What If's

CHAPTER 14

This is for you haha...I need your thoughts 

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The thing I love about food is it's comforting. When you're happy, you celebrate and you eat. When you are sad, you could also eat to release your frustrations.

"Well that was fun, we should do this more often," I said.

"Geez, what happened to you at bigla kang naging matakaw?" I rolled an eye at him.

"Ang O.A mo alam mo yun? Akala ko ba mayaman ka? And besides, I don't think mamumulubi ka ng dahil sa kinain ko today." Again, he practically forced me to be here tapos ngayon ay nagrereklamo siya? 

"Concerned lang naman ako sayo eh, you just consumed tons of fats." 

"So you're a nutritionist now?" I said in full sarcasm.

He grunted out of frustration and held me at my wrist as he pulled me away again. Déjà vu?

Bakit kaya ang hilig manghila ng lalaking 'to? Parang palaging nagmamadali.

We walked and walked 'til my legs can no longer take it. "Wait, wait! Can we take a rest? Ang sakit na ng paa ko. Have mercy!" I can't believe this guy. My brothers hated the mall and same goes for shopping. Kasi raw, "The mall is just a place where you spend your money in a tiresome manner." Their words not mine.

But this moron! We've been touring the place for 3 hours already and eto siya energetic pa rin without any trace of exhaustion.

Ang sabi niya magpapababa lang kami ng kinain kaya I agreed with his idea on 'window shopping' pero 5 minutes inside a boutique ay halos kung anu-ano na ang binibili niya. Kaya ang ending, a shopping spree. 

"Pagod ka na? Ang weak mo, aren't you supposed to be the one enjoying this? I mean you're a woman." I glared at him because of his statement. Ayan umaandar na naman ang pagiging sexist niya.

"Kung shopping lang, yes I like it pero yung ginawa natin kanina is not shopping it's a death march!" He burst into laughter kaya napapalingon sa amin ang ibang dumadaan. See this man, papansin masyado.

Passerby's are already staring— especially women and it's already annoying and uncomfortable at the same time. So I decided to quit my whining and dragged him away from the forming crowd. 

"Oh my Gosh! Kayo nga!" 

I froze because of shock nang pagharap ko ay mukha ni—

"Mika?" I wasn't able to acknowledge her because the doofus behind me spoke first.

But yeah, siya nga. I know she said na she's looking forward to see me again pero hindi ko naman na-alala na pumayag ako. 

"Hi you guys, nagkita ulit tayo, isn't this nice?" She said in all smiles, I know she meant well pero kasi naiirita ako sa kanya, so its really not nice to see her again.

"Awe, don't you look sweet," she said. I gave her a weird look kasi wala namang sweet sa dalawang taong naka-tambay sa mall diba?

I think she got my point kaya she moved her lips to point at something between me and Joshua. I followed where she's looking at and I felt my face turned red because of humiliation.

Our hands were intertwined! 

Joshua and mine.

Agad kong winaksi ang pagkakahawak naming dalawa. How did that happen? I was sure sa wrist ko siya hinawakan. I think.

"Well, it's not what you think. We're just–"

What am I suppose to say? I may have looked calm pero sa totoo lang, I'm panicking! Gusto kong mag-explain pero nahihirapan akong mag formulate ng words that would not sound defensive.