where will destiny take us?

☆ 12 ☆

Hindi pumasok si Ivan that Monday. I'm worried about him not doing his part on the Introduction so I messaged him. Hanggang ngayon, wala siyang reply. And he's not even reading my messages.

"Si Ivan?" I asked Kai that Monday as we both headed to the tennis court for practice.

"I don't know," he replied. "He's been out of contact since Saturday."

"Why?"

He shrugged. "I guess he's in a bad mood? Baka may nangyari."

If his bad mood started that Saturday, I'm guessing it's about that party. But I'm not really sure.

"When you see him, tell him to reply to my messages."

Kai gave me this look na puno ng curiosity pero I did not bother entertaining him.

Before practice, I sent Ivan another message so he can have time to reply and I don't have to wait while doing nothing.

To: Ivan
How's your progress with your parts on the Intro?
I need updates.
It's almost Wednesday.

Ang pasahan ng Intro ay sa Friday. I set a deadline early for him, so may konting time pa in case hindi niya sundin 'yung day na binigay ko. I know naman na he won't so I'm prepared. And it's not easy work to compile everything into paragraph form so it would be great if I have all Thursday only caring about that Intro.

I'm hoping for a reply. Kahit one dot lang just so I know he's still there and he's reminded of what he has to do. Pero after practice, I saw no notification of a reply from him.

This guy is really testing me.

I spent that Monday after school doing my part. Sa sobrang frustrated ko, natapos ko 'yung part ko and I've already written paragraphs longer than what I should be doing. Konti nalang 'yung sa kanya. I hope he does it.

That next morning, I was expecting a reply but what I got is him taking a seat beside me after he got in the room late, interrupting our first subject. Umupo lang siya nang walang sinasabi. Our teacher continued on with his lesson after that.

"Did you see my messages?" I asked him in a low voice as I wrote our notes.

Umayos siya ng upo. By ayos, his usual upo na naka-stretched out ang paa at nakapatong ang baba sa kamay na nasa table.

"Yeah, I did." He didn't even look at me when he answered.

"Care to give me an update now?"

"I'm working on it. Stop bothering me too much. Its fucking annoying."

I stared at him. Ako dapat ang mainis sa kanya pero here he is. If we're not in the middle of class, I would be knocking sense into him. Hindi nalang ako nagsalita dahil halata namang wala siya sa mood. Ako lang din ang maiinis lalo.