Peace On My Chaos

Kabanata 2

I closed my eyes and leaned back to a wooden chair. Dumadampi ang panghapong hangin sa balat ko habang dinig ang ingay mula sa mga taong kasalukuyang nandoon sa palayan. I closed-open my hands to ease the tingling feeling due to one and half hour of typing my article to our Elec 1 subject.

I missed having my siesta time. I look up to that part of our house where my room is. Hinahangin ang kurtina sa bintanang nakalimutan kong isara kanina.

I reached for my keyboard and clicked the 'submit' button in our google classroom.

Nakaka-antok ang mga oras na ito the reason why I decided to just settled here under the shade of talisay tree. It's a landscape made by papa which I and my sisters arranged. It was filled by varieties of caladiums na iniuwi ni ate Sydny sa kasagsagan ng unang pagpapatupad ng lock-down.

Ayokong manatili sa loob ng bahay at mas lalo sa kwarto ko. Wala akong matatapos, baka buong  maghapon ay tulog ako.

Papa is having a pa-transplant today sa palayan. I was looking at them when Chim-chim, my cat, jump over the table. I quickly lifted him because he just landed on my notes and phone. Nilipat ko ito sa tabi ko at pinagpagan ang notebook.

Umilaw ang cellphone ko giving me chance to get a glimpse of my wallpaper. It's my solo pic from the falls. It's been four days since we had our escapade in Can-awan. Bumalik na sa Kalibo sila Kai while Elle and Kiah are at the sentro.

I check for the time of my next class, today we're only having a messenger interaction for this subject. Since may 15 minutes pa I decided to visit my ig account. Hindi ko halos binubuksan ang facebook ko. Wala lang, fb platform can sometimes be toxic.

I don't want negativity right now. Im living my life at peace.

Speaking of peace, Gerard, even on virtual, can still tease me about Dale. Last night he sent me a screenshot of Dale's ig photos. He's really attractive, kaya ayokong sinasakyan ang biro ng mga pinsan ko. Kai told me single daw 'yun. I don't even asked for it. Kahit mag-extend pa ang pa ulit-ulit na restriction sa Aklan, ako'y hanggang small talks lamang.

I smirked at that thought.

Pa crush-crush lang nga ako n'ong normal pa, ngayon pa ba?

I decided to upload my photos of nature and falls in my ig account. Hindi pa ako nakapag upload, tinamad lang. Pinost ko na din 'yung mga solo pics ko and credited ate Selene for the captures.

I'm scrolling on my news feed when Gerard's new post was displayed, it's a picture of him and his cyclist group-- one particular face registered in me, I tap the screen.

'adrianogabriel'

Without thinking, I tap his icon and it brought  me to a private account.

Really?

56 post, 634 followers, 234 following.

A chat head suddenly appeared. As on cue I exited from his account and closed that app. I tap our gc chat head for the next subject and forced myself to engaged in our class.

I'm really sleepy.

"You've seen Gerard's ig post, ni-like mo nga." Si ate Selene habang nakaupo sa harap ko. Nasa mesa kami ngayon, naghahapunan. Tapos na sila mama since mabilis naman silang kumain. Or not. Matagal lang talaga kami ni ate.