Oblivious (A short SamVon FanFiction) - Chapter 4

Chapter 4

I woke up feeling hot; literally, no pun intended. I got up from bed with a splitting headache and went out of my room. Cradling my head with my hand, I made my way to the stairs and into the living room. I found my mother sitting in the sofa and watching tv.

“Ma, mura kog ghilantan.” I said in my hometown dialect. (Translation: Ma, parang nilalagnat ako.) 

My mother turned to me concernedly and stood up, feeling up my forehead.

“Init jud ka. Balik sa imong ug katulog balik. Musunod rako, magkuha sa ko ug tambal.” She answered. (Translation: Mainit ka nga. Bumalik ka sa kwarto mo at matulog ka ulit. Susunod ako, kukuha muna ako ng gamot.)

I went back to my room and plopped in my bed. I closed my eyes and let myself relaxed. This fever was the result of yesterday’s damn (excuse me for the language) rain. Sighing, I waited for my mom when I heard my phone buzzing. I reached for it on my bedside table and looked at the caller I.D.

SAM.

I pressed accept and pressed it into my ear. “Hello.” I weakly greeted, my eyes still closed.

“Hi Jejevon.” He greeted cheerfully.

“Ba’t napatawag ka?” I croaked. I winced.

“Susunduin sana kita pero parang hindi ka okay. Anong nangyari?” He asked. I smiled. I can hear the concern dripping from his voice.

“Unfortunately, hindi ako okay. May lagnat kasi ako.” As I said it I realized my mistake.

“Ha? Dahil ba ‘yan kahapon. I’m sorry Devon. Hindi ko nag-iisip. Hindi nalang sana tayo tumuloy…” He was babbling and I decided to end up his misery.

“Sam.” He became silent and I continued,” it’s okay.”

“Pero –“

I cut him off, “Sam, Wala to. Kontin lagant lang to. Malakas naman ako diba?”

I heard him laugh. “Oo nga pala. Siga ka nga pala.”

“Anong siga?! Sabi ko malakas hindi siga. Ginawa mo naman akong basagulera niyan.” I said indignantly but I couldn’t hide the laughter in my voice.

He laughed again then became silent. I knew he turned serious again. “But Devon, are you sure? Nagi-guilty talaga ako. Is there something I can do? I can go there.”

“Huwag na Sam, ok lang talaga ako at huwag ka nang maguilty. Wala kang kasalanan. Pakisabi na lang sa lahat na hindi ako makakapractice ngayon.”

“Sige. Magpahinga ka na at uminom ka na ng gamot para bukas okay ka na.” Sam ordered. I couldn’t help but laugh.

“Yes father.” I joked. He laughed.

“Sira. Sige na. Bye.”

“Babye.” I was the first to hang up. That was the rule when hanging up; he wanted me to be the first one to hang up, said it was a gentleman thing. Thought he was just being nice.

After hanging up, I heard my door closing and turned to see my mom bustling in my room.

“Si Sam ba ‘yon” She asked as she handed me a tablet and a glass of water. I nodded at sat up. I put the tablet in my mouth and drank water, swallowing down the tablet with the water.

“Ang bait naman nang batang ‘yon.” She smiled at me in an I-know-your-secret smile and I instantly blushed.

Was I really that obvious? I chose to remain silent and quickly downed the remaining water.

“Okay. Matulog kana ulit.” She was still smiling that smile so I turned to my side so my back faced her. Then I heard the door clicked shut. Sighing, I turned to my back once again and tried to sleep again. There was one question that kept me awake though.

How was it my feelings were that obvious to everyone, everyone but him?

My head throbbed from the thinking so I finally decided to sleep, dreaming the most wonderful dream where I was finally with him.

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My fever was gone when I woke but I was still tired so I decided to watch movies. I picked a random DVD and put it in the DVD player. It turned out to be Beastly, one of my favorite movies. (Author’s note: The movie is one of my favorite movie. I don’t know about it being one of Devon’s favorite movies but it’s the first movie that came in my mind.) There was just something about Alex Pettyfer that reminds me of Sam. I don’t know what but that’s what I think.

I was halfway through the movie when my mom announced that I had a visitor. I wrinkled my nose at the disturbance. Pausing the movie, I made my way out of my room and into the living room. I was surprised to see Sam smiling sweetly at me.

“Anong ginagawa mo dito?” I was staring at him incredulously, unable to believe he was here. It was still 3:30 in the afternoon and by what I knew, rehearsals don’t end ‘till 6:00 PM. “Diba mamaya pang six PM ang off niyo?”

 “Maaga kaming natapos kanina kasi kulang. Wala ka at sina James at Yen.” He stood up and stood up in front of me. Putting a hand in my forehead he asked, “Ano, okay ka na ba?”

I briefly closed my eyes at the feel of his warm touch and opened them just to get drowned by his eyes. I didn’t know how long I was standing there, staring at him, but I was brought out from my stupor when he patted my cheek softly.

“Huy, natahimik ka yata diyan. Ganyan ba talaga ako kagwapo ha at natulala ka ha?” He teased while chuckling.

I laughed nervously and strucked him in the shoulder. “Ang kapal!” Muntik na ako dun ah… I thought.

He was rubbing his shoulder and said, “Jejevon naman, naka ilang sampal ka na ah.”

“Kaw kasi eh.”

“Totoo naman ah. Gwapo talaga ako kaya maraming babaeng nagkacrush sa akin.” He said.

“Ang lakas ng hangin,” I said and to tease him further I put both my hands in front of me, palms facing him, shielding me from the so called ‘strong wind’ he was producing.

Our laughs faded after a few seconds and we were both smiling at each other when he suddenly cupped my cheeks and said, “Devon, are you really okay?”

Knees weak at his touch, I tried hard to not let my voice tremble when I answer, “Ano ka ba, okay lang kaya ako. Sabi mo pa nga, siga ako kaya huwag kang mag-worry diyan. Malakas ako.” 

“Seriously, I feel guilty so just humor me.” He creased his forehead and sighed. He dropped his hands and sighed.

My face softened when I saw how troubled he was because of me so I hugged him tightly and then broke the embrace. He seems surprised. I touched his cheek and I looked him in the eyes. “I’m okay, really. Fever lang yun at ngayon wala na. And if you’re guilty, don’t be. I don’t blame you.”

I saw relief flashed in his eyes and his mouth curved into a smile. Then I added, “Pero thank you ha. Thank you sa concern. Grateful at naging kaibigan kita.” I grinned as I saw his smile turned into a full-blown grin.

“So, gusto mong kumain?”

He laughed richly and said, “Ano bay an Jejevon, kahit nagmo-moment tayong dalawa, pagkain pa rin ang nasa isip mo.”

I blushed and playfully punched his shoulder again. “Hindi kaya ako nakakain kanina.”

“Ganun ba?” He laughed again. “Swerte at naisipan kongmnagtake-out ng Jollibee. Halika na nga.” Walking ahead as if he owned the house, he made his way to the dining room and I stood there smiling. But my smile faded when I remembered something. We were only friends and will never be more. I decided it was worse than having a fever.