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
Luke knocked on my door early in the morning. He was alone, much to my expectation. “Gago bakit di ka pa gising, kala ko gising ka na” he nagged while making himself comfortable on the couch. “Ang aga mo naman, very nakakapanibago” I muttered, turning to the bathroom to wash my face. “Anong oras na kaya, nine na ng umaga nakahiga ka pa rin” he adds while typing on his phone. “Maaga pa kaya yon” I grumbled, walking out and going to the kitchen to cook myself breakfast. I cooked a quick breakfast snack knowing that I’ll be eating again outside since I’m having lunch with Karylle and Luke. “Asan na daw ba siya?” I asked, slumping down on Luke, laying on his lap. “Di ba kayo nagchchat? Sakin ka nagtatanong” he frowns at me. “Ewan ko, one day, di ko na mahanap yung account niya on my phone eh, and I don’t want to reach out using my accounts, it seemed off to me” I roll my eyes at him. “Magkagalit ba kayo mga gaga” he looks at me confused. “Ewan ko nga diba, bakit baa ko yung tinatanong m
“So, are you hungry?” I flinched, immediately turning to my side to see Brye walking beside me. I abruptly stopped walking to look at him in confusion. “What? You’re seriously hungry? We can have drive-thru” he tells me, stopping his tracks as well. “I, I told you I can manage, right? And you didn’t have to wait for me” I tell him. “You did, but I didn’t agree so I waited at the food place beside, I was seated outside and I see you well from the glass, so” he shrugs. “That’s seriously stalking Brye” I frown, I held his wrist to continue walking with him. “Yeah, what you gonna do? Tell me to the police?” he gives me sass, and I roll my eyes playfully. “Whatever, at least tell me next time, muntik na kitang sapakin sana kanina eh, buti nalang nakilala kita agad” I chuckled and we reached the parking lot. He opens the door for me again, “but seriously, you’re not gutom? We can grab something on the way” he tells me, standing outside of the opened passenger seat. Before I could answer him
I knocked on his Brye’s unit. It was I think eleven in the evening. It was thirty minutes ago when I woke and I went down to the near convenience store first to buy something before going here. Brye opened the door after a few seconds of my non-stop knocking. He frowned at me, blinking at the weird knocks I gave his door. “That has to be the most psychotic knock I had ever encountered” he opens the door wider for me to enter his unit. His unit looked, too plain. I let my eyes roam around while I hear the door closing behind me. I look at him, “what?” he asks me, “You didn’t design things around?” I shrug while looking at him. He only hums while shaking his head. His eyes went to my hands where a big plastic bag is hung. “What’s that?” he tells me. It was my turn to hum before getting myself comfortable. I went to his kitchen counter and placed the bags down a clinking sound echoes around. He squints his eyes at me, “I figured since gagawa tayo ng cookies, it will be nice if we have s
“Hindi ko rin alam” I mutter, my lips pouting while looking at him. “You’ve been drinking since nagbbake tayo earlier, so something must’ve happened,” he told me, handing me another cookie, which I took from his hand, and munched on it. I sniffed, but no tears slipped. I gasped for air, intoxicated by the amount of drinks I consumed. “Kase I feel like I did something bad and it didn’t feel good, kaya siguro I drank” I threw myself toward his headboard, and instead of bumping my head, Brye caught my head. “Can you tell me why you’ve been drinking?” he gently rubbed my temple as he held my head. I look at him, my eyes felt teary at the moment. “Remember, kase,” I start, trying to form coherent words in my head, “Kase, diba” I frown, “Diba nung kahapon nga, when I met with my old friends” I whine, not knowing why, it was either I was getting impatient that he wasn’t getting what I was saying, or it was me, getting mad at myself for not explaining it properly. Either the two. “Mhm, yeah
“Ano nanaman yon?” I tell him as soon as he sat down in front of me. “The what?” He looked at me innocently. This is making me go crazy. Brye is making me crazy. “Oh, I saw you there Akihiko, ano yon?” I pressed. He whistles before laughing. “Shit the government name” he chuckled before leaning on his chair and crossing his arms. “Wala, they were just asking for a picture” he shrugs, the amusement on his face never left, and made me annoyed with him. “So, bakit kelangan na ituturo mo ko, ha?” I rested my elbows on the table and rested my chin on my knuckles while I leaned toward him. He stared at me while I waited for his answer, and all I got was a laugh. “Oh my gosh, bakit kase hindi mo nalang sabihin sakin kung ano nangyare kagabi Brye '' I tell him, getting frustrated at this point. “Nah, it won’t be fun anymore if I tell you,” he tells me, and thanks the waiter when our food arrives. I glared at him. One eyebrow is raised toward him. “And that tells me, na whatever you said to t
All things were normal when I woke up. I did the normal routine, went with Brye to school, sending me, waving until he couldn’t see me, I don’t know, probably. Then when I entered the room, I went to sit down with Ally, gossiped, and talked until the professor arrived, and suddenly I’m dizzy and fucked because I need to solve fifty item quiz that our professor had given us in surprise. Fuck surprise short-ass quizzes. Nothing had registered in my head, what the fuck, it has been the same question for the last I don’t know, how long it even passed. I turn slightly to look at Ally who was struggling as well with the question, and sneakily looked at the professor sitting at the table in front of us, cursing everything that I could curse on at the moment. Also, not to mention the series of vibrations in my pocket. ‘Tangina, siguraduhin lang nila na merong namatay’. I roll my eyes before continuing to answer. That hour and a half was the longest that I felt in my entire life. I groan and