Flickers

Chapter 39

When I happen to pass you by
When you slightly smile
When our eyes somehow meet
On those days, I tremble so much I can’t even speak

- Looking at you, IU

Yesterday night I had dreamed of him softly, his words burning holes in my ears as he bathed in the sweet glow of the moon. He confessed once again, the sweet timbre of his voice tickled my ears and I felt my face flushing from heat as I gathered the confidence to look into his eyes.

He looked at me fondly and then graces me with that smile where the dimple In the light corner of his cheeks deepen. All I could hear was his unique tone and the rapid beating of my heart.

Then I woke up.

"Ugh, Ma! I was dreaming..." I trailed off, still groaning at the thought of my good dream being cut off my by mother dearest who woke me up.

"Wake up or you'll be late to school!" She once again shouted and I could only vent my annoyance at my poor pillow and sheets before opening my eyes unwillingly.

My mother placed a coffee on my side and I thanked her for that, I then take my plate and spoon to begin my breakfast. It's just a bowl of simple fried rice with a sunny side egg and hotdogs on the side and I devoured the food on my plate and after that, went into the shower with the thermos on my hand and proceeds to pour some hot water in the bucket on the floor.

(AN: Typically in a Filipino bathroom, no shower, and nothing controls the water that will be used for showering. We use a Tabo, a bathroom essential that is like a small pitcher that scoops water and acts as a shower)

Soon, I finally get dressed in the ironed white blouse that I ironed out on Sunday and put the pleated green and white skirt in me before putting on my shoes. I was off to go and went out of my house, the sun was beginning to awake from its slumber.  Specks of warm hues could be seen in the ocean blue sky and the usual honks from the cars as I left the streets of my home rang.

It didn't take me long to hear the familiar call of the driver as they called for us students. I hopped inside together with the other five passengers and we are now off to VMNHS.

The horizon has now succumbed to the golden rays of the sun and the wind continued to push past my face, ultimately creating a mess of my hair.

The guards from our school opened the gate and each of them asked for our bags to open and for our IDs to show or else we'll have to memorize the mission and vision of the school and prepare a 1/4 sheet of paper with our name on it.

(AN: It does truly happen in my school, if I forgot my ID then I would call for my classmate or wait for my friends to enter the school first before urging them to give me their ID since some guards don't necessarily look at the faces in our ID)

Shortly after entering my class, I saw Eric and he immediately came to my side.

"Did you have a good night?"

"I did, how about you?"

"I did because you were in my dream" I struggled to not smile but eventually lost at the mischief in his eyes.

"I also did too" I whispered to him and snorted in laughter after seeing his wide eyes before giving me a suspicious stare. "What are you thinking ah!"

"What am I thinking?" He blinks his oh-so innocent eyes and shrugged as if implying that I was the one with the dirty thoughts.

"Hmph! I'm not gonna talk to you today!" I turned my head but he was adamant and forced his self to block my sight and portrayed a smile that made me bite my lips.

He was acting cute, like one of those males leads in a kdrama as they do aegyo at their girlfriend.

"Stop it!" I hissed, some of our classmates have already turned their heads to us since he decided to act like a fool but a cute fool.

"Forgive me? Please?" He even said the last word in Korean and I just exploded right there, I gave up.

The power of love is just a force not to be reckoned lightly.

Each day that I am with him I grew more understanding of his actions, I learned of his preferences and began to act willfully and sometimes anger him for no reason. Maybe this is what a relationship feels like, you just can't help but strap yourself in with a seatbelt for you have no knowledge of what you're about to run into.

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