyon ang tanging lalaki sa St. Anne Institute na hindi ko mapasunod.

She can not win this time.

I lost because of that Cunt. But it can't always be like that. It's time to change the plot and make him kneel before me.

"Hi, you're doing deliveries?" I randomly asked Max on line the moment he picked up his phone.

"I don't. Ako lang ang staff dito." he answered immediately.

Napaikot ko na lang ang mga mata ko bago ako tumikhim, "If I go there, would you kick me out?"

"If you're acting like a porn star, definitely." muli akong napairap sa sagot niya. Gusto ko na lang siyang murahin sa telepono but I can't; hawak niya ang future ko.

"I'll also kick you out of my club, then." I threatened him. Hindi ko siya narinig na sumagot kaya hinintay ko siya. Imposibleng hindi siya sumagot sa banta ko.

"What do you want?" tila sumuko na lang niyang tanong sa akin.

Napangisi akong bigla sa aking narinig.

"I'll try to cure your impotence—"

"I don't have that. I told you, didn't I?" tila ay biglang nairita na naman niyang sambit sa akin.

"Okay, I'll make you have s****l arousal again. That?" sagot ko naman na tila naiintindihan ko siya sa problema niya.

"That's not a problem to me, Millicent. That's a gift, and I appreciate it a lot. So, thank you." and then he hung up.

Naipagtangis ko na lamang ang aking mga bagang.

I need him to say yes!

Huminga muli ako ng malalim at saka muli siyang tinawagan. Napangiti ako nang sinagot niya itong muli na para bang hindi siya busy sa bar niya.

"Mabubulok yan kapag hindi mo nailabas." panimula ko agad sa kaniya, "Gusto mong maging abnormal?"

"Why do you even insist? It's not like it's your problem to solve." narinig kong sagot niya na agad nagpatigil sa bunganga ko para magsalita.

Maybe I can not really tame him.

But then something about I wrote as an invitation for my newly-founded club then, went haunting me.

As a president, I am here to welcome all the people who's greek to the world.

If there's nothing wrong with him, he doesn't belong to my club. Of course, I can use that against him. Because after all, I'm the Queen.

I grinned at myself and cleared my throat, "If nothing's wrong with you, I'm afraid you have to leave my club, Max."

Narinig ko ang tila pagsuko niya sa pamamagitan ng paghugot ng malalim na hininga, "God, fine. Do what you want with me."

I smirked. I guess, after all, I am who I am. That will never change.