Oblivious (A short SamVon FanFiction)

Chapter 1

I’m staring at him. Again.

I sighed. It seems that’s all I’ve been doing for the past few weeks. I felt like banging my head on the wall to stop my mind from thinking about it or maybe sewing my eyes shut to stop them from staring at him and giving her feelings away.

In case you’re wondering who I am, well, here it is. I’m Devon Seron, Devs for short. You all know where I came from so I wouldn’t go into details about it. Why am I having a pity party for myself, you may ask? I think it’s obvious. It’s because of him.

Him who is a versatile singer (even in a young age).

Him who is a great dancer.

 Him who is a famous teenage actor.

 Him who is definitely a heartthrob.

 Him who is Samuel Concepcion.

Yes, him. The one and only Sam Concepcion.

I sighed again and turned my gaze away from him.

I looked around the room and locked my gaze at the other GV crew practicing their routine. I should have been practicing with them but our choreographer told me to sit down and rest, maybe noticing my haggard face and the dark circles under my eyes. I didn’t argue with her, after all, she is our choreographer and besides, I practiced and memorized all my steps. So I sat on the floor beside my bag, took my water bottle out and drank half of the water in it.

Leaning back on the wall, I closed my eyes and combed my hand through my hair. I grimaced at how wet it was. Opening my eyes, I found myself staring at him again. Trying to be discreet about it, I watched him while he moves to the beat of the music.  His eyes were closed so I took the chance to study him from far away knowing that he would never know that I was staring at him.

He was gorgeous. Him wearing a t-shirt and a sweatpants, sweat on his forehead, his face scrunched in concentration; I couldn’t help myself from thinking that. I don’t know why, but there something about him wearing t-shirts and sweatpants. Maybe because he looked simple or maybe because he looked even manlier, she wasn’t sure. All that I know is that I like him like more than the Sam I see on the television.

I looked away when he stopped and opened his eyes. My eyes immediately clashed with those of Enrique, my best pal. I knew he noticed me staring at Sam when he smirked and raised an eyebrow at me. I glared at him to keep him silent. He raised both eyebrows in return and grinned at me. I answered him by raising my closed fist in front of my face, letting him know that I will really beat him when he didn’t stop teasing me. He raised both his hands in mock surrendering, I let it go. The practice was finished and he immediately made his way to me.

“Nakatitig ka na naman Devs. Hinay-hinay lang, baka matunaw na si Sam niyan.” He sat beside me and I immediately punched him in the arm.

“Ow!”

“Tumigil ka nga! Baka marinig ka niya! Papatayin talaga kita pagnangyari yun!” Punching him in the arm again, I looked around and saw that everyone was either packing up or talking with each other. He was one of the people who were packing up, listening to his iPod while nodding his head to the music blaring in his ears. I sighed with relief; no one was paying them any attention.

Noticing me watching Sam again, he chuckled and softly whacked my head, “Natatakot kang malaman niya ang sikreto mo pero titig ka nang titig. Sa ginagawa mong yan, talagang mapapansin nila yan.”

“Ang gwapo niya kasi eh. Hindi ko amiwasang titigan siya.” I can’t help but smile at what I’d said. You can’t blame me for saying that, right? No?  Thought so.

“Gwapo din naman ako ah, ako na lang kaya titigan mo.” I stared at him like he has two heads. I know he’s handsome but there is no one who can replace him in my eyes.

“Kapal mo!” I said at the same time I whacked his stomach with my water bottle. “Baka mahuhulog yung mga mata ko kapag tinitigan kita.”

“Aray naman Devs! Totoo naman ah.”

“Gwapo ka nga pero para sa akin, wala nang mas gwapo pa sa kanya.” He made a face and I stuck my tongue at him.

“Sinong gwapo?” A voice I know so much said. I was so concentrated in teasing Enrique that I didn’t notice Sam sitting beside me. I jumped and turned to look at him.

“Uh, kanina ka pa ba jan?” I frowned. I hoped he didn’t hear everything. I would kill myself when he did.

“Bago lang.” He looked at his watch”30 seconds pa lang ako nakaupo dito. Bakit?” He stared at me and I felt like my heart would be jumping out of my chest.

“Ah, wala lang.” I inwardly sighed in relief. He didn’t hear us having a conversation about him. Saving myself, I smacked him in the arm.

“Ow. What was that for?” He rubbed his arm, pretending to be hurt, even though I didn’t hit that hard.

“Eh ginulat mo ko eh! Alam mo naming ayaw kong gingulat ako.” I crossed my arm in my chest and stared ahead to prove my point. He chuckled and put his hand on my head, mussing my hair.

