Cannot Be

Chapter 6

Chapter 6: His First Wish

"Cara!" Hinanap ko agad ang pinanggalingan ng boses.

It came from a familiar looking guy. Kahit hindi ko siya kilala ay ngumiti pa rin ako.

"Yes?" tanong ko.

"I'm Tristan Guevarra. Pinsan ko si Liv." Sabi niya. Oh that must be why he looks familiar. Knowing this now, medyo may hawig sila dahil mukha silang Korean. Guevarra is Liv's middle name. One of his parents must be tita's sibling.

"Ah.." sabi ko saka tumango, still smiling.

"We're actually schoolmates but I doubt kilala mo ako. Hindi naman ako kasing sikat mo eh." Sabi niya saka ngumiti ng tipid. My smile grew wider. I feel like a celebrity.

Oh, he's that Tristan.

Actually naririnig ko ang pangalan niya and that was because may iilan sa mga blockmates ko ang sumisilay sa kaniya, I know because I hear them talking about him.

Now I see why they're so into him.

He's shining bronze, just like how I like it. Mas matangkad siya sa akin, about 5 inches? Medyo payat siya sa unang tingin but if one takes time to check him out, maganda ang build ng katawan niya. He also has a great fashion sense. He's actually my type.

"Actually Liz told me to look after you. She's really worried you see." Sabi niya, he's eyes are smiling.

"You don't have to though. I was just doing something kaya nakalimutan kong iupdate siya." I gave him a reassuring smile. "Any way, dito ka rin nagimmersion?" tanong ko.

"Yes. Nasa Editorial Team nga ako eh. I don't know why though. Ang sabi sakin dapat nasa Technical Team ako since I'm taking IT. Ikaw? San ka naasign?" tanong niya.

Editorial Team? Duon dapat ako!

"Sa Technical Team ako. I'm confused as well." Sabi ko saka sinapo ang ulo.

The conversation went on.

The door behind me opened. Iniluwa nuon si Nathaniel. I suddenly remembered why I was outside. He asked me to photocopy these! Sira ang Xerox machine kaya naman lumabas ako papuntang Marketing na katabi lang naman ng Tech pero tinawag ako ni Tristan at nawala na sa isip ko.

"Cara!" tawag niya. I looked at Tristan apologetically.

"It's okay. I'll just text you. I'm sorry!" sabi ni Tristan saka umalis.

Naglakad papunta sa akin si Nathaniel. He looks pissed.

"Sabi ko ipa-xerox mo 'yan ah? Kanina pa ako naghihintay!" singhal niya.

I was taken aback. Tumungo na lang ako.

"Sorry." I apologized.

He tsked tapos pumasok ulit sa loob. Nagmamadali akong pumunta sa Marketing.

My phone vibrated.

+63928709****

Save my number! -Tristan

I smiled.

Ibabalik ko na sana ang phone ko sa bulsa nang bigla ulit itong nagvibrate.

Nathaniel Zhang messaged you.

Binuksan ko ang pop-head na lumabas from messenger.