A few days more, school started again. I rolled my eyes for the nth time while looking outside the window while Brye drove us to our campuses. “We can just ditch if you want” I heard him jokingly tell me, making me look at him. “Tempting, pero no thank you” I looked over at him. The Brye that I always see in a plain shirt and sweatpants is now wearing trousers, another plain shirt collection of his, a cardigan, and his sneakers. He took a glance at me, raising one of his brows, making me look away, “wala lang” I muttered before seeing my campus from afar. I scowled softly at the sight of the university, dreaded at the thought of going to school again but reminded of the goal that I have. Brye stopped on the side of the gate and I gathered my things, slinging my bag behind me. I looked at him to see that Brye was out of the car. I frowned and turned to see that he opened the door for me. “That wasn’t that necessary,” I tell him before walking out. “But you like it” he shrugs before clo
The absence of coolness from the air conditioning of the café made me feel awful for a split second. We approached them, Ally’s girlfriend has her left eyebrow raised at Brye while they looked at each other. “What are you doing here Lim? Being summoned by your parents?” she deadpanned at Brye while he frowned at her. “Stop snooping your nose on me, Dela Cruz, move on, it’s been years since I beat you in that competition, grow up” Brye retorted and she rolls her eyes, and about time for us to be noticed. “Mika!” Ally jumps at her and Mika automatically hugged her back before Ally pulls me away from Brye, leaving the guy confused and frowning. “This Celi, my girlfriend” Ally grins, making me laugh, “hi, Ally told me many things about you habang nagaantay kami” I smiled at her, and she offered a side hug. The introductions didn’t last long but we promised to make up for another time. I walked towards Brye again, standing beside him while I waved at their car as it drove away from us. “So
Brye sat in front of me while we ate. The food that is cooked is now almost finished, with nothing left on the plate, on the pan, and on the rice cooker. A sigh left our lips while he stood up, “I got some drinks in my bag, care to get them while I wash the plates?” he gives me a side smile before cleaning the table and I rolled my eyes lightly, smiling before I stood up to take the drinks, two bottles of obviously, alcoholic drinks, “made sure na hindi beer” I smiled the way he spoke as he rolled his eyes at me. “What? I’m liking the accent Brye, I wasn’t judging” I chuckled at him while getting two glasses and placing them on the coffee table. I slumped down on the couch while I waited for him to dry his hands and sit down by my side. I watched his hand skillfully open the bottles and pour the drink into the glass. “I wasn’t supposed to be drinking” I muttered while accepting the glass-filled drink. Brye smirks with a light scoff, “yeah? Your hand doesn’t seem to know that” he chuck
I looked at the guy in front of me. Time check, it’s just 10 AM in the morning. It’s been I don’t know since time had passed pretty quickly. Brye is eating in front of me, reading his textbook. This morning, he knocked on my door, urgently asking me if I could accompany him today, to something that he needed to go to. Then now I’m here at a café near his university, there are some people that I could see earlier that spare us a glance after seeing him. I rolled my eyes at Brye, “you know my class starts later at 2 PM, right?” I raised a brow at him and he replies by raising both his eyebrows at me. “Yeah, I know, you told me before you slept last night” he replies, not even looking at me. I rolled my eyes for the nth time. Grabbing my sheets from my bag and place them on the table and start to review the lessons that we had for the past few days. “Karlos invited us to dinner. His restaurant has a new branch and he called me and asked if we can be there” Brye muttered after sipping his
“So, there’s nothing going on between you and Lim? Are you sure?” Ally rambled while we walked around the campus. It was break time and we have a long-vacant time, so we chose to go somewhere peaceful to study and mainly, to gossip about things. “Yeah, I mean, do we look like we’re dating? I don’t see him that way eh” I frowned at her. Ally looked at me, her eyes filled with confusion, “sure ka ba? Baka you’re misinterpreting lang?” she asks once again as if making sure that I am firm with what I was saying, and I nodded again, still frowning at her. I hear Ally sigh, “sabagay, his family is a bit strict and conservative and traditional, and strict” She frowned. I turn my bag in front of me, taking out the snacks I shoved my bag this morning before I left the house. “I think I heard that once, di ko lang maalala kung kanino and where, pero, is it that bad?” I asked her, my curiosity eating me up. “Hmm? It’s what I heard from Mika eh” Ally takes a piece and munches on it while we contin
“Don’t mind these people, I don’t mind waiting” he mumbled beside me while wiggling his brows. “Can we go now? I’m hungry na” I hear the girl whine while taking a turn to go to the passenger seat. Brye’s sigh made me look at him and he pressed the lock button, making the car beep. “What now Aki?” she frowns, “sit with Faustino, that seat is taken” he bluntly and plainly told her before pulling me with him to the passenger seat and pressing the unlock button, and opening the car door. I silently followed him, sensing the different mood he had as soon as we got closer to his friends, I guess. I got in before taking a peek on the rear mirror seeing that the other two guys were looking at me as if checking me out. Then, as everyone got inside, Brye began driving, “so, where are we going to eat and discuss this shit?” the guy with clean-cut hair muttered, breaking the silence. “At Aki’s house, of course, we can just order take-out” the girl butts in, “no one’s going to my house, someplace
Then, time passed by. It was the weekend, and I visited home. I had my phone on silent but by the looks of it, each minute that passes, it lights up with a message. I look at my phone in my hands only to roll my eyes at it. Brye has been bombing my phone with messages and he won’t stop obviously until he gets the reply that he wants. For the rest of the drive, I was only looking outside while listening to music. It felt weird. The ride felt weird for some reason. For hours, we reached the familiar road where I grew up. Familiar shops and the path that led me closer to the house where I grew up. ‘Where I became the youngest housewife’. A small smile broke out on my face and the driver took turns according to my instructions until we stopped in front of our neighborhood, in front of our house. I paid the driver before getting out with my bag. I smiled at our dogs who welcomed me happily. Wagging their tails happily and barking like crazy at the sight of one of their owners. I greeted t
“Bisita po ako ulit kapag hindi busy sa school, magttext nalang po ako if ever” I told my parents before bidding them goodbye. I got inside the taxi along with a few things I got from my old things. I waved bye inside and the driver drove to my university. Since if I estimate the time right, I’ll arrive before my first class starts, at one. I looked outside, resting my arm beside the window, and my cheek rested on my knuckles while I try not to sleep. My phone lights up with a message notification. Luke: Karylle is free tomorrow, Are you free? I stared at it, thinking of my schedule. Thinking whether should I go or not, and come up with an excuse. I roll my eyes at the end. ‘I mean, I miss Karylle, but I’m kinda lazy but it’s been years as well’. I frown while looking out before letting out a sigh. Liana: I’m always free before class, siguro mga before 11? Luke: Sabihin ko sakanya, dadaanan nalang naming ikaw para less hassle, may malapit naman na mall sayo diba, doon nalang tay