Greis and Rum (COMPLETED)

9- Plans

I received a call from the land owner's office saying that property in Baguio was already sold. Bukas makalawa ay pupunta na naman ako doon to endorse its newly developed systems. For today, however, wala akong ibang plano kung hindi ay magbonding kasama si Bix bilang sunday naman ngayong araw. Santana called earlier and said she's coming along with us for lunch at may sasabihin sa akin. But before attending all of those I mentioned, I have to deal with who I am with at this moment.

6:30 AM.

Breakfast.

Parang batang gutom.

"Gusto ko ng rice at adobo. Meron ka?" uh is he really asking me? "Do I look like I cook?"

"Ay oo nga, letting you cook will only burn this whole building down. Ako na lang. Wala ka talagang condiments diyan?" walanghiya siya! Kala mo naman magaling talaga magluto, eh parang pinakuluan lang naman yun tas sinerve sa akin. Tsaka umagang-umaga, nasa condo ko na agad para makikain lang "Grocery ka muna tas balik ka agad para makapagluto ako ah."

What?! Is this for real?!

"Ayoko nga." I refused kahit alam kong hindi rin siya magpapatalo. He can just order something, there's got to be a fast food chain open at this hour that can deliver from door to door. Rumzuell showed me his keys and said he'll drive me to an open convenience store pero nakakalula yung pila. May limang nakapila at marami ang dala nila and to my frustration, I walked up to the counter and placed what I bought in front of the cashier. Yung babaeng bumibili ay nakahawak sa cellphone niya, kinikilig sa pagtetext habang naniningil na yung cashier. To hell with this lady.

"Uhm, ma'am? Doon po sa likuran ang pila." sabi niya sa akin, tinataas-taas pa ang kilay.

I turned to her "Don't ma'am me. Ang tagal-tagal ng pila, I don't have all day."

"Doon ka, miss." she crossed her arms and looked at me from head to toe—you'll see nothing but perfection. You're not worthy of taking a glance at any of these masterpieces.

"Do you have another counter yung walang traffic?" I asked the cashier, ignoring what the lady said next to me. But as expected from a woman like her she snapped at me "Convenience store to. Kung gusto mo ng walang traffic, doon ka sa highway." ay nambabara? Tanga? Low class?

"Funny, this is a convenience store but look at you being an inconvenience. You're holding up the line." I heard chuckles from behind her. Napapahiya na siya pero ayaw paawat, "Wag mo simulan ang araw ko ah kung ayaw mo ng natural na blush. Tumabi ka na diyan."

"Greis, anong nangyayari dito?"

"This low class—" hinila ako ni Rum papunta sa likuran niya at kinausap agad ang babae at ang cashier.

He whispered to me right after the conversation, "Doon ka na sa sasakyan maghintay. Ako na lang ang pipila." I'll gladly do so! Thank you, boss! Nagtungo ako sa labas at nag-abang na lang sa kaniya doon. But while waiting, I had to keep myself busy in IG at nadaanan ko ang IGS nito ngayon lang. Again, it was a picture of me walking to the store at nakatalikod. May caption na good morning and a timestamp was included. Ang payat ko tingnan sa picture though pero feel ko rin yung irita ko papasok pa lang doon. I accidentally tapped his profile, revealing his  feed full of food pictures, overview ng dagat and a few pictures of him. I can't help myself from staring into his photos, his complexion is so breath taking especially his eyes where you'll definitely get lost in. There was one photo that made me feel irritated again, a photo of him hanging out with family and Celine was included at the beach. It was a normal beach photo; a day at the beach with a friend and family; may sand and background na dagat. The only thing was her comment that literally said 'someday, we'll have our own!'