Hapon in Love: 懐かしい

Chapter 11

Everything and everyone shows her that all will be okay, but Avie is anxious. It comes as an electrical storm in her brain that, quite honestly, is painful. It's different from a headache and it feels the same as intense sorrow, perhaps as a sort of frozen panic with nowhere to go. So though she appear calm, her sad eyes are saying far more than "Help me," they are saying that my soul is in such unbearable pain and all for the lack of real love.

Don't they know? It's not easy taking a step forward when you don't know where your foot will fall.

And anxiety is one of the reasons why Avie can't get out from her comfort zone.

Dapat pala hindi na'ko sumama. Kung hindi lang ako nandirito, siguro tinutulungan ko na si Tito Qrow sa paglaba. Pagmukmok ni Avie sa upuan.

Depunyetang yawa ka kasi dapat lumusot na ka na para 'di makasama. Tuloy niya pa.

"Yo'ko ng horror booth!" Tutol ng isang babaeng mukhang nagbibigay ng 'liptint girl' vibes.

Hindi mapigilan ni Avie na mapangiwi dahil naka-ilang layer na siya ng liptint sa labi. By staring at her lips, I feel like i can't eat.

Tinitigan naman siya ng kaniyang kaibigan na may mukhang; 'Are you serious?' "Horror booth is like, The most noticeable booth in every school festival and it's so very cheap to do it!"

"But in order to do it, We need actors." Seele stated while taking notes with her adorable notepad.

The liptint girl named Lexi De Loughrey gave them a disgusting look. "I ain't gonna do all the actor's works and most importantly, Hindi ako mag-co-contribute kung Horror booth ang napili natin."

Tatsuhaki squinted his eyes and knitted his eyebrows in annoyance. He admits, Lexi's family contributed alot in Johnson University kumbaga ay isa na si Lexi sa mga importanteng tao sa unibersidad, nabibilang na rin siya.

Lexi might be important but her personality is a bit annoying and frustrating.

Tatsuhaki groaned out of boredom. I'm starving...

Napansin naman ni Tatsuhaki ang ekspresyon na pinapakita ni Avie na mukhang gusto niyang magsalita but for unknown reasons, Avie seems to held herself back from talking.

By the looks of it, He immediately assumed that she had a social anxiety that made him wanna laugh, not because of Avie's anxieties but because he seems to also have anxiety when he's younger.

Kaya naiintindihan niya ang nararamdaman ni Avie. Lalo na ang anxiety na naka-bakat sa mukha nito. Mukha ngang konti na lang matutunaw na siya na parang kandila.

"Masyadong common na ang Horror booth." Tugon ng isa.

"Halos lahat naman ng universities may Horror booth sa school festivals nila."

"Then how about a Marriage booth?" Suggest ng isa.

"Masyadong jejemon." Sambit pa ng isa. "Tsaka batuhin ko pa ng tsinelas kapag nakakita ako ng mag-jowa."

"Palibhasa kasi single ka pa." Komento ng kaibigan nito.

"Wooow, Nagsalita ang walang jowa."