Make Me Fall.. Can You? [FIL]

- VII

"You are so stupid."

"Yes. I admit, that what I did was stupid.. But.."

"That was indeed stupid, and so are you. -_-"

"Shortie, cut me some slack okay. It was out of boredom -_-"

"Sure, and what a stupid idea to drive away your boredom. You could've just hit your head on the wall but instead you did that. Now look where it took you."

Meet Shortie. Her real name is Rose, and yes she is short kaya yun na ang naging tawag ko sa kanya ever since I knew that she was four feet eleven inches, well, short. Haha. Dati naasar sya pag tinatawag ko sya ng ganun pero ngayon ewan ko lang, mukhang nasanay na ata sya. And this is one of our usual discussions, usually in straight English, at sya lang ang nakakatawag sakin ng stupid or whatever she wants to tell me in the face. Best friend, and a sister that I never had.

"E tapos na e, ano pa ba ang magagawa ko?"

Rose is typing..

One minute. Antagal matapos ng tinatype. Refresh Facebook. Walang bagong chismis sa news feed. Change tab. Mangahere.com. Yes! May bago nang issue ang Tower of God! Mabasa nga muna..

Rose has messaged you!

Binasa ko muna ang isang panel ng currently pinakapaborito kong manhwa bago bumalik sa Facebook tab para tingnan kung ano ang mensahe ni Shortie.

"So what's the status? Don't tell me na meron pa ring mga participants after nila mabasa yung detalye ng kontrata? It was harsh, and a genius piece of work, though the whole idea about your event is still pretty stupid."

"Well yes. There are two."

"What? Brave girls. LOL."

"Angel, and this nine-out-of-ten Psychology student who says she's interested in me. Her name is Lei."

"Angel? That Angel na kinukwento mo sakin nung nag-eemo ka before?"

"Anong emo? -_- And yes, yun nga na Angel na yun."

"And a nine-out-of-ten girl? As far as I can recall, you only rated three girls who are as high as that. Angel was included right? And you're saying that, she is interested in you?"

"Yes."

"Wow, you're fucked. HAHAHAHAHAHA!"

"I know right.. -_-"

"So.. Nakahanda na ba ang premyo mo para sa either of them na mapipili mo? Sigurado na kasing talo ka e. =))))))"

"Well. I was thinking that you could donate some. Maybe 20k should suffice.."

"Fuck you. -_-"

"You owe me a lot of psychotherapy session fees so there.."

"..i.."

Natawa nalang ako sa sinagot ni Shortie. Yun na nga talaga ang problema, ang premyo. Pano nga kaya. Aahay, bahala na nga muna yun, basahin ko muna tong Tower of God.

Half an hour later, while in the middle of a very intense HON game, biglang nagbeep, meaning one Facebook message. At dahil una akong namatay sa clash, Alt + Tab agad at chineck ko yun. Nagmessage pala si Shortie.

It was a link, to who knows where and I clicked on it. Hmm, photo? Black screen pa, which means na nagloload pa yung image. Hinayaan ko muna dahil mabagal ang Internet connection at nag Alt + Tab ulit ako pabalik sa laro.

"Ano Paul, isa pa?" sabi ng isa kong kasahop nang matapos kami forty-five minutes later. Panalo syempre.

"Sige, invite na" sagot ko.

Alt + Tab ulit at balik Facebook para magcheck ng News Feed at napuna ko yung tab na bumukas after ko iclick yung link na minessage sakin ni Shortie kanina. It was the image of a cosplay, a very sexy one, female version ata ni Ezio Auditore ng Assassin's Creed 2. Morena at hindi nakikita ang mukha because of the hood. Wow. Five out of five! Nagscroll ako sa iba pang mga photos. Puro cosplay. At napansin ko ang mga shots e sinadya para hindi makita ang mukha. Jasmine of Aladdin. A female mechanic and sniper from Ragnarok Online. Black Canary of the Justice League of America. Katara of Avatar: The Last Airbender. Bellatrix Lestrange. All were exquisite! Kinlose ko yung album para makita kung kaninong account yun sa Facebook. Fan page pala. Aaliya. Interesting name.

ALL PICK!!

Aw, magsisimula na ang laro namin. Ni-like ko muna yung page, at napagdesisyunan na kilatisin pa kung ano yung makikita ko dun mamaya. See you later Aaliya.

Goin back to the corner..

"Hello?" inipit ko ang phone sa aking leeg dahil kinokontrol ko na ang aking hero.

"Hello? Kuya Paul?" teka parang pamilyar ang boses. San ko ba narinig to..

"Yes? Sino to?"

"Si Andrea po ito Kuya.." Andrea.. Yung kapatid ni Angel? Tama, sya nga ata eto. Ito yung boses nya pagkakatanda ko, nag-mature nga lang.

"Uy Andrea ikaw pala! Kumusta? Napatawag ka?"

"Ok lang po ako. Ano po kasi, si Ate Angel.."

"Bakit? Anong nangyari sa kanya?" mejo kinabahan ako.

"Naglaslas si Ate, baka dahil sa.."

"Sang ospital sya dinala?" napatayo ako agad para maglog-out at pumunta sa kung nasaan man sya naroon ngayon.