Cheer Up, Captain

Chapter 21

Chapter 21

It was probably a bad routine.

At least nakaka-disrupt siya ng body clock.

For about a week already, Finley would go here sa condo ng 4AM. It began with 4:30AM talaga since super near lang naman nito sa school... but he said na super bitin daw kapag 4:30 so naging 4AM na siya! I knew naman na meron din siya sa house nila nung protein shake, but he acts like dito lang meron non. Tsk. Ang aga ko tuloy nagigising lagi!

And as if naman makaka-tulog pa ulit ako after niya umalis...

How could I?! When we'd literally make out the whole time he's here! Tapos I always had to remind myself not to bite his lips... because apparently... I'm a biter.

Oh, gosh, the realizations!

"You okay?"

I nodded and smiled. "Yup," I replied with a smile kahit sa totoo lang, I wanted to take a nap na. Super sleepy pa ako! Late na ako naka-tulog yesterday because I had to do some school works tapos super aga ko rin nagising.

Both recess and lunch break, I didn't go out. My sleepiness won over my hunger. I decided to sleep na lang kasi antok na antok talaga ako super. Nagtext pala si Finley nung lunch asking na magkita kami doon sa old building but I was sleeping nga so, hindi ako naka-reply.

'Sorry. I was sleeping,' I said kasi baka isipin niya na naman na iniignore ko siya. So far, so good. One week na kaming hindi nagtatalo. Akalain mo 'yon?! Possible pala!

'Buong lunch?'

'Yup,' I replied.

'Dinner later. Somewhere far,' he said like alam niya na para kaming criminals na nagtatago dito sa Manila.

I stared at his text. I wanted to sleep agad pag-uwi ko. I was so looking forward to the dismissal... but I wanted to go on a date with Finley din! Hindi na kami nakapagdinner together this week because may training siya until 10PM. Nakaka-miss din pala siyang kasama magdinner kahit wala naman siyang tinutulong sa akin.

When dismissal came, it was like I was on autopilot. Diretso lang ako na naglakad papunta sa condo. I told Finley na mauuna na ako. I planned to take a power nap! Kahit 15 minutes lang!

Pero napa-haba yata iyong tulog ko...

"Omg, sorry," I said nung buksan ko iyong pinto tapos nakita ko na nandon si Finley. I had to stop for a second to breathe in the view. Gosh, he's so gwapo talaga! Naka-suot lang naman siya ng plain white t-shirt and dark jeans... but I guess kapag gwapo ka, gwapo ka talaga no matter the outfit.

Finley looked at me, his forehead creased. "Kaka-gising mo lang?" he asked. Napa-hawak ako sa hair ko. May bedhead pa ba ako?! Gosh! Nagiging complacent na ba ako? I told myself na kahit mag-one year na kami ni Finley, dapat lagi akong maganda sa harapan niya!

I nodded. "Yes, power nap lang dapat but I guess I slept through my alarm," I told him. "But I'll be fast...ish," I continued. I couldn't sacrifice looking ugly in front of him! Kahit matagalan pa ako!

I was about to turn around na para magtake ng quick shower sana when napa-tigil ako kasi hinawakan ni Finley iyong wrist ko.

"What?" I asked because he was just looking at me. He looked like he was in deep thought—like pinag-iisipan niya talaga kung anuman iyong next na mga salita na lalabas sa bibig niya.

"Let's just stay in," he said.

"What? Grabe naman! I'll be super fast!" I said. Ica-cancel niya agad dahil lang naka-tulog ako? I mean, fine, fault ko naman talaga, but grabe naman! It's been a week since nagdinner kami together. I was tired, but I was looking forward to it kaya.