In Love With Narcissus : Chapter 13

Getting into a Relationship

(Eunice Sparks POV)

“One week Yuni! Just one week. If you can’t find a boyfriend, then I’ll claim the position.”

Yun ang huli niyang sinabi, banat, at banta nung araw na yun! Ano ba kasing nangyayari saakin? How the hell did I get into this position? And to think na hate na hate ko pa naman ang lalaking yun! I dated him and I followed him blindly! 

“Yuni!” Napalingon ako, at si Kyun ang nasa likod ko. “Break time?”

“Yeah.” 

“If you’re doing nothing, you can come with me.” Si Kyun kaya? Papayag siyang maging… um… boyfriend ko? Naglalakad kami side by side, at pinagtitinginan kami ng mga tao.

Sikat si Kyun sa lahat dahil siya ang president ng Student Body Organization. I heard, he came second place dun sa list of EVA top students last year… kasi top 1 si Mr. Pretty, I mean Eunhee. “So I heard you dated Eunhee last Saturday.”

 “It wasn’t a date… just a… friendly date.” 

“Still it’s a date.” Pagdating namin sa elevator, bigla namang may umakbay saakin.

“Yuni~!” Uwaah! Si Jiwon pala! “To the private room?”

“Yep. Kanina ka pa naghihintay dito?”

“Nope! Kararating ko lang din.”  Then Jiwon look down at me, and smile. Si Jiwon kaya? Papayag siyang maging… um… boyfriend ko?

Si Jiwon naman, sikat kahit saan siya mapunta. Dahil nga sa pagiging model niya at boy-next door type! Siya pa ang pinakamabait sa lahat, at mas maraming nagsasabi na hindi siya nakakatakot compare kina Kyun at Eunhee.

So sumakay na kami ng elevator. “Maduga ka ha! Nakikipagdate ka na kay Eunhee!” 

“It wasn’t a date!” 

“Date… friendly date… it’s still the same! A date!”

Ang kulit talaga ng magpinsang ito! Yun ang isang minana nila kay Eunhee! Ang kakulitan!  Pagdating namin sa PR…

 “Yow!” Naghihintay na pala si Eunhee. At nagulat siya nang makita ako na kasabay ako ni Kyun habang nakaakbay saakin si Jiwon! “Yuni?”

“Let’s go!” Tapos hinila ako ni Jiwon papasok at pinaupo na ako sa upuan.

“Drinks?”

“No thanks.”

Lumapit saakin bigla si Eunhee.  “Bakit mo sila kasama? Isa ba sa kanila ang pipiliin mo?” 

“Isa saamin ang ano?”

“At tsaka ano yung pilian.”

“Ah, hindi ko pala nasabi sa inyo noh. Ganito kasi yan…” Ang daldal ng lalaking ‘to! Hindi ba niya inisip na kahihiyan ko yun! Kaya tinakpan ko ang bibig niya para pigilan siyang magsalita!

“Wala!” Tapos tinignan ko ng masama si Eunhee. “WALA YUN DIBA?” 

“Aba… close na talaga kayo ha. May secret pang nalalaman!”

Biglang nag-smirk si Eunhee, ano naman kayang iniisip nito! “Yeah.” Sabay akbay saakin. “You know what guys, we’re not just close! We’re more than that!”

Ano namang kalokohan ang sinasabi ng mokong na ‘to! “Pwede ba!” Tinanggal ko ang pagkaka-akbay niya saakin.

“Anong more than that?  So you the two of you are…”

“NO WE’RE NOT IN A RELATIONSHIP!” 

Pagkasigaw ko nun, napatunganga sina Jiwon at Kyun, at humagalpak naman kakatawa si Eunhee.

 “I was about to say na mag-bestfriend na kayo.”

“But you seemed so defensive kaya nahuhuli ka sa bibig mo Yuni.”

“Ahahahahahaha… grabe ka Yuni ha! Ahahahaha!!! Nag-iisip ka pala ng ganyan!”

