Chasing The City Boy

Chapter 3

I'm in my condo strumming my guitar trying to find the right chords for the song that I have written for him. And my inspiration was that awful dream, but I made little adjustments so it would not be as weird and as expected I cut off the melting hand part.

I was about to take a break when I heard my doorbell ring, so I went up and looked at my little monitor to see who it was since I was not expecting visitors.

And my eyes widened when I saw them through the monitor. I immediately opened the door and squealed and hugged them tightly.

"I miss you all! Buti naman at naisipan niyong bisitahin ang bunso!" I said to them and they all chuckled

"Did you bring calamay and peanut kisses and my super super favorite food?" I asked habang pinaningkitan ko sila ng mata

"Of course makakalimutan ba namin ang iyong paborito?" My dad replied and I smiled at his remarks I also saw mom and kuya dragging some eco bags of food and groceries.

"Eduardo! Tulungan mo kami dito at wag kang mag buhay hari" my mom shouted from the kitchen.

"Oo na, sorry po" sabi naman ni daddy while stifling a smile.

"Emritt" I called kuya gamit ang malabing tinig.

"Wag mo akong tawagin gamit ang tinig na iyan kinikilabutan ako" Singhal naman niya sa akin habang ina-arrange ang mga dala at pinamili nila.

"Kuyaaaaaa" I called him.

"Kuyaaaa" I called him again with this singing tone.

"Kuya, kuya, kuya" I called him repeatedly and it was getting annoying. My parents were busy arranging their things in their room.

"Ano?!" Inis niyang baling sa akin.

"Punta tayo mall" I said and pouted his eyes softened and he sighed before mumbling an 'okay'
which made me very happy. It was around 10am when we arrived at the mall and I was browsing clothes at a boutique.

And nakabili ako ng marami kasi ang libre to noh! Kuya bought me so many things pero hindi pa ako nakuntento roon at nagpabili rin ako sa kanya ng mga school supplies from Daiso, Miniso and Muji.

We ate lunch here kasi sabi ko sa kanya na we are not done yet at mag gro-groceries pa kami. Umapela siya noong una kasi bat daw ako mag grogrocery kung nag grocery na sila kanina and I just said na baka hindi nila na bili ang iba kong mga pangangailangan like certain sweets and treats. Kaya wala na siyang nagawa.

"Give me the paper bag, I will put them in the car mauna ka nang mang grocery susunod lang ako" he said and took all 8 of my super sized paper bag at dinala lang niya iyon ng parang wala lang.

Ang swerte talaga ng ma jo-jowa ng kuya ko I sighed before turning back and going inside the supermarket. I got a bunch of stuff like ice creams, Korean noodles, energy bars and drinks. And we went home after. Sunday came and I was feeling down kasi uuwi na ang family ko. Hinatid ko sila sa airport and bid my goodbyes.

Pero before that ay naka kuha ako ng pera galing kay kuya, I mean hindi naman sa nag nakaw ako he willingly gave me money through gcash and I was beyond happy when I he transferred the 5 digit money I was asking.

I kinda expected him to transfer the money because I knew he felt guilty for not being with me because of our business. He was already handling it while he was still at 18 at pinagsabay pa niya ang kanyang studies while learning how to handle our company.

He even lost his girlfriend because of that. Our company is no joke. We supply rice and other crops not only in the Philippines but also internationally, and our main products are rice, bananas, pineapple and much more.

And now we're expanding to textiles because of pineapples, we learned 5 years ago that we can make fine and expensive cloth using pineapple leaves. And it was very sought after especially by internationally known designers because of how great the texture and quality it has.

And I can say it was the best decision my family made because now we are one of the business partners of some internationally known luxury brands.

I am in the field because we are gonna pick our chosen club. And I was reluctant because I wanted to have the same club with him, diko nga alam kung meron ba siyang sinalihang club but its worth the try.

So I searched for him in all of the booths but I found him not. That's why I picked the club related to arts and music and they announced na pag pipilian pa daw nila kami. So that's why they told us to meet them in the auditorium at 5pm. I was not bothered by the fact na pagpipilian kami kasi wala akong pake.

I just want to see him.

5pm came and I went to the auditorium where the meeting was being held I was kinda late kasi malayo pa ang nilakad ko para makapunta dito.

And when I arrived I immediately wrote my name on the sheet of paper they have given me I didn't bother to write my whole name at 'Eury Soriano' lang ang sinulat ko kasi nahiya kasi ako dahil napatingin silang lahat sa'kin.

And the speaker even said na baka na ligaw ako kaya ako na late which made me even more embarrassed kaya naputungo na lang ako at pumunta sa isang vacant seat.

"Okay again we will have our try outs the people na mahilig sa music will go up here in the stage so that you can share your talent with us, kompleto naman tayo ng mga instruments dito kaya wag kayong mag alala" he said.

"And to those who love arts kindly go Shaia over there" at tinuro naman niya ang babae sa isang gilid "You will be given a piece of paper and we are giving you an hour to sketch anything that you like"

"So lets start" he said enthusiastically.

I was thinking kung ano ang pipiliin ko would I go and choose music or should I sketch. I'm not bad at sketching but I'm not great at it either. Average lang kung baga kaya I choose to sing nalang kasi parang may chance pa ako doon.

A few minutes has passed and we are now on our 11th performer on the stage and some of the people sketching were on the floor, some were standing making the wall their table kaya na aawa ako sa kanila. And there were 3 judges in the front para sa mga taong piniling mag tryouts through music.

I was then called after the 13th performer kaya bigla akong kinabahan. I said wala akong pake earlier pero ngayon kinakabahan ako because its been months since I last performed in front of a crowd at ayaw ko namang ma pahiya.

I can manage, alo ko sa sarili ko. Eury do it for your family, do it for him I encouraged myself. So I went to the stage, took the guitar and tuned it.

I set the mic in place, closed my eyes and breathed out. Then I began strumming the guitar at sa pag kalabit ko sa guitara ay kasabay non ang pag kalabog ng pinto.