Call Me SHERLOCK

Pit of Misery

2 months later

"God!wake up, Glaiza! Ano na ang plano mo sa buhay? It's nearly three in the afternoon pero naghihilik ka pa din? Ano? Kumain ka na ba?!"

Chynna's voice was loud and right next to my ear. She's shaking me by my shoulder. I grunt. The hangover from last night hadn't dissipated and my head's still throbbing.

"Shut up Chyns!" Reklamo ko sabay huli sa kamay nya at nilayo sa balikat ko.

"Glai, this is becoming a bad habit. I can't even remember the last time I saw you na lumabas sa lungga mo bago mag gabi. Are you seriously still mourning with your puppy love feelings?!"

"Fuck you, Chyns, I'm not mourning," I mumbled, my face is still buried determinedly in the pillow.

"Yeah, you're right. You're not mourning. You only spend your days cocooned on this ratty couch of yours like a caterpillar and your nights sitting in the corner at Gloria's trying to make your liver head for higher ground. You're doing just fine. Am I right?!."

"Yes. You're right. I'm totally fine. Now Go away."

"You know, you're gonna have to stop this eventually. Yung perang binigay sayo ni Bianca, it will not last forever."

"You don't know how much she paid me, so stop bugging me."

FYI, Bianca gave me more than enough money to keep me in beer and cigarettes for at least a year or two, so...

"For the love of Christ, Glai, stop being stupid! I know you got attached, but the bitch abandoned you! She didn't deserve you!"

Biglang nag-init ang tenga ko sa sinabi ni Chynna. So, I rushed to sat up, ignoring the pain in my head, and throw her a deadly glare.

"Don't dare call her a bitch in front of me Chyns! I love you and all but just don't! You don't know her so you have no right to call her that..." Singhal ko kahit halatang groggy pa din ang boses ko.

Chynna was a bushy haired blur in my vision, but I could make out enough of her expression to see that it was softening from irritated asshole to sympathetic one. But she still look like an asshole to me.

"Glai..." her tone was gentler now, least as gentle as it ever got

"I know she got into you, but... she's gone man. You can't dwell in the past. You have to go one with your life."

Saglit akong natahimik sa sinabi nya.

"I know." ang tangi kong nasagot.

I ran my left hand through my hair and put my head in my hands, sighing deeply. I breathed so slowly that I wasn't even sure she heard what I said.

Agad na naupo si Chynna sa sofa at tinabihan ako. Saka nya pinatong ang kanyang braso sa balikat ko at marahan akong hinaplos as if she's trying her very best to comfort me.

"Straight girls..." she sighed sympathetically, "they'll fuck you up every time...C'mon, let me take you to lunch. We will eat whatever you want and I will tell you all about the girl I was trying to get from yesterday who tried to pay me in oranges..."

Nginitian ko sya ng tipid at hindi na nagprotesta sa plano nya. Honestly, nakakaramdam na din ako ng gutom.

After all, the  idea of getting out of my messy office slash now apartment is not a bad idea, and at the very least, Chynna is excellent at being a distraction.

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Sa may seaside ng MOA ako ni Chynna dinala. Wala akong specific food na gustong kainin kaya nung sinabi ko na 'kahit ano, kahit saan' sya na lang ang pumili ng pwede naming kainan.