moirai

lunch

"Dude, Rj! Saturday night ha? Don't forget. My party at Palace. 11pm. The usual suspects." Ryan texted.

"Yup Dude! Happy Birthday in advanced. How's everything man? It's been a while." Rj replied.

"Business is doing well. We've been hanging out regularly, you're the one who's always absent."

"Sorry, my bad. Will make it up to you this Saturday. I miss the gang na nga e."

"Ok man, see you!"

Rj went back to work on his computer. This project that was handed to him was a taking a toll on him. He was getting frustrated by the number of times his proposals for this had been rejected. He was working his ass off but it seemed that everything he was doing wasn't working out properly.

His phone rang.

"Hello?"

"Dude, it's me, Steven. Pare, let's have lunch?"

"Uhmm...."

"Sige na, dude! I'm in the area lang. Meet you at Amici in 30minutes?"

"Lunch?" Rj looked at the clock on the wall beside him. It was 11:00am. He had been engrossed by work that he forgot the time. It suddenly hit him that he was actually hungry already.

"Sige dude, I'll just finish up here then I'll meet you. Amici? Ayala Triangle?"

"Yup! Sige dude, see you!"

Rj worked in a small production company just across from the Ayala Triangle Park. He and a group of friends started this company a couple of years back and now he was trying to get this current proposal to work for them so that they could land a bigger project.

Hunger and exhaustion was slowly hitting him after the phone call from Steven. Steven was his bestfriend from highschool. They also went to college together. Steven worked for his dad, at their own investment company, in BGC. The two always hung out together, they were like brothers already.

"Guys! Lunch na!" Rj said as he stood up from his desk and closed his laptop. His officemates just looked at him. Some nodded. Mark said, "Dude, gaano ka naman katagal mag-l-lunch break?" chuckling and chiding Rj.

"Heh! Mga 1 hour lang. Si Steven lang kasama ko." Rj replied, annoyed.

"Ohhh....kay." Mark answered sarcastically while everyone in the office chuckled.

"Mga tarantado!" Rj retorted but with a smile and turned his back to them as he reached for the door.

"Mamaya... meeting tayo. Gusto ko ayusin tong project na to..." he said as he opened the door and stepped out.

"Sige..." Mark replied as the door closed behind Rj.