Chapter 52: Hope All

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MIKHA'S POV

"FUCK!" I cursed under my breath, unable to sleep.

It was already midnight, and I was still thinking about my neighbor and her kiss.

"Why am I even thinking about it?" I muttered to myself.

I really had fun spending time with her yesterday, and, honestly, I feel really, really comfortable around her.

Is that even normal?

I decided to shrug it off and reactivate my social media accounts.

I'm not wanted anymore—yeyyyyy!

First, I reactivated my Twitter account and just started scrolling, hoping it would make me sleepy.

But I got startled when I received a message.

"Seriously? At this hour?"

I checked, and it was a message from the group chat with the three idiots and me.

"Fuck."

Jhoanna was still active and kept mentioning me in the GC, but I decided not to open it, knowing she’d just lecture me.

I turned off my phone and tried to sleep again.

As I closed my eyes, Aiah’s pretty smile replayed in my mind.

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JHOANNA'S POV

"Aba'y kapal talaga nitong bading na ‘to, hindi man lang ako sineen." I muttered to myself.

Kausap ko kasi ngayon si Stacey sa X, and I saw that Mikha reactivated her account dahil may nalike s'yang isang repost ko.

So, I decided na kamustahin s'ya.

"Akala mo naman talaga hihilahin pabalik dito eh." bulong ko ulit.

Kung wala lang utos sa'kin si Tito hinayaan ko s'ya mag liwaliw, sakit n'ya kaya sa utak.

Kinausap kami ni Ate Colet and updated us about Ate Aiah's message.

Nagulat pa nga kami kung paano n'ya nakita si Mikha, pero hindi na namin tinanong dahil alam kong masama pa rin loob nito sa amin.

She has every right naman to be mad dahil na rin sa ginawa ko, so I promised to myself na babawi ako.

Hintayin na lang namin magkwento s'ya pagbalik n'ya kasama si Mikha.

Hayop na babae ‘yon.

Kung saan-saan ko pinapahanap, andoon lang pala sa tabing unit ni Ate Aiah.

Siguro malandi ‘yong guardian angels nilang dalawa at sila na gumagawa ng paraan para magkabalikan ‘yon, pero good luck na lang kay Ate Aiah.

For sure, naninibago ‘yon sa ugali ni Mikha ngayon.

Sakit pa naman sa ulo nong babae na ‘yon, parang takas sa mental.

Pero understandable naman dahil baka gusto mag-enjoy ng inner child n'ya lalo na sa ganap sa past n'ya.

Pero wala eh, hindi n'ya matatakasan ang responsibility n'ya.

Kahit papaano may alam naman si Mikha sa company at ibang bagay dahil nag-hire sila Tito ng private tutor non nong medyo naging okay-okay na s'ya.

Kaso malakas talaga trip ni Mikha kaya laging tinatakasan, pero kahit papaano may natutunan din naman s'ya.

And besides, matalino si Mikha kaya mabilis s'ya makagets ng mga bagay-bagay.

Feel ko nga memories lang n'ya ang nalimutan, pero ‘yong mga pinagbabasa n'ya sa utak pa rin n'ya.

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