Babysitting The Frog Princess

Chapter VI: Not A Cinderella's Story

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Aika Villavicencio

Kasalukuyan kaming nandito sa iisang gilid, abalang nakikipag chismisan ang pinsan ko sa mga kaibigan niya. And yes, nakaka out of place sila ngayon. I can't relate to their topic and I can't understand their language, hindi kase ako katulad nila so I don't speak like them.

Hindi pa rin dumarating ang boyfriend ko, wala pa rin akong natatanggap na text mula sa kaniya. Nasaan na kaya siya?

"Aerin? Are you okay?". Prynce asked.

"Huh? Yeah, I am". Tipid kong sagot sa kaniya.

"Why are you spacing out? Have fun". He reminded me.

"I'm alright, just do your thing and don't mind me okay?". I sounded a bit irritated but I swear, I am not. Okay lang talaga ko pero medyo naiinis lang ako dahil ayokong nag-hihintay.

"Dude, is she single?". A Japanese looking guy asked.

"Back off, you dumb Takoyaki or I'll eat you alive". Seryosong sagot ni Prynce sa tanong niya. He just laughed after hearing my cousin's response to his question.

"Clyde, just calm your ass down. I was just asking, kamukha niya kase 'yung girlfriend ni Charles". The guy replied again. Bigla akong kinabahan, do they know each other?

"What? Our saint best friend has a girlfriend now? Since when? Why didn't anyone told me?". My cousin curiously asked his friend about what he said.

His friend laughed. "Dude, you were gone for like two years. You didn't even wrote us a letter and besides? Your old man told us not to talk to you for a while". He explained to my cousin who seemed fine after hearing everything.

"Ryuichi, you moron. Why are you following my Dad's orders? I'm not even following his words". Natatawa namang sagot ng pinsan ko sa kaibigan niya. So his name is Ryuichi? Yep, he's probably a Japanese guy, without a doubt but I don't understand why he can speak Tagalog fluently?

"Well, Tito Malachi will also throw a fit on us and on our parents so we can't act like you". He replied to Prynce. Since hindi naman nila ako kinakausap, wala rin naman akong ginagawa dito then I think it might be better if I just look around for a while.

"Kanina ko pa naririnig ang usapan niyo pero wala akong naiintindihan kaya let me excuse myself, I just find a chair so I can sit my ass down while I'm waiting for someone". Paalam ko kay Prynce. I didn't say a word about my mysterious boyfriend because he doesn't know anything about him.

Hindi ko na sila hinintay na mag-salita o kung ano pa man dahil wala akong panahon na pakinggan sila, balak kong mag-ikot at humanap ng tahimik na pwesto para kapag dumating ang boyfriend ko ay mas madali niya akong mahahanap dahil wala akong kasama.

While I was walking, my phone suddenly rang but not too loud so the other people around me didn't really heard anything. I checked my phone and it was from him! Nakikita niya na raw ako so I should continue walking, that's exactly what I did and from afar, I can see a young man who's wearing a black suit.

Hindi naman siya mahihirapan na hanapin ako dahil ako lang talaga ang babaeng naka-suot ng silver na maskara dito ngayon, halos lahat ng mga babaeng nandito ngayon ay iba't-ibang kulay ang suot tapos puro may feathers at glitters. My silver mask doesn't have any feathers, it's just a mask and it can cover half of my pretty face.