Jump From the Air (Erudite Series #5)

Kapitulo 8

I checked my phone and saw the time, 2:35 PM. I am walking to Asterisko right now. My last class finished just a minute ago. Kakakita ko lang din ng mensahe ni Kalon, he was already in Asterisko, waiting for me.

Paglabas ko ng campus, nalanghap ko agad ang baho ng nilalabas ng mga tambutso sa kalsada. Nakadagdag iyon sa init na naramdaman ko. I tied my hair while walking and checked if it looked fine using my phone's blank screen. Maayos naman, may kaunting baby hair na lumilipad, pero hindi naman awkward tingnan.

I entered the building where the cafe Kalon and I would meet. Pagpasok sa cafe, I saw Kalon holding a pare-sized drink. He was drinking something from the cafe. Lumapit ako at umupo sa harap niya.

"Hi," bati ko habang inilalagay ang bag ko sa lap ko. I took out my laptop.

"Hello, sa laptop mo na lang ba tayo mag-eedit?" tumango ako.

"I have some ideas on how we can do it, I was thinking of a theme that encompasses the previous posters we've posted. What do you think?" I told him as I opened my laptop.

"Sure, would it be like we use the same fonts or similar graphics?"

"Graphics, I was thinking a different font, something bolder."

"Okay, can you move a bit so that I can see? I'll find fonts we can use and I'll send them to you."

"Sige, wait."

I typed my password and opened my phone to let my laptop connect to my mobile data. While waiting for the internet to connect, I glanced at Kalon. He had drunk and was putting his drink on the table. Nakasuot siya ng scrubs ulit.

"Galing ka ring class?" I questioned before peeping at my laptop. Nag-connect na at may internet na ako.

"Yeah, but mine ended at 12," he answered as he typed on his phone.

"Dapat pala nag-usap na tayo kagabi para nakapag-start ka na."

"Hindi rin kakayanin, I had an org meeting for a different org kanina."

"Ohh," I nodded and began to find a color scheme. "Do you have any idea for a color palette?"

Umangat ang ulo niya at nagkatinginan kami.

"Do you want to look at the color wheel? Maybe we can do opposites or triads in the wheel," he said without breaking eye contact.

"Sure, I'll look it up," my eyes darted to my laptop as I typed.

Humanap ako ng wheel na maraming shades ng iba't ibang kulay para mas marami kaming mapagpilian. Tiningnan ko ulit si Kalon at napansing sa akin lang pala siya nakatitig, akala ko nagse-search din siya ng color wheel.

"Diyan na lang tayo tumingin sa laptop mo since riyan tayo mag-eedit," he requested.

"Ahh, sige," hinarap ko sa kaniya ang laptop ko.

He looked at my laptop before turning to me again.

"How would you see? It's faced only to me. Kailangan both tayong pumili para fair."

Ngumuso ako at inayos ulit ang laptop sa paraang parehong naming makikita ang screen ng laptop ko. I would now need to move my arms more to use the keyboard and mousepad.

"'Yong unang poster is green lang ang color 'no? Different shades lang?" tumango ako at in-split screen ang laptop ko for us to see the other posters.

"And the second was brown and orange," I pressed the arrow button to let him see the second poster. "The poster I did with the others was the third, blue lang 'yong color no'n, just different shades as well."