The Noble Queen

Chapter 2: Story Conference

After that sickening celebration of new year's day, my life became busy again. A lot of meetings came for the movie adaptation of my The One That Got Away book, and tomorrow, we'll meet the lead actor and actress to know their comments and suggestion about the story's plot.

But for now, I have to spend the day with Vodka dahil kararating niya lang from a long plane ride.

Humalik ako sa pisngi ni Vodka upon seeing him. Naka-puting t-shirt siya na may mata ni Baymax at black jeans habang hawak hawak ang itim niyang maleta. Kulay blonde ang kanyang buhok at talaga namang makalaglag panga ang pag-ngiti niya.

"Miss me?" Mapang-asar niyang tanong. Iniikot ko naman ang mata ko saka siya bahagyang kinurot sa tagiliran, "Almost two weeks palang tayong hindi nagkikita, miss agad?"

He chuckled resting his hand on my waist, "Are we goin' to share the same room?"

I pinched his cheeks, "Of course not, perv!"

"Girlfriend naman kita ah." He pouted, inirapan ko naman siya saka inilahad ang kamay ko, "May pinapaabot daw sa akin si Cryd?"

"Nandito na ako, si Cryd pa din ang hanap mo. Bakit? Siya ba boyfriend mo ha?" He dramatically said but laughed when he saw me glaring at him. Hinila niya ako papalapit sa kanya at hinalikan sa noo, "I miss you, baby."

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"God, Vodka. You don't need to buy that! You are not a kid anymore." I reprimanded nang makita kong hawak hawak ni Vodka ang limang kahon ng Koko Krunch. Take note, yung pinakamalaki pa.

Tinaasan naman niya ako ng kilay, "You know how much I love cereals especially this one."

"You know you'll only be staying here for two to three weeks, you don't need to buy that much."

We're in the mids of buying some groceries for our suite. Kahit pa mayroon naman ng groceries doon sa condo, nagpumilit si Vodka na mag-groceries dahil namiss niya daw na mag-groceries kami ng magkasama.

"Fine." Pabalang niyang sabi saka ibinalik iyong isang box.

"Dalawang box lang kukunin natin, Vodka."

He rolled his eyes before putting the other boxes back. Inilagay naman na niya yung dalawa sa cart saka kami nagpatuloy sa pamimili.

"Wet market tayo later, ha?" I stated. Tumango lang siya, not that he mind, sanay lang talaga akong humihingi ng permission from him.

Humiwalay muna sa akin si Vodka dahil bibili siya ng mga kailangan niya, and knowing him, alam kong babalikan lang niya yung Koko Krunch niya.

Napailing nalang ako, he seriously love does dahil pati sa office niya ay mayroong mga nakadisplay na Koko Krunch sa shelves niya.

My eyes glimmered nang mahagip ng mata ko ang lokasyon ng mga korniks. Agad na hinanap ng mata ko ang Boy Bawang and there it is.

Tumungo ako doon at hinanap ang paborito kong flavor which is Adobo. I almost shrieked nang makita kong iisa na lamang ang Boy Bawang na adobo flavor. I was about to get it when a hand reached to it first.

I stiffened the moment I heard a very familiar voice, "Got my snacks. I'll go there after."

I bit my lower lip and immediately moved to the other direction. Why, of all places and supermarket out there, is he here?