Flickers

Chapter 37

Love, this love will be perfect
Largo, adagio, don't be in a rush
Slowly, baby slowly, very slow
In a slow tempo

- Between the lisp, IU

They say when a person is in love, everything her eyes set upon would be magnified beautifully, the days would grow shorter as nights would deepen like the deep ocean, they would be doused in joy and happiness every single day.

And it was true.

I have looked at the streets of pantok for almost seventeen years of my life, I have seen the good and the bad behind an individual, learned and experienced the seven emotions a human felt before but today, everything changes.

It's like the first time my feet land into the familiar streets of pantok and then seeing new things my eyes weren't able to before. The emotions that heightened and just rises every time he was the reason for my emotion.

Everything looks brand new and I can't help but feel excited as well as fearful for the unknown future.

"Just because you're in a relationship now doesn't mean you're not going to pay attention to us!" I feel myself glaring at Faith and rubbing the shoulder that she slapped with her bear like a hand. It was like a paw swiped its claw on me.

"I didn't!" I did. I was just too distracted by my monologue that I forgot about them.

"Yeah right, you're so focused that we can see a drool in your mouth after looking like a love-struck fool"

"Do not!" I slap her hands and she just slaps mine.

"Okay children, enough of that. Give ange some space, it's her first time having a boyfriend so she might act like a fool sometimes" Alyssa advises, her experience showing and Merly just snorted but agreed otherwise.

"So ironic though to have that shirt" Meryl added and I feel myself knocking my head over my foolishness.

Maybe they're right, I am getting my IQ diminished as soon as I got into a relationship. It is indeed ironic for me to chose a shirt with a printed quote that states 'Fries before guys' and here we are eating one.

We're currently at Faith's house and are currently frying some fries, such irony, we are having a girl's day today which my mother thankfully approved. My brothers on the other hand were adamant about not letting me out saying that the outside world is dangerous and that I'm a girl and should stay at home, heh! What am I supposed to do at home? Clean every corner of it and just grew moss on my body there?

Besides, it's Sunday, mom doesn't have any work to do and I already finished my work before leaving though I need to return before five since we have to go to church this afternoon.

(AN: Members of the INC attend church twice a week (?) and they are dressed in formal wear where the women and men are separated after entering the church)

"But hey, you're INC right?"

"I am" I hummed and continued putting the fries into the frying pan, the oil splattering which made me rub my arms in slight pain.

"So you two are like Romeo and Juliet" I faced her with a frown and she continues. "He's Catholic and you're INC" she stated in an easy-going manner and I almost drop my turner flipper.

(AN: Members of the INC should not marry those outside of their members so yeah, it's like modern-day Romeo and Juliet)

"Oh my God hahaha! That's such a pity but haha, it's like a modern-day Romeo and Juliet" Faith guffaw in laughter while I just glared at them before realizing the matter.

"But they're not gonna marry yet" Irish quipped and I almost hug her in gratitude.

"That's right! We're just dating with no m-marriage in our mind yet!" Faith coughed in laughter while Meryl and Alysson looked at me in both pity and amusement.

Hmph, there's still a long way for us!

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Fun fact: Ange is a part of Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) church.

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