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“I forgot my wrist band,” Artemis muttered from beside him in the counter.

Nilingon niya ito at nakitang itinatali na lamang ang kaniyang bandana sa kaniyang pulso. Lagi niya itong napapansin, ngunit ngayon niya lamang talaga nabigyan ng atensyon. What does she wear it for?

“What?” she asked nang makitang nakatingin siya rito. Umiling lang naman siya at saka muling ipinokus ang kaniyang atensyon sa harap.

Ever since that night, at the night market, it’s as if a switch had been flipped and suddenly, they’re closer. She now approaches him more often, starts conversations too. Iniiisip niya tuloy kung unti-unti na ba nitong natatanggap na ibang tao na siya ngayon? Na hindi siya si Owen Sebastian.

He internally sighed at his thought.

“Malapit na ang rush hour, kailangan na nating maghanda,” she said bago tumayo upang ihanda na ang mga k