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
“ahaha, I feel like you’re very very very pagod, Lili” Brye pulls me closer to him, rubbing my arm. I frown before stopping to look at him. “I am, ano connect non?” I raised a brow at him. “Mhm, take out? Yes, I’ll pay for the take-out” he grins and opens the passenger seat door for me. I look at Brye, my lips parted a bit before letting out a small snort, suppressing my laughs, “Right, pagod tayo today so I think mas okay nga na take-out nalang” I pat his shoulder before getting inside the car. Brye gets inside as well and drove off my campus premises. The soft music was on when I got in, and the soft roar of his car was somehow comforting after this long day. “Was that guy, your old friend as well?” Brye asks the careful tone in his voice didn’t go unnoticed. I look at him while he took a turn to a drive-thru, “Well, kind of” I smiled softly at him. “Kind of?” he took a glance at me. I nod with a hum, “siguro” I shrug and Brye stared at me for a few seconds before stopping by the w
After a few more minutes of laying down on the grass and watching the moon and the stars, Brye and I decided to go back home. We parted ways again when we were in front of our units, saying our goodnights to each other and getting inside. I did the same routine I do whenever I get back to my unit. I took my papers out of my bag, previous quizzes, and materials that I have. ‘Magrereview ako kase baka magkaron nanaman ng pahabol na quiz bukas’. I roll my eyes at the series of quizzes we had. The numbers made me dizzy and rethink all my career decisions. I let out a sigh when I sat down in front of my table, opening my desktop. I replied to the few messages my family had sent me. Telling them that I’ll be a bit busy since the quizzes have started and of course, I have a life but I won’t tell them that anyways. I scribble down notes, methods, and the steps that I need to remember. Then I answered the problems, the equations that I got wrong, staring at the numbers long enough for me to
Dan: Okay lang if I pick you up bukas? Classes ended an hour ago and I was staring at the message for a couple of minutes now, troubled about how should I reply. “Ano yan?” Ally peeks at my phone and gives me a malicious smile. “Ikaw ha, you look like you’re very head over heels with that Dan guy” she giggles like a high schooler, making me cringe and roll my eyes playfully at her. I didn’t fight back against Ally with what she said, not because she was right, but, I didn’t really have anything to say to it. Celiana: Sure? What time ba tayo bukas? I reply back to Dan before placing my phone back inside my pocket. “Aw, it’s weekend nanaman, two days nanaman kitang di makikita Marie” Ally whines and I laughed out loud with her use of my second name. “Tangina wag mo ko tawagin niyan, that’s a cringey name, andami kong katulad” I tell her, making both of us laugh. Soon enough, Mika arrives to pick up Ally and I was left alone, waiting for Brye. I fished my phone out again after feel
From chandeliers and wines to neon lights and vodkas. The once formal atmosphere is now turned into a party with booming music and people dancing with people. Brye was nowhere to be found, he was pulled away by Karlos earlier, letting me and Luke party around with the others. Still, all the countless drinks that I consumed didn’t make me forget what my brain had told me. Everything was spinning, the lights blinded my eyes, Luke was handing me another drink and we were dancing, and yet I can’t stop thinking. “Ingina, lamo ba” I wheezed, inhaling a huge amount of oxygen and slumping my arm on Luke. “Oh ano nanaman yon” he responded back with an amused grin on his face. I didn’t care about his phone at the moment nor thought that he might be filming me but all I wanted to do was tell him what had happened that time. “Kaze, nakaraaaan, nagluto ako, ako, kami ng coookiz” I slurred, trying to get all the words out of my mouth. “Tapos anong nangyare”, “nagluto ako diba, diba, andon din si a
Soft and gentle. That is how Brye held me, while he kissed me pretty hard. Biting my inner lip, making all sounds I let out muffled. He moves his lips on mine while I try to catch my breath while trying to kiss him back. He moves us both, leaning me on his car, the hand on his neck carefully landing on my head, and eventually, Brye started kissing me on my jaw, down to the length of my neck, leaving little pecks, while I panted. My hands were placed on his shoulder, trying to balance myself. And I never heard when he opened the door of the passenger seat but it was open. Brye goes back to kissing my lips, licking my inner lip, a whine breaking out as a deep sigh. And he moves my body once again, carefully and gently. One hand never left my waist, one hand went to my hips as he sat me down on the passenger seat. He pulls away from me, looking me in the eyes and smiling, “See, I get to sit you down, with you being obedient” he smirks. I was dazed, looking all flushed, cheeks were burni
I stared at the air while Brye worked around my kitchen. This morning, Brye was beside me when I woke up, typing furiously on his phone. It took a while for him to notice that I was awake and when he did, he smiled before greeting a good morning. I only let out a hum and stared at him as I tried to rack my brain about the events last night. And I did remember them since I was half sober last night, I think. And I’ve been wishing that I shouldn't have racked my brain because everything that happened last night flooded my brain. I’ve been trying to pretend that nothing happened while Brye made something, more like heating some food from my fridge actually. “Head still hurts?” he asks, pulling me away from my trance. I shook my head, “just, I feel like floating, yun lang” I told him, a small smile forming on my lips. Brye lets out a chuckle, “you kinda drank a lot last night, you and Karl were pretty knocked out last night nung nakita namin kayo ni Karlos” he chuckled while placing the fo
“casu in praeteritum”, I read, looking at the cursive signage outside of the cafe. I got out of the car while he looked for a parking slot. I strolled along the premises and landed outside the shop that was filled with people. The line wasn’t that long but looking from the outside, I could tell that there were a lot of people inside already. “Ano? You like it?” Dan pops out beside me and I look up at him with a smile, “depends on how strong the coffee will be, pero I like the aesthetic” we both chuckle and go on the line. I got some of my things, my tab with the keyboard, my notebooks, and some materials. I didn’t bring a book. I stood beside my table earlier thinking whether to bring one or not but for some reason, it felt like it was wrong to bring one. ‘Maybe Brye’s habits are rubbing on me too much’, I sigh at my thoughts and wait for our turn to get in. “I didn’t realize na magkakaron ng maraming tao ngayong opening” I hear Dan complain beside me. “Okay lang naman, baka naman wo