Nakakahiya! Gusto ko nang matunaw sa hiya! Akala ko namn kasi yun na ang iniisip nila tungkol saamin ni Eunhee! Napatakip ako ng mukha ko. 

“There’s something fishy, sabihin niyo na kasi.”

“Or else, mag-iisip kami ng kung anu-ano talaga.”

“Well, she needs…”

“I need a boyfriend!”  Inunahan ko na agad si Eunhee! Kesa naman sa kanya pa mismo manggaling yun.

Kaso parang may mali akong nagawa, nanlaki ang mga mata ni Eunhee at, “I’m about to say you need your privacy?” Tapos napailing siya, at naupo na lang pabalik. 

 Gawd!!! Pinahamak ko na naman ang sarili ko! And now, nakatulala lang ulit saakin sina Jiwon at Kyun, and just moments later, both of them burst into laughter.

“Naku Yuni, ikaw ang nagpapahamak sa sarili mo. Tsk!” 

I know!!! I know how stupid I’am!

“So why do you need a boyfriend?”

Napapikit ako sandali, then I look at Eunhee. “Since they know, will you do the talking?”  Baka kasi kapag nagsalita ako, kung ano na namang masabi ko, at mapahiya na naman ako!

Nag-kwento na si Eunhee kina Kyun and Jiwon… and for the first time, I it felt like I’m really a part of a group. That… that they’re my friends.

 “Hmmm… If those things could help you be more alive, then I’ll be glad to help.”

“Count me in.” 

They are smiling at me, so I smiled at them too. Good thing they don't think of it as pathetic as it may seem.

“Here’s her list.” Tapos pinakita ni Eunhee yung TOP TEN things na gusto kong gawin. Dapat nahihiya ako diba, but somehow I'm not.

“So, balak mo lang gawin ito within this school year?” 

“Yeah.”

“Bakit parang nagmamadali ka yata?”

“Umm… well… sabi naman ni Eunhee madaling gawin yan eh.” Tapos napatingin kami kay Eunhee. “Well except nga dun sa una… me finding a boyfriend.” 

“Actually I already have a plan for that! I presented myself to be her boyfriend! Oh diba para mas mapadali.”

“Ang tanong jan Eunhee, gusto ba ni Yuni?”

 “Thank you!!! Exactly what I thought! I can’t date Eunhee!”

“Oh sinong gusto mo si Kyun?”

Then Kyun replied, “Ako?” 

“No, definitely not Kyun! Sikat siya sa lahat! Mataas pa ang position niya!” 

“Then you would pick Jiwon?”

Then Jiwon replied, “Ako?” 

“Hindi rin! I can’t date a celebrity! Mahirap din yun!” 

 “So wala saaming tatlo?” Exactly! Kahit sino sa kanilang tatlo, paniguradong mahirap maging boyfriend.

“Gusto mo kung sino lang?” 

Napa-isip ako, “No.” 

“See!!! Mahirap maghanap ng lalaki diba? And here we are, offering to be your boyfriend pero ikaw pa ‘tong umaayaw!” So ang dating, ang kapalmuks ko! “Don’t you get it, either one of us can help you. You just have to pick.” 

Napalunok ako. “Ano pa bang pinatatagal mo ha, mahirap bang mamili?”

“Oo nga, don’t tell me hindi pa kami pasok sa standards mo?”

 “Teka nga!!!” I sighed. “Give me time to think!”

“Time is running! Just let one of us be your boyfriend, then that’s it! No big deal!”

“Alright! Alright! But I have a condition.” I look at their god-like faces! Hindi ba nila naiintindihan, mahirap mamili dahil pare-pareho silang perfect! “Yung pipiliin ko can never fall in love with me.”  Not that I think that one of them could fall for me, pero mabuti nang clear!

 “Seriously?”

“Yun lang!” 

“So ridiculous! But it's a deal!” Gumugulong na sila kakatawa. 

Bwiset! Seryoso naman kasi ako eh!!! “Alright… then it’s you.” I chose him… “You’ll be my boyfriend. And you can’t fall for me, get it.” 

End of Chapter 13