Closing Time

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Cydthealee

The day went pretty fast. We had training from 9-12 and now im down to may last class which is until 3:30. Habang nasa practice hindi muna ako nag isip ng kung ano-ano. Siyempre practice, all out dapat. Mindset ko every practice is think of it as if it is my last. From all the warm ups to the drills and to the practice games, I dont take it lightly. Basta pag game, full on yan automatic. But right now, I can't help myself to worry about later. Sure I texted Ricci na I can't meet him today kasi may plans ako with my teammate. And Ricci being Ricci, super understanding naman yan kaso humirit siya. Kung pwede daw kaming mag meet kahit saglit lang. I shouldn't be surprised about this, he is one of the sweetest guys I've ever known. Kung pwede nga lang niya ako puntahan sa dorm everyday sabi niya gagawin daw niya. Kaya naman medyo gumaan loob ko for ditching our plans today. I told him yes and to meet me at our usual place at 3:30. As usual mag mamadali nanaman akong lalabas ng class.

*3:20*

"No questions? Let's call it a day.."

Ah yes! I've been wanting to hear that phrase since nag start yung class actually. As much as it is making me guilty, I made sure na hindi na ako napansin ni Kianna at Ara na umalis sa class namin. For sure if na catch nila akong palabas, I had to make up some excuses, some hard thought excuses para maka takas sa dalawang iyon. Lalo na kay Kianna na alam na may plan kami ni Kim at 4. I did not waste any time and I went straight sa usual place namin. It's nowhere near the word fancy. We just called it our place kasi this is where we could have a little privacy from our student-athlete life. Baka kasi kung mag meet kami outside the campus, some fans are just lurking around Taft and we might cause issues that might circulate around the social media. And we DONT want that.

*3:35*

I needed to take a second to compose myself and to quickly fix my hair and to check if I look presentable enough. But who cares? Kung naka pang training nga ako na attract na siya sa akin, pano pa ngayon na naka ayos ako with matching cardigan and dress pa. Here it is again, the feeling when my heart races so fast na para bang its my first time to meet him. But it's not. I've been with him a countless time but the feeling stayed.

"So you really think dressing up like that today would make this short meeting easier?" he said it with sarcasm as he greeted me with a sexy, very sexy smile. Ako naman, siyempre pa girl lang while twirling my hair on to the back of my ears. We just looked at each other for a whole minute. This was our routine. No talking, no touching just pure gazing at each other. Hindi namin alam kung bakit ganito kami every time we don't see each other ng matagal. Para bang we try to observe every part of each other. But the moment was perfect. Just like that, I was falling deeper for him.

"Hey." those words barely came out from my mouth. Nakakaloka dahil sa pag kakakilala sa akin ng maraming tao ako yung pala salita. He gave me a quick peck on my cheek.

"Gusto ko sanang itanong kung bakit ang ganda mo ngayon. But there's no point asking you that question kasi palagi ka namang maganda eh." hinirit niya ulit.

"Oo na. Alam kong gandang ganda ka nanaman sa akin Ricci. Pero easy lang ha?" pabiro kong sinabi. "May game kayo today diba?" I asked trying to break his gaze at me.

"Yes. And we have to meet at the gym at 3:45 --"

"IT'S 3:45!" I cut him off.

"Damn it." he cursed checking his watch. He hated this. He hates time for cutting his time with me.

"Tama na yan." Patawa kong sinabi while helping him get up. "POG for me ah."

"Will I get a time with you pag nag POG ako today? Could you promise me that?" He asked eagerly habang pabalik na kami sa civilization sa campus. I didn't need to promise him that, he knows that I would do that kahit hindi niya sabihin. Instead I gave him a small kiss on his cheek and whispered in his ear goodluck. And after that, nag madali na siyang tumakbo papunta sa gym which left me with a smile of satisfaction. 10 minutes. 10 minutes was all it took for us to meet and just be with each other again. We both know that's not enough but we take all the time we could get. Choosy pa ba kami? We're happy and that's all that mattered.

I was still in the spur of the moment when I realized na I have to meet Kimmy pa pala. I still have 15 minutes to get ready kaya naman balik ako agad sa dorm dahil doon nga ang meeting place namin. Still, hindi ko alam kung bakit kami lalabas ngayon na kaming dalawa lang. Ang akala ko ay tatawagin rin niya si Kianna kanina na sumama sa amin but she didn't and im not complaining. It's about 5 minutes after 4 o'clock and mag isa ko lang dito sa dorm. Usually wala talagang tao dito pag ganitong oras kasi may sari-sariling classes and lakads ang ladies. Hindi naman sa naiinip ako but I decided to tweet just for fun lang.

"@theadidit: Bilisan mo poooo ⌛️ @kimfajardo9"

On that instant she knows that her mentions would blow up. With that tweet and sinamahan pang picture nilang dalawa, alam niya matutuwa yung fans.

KimCy.

That's the most tweeted hashtag in reply to my tweet na bilisan mo po para kay Kimmy. Weird huh. I mean I am assuming na parang ginawan lang nila kami bigla ng ship name dahil nag post ako ng picture namin. It's the fans. They love to make up ships to pair their favorite idols or athletes. But never ko na-imagine na magagawan kami ng ganito because it's me and Kim. Kimmy / Dora lang kami, I never thought they would pair us umm romantically. But the thought of it made me laugh. Bakit naman hindi? Single nga naman si Kimmy, single rin ako so why not make the fans happy with it? Ah kaya pala everytime I tweet Kim, bigla nalang sumasabog and mentions and likes ko. I have never been very active on social media. Kung mag tweet man ako, for sure its either nang aasar lang ako, especially kay Kianna, Mok and Kaf or looking through animal pictures. That's all. Lately ko lang na pansin ang mga mentions ng fans sa akin everytime I tweet and this is actually the first tike na nakita ko ang ganitong response from them.

Nakakaloka. Sa super aliw ko sa replies sa twitter ay hindi ko na namalayan ang time. I was about to go deeper through my mentions nang biglang lumitaw ang naghihingalong Kimmy.

"Sorry sorry late ako.." sinabi habang hinahabol ang kanyang hininga.

Hindi ko alam kung maainis ako or matatawa dahil napaka haggard ng kanyang hitsura. Mas haggard pa kesa pag galing siya sa training.

"Gutom na gutom na akooooooo." kunwaring paiyak kong sinabi. "Nag madali pa naman akong umuwi dito kasi kala ko maaga ka, yun pala paasa ka."

"Ewan ko sayo." Sagot niya sakin. "Saan mo ba gustong kumain?"

"Kimmy naman eh, ikaw nag aya sa akin tapos ako pa mamimili. Kahit saan na." i replied still looking at her na parang gusto ko siyang i bully pa nang mas lalo.

"Tara sa Robinsons." sinabi niya agad habang naglalakad na siya palabas ng pintuan. Dali ko namang kinuha ang car keys ko dahil hindi ko alam kung kaninong sasakyan ang gagamitin.

"Ako ba mag dridrive?" tanong ko sakanya.

"Wag na. Let's take the MRT. Baka ma traffic lang tayo."

It took us twenty minutes to get to our destination. As usual si Kimmy, she chose to eat in a Japanese restaurant kasi alam niya favorite ko to. Since we got into the train hindi kami nag usap, it's not weird because maraming tao so wala din namang chance na mag usap kami. This make me feel unsteady na parang there's something that is about to happen. Parang im just waiting for her to pop the bubble but I don't have a clue what the bubbe contains. Alam na niya kaya yung sa amin ni Ricci? How did she know? Naka halata kaya siya?