“Sorry na. Masarap ka kasing asarin eh. I’ll try not to do it always.” He said, laughing when I held his hand and pushed it no gently from my head.

“He! Sinasabi mo lang iyan!” I was still pretending to be angry but I was betrayed by the quirking of my lips. Stupid lips. Couldn’t help it, his laugh is contagious.

“So, who were you talking about?”

Hearing his question, I inwardly cursed at myself. “Ah..”

“Ah yun, inaasar kasi ako ni Devs. Sinasabi niyang mas gwapo para sa kanya yung kapatid ko kaysa sa akin eh alam naman nating hindi totoo yun. Diba Devs?” Quen was so silent during our conversation that I forgot that he was still there. I felt guilty about that but the relief that I felt overwhelmed it. I guess I owe you one Quen.

I didn’t realize I was holding my breath when Quen nudged me with his elbow.

 “Ah oo.” That was all I could say. I watched his face twist in confusion on the way I was acting so I laughed to save myself. Unfortunately that laugh didn’t save me, in fact, it made the situation worse. Sam was staring at me intently and I was instantly drowning in his eyes. I became oblivious of what was happening around me.

There was a loud clearing of throat behind me which brought me out of my trance. I broke my gaze from his eyes and that seems to bring him out of his stupor as well. We faced away from each other, avoiding the ‘moment’. I studied my leggings and picked invisible lint off from it. From the corner of my eye, I can see Sam doing the same to his shoulders. An amused smile appeared on my face. I realized that I wasn’t the only one embarrassed by what happened and an amused smile appeared on my face.

Enrique seemed to read my mind as he chuckled beside me. Turning my head towards him, I narrowed my eyes. He just grinned cheekily while I glared at him malevolently. He only produced a peace sign with his hand then he proceeded to stand up, dusting his jersey shorts, and said, “Makaalis na nga baka mabugbog pa ako dito.” I raised my hand and swatted his leg which he quickly moved it out of the way, stumbling in the process. A few of the people in the room laughed, me and Sam included.

“Do it man or else you’ll end up with no foot.” Ivan shouted from the other side of the side.

“Oo nga! Kilala mo naman ang metal hands ni Devon, walang pinipili.” That was from Aaron. Everyone laughed.

“Mga sira!” I shouted playfully at them. “Inaasar nyo na naman ako!”

“Pero Devon, it’s always fun to tease you.” James joined in his rich aussie accent.

“So ano, clown lang ba ako dito?” Joining the teasing, I noticed Sam shaking with laughter beside me. I grinned from ear to ear. At least I’m making him laugh.

Enrique, Aaron, Ivan and James have identical grins on their faces when Enrique said, now sitting with the other boys, “Parang ganoon na nga.” I threw the first thing that my hand touched at him and it was my face towel. It fell down halfway and everyone laughed again. I dropped my pretense and laughed with them.

While everybody was laughing, I felt a nudge beside and turned to find Sam staring at me. He was giving me his smile that always made my bones melt, good thing I was sitting instead of standing.

“What?” I smiled back at him.

He shrugged and smiled again. I felt like smacking him for smiling like that. No one bothered us; the boys are now teasing Yen so he leaned closer and whispered into my ears. “Di bale nang clown basta sexy’t maganda ka, kuntento na ako.”

I laughed out loud and punched him on his shoulders and exclaimed, “Buang! Bolero ka talaga noh?”

“Aray naman Devon!” He rubbed his shoulders and looked at me seriously for a long time. I consciously twitched in my place and avoided his gaze.

When I couldn’t take it any longer, “Sam, tumigil ka nga sa pagtitig mo kundi matitikman mo ulit ang mga metal hands ko.”

Laughing, he stood up and offered his hand to me. I took his hand and stood up. “Tara na nga at magpack-up na tayo, baka pagalitan ka pa ng mama mo kasi late kanang umuwi.” That’s when I realize that everyone was readying to go home and we were still there standing and I’m nowhere near ready for home. Then I started to panic and quickly packed my things.

Sam just laughed and went to me, “Don’t worry, I’ll take you home para naman hindi na maabala ang mama kapag magpasundo ka pa.”

I smiled at him. “Thanks ha, matutuwa mama ko nyan. Alam mo naming crush ka nun.”

“Patay tayo jan!” He laughingly told me.

“Bakit naman?” I turned to him, confused.

“Crush ko kasi yung bunso niya eh.” He smiled and scratched his neck.

I blushed. “Tumigil ka nga.” I hit him in the stomach while he guffawed. When I finished packing, we said goodbyes to the people left in the room, earning some teasing from the boys, squeals from the girls and Enrique giving me a knowing look. I just gave him the darkest look I ever made.