Goodbye Lullaby (COMPLETED)

Chapter 29

Warning: R-18

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The sem ended just like that. Bumilis ang mga araw na halos wala kaming tinatrabaho sa Dekada. We've attended a few gigs, which weren't even major events, by the way. Wala rin munang nag-bring up tungkol sa susunod na ilalabas namin bilang banda. Bukod kasi sa lahat kami ay nagsusulat, it will take a lot of time to find another inspiration. It's really important to figure out what the album will be about before writing songs for it.

Miss Gatch wasn't really strict about what we wanna put out. In Dekada, we have the freedom to submit our own compositions and the management will produce it after looking through its content. Kung babagay ba ito sa album o ipu-put on reserve muna. Sometimes, they'll sell it to another recording artist, but with our consent, of course.

I like how our recording label works. Nasa mga talents ang desisyon. Hindi katulad sa iba na binibigyan lang ng mga kanta imbes na hayaan silang ilabas ang sariling composition.

Justin got himself a girlfriend on 3rd year, while Valen got very busy with something else after his birthday. Halos hindi na nga ito magpakita at nawala lang ang pagtataka ko noong maghain ito ng isang kantang sinulat niya.

January of the next year, we released that song as a single. Nagkaroon kami ng ilang radio guestings at gigs sa social media platforms at bars. Then on Eros' birthday, we have a scheduled guesting on another YouTube channel, so I opted to take him out on a date before that.

He was beaming at me when I told him to prepare. Biglaan lang 'yon dahil nakakuha ako ng tickets sa isang drive-in cinema. Funny how I think that we've done all things already but we've never really tried that one.

"Where are you taking me?"

Napailing na lang ako nang makita ang malaki niyang ngiti matapos magsintas ng sapatos. I told him to wear comfortable clothes. Ginaya pa ang suot kong gray sweater, nakaitim na pants din siya na kakulay ng aking leather skirt at nagsuot ng relo. Lagi talaga siyang parang excited na bata kapag ako ang nag-aaya!

"Movies." I said.

"Okay!" Hinawakan niya na ang kamay ko para makalabas na ng bahay. Akala ko ay madidisappoint siya kapag nalamang sa sinehan ko lang siya dadalhin pero nagpatuloy ang kasiyahan niya nang makasakay na sa kotse.

He was the one driving because he couldn't stay still kapag nasa passenger seat lang. Nag-take out din kami ng pagkain at nakipag-groupie pa sa empleyadong nasa fastfood chain. She's a fan daw and she's happy to see us.

"Oh," Eros said when he stopped the car at the entrance of the parking. Pinakita ko agad ang ticket namin sa receptionist doon at agad naman kaming pinapasok. "Drive-in, babe?"

"Yeah..." I licked my lips. "Do you like it?"

He chuckled. "Of course! More privacy for us."

"I know, right?"

Habang tumatagal kasi ay nadadagdagan ang mga nakakakilala sa banda namin. We get noticed everytime we go out and unlike before, lumalapit na talaga sila para magpapicture or makipag-usap. It's not like I don't like interacting with our fans. I love them all, but sometimes they're getting too much.

There's this one time where all four of us were having a peaceful dinner in a restaurant and an obsessed fan just came out of nowhere, pulled Justin up and attempted to kiss him. Naalarma kaming lahat at mabilis nahila pabalik si Justin at naitulak ko pa yung babae. Our label took legal action against her. Sabi niya'y fan lang daw talaga siya na gustong gusto ang kabanda namin, but what she did is a form of harassment and that's not justifiable.