Warming The Cold Coffee

Chapter 6

06. When a smile formed on his lips
Warming The Cold Coffee

|VEXZAN|

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“SORRY.”

“We're not hiring.”

“Our apologies.”

“Well inform you for any updates.”

“We don't want to accept you.”

“No, Leave! ”

Halos magkandakuba na si Zeno dahil sa mabibigat na ulap sa kaniyang mga balikat. Sa dinami dami ng aming pinasukan para pasahan ng resume ni Zeno ay ni isang kumpanya walang tumanggap. I feel pity for him but the feeling of guilt is swallowing myself more. Hindi ko alam kung anong pinagdaanan ni Zeno para lamang makuha ang trabaho niya noon. Hindi ko alam kung anong klaseng paggapang ang ginawa niya para magkaroon. And in just one mistake I ruined someone's life.

Pilay ako, but perks of having this disability is I can hide it in my pants. But for Zeno's case he cant hide it if he's not wearing his hoodie jacket. And who have thought that wearing jacket in applying a job is good?

“Uwi na lang tayo,” malungkot na tumingin si Elinor sa akin nang magsalita si Zeno.

“I know, I know, ” as I whisper to Elinor's worried face.

“Sorry Zen,” guilty na guilty ako kasi sa daming sinayang na resume ni Zeno, ay ganon rin kadami ang nakuha sa akin. I'm not competing, I just needed a job also to prosper my life.

“No Vex. I understand,” I saddened more nang pilit nitong nginitian ako. But Elinor smile widely at me.

“Tara! Hatid ka na namin,” I'm not fond of frowning. Kaya inakbayan ko si Zeno at hinila para maglakad. As much as possible, I want to give sunshine to my environment kasi isn't it nice?

“Really? The audacity of you to use 'namin' pero iniwan mo ako!” Sigaw ni Elinor ng makalayo layo na kami ni Zeno ng kaunti sa paglalakad. Kumalas naman ako sa pagkaka-akbay ng habulin ako nito. At nag-ikutan kaming dalawa sa harapan ni Zeno.

Eli stops chasing me and give me a tumbs up. As we see Zeno draw his smile.

“Tara na,” as Eli grabs Zeno's hand and run away from me.

“Hoy, antay naman, pilay ako oh!” Malakas kong sigaw sa kanilang dalawa. Ngunit ang mga tawa lamang ni Zeno at Eli ang tumugon.

Napangat ako ng ulong tumingin sa mga nagkukumpulang ulap sa langit and slightly whisper. 'Look what I found lola.' As I ran as fast as I could to chase the two.

But as I reached them the two stops. As Elinor pull Zeno to the center where a group of bands busking under the lit of the sun. Elinor grab her long dress and gracefully swaying it in front of Zeno. Marahan at payapa itong sumayaw papaikot kay Zeno at hindi napigilang mahiya ng isa sa ginawa ni Elinor. Medyo weird din talaga tong babaeng ito. Parang may saltik. But, I like her idea.

Kinumpas ko ang aking mga paa. I mean, ang nag-iisa kong paa at sinabayan ko ito ng palakpak sa saliw ng tugtugin. Magiliw na nginitian kami ng grupong tumutugtog dahilan para ganahan sila sa kanilang ginagawa. Ngunit ang nahihiyang Zeno ang nakita namin ni Elinor.

Sandali kaming tumigil sa pagsasayaw ngunit bigla ulit kaming umindak dalawa nang umugong ang mas masayang kanta.

“Dance,” mahinang sambit nito kay Zeno but he pull his cap inside his back pack and wears it.