Chasing The City Boy

Chapter 6

I was already walking away from Jollibee when my foot steps became even slower, ano to Eury! Are you expecting him to barge in from nowhere and grab your hand? stop this delusions! That's why I immediately went to the furniture shop to buy pots for my plants. It was already 4pm when I got to my condo at pasalampak akong humiga sa aking kama.

To be honest kanina pa akong 2:30 dito and natagalan lang ako dahil sa mga pinamili kong pots na napakabigat, nag pabalik balik tuloy ako sa basement.

I didn't buy na grow lights kasi maliwanag naman sa condo ko because it's a corner unit with 2 floors at mayroong 3 rooms with a gym, music studio, office which I made onto a study room, and a veranda.

Malaki laki and condo ko kaya I feel lonely sometimes, pero ngayon na meron nang mga halaman ay naibsan iyon and I feel calm, maybe because I felt familiarity dahil my condo was now giving me boho vibes which is close to the vibe I was getting from home.

It was already the next day when I woke up hindi ko namalayang nakatulog pala ako sa sofa dahil na rin sa pagod. I stood up and stretched my arms and went to the kitchen para kumain ng cereal, and went to the my study room to do a quick review on my studies, mahirap na baka magbigay ng surprise quiz ang aming mga prof.

Monday came and I listened to my professor, and I was ready to leave the class when someone came to me and said "Hi"

"Hello," I replied "Uh, you need anything?" I asked her, she is white as paper her hair was straight at lagpas balikat and had the color of the night sky, her lips is thin with a perfect cupid's bow and it has this cherry tint to it, mapula ang kanyang pisngi at ilong, she looks like an international model. She just smiled at me and then she introduced herself.

"Hi I'm Micah and this is my friends, Jonalyn" at iminuwestra naman niya ang kayang kaibigan na nasa kanyang tabi ang buhok niya ay lagpas balikat rin pero kulay brown ang kanyang buhok halatang pinakulayan, maputi rin ito mamula mula rin ang kanyang pisngi, labi at ilong. They look identical, really.

"Uh we wanted to invite you, mag ba-bar kami kasama ang iba kong kaibigan doon lang sa BGC and of course you can bring your friends." Then she smiled, her perfect white teeth is showing. at halatang nagulat naman ang kanyang kaibigan sa sinabi niya. baka dahil hindi niya ineexpect na ininvite ako ng kaibigan niya.

I smiled at her kindness but I declined and thanked her at nawala ang kanyang ngiti dahil roon. I was about to leave her and her friend when I remembered I didn't introduce myself.

"Ang pangalan ko pala ay Eury" I said to her with a small smile and after that I slowly walked towards the door and I heard her whispered "I know" and my brows shot up but I didn't bother to ask her about what she said and left to go to my next class.

I went to Monica's condo that night to catch up with her, she was studying about bylaws when I got there, her perfect thick brows crunched up.

She was in a bad mood, and I noticed that she was studying very hard and her condo was in a mess, books and papers were flying all over the whole place.

I asked her if a could clean the room which she declined because of embarrassment pero kalaunan ay pumayag rin dahil sa pag papamililit ko, then I went to a near café and bought us a full sized cheesecake, some breads, sweets and iced beverages.

I was about to go back to her condo when I passed by a Dunkin. I eyed the store sadly while pouting. I bet that look like a kid na hindi pinayagang bumili ng ice cream, I wanted to go inisde and buy a bucket of Choco Butternut but my hands were full. Babalikan kita! I said and isiningkit ko ang aking mga mata sa mga Choco Butternut na naka display.

I was so sad while walking papunta sa condo ni Monica I was scolding myself kasi bat ba hindi ko nakita ang store na iyon eh na daanan ko iyon while papunta sa cafe! I could really feel my face slowly turning into a hindi maipaliwanag na expression.

Babalikan ko iyon!

When I went up Monica was still studying, I placed the food at the dining table and ordered pizza kasi parang hindi pa sapat ang mga binili ko and I was craving for it because of my period.

She closed her laptop and sat in front of me and sighed heavily, and I noticed her eye bags, her pale skin and her sad and tired eyes.

"What's wrong? " I asked her gloomily, sadness was also evident in my eyes.

"Nothing oi" she said to me while avoiding her eyes and I stood up went to her and hugged her she leaned onto me and sighed again.

"I'm just tired" she said to me wearily.

"What are you tired of?" I asked her while stroking her back.

"I hate school...I hate putanginang school" she blurted out and hugged me tightly at isinandal ang kanyang ulo sa katawan ko.

"Ayoko na, napapagod na ako, I want to have time, I want to enjoy and experience bars or things that liberated people do, I want to be freaking liberated but I still have to study, I want to have fun pero I have things to do, I want to speak tagalog fluently para hindi ako sinasabihan na 'hoy we have our own language naman bat hindi ka nag tatagalog' like sisssss! mag tatagalog ako kung di niyo sana pinagtatawanan ang accent ko! Nakakapagod na! Ang tangina din ng mga tao no!? tinatanong rin kung meron bang mall sa atin, bobo ba sila!? anong perception nila sa mga taga probinsya walang internet walang kuryente hindi civilized anong kala nila sa atin nasa jumaji!?" she ranted while crying na tumawa at napatawa rin ako.

"Ikaw ba Eury? Sinasabihan ka ba rin ng ganon? Ng mga tao doon" she asked her head buried on my stomach.

"Alam mo namang hindi ako madaldal na tao pwera nalang sa inyo" I said to her now stroking her hair and she chucked to my reply.

"Pero totoo? Tinatanong ng mga classmates at blockmates mo yun?" tanong ko habang tumatawa.

"Bobo nga" sabi niya in a complaining tone and we both chuckled and sakto namang may doorbell na hudyat na nandito na ang pizza na inorder ko.

We ate after her outburst at pinagalitan ko siya at binigyan ng mga advice na wag masyadong seryosohin ang acads and also told her to loosen up a little and do what she wants especially that were still on our 2nd month in our first sem.

We bid goodbyes when it already hit 9pm on the evening and dali dali naman akong pumunta sa Dunkin doughnuts para bilhin ang mga napakasarap babies ko.