“It’s really surprising to see you here,” she told Drew for the nth time. The doctor just chuckled. “I mean, don’t get me wrong, it’s not that I don’t want you here, but it’s just weird.”
A beat.
“And rare.”
Nilingon siya ng binata, brows furrowed. “What is?”
“That they’re letting others join us when this is supposedly a family-exclusive get-together.”
“I could leave.” There was sincerity in Drew’s words that made her feel bad for even blurting those nonsense and irrelevant shit out. “I hate to impose.”
 
Hi, sorry it took almost a month to update. Just went thru some existential crisis and I have survived, yet again. Will try my best to update frequently, if not always. Thanks for understanding. Here's a little filler chap for now. Bawi ako next time, luvyu! <3
Turns out, there wouldn’t be any counselling sesh to happen, naalala niyang this week na pala ang alis niya para sa project nila ni Troy na ishu-shoot sa Luzon, Visayas at Mindanao. Kung alam niya lang, sana nung nasa mansion si Drew ay nag-demand na siya ng sesh. “I’m really sorry, Drew,” she told him over the phone, “Maybe after this project.” “It’s really okay, Awa.” Drew chuckled from the other line. “I understand but if anything, you can call me any time, okay?” “Okay, Doc. Copy that.” napabuntong-hininga siya’t ngumiti kahit hindi naman nakikita ng kausap. “I must be holding you from work, I gotta hang up.”&nb
“Are you not gonna sleep yet?” A voice from behind asked. Napalingon siya sa pinanggalingan ng boses at ngumiti. “Nah, not yet. Still waiting for a call.” Hinintay niyang maka-upo ang bago’ng dating bago nagtanong, “And you?” “Nah, not yet.” Paul Montana playfully smirked at her, to which she returned with a slight shaking of her head. “Trying to marvel the scene and the fact that I’m at the other side of the world.” “You’re travelling a lot, though.” “True.” Nagde-kuatro ito at sumandal sa upuan. “But I haven’t been here, in the Philippines. Although, I heard a lot about
After that little pep talk they had a couple nights ago, Troy had went back to being his usual self: loud and, dare she say it, annoying. He was messing around her majority of the day, especially during breaks. He would annoy the hell out of her until they’d both end up running around, with Awa chasing after him, hoping to get a chance to smack him at least once. Nagtatakbo ang binata palayo sa kanila, hinayaan niya na dahil pagod na siya kakahabol. And although she has the height, Awa just couldn’t catch up to him for reasons that 1) he’s six foot tall, mas mahaba ang legs nun kesa sa kanya; and 2) he was on the track and field back in high school and college, so of course he could run run. She went back to the tent panting, na-upo siya sa katabing upuan ni Paul— who was looking at her funny.&nbs
It wasn’t even fourty eight hours since they arrived at their last destination for their photoshoot when Awa received a call from a Rara. “Some terrible thing happened!” bungad nito pagkasagot na pagkasagot niya sa tawag nito. “I thought you ought to know.” “If it concerns the company and the employees, Rara, then yes, of course, I definitely shoud know.” Bumuga siya ng hangin at napahilot sa noo niya. “What is it this time?” “This time? So nangyari na ‘to dati?” “’Yung kamalasan, oo. N
Pina-una na niya’ng pumasok sa conference room sila Myra at Mia, because she made a quick detour to her office to meet up with her cousins. Awa received a message from them, informing her that they were in her office. And as much as she trust them with some errands, she couldn’t trust them enough when it comes to staying at her office, alone. They were busy arguing when she opened the door, tumigil lang nang makita siya. She made her way to the couch opposite theirs and sat. “You got it?” Ini-abot agad ni Blue, White’s younger brother, ang isang brown envelope sa kanya. She muttered a thank you bago mabilis na binuksan ang envelope para ma-check ang laman nito. Awa was eager to finally find out the truth and was ready to make the one responsible pay. &nb
Liam Skye is waving at you. [Tap] to wave back. Ang bumungad sa kanya pagkagising kinabukasan. A smile escaped her lips upon reading the notification. Sure, it wasn’t a good morning message but they haven’t been talking lately, and as much as she hates to admit this, she misses him… somehow. She waved back at him before untangling herself from her blanket; Awa has some planning to do. After doing her morning routine, she made herself some coffee and decided to check her phone for updates regarding MT’s public apology. Kagabi, bago siya natulog, aksi
The long wait is over, the day of the comeback has finally arrived. The whole HD team was busy, so are the social medias, because fans had been so excited for it na umaga palang ay nagpapa-trend na ang mga ito. The music video would drop at twelve noon, the same time they’d be guesting at a noontime show to perform their title track; and later at seven, they would then start their anniversary concert special. Everything was going smoothly and as planned, she made sure that nothing would go wrong today or she would definitely going to fvcking riot. Awa doubled the security: stricter, tighter. Ayaw niya’ng masalisihan at mauli na naman ang panibago’ng inside job. Although, she would have to apologize to all the employees after this. She didn’t want to risk this, so better safe than sorry. 
Sabi ng matatanda, kapag daw nangati ang palad mo may pera o blessing na darating sa’yo, of course, Asia believes it. Her family is huge on beliefs. Pero ngayon, iba’ng pangangati ang meron sa palad niya: nangangati’ng manampal. Her day had been okay, considering how she had prepared and waited for today to finally come. HD’s comeback was a success, so was the concert. Now the boys are busy with promotions and guestings here and there. Hinabilin na niya ang mga ito sa manager nila at kay Rara, so she isn’t entirely worried. So for that day, though, she had all the time to calm her mind and condition herself. Baka kasi mamaya ay maubos ang pasensya niya at ambahan nalang niya bigla si Laura the moment na makita niya ito. She tends to be physical when she wants to, masakit pa naman ang suntok at sampal niya— sa dami ba naman niya’ng na s