For sereace. Because a promise is a promise.
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"Meron ka bang talong mahaba?"
Shit.
Shit, shit, shit.
Gusto kong habulin yung text message pero...
Message Sent
Patay ako dito. Bakit ba ako mismo ang nagbibigay ng bala kay Alden para asarin ako? Taling mahaba kasi dapat yun. And hindi para sa kanya yung message. Pero since magkatabi yung name nila ni Ate Pat sa phonebook ko, sa kanya ko naisend. Wow lang, right?
Well, this is me, ladies and gentlemen. Kahit kelan maaasahan ko talaga ang sarili ko na magkalat. What's good, self.
I was preparing something for Alden's birthday. Nope, not the one for Eat Bulaga but yung after. I wanted to surprise him kasi with a quiet dinner sa rooftop ng condo building ko. I started to decorate the place by stringing small balloons tapos nilagyan ko ng konting fairy lights sa background. But mid-way, naubusan ako ng string so I texted Ate Pat but fate had to screw me over.
Lord, wala naman akong balak na masama. Pero bakit? I rarely make mistakes when texting but as you can see, whenever I do, it had to be this big.
Tingnan mo naman, that text message was soooo wrong in soooo many levels. Una, naghanap ako ng talong. Second, yung mahabang talong pa talaga. Lastly, kay Alden ko naisend.
Yep. Bigyan ng masigabong palakpakan na may kasamang hiyawan. I deserve that.
Kinakabahan ako sa isasagot niya. I just wish he'd text back already, just to get it over and done with. But no, he had to make me wait. Basang-basa na ang kili-kili ko sa nerbyos. Alam ko kasi aasarin na naman niya 'ko ng todo nito eh. I know him too well. Hinding-hindi niya palalampasin 'to.
But alam mo, this is what I like about Alden. He doesn't tiptoe his way around me. Asaran kung asaran talaga and I find it refreshing kasi hindi pa-cute, hindi pabebe. Hindi siya yung tipo ng tao who would put his best foot forward para lang magpa-impress. And I like it. I like him. Pero ssshh lang ha, huwag sabihin.
Although I think medyo alam na rin niya. I had to go home early from Japan just to be here on his birthday. I did not have to do that kasi I was on official leave from work. Pinayagan na'ko ng Eat Bulaga. Pero umuwi ako kasi gusto ko nandito ako to celebrate with him. Kung hindi niya pa na-gets yun, ewan ko na lang.
Originally, I wanted to throw a small party for him. Tapos family niya, family ko, and our EB family yung guests. But nagpaka-selfish muna ako. Gusto ko ma-solo si birthday boy. Eeeh, first birthday niya na magkasama kami soooo... alam mo na yun.
So eto na nga. Alden is set to arrive four hours from now and hindi ko pa natapos ang pagdedecorate kasi nga naubusan ako ng tali. Cooking will take mga two hours so hindi ako nagpapanic about it. Yung kaba ko was more on waiting for Alden's reply.
Pagkatapos ng isa't kalahating lifetime, tumunog din ang cellphone ko. Ang kaba ko, shet.
"Bakit naghahanap ka ng talong?"
Shit.
Hindi pa 'ko tapos basahin yung isa, sunod-sunod ang pasok ng messages niya.
"At bakit mahaba?"
Shit, shit, shit.
"Meron ako dito."
LECHE.
"Gaano kahabang talong ba ang kailangan mo?"
Errrmmm...
"Pupunta naman ako diyan mamaya, dadalhin ko."
WTF.
Hindi na'ko nag-bother sumagot. Aaminin ko, talo ako sa round na 'to. Pero hindi pa tapos ang boxing.
The year has barely started.
And it's gonna be taLONG one.
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