Retrograde | Jicheol

XXVIII

8:32 pm

Seungcheol calling...

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"Kusang gumalaw 'yung mga daliri ko na tawagan 'tong number na 'to pero hindi ko alam kung bakit."

"Alam mo kung hindi lang kita kilala, iisipin kong drug lord ka at pinagtitripan lang ako. Papahuli pa kita kay Duterte."

"Wait..."

". . ."

"...I know that voice."

". . ."

"I...I know you. Am I right?"

"Go ahead, Seungcheol. What's my name then?"

"Hm, nakangiti ka no?"

"Lol. What makes you say that?"

"I just know it. Halata naman sa boses mong cute."

"Tsk. J-just say my name."

"Wait, nasa dulo na ng dila ko!"

"Then pull it out."

"NASA DULO NA TALAGA NG DILA KO!"

". . ."

"NASA DULO PALA NG ILONG! SIPON BA?!"

"Tangna."

"Sipon pangalan mo? Wow. Your parents must have hated you so much..."

"What the actual fuck, Seungcheol. It's Ji-"

"JIPPOON!!! AHA NAALALA KO NA! Jippoon pala hehe."

"Close enough, Dory. Close enough."

"Yisss!"

"Ambot sa kanding na may bangs. Anyway, may itatanong pala ako sa'yo."

"Will you be my boyfriend?"

"H-ha?"

"I mean 'yun ba ang itatanong mo? Hihi."

"Gago. Hindi."

"Ayt. Ano pala?"

"Paano ka nagkasakit?"

"Wala naman akong sakit ngayon eh."

"Ah. Hindi pa yata nasasabi ng nanay mo sa'yo ngayong araw."

"Ang alin?"

"Wala wala. Nevermind. I wouldn't risk telling it to you myself again. Mahirap na."

"Hindi kita maintindihan, Jippoon."

"'Wag mo nang intindihin."

"Eyy, may tanong din pala ako sa'yo."

"Spill."

"Alam mo 'yung kasabihan na 'The mind forgets but the heart remembers'?"

"Oh?"

"Wala, tinanong ko lang. Hehe."

"Muntanga ah."

"Dejoke. Hindi ko kasi matandaan kung saan kita nakilala."

"Pangalan ko nga hindi mo na maalala, iyon pa kaya?"

"Gasps! Sa Tinder ba?!"

"Gago. Mukha ba akong nagti-tinder?!"

"Malay mo naman diba?!"

"Poonyeta."

"MAGDALENA?!"

"Mukha ba akong babae?!"

"MAGDALENO?!?!"

"You're a hopeless case, Seungcheol."

"You're a. Diba Kpop artist 'yan?! 'Yung sa Girl's Day! SI KIM YOU'RE A!"

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"Loading... Loading..."

"Fuck you."

"Laters, babe. Wink wink."

"Fuck you, sagad."

"Oh, so you like it rough~"

"Gago."

"Ano ba, Jippoon. Cursing machine ka ba?"

"Sort of."

"Masama kayang magmura!"

"Sino naman nagturo sa'yo niyan? Lol."

"Si Jisoo!"

"Jisoo? You mean...Joshua?"

"Sabi ko Jisoo, hindi Joshua. Bingi."

"No, they're the sam- Nevermind. Seungcheol, I have to call you back. May kakausapin lang akong isang santo."

"Eh? Okay. Bye, Jippoon!"

Call Ended