Meet me in the Afterglow

Chapter 4

"I want chocolate!" Lilac throwing tantrums out of nowhere. She's just exhausted sa work and can't think of anything. After repeating that she wanted chocolate three times, she decided to go back and do her work.

"Waaaah! Di gusto ko talaga ng chocolate!" she cried and stopped working.

After a few more tantrums na gusto nya ng chocolate, a sudden drop of huge Cadbury chocolate on her desk surprised her.

"Oh," she paused kasi na-confused siya as to why Kent offered her a huge chocolate. She did notice minutes ago na lumabas si Kent pero she thought magrestroom break lang siya.

"Oh para matahimik ka na. Mamigay ka wag kang madamot." he said and went straight to his working station.

"Yehey! Thank you, Kent!" Lilac said and just gave him a smile.

Shit shit shit! Ano yang paandar mo na ganyan Kent! Layuan mo ko! Yung kabog ng puso ko maling mali hindi to dapat ganito!

After that incident, every little thing na ginagawa ni Kent towards Lilac makes her a little bit confused.

"Kasi besh look ah, tanda mo nung bumaba tayo para bumili ng coffee? Mga last week ata yun." she said.

"Oh? Anong meron dun?" Mae asked her.

"Di ba natanggal shoe lace ng sapatos ko? Sinabi niya "Oh tanga tanga madadapa ka pa gawa nyang shoe lace mo" tapos nung itatali ko na, besh biglang sya na yung nag tali! Like what was that for? Eh hindi naman siya ganyan sa inyo? Di ba? Di ba?" she continues while Mae is listening attentively.

"Baka naman kasi ganyan lang talaga sya besh. Tingin mo? Knowing Kent napakabait nyan and gentleman."

Lilac thinks hard and tries her best to accept na Oo nga, baka gentleman lang yung tao kaya ganun sya towards me.

"Sabagay, may point ka naman. Eh pano yung bigla bigla syang natingin saken besh? Isang beses pa nakatingin lang sya ng matagal saken tapos di ako kinausap like what the hell is wrong with you dude. Tapos madalas ko pa siya nakikita at nahuhuli na nakatingin lang saken. Minsan natawa bigla bigla kapag may ka-clumsy-han ako na nagagawa. And kayo di niyo napapansin yun pero sya parang bilang na bilang sa kanya bawat kilos ko." She continues.

"Well besh, if this is a big issue to you. Baka naman confused ka lang? Baka namimisinterpret mo lang lahat ng galaw nya." Mae said.

"Hmmm baka nga. Ahhhh! Nevermind, di ko dapat inaatupag yung ganitong bagay! Busy ako sa mga koreano kong jowa! May bagong set ng album ako na pauwi so tumabi muna yang si Kent!" Lilac said.

And the confusing signals went through and through. Pinagwawalang bahala na lang lahat ni Lilac kasi ayaw nyang madistract sa bagay na di niya priority. But she knew that she needed someone right now to be with her.

"Overnight kina Raven? Dun tayo mag work from home?" suggest ni Kent.

"So work from Raven tayo sa Friday?" Mae asked while they continued eating their lunch.

"Sige go lang. Wala naman ako gagawin ng after shift natin eh." sabi ni Raven na patuloy sa pagkain ng niluto nyang sinigang.

"Ikaw Lilac?" Kent asked.

"Pweds naman kasi ayaw ko din magisa ng work from home. You know, ayaw ko muna ng work from home set up kasi ugh." Lilac rolled her eyes.

"Oks! G na tayo ah! Tapos bibili tayo ng alak tapo-" Kent was cut off.

"Ayan alak nanaman siya oh. Mahiya ka naman samen na natanda na." Mae said.

"Please?" and he showed his dimples.

"Wag mo kami daanin sa ganyan ganyan mo na padimples di mo kami madadaan jan." Raven said.

Friday shift ends!

"Akala ko talaga mamaya pa tayong gabi pupunta." sabi ni Kent na halatang nagmadali sa meeting place nila.

"Di pweds na ganun kasi tatamadin kami lalo kumilos." Mae said.

"And sanay din kami na ganito ang set up. Instead na matulog sa mga bahay bahay namin, dun na kami ssleep." Lilac said.

"Fine. Sabi ko nga. So where tayo sasakay?"

"Wait na lang us ng bus." Lilac said and held her bag.

They reached Raven's house after an hour.

"Grabe yung traffic dito sa inyo noh? Di na nawala." Mae said.

"Ay naku besh, di ko din alam sa Las Pinas bakit ganyan katraffic." pagmamaktol ni Raven.

"Kaya ka laging nalalate eh." Asar ni Kent habang nilalapag ang gamit nya, "San po pwede yung mga gamit namin?" dagdag ni Kent.

"Sa loob na lang ng kwarto ko. Lilac, samahan mo si Kent sa loob." Raven asked Lilac.

Sanay na kasi si Lilac sa bahay nila since madalas sila dito.

After they put their bags sa loob ng kwarto ni Raven, Lilac decided to wash herself and get ready to sleep.

Pagpasok nya ng kwarto after nyang maglinis nagaayos na din yung tatlo sa higaan.

"Kent dito ka na sa lapag. Girls na lang magkakatabi." sabi ni Raven sabay abot ng kumot.

"Ayan solo ko naman pala yung baba." Kent said.

"Hmmm kasya naman tayong tatlo noh?" Lilac said as she dries her long hair.

"Oo naman. 24 size ng bewang nating tatlo eh." Raven said with confidence.

Lilac just agreed and found herself na pinaggigitnaan ni Raven at Mae.

"Makakahinga pa naman ako neto promise." She said sabay patong ng paa palabas ng kama para kahit papano maramdaman nyang nakakahinga sya.

But then Kent found her one foot at bigla itong kiniliti.

It made Lilac laugh and made Raven and Mae stopped Lilac from moving kasi medyo lang naman, medyo nasisipa na nya yung dalawa.

They woke up just on time and grabbed food and off course ang beer na nirerequest ni Kent. The night went so fast and they ate breakfast.

"Nagreply ni Mike sa story ko." Raven said they showed the reply to them.

"Sino yun?"  Kent asked.

"Dati naming ka-work. Cutie siya kapag nagssmile siya. In short, crush ko siya kasi smile niya pa lang alam mo yung nakakawala ng inis." Lilac said.

"Ay Lilac, sabi ko sayo para sayo na tong si Mike." Raven said.

"Ay sige go. Sabihin mo, just slide to my DMs." Lilac said teasingly.

"Ayan sinend ko na ah. Gumawa na ko ng paraan, ikaw na magtuloy." Raven said.

"Parang utang na loob pa ni Lilac." Mae added.

"Manahimik ka jan besh. Kumain ka jan." Raven said.

I hope they'll stay. I hope this friendship will never last. Kayo na lang yung meron ako guys, don't leave. Hmmm?

Lilac said as she continued to eat her breakfast.