One Shots |•College Friends Edition•|

An Unforgettable Night | three

Lia's P.O.V.

Neither of us are saying anything, it's like our eyes do all the work and communication.

In my peripheral vision, I saw how his phone lit up signaling that someone sent him a message but astonishingly he just ignores it.

Isn't he.. in a so serious conversation with someone kanikanina lang? He seems in trouble or someone he knows is in trouble.

Another message is sent but just like its ancestor he purposely ignores it too just to not lose on our staring battle. Another message is sent then another one and another one and another one, I instantly lost count on the number of messages sent and ignored by this man.

I'm sure that the sender is now furious. Gusto niya ba kaming abutin ng maga dito? Maybe he's the creepy one between the two of us.

But weirdly... why do I feel that I'm actually enjoying this. My eyes are not sleepy anymore compared to before. And man sino pa ba ko para umayaw, it feels like a blessing from above to be stared at by this man in front of me.

He's the living meaning of the metaphor 'apple of my eyes'.

Therefore I decided that I'm just gonna enjoy this moment. I mean it's not everyday I'll find an eye-pleasing guy like him who is willing to compete in a staring battle with me. I stop myself from forming a grin to maintain my expressionless face just like his.

Let's see who's gonna win Emery guy - my given nickname to him which I took from the color of his eyes. Unfortunately for him, I do not give up easily, I fight just to win.

Thinking about how his manly pride and ego will be bruised after losing on me makes my pride boost and push my fighting spirit.

But at the end of my contemplating my phone suddenly rang indicating that's someone is calling me. Even though I didn't look at the ID's number, I know for a fact that the caller is one of my friends. Should I answer them?

Kakadecide ko lang na ienjoy tong moment na to, unfortunately this staring battle will need to end soon. Ayst, very wrong timing. But I can't ignore my friends, they'll think that something bad happened to me if I didn't answer their call. Just imagining all the sermons I'll get tomorrow already makes my head bleed.

Before I answer the call I give the Emery guy one last look while scrunching my eyebrows to show that I am not pleased. He knows he's going to win this as I saw a mischievous glint form in his eyes.

I gave one last look of admiration to his face, before I look at my phone to answer my friend, admitting my defeat.

"Hey Li, where are you?!" I heard Thel's voice one of my friends, ask on the other line.

"I'm here at the smoking area to sober up, are you with the two?"

"Oo bakla, jusko santisimo they are dead as fudge! Andrea is sleep talking... no I think the perfect term is sleep ranting something about one of her profs and her 'pasakit sa buhay na plates' while jasmine... Ah wait here's some water..." There's a long pause on her line before she continues. "Ah san na ba ko... yes about kay jasmine gosh girl she's vomiting her intestine out. Naloloka na ko, alam mo ba kung gano sila kabibigat dalin hanggang dito. Andrea is always pointing here and there, talking to strangers na makakasalubong namin, tas si Jasmine naman every 10 steps na magagawa namin masusuka!" Thel narrated in a very stressed and tired voice.

In the corner of my eyes, I saw the Emery guy touching his lower lip with his thumb finger grinning and his eyes still held the mischievous glint while he scroll at his phone. Like he finds something amusing. But I know for a fact that he can hear Thel's shouting from my phone and he's having fun listening to our conversation.

"Daig ko pa inahing manok sa dalawang to. I want to collapse, I'm also wasted! But having these two 'dead' wasted, di ko na alam san kaming lupalop pupulutin. Please, Lia, help me, malapit na kong mawalan ng wisyo pinipilit ko lang sarili ko!... Andrea, where are you going?! Hindi natin yan sasakyan!... Jasmine, no! Don't sleep there! It's dirty!... Lia, I need you here!" Thel continued ranting in a very desperate and close to crying voice.

I felt sorry for her, I should be there. She needs me.

"Okay, I'm on my way there, can you still drive? I can drive for us." I said before standing up.

"Yes, please! Kung gusto mo pang di mameet si St. Peter." After she said that I can't help but to chuckle.

I sense some movement so I look at Emery and to my utter surprise he's also chuckling. I raise my eyebrows questioning him but he just winks at me. Is he... flirting... me?
Lia, umayos ka nga! Now is not the right time for that, your friend is still on the other line and she badly needs your help.

Kaya naman sinungitan ko lang siya ng muka bago bumalik sa katawagan.

"Sure, daan na rin tayo sa convenience store or lomihan. I'm hungry tas ng makapagsober up na din kayo." I said cause honestly, kanina pa ko nagugutom.

I look at Emery guy for one last time. we never once talk, I don't know him or even his name but I can feel that we now have a connection. Or it is just in my imagination? In any way he's still a stranger to me.

I grinned at him and wink as a farewell, just like what he did to me. He chuckled again and I noticed that he has a dimple on his right cheek.

Compared before where he's giving a bad boy aura, now that he's chuckling, he looks like an angel that has fallen from heaven.

I hope someday in the future we'll meet again. we still need to continue our staring battle and when that time comes I'm gonna make sure I'll never gonna lose against him. Oh well, I'll just gonna rely upon my luck in destiny.

While walking away, I realized that it was not that bad I went here.

*Not the end.