Surrenders of a Damsel

Chapter 20

"My schedule sucks. You know what happens to me now? If there's a meeting and I have time to spare, aattend ako. Tapos kung may klase ay papasok ako sa school. And if it's my free time, who knows what Dad will want me to do!"

I ranted to Shan as I lay down on his bed. Inis na inis ang mukha ko habang siya ay naka higa rin sa kabila, but his attention was on his phone the whole time. Smiling like an idiot and I know what's the reason why he's doing that. Kaya naman ay lumapit ako sakanya at sumilip sa phone niya. He's messaging on their group chat where I can also see the profile picture of his crush, Amaya Zale Lim.

"Cute talaga ng humor niya, dude. Love language niya saakin, minumura ako kahit wala naman akong ginagawa. hihi." Hagikhik niya saakin.

Lumayo ako sakanya sabay bangon at kuha ng unan. The next thing I did was throw the pillow right into his face before standing up. Nagulat siya roon, lalo na't nakita ko rin kung paano natamaan ang mukha niya sa pag kakahulog ng phone niya. He cursed me so bad that I just smirked and cursed him back.

"Hindi mo lang kase alam sa feeling ang ma-inlove! dami dami mong admirers pero ni isa ay hindi mo naman pinapatulan. Tsk!"

"I don't want to be like you! If only you see yourself in my perspective. You look like a worm na nilagyan ng salt kapag kinikilig ka sa Yaz mo." Sama ng tingin ko sakanya

"Try mo kaya ma-inlove! Masarap kaya sa feeling, kikiligin tapos magpapapogi points kay crush." Ngisi niya saakin

"Kanino naman?!" Taas kilay ko

"Mag hanap ka!"

I raised my middle finger at him but he did not bother and just returned to his phone. Maganda daw ang chismis, but for all I know ay chance niya lang iyon para makachat si Yaz. Sa groupchat nga lang, kasama ang iba niya pang friends. Stupid fucker.

I always spend my weekends with Shan. I come here to his house and hang out. Tapos gagawan na kami ng snacks ni Ninang. Ninang makes the best miyrenda, lagi akong busog. Though these past few days got some changes dahil I'm starting to learn now about our company. And Shan spends most of his time now with his new friends. I forgot their name, Sabogz Gangs?

I'm glad Shan found new friends to be with. And that he's finally having his love interest. Though I don't find the reason why we have to entertain love, I guess people like, love. And Shan now has become part of the world of love. And if my buddy is happy with it, then I'm happy as well for him.

When the weekends came again, Mom and Dad were busy with work as usual. Hindi pa ako nagsisimulang sumama sa meeting kasi busy pa ako sa school. Though makakaluwag na ako by next week kaya paniguradong sasama na ako kina Dad.

"Samahan mo ako pumunta sa museum. Dad wants me to find some paintings that we can buy and display on our new resorts. Sabi niya hanap daw ako yung dagat ang painting. Gets mo?" Takang tanong ko kay Shan na kunot ang noong nakatingin sa laptop niya.

I got free time this saturday so I went to his house and dumeretso agad dito sa kwarto niya. Nadatnan ko siyang kinakamot ang ulo tapos ang bilis ng pag tipa sa laptop niya. It shows that he's stressed and he doesn't have time to joke with me. Kaya naman hindi ko na siya ginulo at humiga na lang sa kama niya.

"When's that? Wag weekdays, busy me sa school, dude." Sagot niya habang hindi nakatingin saakin

"Bukas. Sunday morning."

"Can't. Kina Gavien ako bukas para mag finalize ng group report namin. Mag isa mo na lang. Kiss na lang kita maya," I heard his chuckle but immediately went serious again as he typed something on his laptop