Chapter 27
Theirs

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Coco
Help!
I can't sleep 😭

Harper
Bakit?

Coco
OMG YOU'RE AWAKE!!!

Harper
Oo
Nagbabasa lang ng emails

Coco
Ohh okay i see

Harper
Pero bat gising ka pa?

Coco
You know why i'm awake :(

Harper
Ax?

Coco
Yeah...

Harper
Ano balita?

Coco
I asked him if he means it
Tapos sabi niya yes daw

Harper
Sabi ko na kasi sayo
Tama ako

Coco
I don't wanna believe it
I know how he is
But at the same time I also wanna believe it
I'm so confused

Harper
Hahahahahaha

Coco
Until what time are you tomorrow?
Can we please go out for a drink
*i'm desperate*

Harper
5pm out ko

Coco
Okay thank you!

Harper
Sunduin na lang kita
Para di ka na magdrive pauwi

Coco
Sure?

Harper
Oo

Coco
THANK YOU HARPER!!!!

Harper
Matulog ka na hahahaha

Coco
You too!!

***

Kanina pa siya nakatingin sa gawi ni Coco. She was on her phone again. Nakangiti pa!

Sino ba kausap niya ng ganitong oras at bakit nakangiti pa siya? Pero 'pag sa 'kin nakasimangot?

"Sino 'yan?" he asks. The sheets crunched when he inched towards her.

"Harper," she says. Nakangiti pa rin.

Tsk! Harper na naman? Harper na lang palagi?

"Bakit?"

Umiling si Coco. Sinundan naman ng mata niya kung pa'no nilapag ni Coco 'yong cellphone sa nightstand.

"Nothing. We're going out for drinks tomorrow." Her smile was no longer lingering. Pero kitang-kita niya 'yong kinang sa mata ni Coco.

Napasimangot siya. Ax softly draws his hand over her waist, causing her chest to rise. "Sama 'ko."

"What?" Sumimangot din si Coco. He scoffs in his mind. O, 'di ba? 'Pag sa 'kin talaga nakasimangot. Unfair. Pero kapag si Harper, nakangiti agad. E mas nakakangiti naman mukha ko kaysa do'n?

He pulls her closer. Wafts of lilacs and her strawberry scented lipmask immediately fills his senses.

Ax smiles, the tip of their nose almost touching. "Sabi ko sama ako."

"No." Her eyes narrows.

The smile on his lips instantly fades. "Hindi ka naman umiinom, 'di ba? Bakit kayo iinom ni Harper?"

Inirapan siya ni Coco. 'Yan na naman! Lagi na lang.

Pero ang cute. Minsan talaga para siyang manikang nagtataray.

"Because we want to?"

He breathes. "Sama na nga kasi ako."

"No. Sama ka sa friends mo if you want. Go drink and be with your girl—"

"Di ba may choices ka kanina?" He cuts her off.

"What about it?" She snaps a brow.

"Itago mo na lang ako," he mumbles.

"What?"

Ax pulls her even more that her face was now buried in his chest. Nakuha pa niyang idantay 'yong hita niya kay Coco.

"Ax?" she whispers. "Can't breathe!" Ako rin.

"Ano ba?" iritang sabi ni Coco sa kanya.

Niluwagan niya 'yong yakap niya kay Coco—against his will. He really didn't want to. He was a little afraid she'd get out of his arms once he does that.

But somehow, Coco stays in his arms and a glimmer of relief warms his chest.

Ax presses his lips on her hair, swallowing the lump on his throat. "Sa 'yo na lang ako."

"Please," he begs. "Sa 'yo na lang ako. Ayoko sa iba." Bakit ba siya pinamimigay sa iba?

He shuts his eyes as he feels the ducts beginning to heat up. Ax sucks in some air for lilacs.

"Sa 'yo lang ako. Ayoko sa iba." He swallows. "Sa 'yo lang ako."

🥕

#hardlytheirs