Aurora Borealis

Chapter 33 - In His Image

>> • WENDY • <<

Should I get it on using bird's eye view?

I was talking about the rainbow that I happened to glimpse on from the veranda. Katatapos lang umulan at nalalanghap ko pa rin ang alimuom sa labas.

The rainbow looks like it's those fluffy twisted marshmallow in Wiggles. It definitely paints a perfect placement above the empty, extra space in the sky that's overflowing with the pitch gray lumps of clouds.

I can see the roofs of my neighbors filled with things like toys, an old tooth, and piles of rocks.

Since this is a Polaroid, it automatically developed the picture. I pasted the picture on my scrapbook and I'll later give it to my father. I'll saunter to see if there's still other subjects to capture on the way.

"Hey Dy, pa'no ba ginagamit 'tong gel-type na facial mask? Parang ang lagkit—"

That's West on video call. Ever since he asked me out, he became ten times more annoying. He always tell me to watch him sleep while still holding the call, what an idiot. It's not like I'm his bodyguard or something, but still, I did. It's just that I agreed to do that as long as he won't do anything horrific like sleep-walking.

"Why on earth are you asking?" tanong ko pabalik habang inaayos ang mga gamit ko.

"Well, actually, me and the—"

"I'll call you later. Something urgent came up." I closed my laptop and hurried outside to catch on the bus. As soon as I hopped in, I went to the farthest seat on the back.

There's not really a particular reason why I do. Sitting at the back is pretty comfy, but not good for when accidents from the backside happens.

The television's on but almost no one pays attention as others has their phones tangled with their fingers. Some were hassled enough to not care about how outrageous the loose hair strands in their head looks. There are also others who took this opportunity to lean on the window and savour a short nap before going down the next station.

There are times when the bus stops to hog more passengers that are drenched and soaked in earlier downpour like stray cats. I'm about to not care about it when something caught my attention.

Natagpuan ko na lang ang sarili ko na nagda-dial sa phone habang hindi inaalis ang tingin sa nakita ko.

"Have you finally gotten an explanation as to how to apply gel-type facial masks—"

"Explain yourself."

"Uh, okay. I think since it's a gel-type, I'll simply smear it on my face but I'm not sure whether I should do it before or after I washed my face—"

"I'm not talking about that damned facial mask, West."

"If you're not talking about it, then what should I explain to you—"

"Why is there a kid in here that looks exactly like you?" I confronted him.

All he did was stutter and it's making me more skeptic about his behavior. "S-Seriously?"

"That kid looks exactly like you. Did you sleep with other females?!"

"Uh, I did."