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

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

“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

“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

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