Nauwi kaming dalawa ni Kyren sa isang convenience store. He's in the counter right now, samantalang ako ay lumilipad ang isip dahil sa nakita kanina. I mean, I don't want to overthink it, but I remember the feeling of being left out. Glimpses of my life before college kept bugging me. Those days when my classmates had their own world, laughing together, hugging each other, and then there was me in the corner of the room—watching them and wishing I was one of their friends.
I shrugged off the thought. I should be considerate; maybe it was just spontaneous, right? I'll stop overthinking and overanalyzing things.
"Here, maybe this will make you feel better," Kyren gave me a tub of ice cream flavored with coffee crumble. Wow, this is my favorite flavor!
"Thank you! This is my favorite flavor," Tumabi siya saakin and he had one for himself, too. It's flavored with strawberry.
"Looks like you love strawberries?" I asked him. Naalala ko kasi noong nagpunta kami first time sa café ay strawberry flavor din ang binigay niya saakin na dessert. And now, the ice cream.
"Yup! Strawberry loyalist here," we grabbed the spoon and started devouring the ice cream. Gosh, if comfort is a food, it will be ice cream for me!
I suddenly made a small wiggle because of the excitement of eating the ice cream. I really love coffee crumble!
"Looks like you're happy now," I smiled at Kyren and scooped another ice cream.
"You want to taste this?" He nodded and scooped from mine. He also offered his and I gladly tasted it, too.
"So, how was your day? Care to share?" he asked. A fluttering feeling stirred inside me, the same feeling I always get when Kyren is near. Like, what's wrong with me? But at the same time, it feels good to have someone ask how my day was.
"Well, I have some good news to share. Remember I told you earlier that I was late to watch your game because I was at the faculty? My professor said I'll be representing our university in the national art competition!" I found myself smiling. Remembering it makes me proud of myself! But looking at Kyren's eyes made me feel that he was proud of me, too.
"I will be rooting for you, Lucianna. What's it about?"
"Well, I don't have any idea about it, though. Bukas pa sasabihin sa akin 'yung mga information about it," I can't wait for tomorrow! Sana ay makatulog ako sa excitement ko para bukas.
"I want to see some of your art, someday. Well, if it's fine with you? You really look happy talking about art and it's contagious." Bigla ko naalala 'yung mga paintings na nagawa ko sa apartment ko. My apartment is full of art, but I don't think I am ready to show my haven to anyone right now.
Bigla ko naalala na may mga pictures pal ana naka-save sa phone ko ng mga graphic arts and some of my paintings. I took it from my pocket and opened my phone.
"Of course, I can show you some of it!" I browsed through my gallery and showed him my first-ever drawing. It was a sketch of the Eiffel Tower. The tower was a bit slanted because I wasn't yet used to drawing freehand. "This is my first-ever drawing. As you can see, the Eiffel Tower is a bit slanted. Looks like it needs some renovation, right?" I laughed at my joke.
"What! Looks like it's not your first-ever, Lucianna. It looks good!" He did not laugh at my joke. Siya pa ang mukhang na-offend para sa drawing ko at parang pinaglalaban pa na maganda ito.
"Nah! Look at this," I showed him the first time I tried to paint on a canvas. "What's your thought on this?" It's my painting of waves on the beach. here was a trend before to paint waves, so I gave it a try. Now, I want to hear Kyren's thoughts—does it look good, or does it need some improvements?
