Hoping for Us

Chapter 1

I was sitting in the living room,
engrossed in a video call with my friends when suddenly a notification popped up - a friend request from someone. Who could it be? Fueled by curiosity, I opened my Facebook account to investigate huyy investigate?

Chestervon Cruz has sent you a friend request.

Time seemed to stand still as I laid eyes upon it, unsure of how to react - Should I feel excited, or something else entirely? With a mix of hesitation and anticipation, I tapped on his profile and found myself covering my mouth in disbelief. It was indeed him, the mysterious man from behind the mask yesterday sa pageant yung panay tingin sakin wahhh, Unbelievable!

"Bye muna mga sissy, I just have something important to do," I said, then ended the call.

Because I'm a stalker, I decided to stalk him, and to my surprise, he's my schoolmate, what the f?!  I've never seen him before, of course, I'm a transferee so I wouldn't really see him, especially in such a huge school. I continued stalking him to get to know him better.

I'm feeling giddy, he's really handsome, especially when he's not wearing a mask, his smile makes my panties drop, oh my god, the ground can just swallow me whole.
I just can't take off my eyes sa mga pics and vids niya featured niya he's so hot mga tihhh, may pagkahawig sila ni Will Ashley ba yun?

We are actually batchmates. He's under the STEM program, so they are in the other building which makes it difficult for me to see him huyy as if naman kilala ko siya. He might have seen me before, but I haven't. I'm taking up ABM because I aspire to become a successful businesswoman, duhhh.

Teka nga! How did he find out my name? Has he known me for a long time? Is he my stalker? If not, who did he ask for my name? Maybe he has a friend who's my classmate? Hmmp, nevermind, what really matters is that he has sent me a friend request.

Dahil di naman ako drama queen, so I accepted him especially since he's handsome, huyy!

A few seconds later, I received another notification and he reacted to my latest sharedpost, I couldn't help but stand up and jump with joy. Message me now, I'll reply right away, huyy kimi lang!

I let out the longest sigh and straightforwardly joined my friends again in the video chat.

"Hey, why was your reaction like that earlier? It's as if you saw a ghost! We noticed it, huh," Zyr said while munching on her beacon.

"Sa true sis, care to share with us bitch?" Kate said while combing her hair.

I straightened my posture before speaking.

"Sissy ko, do you know Mr. Cruz?" I asked them.

"Huh? Who's Mr. Cruz? Can you tell us his name, sis, we're not mind readers, duhh!" Zyr said hmmpp palibhasa.

"It's Chestervon Cruz," I said, blushing, to them.

"Yeah! He's STEM student, my classmate back in Grade 9, why? What's with him?" Kate asked.

"Guess what? He sent me a friend request, and kinikilig ako, he's so pogi, oh my gosh!" I exclaimed.

"My girlfriend na yun gaga ka, stop kana " Zyr bluntly said.

In an instant, it felt like my world crumbled upon hearing that. He has a girlfriend? Why didn't I see that when I stalked him earlier? Are they keeping it lowkey like that? But how do they know? Ouch, pain, pighati,lungkot,kirot, lumbay.

"Wait Ben! What? Si Ches nag-friend request sayo? Do you know each other? Or is there something we don't know? As far as I know, he's not really--" Kate was interrupted before she could finish her sentence, as I spoke first.

"I'll just tell the whole story sa school nalang mga sissy ko"  I shrugged to them and ended the call.

I opened my Facebook again and stalked him once more. Wait? Why am I so affected? Who am I? What am I to him? I don't even know him duhh!