Querencia (Midnight #1)

Chapter 7

Seven
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"Shit," Ela cursed beside me. I looked at her with my questioning look.

Muli kong ibinalik ang aking atensyon sa librong binabasa ko nang hindi niya 'ko pansinin at ipikit niya ang mata niya. I shook my head as I giggled when I read how the male lead was so jealous of the boys who tried to approach the female lead.

I even covered my mouth to suppress my feelings.

"Hala siya, ano'ng nangyari sa 'yo, girl? Okay ka pa ba?" Si Ela sa tabi ko.

I rolled my eyes at her. "'Di mo 'ko pinansin kanina ta's ngayon gumagan'yan ka? Wow na wow, Ela." I jokingly rant.

Her lips went agape as her eyes widened a little.

"Jusko, girl. . ." bumaling siya kay Vida. "Not very her, 'no? 'Di naman gan'yan baby Harmony ko, eh." Reklamo niya pa.

Vida only laughed at us, which made me even more irritated.

"Red days mo, Harmony?" Biglang tanong ni Vida sa akin.

I stopped reading and shifted my gaze on her. I acted like I was thinking as I realized how stupid my action was so I eventually nodded.

"Baliw eh, isip-isip pa raw kunwari," si Ela.

Hindi ko na lang sila pinansin at ibinalik ang atensyon sa librong binabasa, napapabuntong hininga na lang sila kapag naririnig nila ang mahihina kong hagikgik.

I heard Ela yawned as she stretched her body.

"Ano? Wala na tayong balak umuwi? Kanina pa tayong 12 a.m. dito sa Primero, sana aware kayo,"

I put down my book and glance at them. Vida then looked at her cell phone to check the time.

"2:23 a.m. na, ha? May pasok pa tayo mamaya,"

"Uwi na tayo! Antok na 'ko," reklamo ni Ela.

Sinamaan ko siya ng tingin dahil sa sinabi niya, she was the one who invite us to go here. She told us how boring her life was without spending it with us. So, as a certified uto-uto nauto nga ako kaya heto kami ngayon.

She fakely smiled at me. "Wala 'kong pake, sis, kung ako nag-aya. Ang gusto ko lang matulog, inaantok na talaga 'ko!" Humihikab niyang ani, bahagya pa siyang pumungas sa kaniyang mata.

She's so sleepy.

"Yeah, as we should. Bigayan na rin ng 1st grading e-card mamaya," Vida announced.

I nodded as I sipped on my Matcha Latte.

Yeah, oo nga pala, bigayan na ng card namin bukas—my eyes widened in shocked. What?! Tomorrow na pala 'yon?! Bukas na agad-agad as in?

"Gago?!" Hiyaw na tanong ko sa kanila, hindi pa rin nakakapaniwala.

They looked at me with confusion in their eyes. Ela raised her brows and gave me a questioning look—the same look I gave to her earlier.

"Hindi in-announced sa inyo 'yon?" Takang tanong ni Vida sa akin.

Ela snorted. "Ang galing naman no'n?! Sa 'min in-announced tapos sa inyo, hindi? Sana okay ka pa,"

I glared at her and she gave me an apologetic smile.

"Kotongan kita eh. In-announce, nagulat lang ako! Bukas kasi agad parang kanina lang kasi first day of school lang natin. . ."

"Sus! Daming knows, parang 'di ka pa nag-ku-kwento sa 'min, Harmonia,"