A Miserable Romance [BL]

Chapter 2 - Impression

Chase couldn't lift a smile the whole morning. He left the apartment without any words and proceed to Kaye's house where he immediately took a shower.

"So that kid bought disaster again?" she asked in amusement since Chase just gave her a rough idea of why he left his apartment in a bad mood.

"Ba't kasi ayaw mong kunin yung condo na gustong ibigay sayo?" she asked mindlessly but immediately regretted it seeing Chase stopped upon hearing her words.

Kaye cleared her throat and asked, "Sasabay ka ba sakin sa pagbukas ng café? I need to be 2 hours early today kasi may schedule ang function room."
"Aalis kana ba ngayon?" Chase asked.

Tiningnan naman ni Kaye ang relo nito, "Oo, pupunta ka rin naman diba ng café? Mauuna lang ako para sa preparation, e secure mo lang na nakalock lahat sa bahay bago umalis."

Kaye inherited her small house from her family and Chase has been welcome anytime here so Kaye would sometimes let him sleep or stay without any worries.

At dahil nagmamadali si Kaye, she no longer stayed and went to her café. Chase chose to work on his manuscript,while drying out his hair. He had an appointment at 1 PM with his editor but he will first go to take some lunch at Kaye's café.

He prepared his desk and proceed on editing some chapters, it has been his daily routine to update his current book since being a writer was his only job right now. He was immersed in editing when his phone received a message. He took it casually but when he saw the sender, he stopped.

Are you free next week?

He stayed in place, with his eyes staring at the screen. After a while, he places the phone out and stared at the blue sky through the window.

I'll check. He then answered.

...

"Tae...napagalitan nalang ako tuloy." Jin, one of Kyle's friend groaned and proceed to sit on one of the chairs.

Kyle also sat across him, massaging his head, "Kung alam ko lang na madedelay ang hang-over ko sana hindi na ako pumasok."

He groaned the same pain since they had been lively since morning only when the boring class strike did the headache from drinking last night took effect.

"Order mo nga ako ng frappe." Utos ni Kyle sa kaibigan, "Sama mo na rin si Ofius."

His friend raised his head, "Pupunta siya?"

"Nagmessage sakin, sabi niya wala na silang pasok buong umaga dahil walang instructor."

Jin groaned, "Sana all, pagod na talaga ako, gusto ko ng umuwi ba't kasi dito pa tayo? Ang layo nito sa school at mga babae lang pumupunta dito."

Kyle flashed him a glare, "Bibila ka o bibili ka? Ang sakit sakit na ng ulo ko dadagdagan mo pa."

Jin grunted and stomped towards the counter. Kyle was yet to rest his head when a hand pats him on the shoulder and when he turned he almost groaned in frustration, it was Ofius with his all-bright smile and lively aura.

"Yo Kyle, dito na ba yung lugar?" Ofius proceed to take a chair and traveled his eyes around the place. "It's good though."

"Dito nga, dito yung tambayan nina Stacy at mga kaibigan niya." Sagot ni Kyle.

"Ayos," Ofius grinned.

"Eh kung ligawan mo nalang kaya ng deretso? Para kana mang old school na may marami pang trip."

Ofius disagreed, "Ika nga, love is sweeter when its unexpected, boss."

It was Kyle's turn to grunt in cringe and proceed to massage his aching head, matagal na silang magkaibigan ni Ofius at gusto nitong e pursue ang kaklase niyang ubod ng kagandahan na si Stacy. Ofius was that rare romantic guy na gusto talagang mag effort para sa babaeng gusto niya which was really bothersome kasi lagi silang sinasama sa anong gimmick niya!