Souls in November (Holiday Series #1)

02

"Gusto mo pa ba ng waffle? You can take mine."

Without even nodding, Galen already placed the waffle that was untouched to my plate. Nagpasalamat ako rito. The waffle was actually good. Babalik-balikan ko na ito magmula ngayon. We just talked about the incoming events of schools.

"Draze! Are you listening!?" Missy shouted a bit making my head turn to them.

Si Draze ay halos hindi nakikinig. He was playing with his food like it was something to be solve. Natauhan lang ito ng pitikin siya ni Missy kaya nag-angat ng tingin.

"Y-yes." Umayos ito ng upo at huminga ng malalim. "Missy, I need to go home now."

"Ha!? Ang aga naman yata!" sabi ng kausap niya.

"U-uh, sumasakit kasi ang ulo ko." hindi ko alam kong palusot niya 'yon o totoo.

Napatayo si Missy at hahawakan sana si Drazen pero mabilis itong umiwas. Baka nga totoo namasakit talaga ang ulo niya. Napabuntong-hininga na lang ako at tinuon ang mata kay Galen at sa ginagawa ko.

Galen was busy typing a message to someone. May itsura rin ito pero hindi ko maitatanggi na mas gwapo talaga si Drazen. Agad ko ring kinurot ang sarili ko nang matantong pinupuri ko na si Drazen.

"Ashira, I need to go, my mom called me to go home na." malungkot niyang aniya. "But I hope we can still meet each other soon."

I smiled at him. "Oo naman!"

"Then can I get your number?" alinlangan niyang tanong. "You know... to text you for the next meetup."

"Sure! Sure!" I just wrote my number on a piece sheet of paper and gave it to him. "Eto oh."

"Okay! Thank you! I'm going na!" Tumayo na ito at umalis.

Nang mawala na ito ay nagpatuloy na ako sa paggawa ng next na activity. So far, nakatapos na ako ng tatlong activities niya. I think this will just be easy. I can also make more task tonight and tomorrow.

"Ihahatid na lang kita." Kuya Drazen offered to her that me overthink.

Ihahatid lang ba? Hay nako, alam kong may iba na naman silang gagawin. I just don't understand other people sometimes. Umalis sila ng hindi ko ito binabalingan. They can do whatever they want. Why am I even thinking of them?

I also feel that this meeting is just useless. Hindi din naman ito tumutulong sa akin! O minomonitor man lang. Heto siya at nambabababae, it's the same Drazen after all. Hindi ko nga alam kung babalik pa ito dito eh, I doubt.

Pero ilang minuto pa lang ay bumalik na ito. Bilis naman yata, baka binilisan.

"Fast," I murmured as he sat down in front of me. Sa upuan ni Galen kanina.

His forehead knotted. "Fast?"

"You told me that I'm a kid because I'm immature..." I trailed off.

Inangat ko sa kaniya ang tingin. His face looked so unpuzzled.

"Then what do you call yourself?" I started while typing.

He turned to me. "Myself? I can't understand you."

"Oo, yourself. Is that what you call mature?" I laughed a bit. "Mature but you play with girls feelings and fuck them?"

Hindi ito nakapagsalita. He looked starstrucked by what I said. O ano? Totoo naman 'yon. Maturity also comes in decisions and actions, it's not only the age that what should be called maturity. Maturity is an act of knowing the wrong and right, maturity is acting more than your age: