Kabanata 20
Impress
Hindi ko pinapansin si Santi at pinagpatuloy ko lang ang pagcheck sa eroplanong galing sa Pilipinas. Kanina pa ito nagso-sorry sa akin pero talagang naiinis ako dito. I can't even face him dahil naaalala ko ang pagkapahiya ko kanina.
Santi sighed softly pero hindi ko pa rin ito pinansin. I heard him hummed a familiar song. Bahagya akong tumigil sa ginagawa pero pinagpatuloy rin kalaunan.
"Do you love the rain? Does it make you dance
When you're drunk with your friends at a party?
What's your favorite song, does it make you smile?
Do you think of me?"
Santi starts singing.
"When you close your eyes, tell me, what are you dreamin'?
Everything, I wanna know it all."
I twisted my lips nang pinagpatuloy ni Santi ang pagkanta. He has a very nice voice. I continue what I'm doing, acting like I wasn't distracted by his charming voice.
"I'd spend ten thousand hours and ten thousand more
Oh, if that's what it takes to learn that sweet heart of yours
And I might never get there, but I'm gonna try
If it's ten thousand hours or the rest of my life
I'm gonna love you (ooh, ooh ooh, ooh, ooh)."
I turned my back to face Santi and furrowed my forehead because he sing the last line with a sensual voice that almost boil my blood!
"That's not the tone of that line!" I hissed but Santi just put his finger in his lips, signaling me to shut my mouth at nagpatuloy sa pagkanta.
"Do you miss the road that you grew up on?
Did you get your middle name from your grandma?
When you think about your forever now, do you think of me?
When you close your eyes, tell me, what are you dreamin'?
Everything, I wanna know it all."
Santi flashed a smile that made me looked away. I mumbled something when Santi took one step closer to me. I stayed still, standing confidently like I won't get affected.
"I'd spend ten thousand hours and ten thousand more
Oh, if that's what it takes to learn that sweet heart of yours
And I might never get there, but I'm gonna try
If it's ten thousand hours or the rest of my life
I'm gonna love you (ooh, ooh ooh, ooh, ooh)
I'm gonna love you (ooh, ooh ooh, ooh, ooh)
Ooh, want the good and the bad and everything in between
Ooh, gotta cure my curiosity
Ooh, yeah."
We stayed like that hanggang sa natapos ni Santi ang kanta. He beams with smile na ikina-ingos ko.
"Do you like it, hmm?" He whispered softly. Halos magdikit na ang mga kilay ko sa kakakunot matakpan lang ang paghanga ko sa ganda ng boses nito.
"Tss." Tanging nasagot ko nalang. Santi pursed his lips.
"You were'nt impressed?" Kunot na kunot ang noo nito. He looks so grumpy and confused about my reaction. I don't want to admit that he has a good voice dahil baka lumaki lang ang ulo nito. The upper part! Tss!
"Pwedi na rin iyon, mapagta-tiyagaan na," nang-aasar na sagot ko that made Santi looked more grumpy than earlier bago ito tinalikuran para tapusin ang ginagawa ko
"Seriously? Why they say I have a charming voice? Why you ain't impress?"
I supressed my laugh to myself. I grinned from ear to ear habang cheni-check ko ang huling upuan. Nang sinipat ko si Santi ay panay na kamot nito sa ulo at pagkibot-kibot ng labi nito. His dimples showed everytime he says something to his self kaya napapa-iling nalang ako para pigilan ang tawa.
Kinukuto pa yata ng wala sa oras dahil sa opinion ko! Serves you, Captain Santana Yadiel Sullivan. I smirked.
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