Gumising ako nang maaga kasi maaga kami aalis nila mama and papa para iwas traffic. Kagabi, inaya ko na rin ang mga kaibigan ko sa probinsya na kumain kami sa labas. It has been forever since I last saw them.
"Ma, pa, later pala, aalis ako kasama friends.", pagpapaalam ko.
"Sinong friends?", pagtatanong ni papa.
"Sina Gina, Troy-"
"Sino 'yong Troy?", tanong niya kaagad.
"Friend lang po.", sagot ko.
Very strict talaga 'tong si papa. Simula nung nalaman niya ang kay Tan, ayaw na niyang basta-basta lang ang mga lalaking nanliligaw sa'kin para hindi ako masaktan.
Sabi nga niya minsan, dapat daw taga-probinsya namin para kapag matanda na sila ni mama at dun na sila tumira, hindi ako mahihirapan na umuwi o bumisita sa kanila.
Sus, wala naman akong type sa mga nasa probinsya. No offense but I have never had a crush sa probinsya namin.
Um, actually. Nagkaroon pero like momentary lang. You know that one time na may naka-catch ng attention mo? That one time for me was when me and my cousin were finding food stalls near our house. In one of the food stalls, a tall guy caught my eye but he wore a mask kaya hindi ko nakita ang mukha niya. He was wearing a black t-shirt and white shorts. Wala 'yon. I had no idea who he was and I never saw him again.
Nang makauwi na kami, binati ko muna ang lolo't lola ko. Our house here has so many plants outside kaya madali mahanap kung alin ang bahay namin. Naging plantita si lola sa sobrang pagka-bored. Lahat kasi kami ay nasa malalayong lugar. Kami ang pinakamalapit dahil sa Manila lang kami at ang mga pinsan ko naman ay nasa ibang bansa na.
After helping sa pag-ayos ng mga gamit namin, nagpaalam na ako at umalis.
"Melinda Rose, dapat 6pm nakauwi ka na ah.", sabi ni papa.
"Yes po, pa. Bye! Love you.", sagot ko. It was 3pm so it was enough time. Sana hindi filipino time 'tong mga kaibigan ko.
Pagkadating ko, tatlo palang kami, we're supposedly five, so um-order muna kami while waiting.
Nag-usap-usap kami pero syempre, may awkward silence kasi walang ma-topic. Hehe.
I watched every person walking in the restaurant and tinignan ko na rin ang paligid. The restaurant had two floors. The second floor was a loft-type kaya makikita mo pa rin ang mga nasa itaas.
Napatingin ulit ako sa entrance nang may pumasok and.. oh, my gosh.
May pumasok na matangkad with broad shoulders. His porma wasn't the typical 'varsity player' porma. He looked like he walked straight out of a kdrama. Parang amoy Johnsons Baby.
Naramdaman niya ata titig ko kaya napatingin siya sa'kin. Hindi ko naalis agad ang titig ko pero I acted like nothing happened.
Nagising diwa ko nang dumating ang iba kong friends.
"Mel! I missed you.", malakas na sabi ni Gina.
I stood up and hugged her. All of them were talking to each other nang tumingin ako sa itaas.
Ang harot naman nitong mga mata ko.
I can see him upstairs and napatingin ulit siya kaya tumingin ako sa kaliwa pero medyo nakataas pa rin ang mukha ko.
Ok, sa mukha ko ako naiinis, hindi na sa mata.
Hindi lang pala ako ang nakapansin sakanya kasi binanggit din ng kasama namin.
"Uy, andyan pala sila Kio.", sabi ni Troy.
"Kio?", tanong ko.
"Ah, schoolmate namin. Akio Hernandez.", sagot ni Kelly, isa pa naming kasama.
Akio Hernandez... familiar.
I tried searching sa Facebook. Oo na, na-curious ako.
Oh, friends kami. Marami talaga akong friends dito sa probinsya. Basta may mutuals, in-aaccept ko. Naks, siya ang nag-add.
Tinignan ko if we already had a conversation before. It was all from the past 2 years.
<Akio replied to your story:>
Wow! Can you teach me how to dance?
Shucks. Nakakahiya. *insert crying emoji*
<Akio replied to your story:>
May I apply?
OMG KA. 'Yong nireplyan niya is 'yong vid ni papa noong lasing siya tapos sinasabi na sa susunod, ang pipiliin kong manliligaw 'yong taga-probinsya naman.
Mel Dela Cruz
Oh. That's just a joke. Bawal pa ako.
Akio Hernandez
Ik, it was a joke as well.
Mel Dela Cruz
Haha ok.
Jusko ka, Mel. Actually, nanliligaw na si Tan noon kaya I was rude to other men. That's what I get from being loyal sa MANLILIGAW. Charot.
I snapped out of it and chumika with my friends. It's not like I will see him again.
Pagkauwi ko, nag-tweet agad ako. Hihi. Totoo naman eh. It's not like I will see him again and matagal na kaming walang interaction sa social media. He will not notice my posts and tweets.
Melktea_qt
I think I have a crush na here sa province.
Gumalaw nalang bigla ang kamay ko at ini-stalk lahat ng social media accounts niya. Yes, kamay ko lang po 'yon.
I saw baby pictures that even his friends don't know exist. I also saw that my dad and his dad were Fb friends. I've never believed in destiny, but..
my situation says otherwise. :)
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