"i can't be your friend!" his words repeats in my mind again and again.
Napalunok ako para mawala ang kung ano mang bumara sa lalamunan ko, pero wala naroon pa rin ito."W-What?"
"I.. don't want to be your.. "tumayo siya at binagsak ang kamay sa lamesa. "I can't be your friend! Ever!" after that he walks out, leaving me in shock.
After that incident or should I say a weird interaction with him一I got home safely since we have service bus even though we are old enough to commute, for my parents or for our parents our age is not enough.
"Ma, I'm here." I shout as I opened the door.
My mom welcomed me with a warm hug and her smile.
"Welcome home, sweety. How's your first day?"
I stopped myself from saying that it sucks since I knew myself that it wasn't that bad. Well, apart of that guy rejecting me一I could say that there's nothing bad happened to me after that.
"The school is nice! and the students too. I got new friends." I smiled at her.
"Wow really?! That's nice!" then she helped me putting my bag on the couch. "Tell me more!" She said in excitement.
I don't have choice but to tell her more about what happened to me. I told her everything aside of my interaction with that guy.
"Aww! They are so sweet! Please tell them that I'm inviting them for dinner!" she's so excited that her eyes blinks and her smiles is wide.
"Ah, we're not that close. But promise, if we get closer, I'll invite them." which I knew that will be imposible for the mean time.
"Okay okay! I'll wait for that, sweetie!"
After that, I went to my room and just throw my things. But then again, I remembered that we don't have maid that will clean my stuff for me anymore, so I cleaned it myself.
Since we transferred here just a month ago, my room is messy. I have a lot of stuff that my walk in closet can't have some of them anymore. So I am planning to buy more cabinets for my other stuff.
My eyebrows frowned when a notification popped in my phone. I tilt my head when I saw that familiar boy in its profile picture, yet his name isn't familiar!
Akhiro
Accept Decline
I gulp again and just stares to his profile. I knew it was him but I think this account is new since on his timeline一I saw his birthday.
It was January 01, 2006. His birthday was in the first month of a year and the first day at the same time.
I wonder how does it feel waiting for a whole year just for his birthday.
I am about to decline his request but my eyes widen when I clicked a wrong option!
"Shit." I uttered then I'm about to unfriend him when his message popped up!
Akhiro
Don't unfriend me, kuya.
Kuya? Wasn't it tagalog word for brother?
You
U don't want to be my friend 'coz u want to be my brother? Okay.
Akhiro.
Hanggang dito ingles amputa.
My eyes narrowed as I read his message. He kept saying something I can't even understand! OH, WAIT.
You
Are you bullying me RIGHT NOW?!
Akhiro
Xori na lodi
You
What?
Akhiro
Nothing. Miss U
niverse.
You
Huh?
Akhiro
Wala
You
okay.
After that, he didn't reply again! And take note, he didn't reply again! Meaning I am the last chat! I feel like he just stepped on my ego. But I shook it off and went to my bathroom to wash up.
After I washed up, I jumped on the bed and just stare on the ceiling. I always do this before going into bed.
"What's wrong with him? Really?" I can't help but to ask it to myself.
I mean at first he was friendly and kind but then after that he became jerk. I haven't check my phone because I have my own rule-- to not use any electronic device before sleeping or 10 mins after waking up. It was a healthy habbit that I've been doing for almost half of my life that's the reason why my vision is clear as the sky..
I bit my lower lips as I closed my eyes. I miss Paris already.
I woke up as early as I expected-- not because I'm an early bird but because of early bird who's been saying "tok to ro ok." It keeps repeating so I didn't have a choice but to wake up as I can't sleep anymore.
I sits up before stretching my upper body before standing up to stretch my whole body. After that I went to my bathroom to wash my face and do my things. I didn't take a bath because my class is in the afternoon and now it's just 7 am in the morning, meaning there's no need to rush.
After that I went down to see my brothers and parent. I simply sat there and eat quietly. My father doesn't want any noise when we're eating and I and my brother don't get along because of the age gap and also they're my half brothers that lived here in the Philippines since they were born.
After the breakfast I went upstair just to..do nothing.
I just don't want to be there as I know it would bother my brothers. I don't like to bother them that much.
I heard a knock to my door so I looked on it as I wait for someone to enter. After a seconds, one of my brother enters my room. He looks awkward as he didn't even look at me and just look around my room.
"Do you play?" I asks as I saw him glancing at my gaming set.
He nods his head in respond. "Yes, but I don't have a game set like yours." his voice sounds bitter and sad.
I felt bad for him. Dad gave it to me as a gift in Christmas a years ago.
"You want to use it?" YI asks as I stood up and approach him. He looks at me-- for the first time -- his eyes widen as if he didn't expect me to let him use it. "I'm not using it that much. I'm not a gamer."
"R-Really? I can use it?" he repeated.
I looked at him in confused before nodding my head. "Yeah of course." I said. "Anytime."
"Wow really? Thanks bunso" he told me as he sat on the gaming chair. I just watched him looking around on the gaming set until he opened the PC and start playing. There's a time when he looks at me so I just nod my head to let him know that I really meant it.
After an hour, Mom's call him because he have school. Then he just asked me if he can use it later after he return from school and I told him that I will just leave my door open for him.
It was.. amazing having some bond with my half brothers even though it's our first time living in the same roof.
Even though we have a bond now, I can still feel a huge gap between us. Especially that I'm their younger brother.
The time has come and I'm preparing for school. I wore new set of uniform since mama bought me 2 sets of uniform.
I rushed downstair and had my lunch before saying good bye to my mother. My father and my other siblings went school and work earlier after we had lunch.
So, my mother left there alone. Good thing, she can easily blend in with the neighborhood. She's too sweet and friendly.
I waited patiently on the waiting shield for my school service. After a minutes, The bus arrives so I go in.
My eyes looking around to find a sit but there's no vacant seat anymore. I scoff and about to just stay stand when someone called me.
"Hoy! Dito ka!" I immediately look at my back and I saw hiro-- he seems frustrated as he raise his arm.
I quickly understood that he wants me to sit beside him so I did that.
"Hello, good afternoon." I says as I gave him a friendly smile.
But he just scoffed and rolled his eyes in annoyance. "Where's your phone?" he suddenly asked.
It snapped me. "Oh no! I think I forgot it in my house." I said as I bit my finger nails.
"Tsk tsk, burara." I heard him whispering.
I leaned on him and ask "Did you say something?"
He narrowed his eye as he looked at me in frustration. "What time do you sleep?" he suddenly asks.
"Uh, 10 o'clock?" I said.
He raised his eyebrow. "Tapos hindi mo man lang nireplyan message ko?"
All I understand was reply and message. But I quicku understood it as his expression gaves unsaid words.
So he's mad because I didn't reply to his message? But I thought he didn't reply to my last message, right?
"Did you text me again? I didn't see it." I said, shrugging my shoulder.
But instead of answering it--he just brushed me off and leaned on the chair and just closed his eyes.
"Tsk, tapon mo nalang phone mo. Walang kwenta." he whispered again.