Parallel Universe: The Great Escape (Between Us #1) (COMPLETED)

Chapter Seventeen

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After we had our bike date, we jog for about 30 minutes and did some planking then after that we headed to 'just not in this one café', in front of Casa de Proscenio and Galerie Marchande.

We just got a vegan tortilla, spinach salad, and ice tea for drinks, he said it's not advisable to eat non-vegan-heavy meals after work-out, so he preferably suggested vegan food and I can eat as much as I can as long it's healthy then it's fine.

After we went out to eat breakfast, hinatid ako ni Kale sa condo ko bago siya bumalik sa pinakamataas na floor na kasunod lang naman sa floor namin ng building na 'to, and after that I did my usual routine. I just wore white pants, a black tube top and a pair with a black blazer, Nike Jordan and my everyday tote bag.

"You look blooming and kinda look like shit," I glared at Claudine who was seated beside me, she was giving me headaches again whenever the professor has not arrived yet and she really loves to irritate me so early in the morning.

"I don't know how to explain how you look like today but-," I cut her off.

"Just shut up for st. scholastica's sake, if you don't know what to say, I don't need to hear a compliment if I do look good in your eyes, dahil alam ko naman na maganda ako kahit may eyebags." I rolled my eyes and there she is laughing at me.

"Yabang naman," iniripan niya ako. "Ikaw ba iyong naka all black kanina sa peak?" Natigilan ako sa pagsulat ng notes nang marinig iyong sabi niya.

"Let's say I was there but there are a lot of people wearing all black earlier," I said while I was busy writing my notes. Kale's right, I have to fix my body clock and be motivated to do things so that I can understand properly what I'm currently studying right now. He's a good adviser.

"Lavinia, we have been friends for years until now. Why wouldn't I realize that it was you?" she raised a brow. "And it's pretty obvious that it was you because I saw Kale taking pictures of you," A smile suddenly plastered on my face when I heard her, and almost forgot about it.

"Ngiti-ngiti mo diyan, ano ba kayo? Napadalas na ata pagsasama niyo ah?" her brows creased.

"Friends," I replied.

"Are you sure an friends lang kayo? E humalik ka 'nga sa pisngi niya nung kumuha kayo ng litrato ninyo? Hindi ganyan ang magkaibigan, lavinia." I bit down my lower lip and starts to realize some things that it wasn't really an act of best friends, I was aware but we both want it.

"I know you will say hindi kayo, and I'm fully aware of that kasi hindi naman tanga at manhid kagaya mo. But I think friends lang talaga kayo pero may girlfriend at boyfriend benefits kayong nakukuha sa isat-isa,"

Why does everyone almost know what I'm doing in my life? It's not weird but my feelings were, and I don't know what I really felt that time when I kissed him on his cheeks when we took photos, all I can feel is shivers on my stomach.

At some point whenever we are together again, I can say that he gives me a lot of peace, his words were comforting and made you realize some things, both physically and mentally.

"We're not even in a relationship, or that close but you know? He makes me happy and forgets things,"

Minsan nakakalimutan ko na rin ang mga problema ko sa buhay dahil na di-distract ako sa mga ginagawa namin, I think I'm lucky to have him around and I don't care what are we, gusto ko lang sabihin sa kanya na masaya akong kasama siya kahit hindi halata dahil palagi akong naiirita pero alam ko naman sa sarili ko na masaya talaga ako sa tuwing nakakasama ko siya.

"Delikado ka na, feel ko crush mo siya at ayaw mo lang talagang aminin or maybe hindi ka sure, na medyo takot ma reject."

She shrugged then flipped another page of the book, and after a few minutes the professor arrived and announced that we will be having our first recitation, and I can already feel the fast beat of my heart when he starts looking at as, eye to eye and ready to pick a student he will be roasting for today's morning class.