"Please ilagay niyo nalang doon." I was so busy, narito na kami sa bahay ng kaibigan ni Elias.
Nilalagay na nila ang mga gagamitin sa event, the Christmas party for the orphanage.
Elias' friend, JC, borrowed his parents van to carry everything we need.
I wore my red plain shirt and a reindeer headband. I paired it with high-waisted jeans and my sneakers, kinulot ko ang buhok ko and tied it into a ponytail, leaving a few strands of hair sa mukha ko.
Elias and his other circle of friends na ngayon ko lang nakilala, were lifting up the boxes from JC's house to the van.
Lahat puno ng foods, gifts and prizes for the kids.
[Where are you na?] I called Keisha.
Sabay raw sila ni Kyla papunta sa bahay ni JC, so they could follow our van papuntang Sta. Mesa.
[Almost there, paalis na ba kayo?]
[No, not yet. Pero bilisan niyo, aalis na kami after nila maglipat ng gamit.]
She ended the call right after, I couldn't help rin because the boxes were too big for me to carry.
Elias assigned me to handle the checklist instead, kailangan naming manigurado na walang maiiwang gamit.
"Are we all good, Laya?" Elias asked, his hands were rested on his waist at pawis na pawis na siya.
"Yumuko ka nga ng kaunti." I said.
He was too busy looking at his friends check the items last minute, that he unconsciously followed what I said.
Kinuha ko ang handkerchief ko from my pocket and wiped his forehead, he was sweating buckets!
His eyes were the same level as mine so I saw how his eyes widened when he realized what I was doing.
"T-thank you." He said, then smiled lightly.
"Pawis ka na." I talked to him like a kid.
He pouted, acting all cute kaya tinulak ko ang noo niya.
He laughed when I did, he knows how to tease me so well.
"Elias, tara na!" JC shouted.
"Teka, teka!" I shouted kaya napalingon silang lahat sa akin.
Kumunot ang noo ni Elias na sasakay na sana sa van,
"Keisha and Kyla are coming, they don't know the way. Hintayin muna natin." Mahina kong sabi, nahiya ako bigla because they looked at me when I shouted, napalakas ata sigaw ko.
"It's her friends." Elias clarified nang mapansin niya ang pag kunot ng kilay ni JC.

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