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Chapter 1: Birthday Present

March 23, 2016

"God! This is stupid," Lexi muttered while she's standing in front of her boyfriend's condo.

Iñigo Franco Aguirre, her boyfriend for three years, is celebrating his 21st birthday today.

She was too caught up with her paper works and thesis (graduating student feels) she forgot to buy a gift for him. Sinubukan niya naman na maghanap ng ireregalo para kay Iñigo pero wala talaga siyang matipuhan na alam niyang ikatutuwa ng boyfriend niya. Dalawang bagay lang naman ang alam niyang hilig ni Iñigo (bukod sa kanya, of course) : shoes at basketball. Not that he's materialistic or what, gusto lang naman niya na isurpresa at paligayahin si Iñigo.

She was left with no choice but to ask suggestions from her best friend, Chy.

Two days ago

"What the fuck, Lex! Please tell me you're not serious!!!" Chy shouted dramatically after she spilled her reason for her sudden appearance in her best friend's crib.

"I am," she replied in a small voice. Hiyang hiya siya. Feeling niya wala siyang kwentang girlfriend para sa paglimot niya sa birthday ni Iñigo. "I'm doomed. Wala na talaga akong maisip na ibigay na regalo sa kanya."

"Isa ka talagang gaga't kalahati. E paano ngayon yan? Two days na lang birthday na ni Iñigo."

"Kaya nga ako nagpunta rito para humingi ng suggestions sa'yo e!" she spat out.

"Well... uh... considering your lack of time to prepare and all, hmm... I think I have something in my mind," she flashed that dirty smirk of hers.

Sa ngiti pa lang ng kaibigan niya kinukutuban na siya na may masama itong binabalak. Wtf. We're talking about Chy here. Siya lang naman ang babaeng hinalikan ang prof niya just to stop him from reprimanding her. Ganun katindi ang antics na alam ni Chy para lang makuha ang gusto nito. Kaya kung ano man ang suhestiyon nito ay hindi niya iyon tatanggapin.

"Nope. Nope! Whatever that is, I won't do it. I know you, Chy. At alam kong 'di maganda 'yang binabalak mo. So, it's a no."

"Oh, c'mon! Wala pa akong sinasabi, Lexi."

"I could sense na hindi maganda ang iniisip mo kaya I will never ever take that suggestion of yours," todo iling na sabi niya.

"Hear me out first, okay? Pwede? Masyado kang agit diyan teh!" she said, rolling her eyes. "Don't worry, I'm not gonna suggest that you give your boyfriend a blowjob or something."

Lexi's eyes grew wide. "What the---"

See?! See? Ganyan ka-exotic ang ideas na nasa utak ni Chy kaya hinding hindi niya gagawin kung ano man ang ipapagawa nito sa kanya.

"So prude, my friend. So prude," Chy tsked as she shook her head. "Anyway, as I was suggesting, why don't you wrap yourself and be the gift for Iñigo?" she said, stressing the word the.

Wrap myself? Be the gift for Iñigo? Ew!

"Hindi ba corny 'yon, Chy? Tsaka what for? He already owns me. Duh!" I commented as I rolled my eyes at her.

"Trust me. Worth the try, bestie. Worth the try. I assure you, Iñigo will definitely love that," she said as she wiggled her eyebrows.

"Baka naman isipin niya na I'm giving myself to him. Like you know, na sinusuko ko na ang Bataan, ganon." If I were a guy and my girlfriend did that for me, I'd think she's ready to do "it." And I wouldn't want Iñigo to see it that way.