To Love and Be Loved

Chapter 5

Wait, what the-

"Pilyo?!"

"Damn! How did you recognize me?! I tried so hard to change my voice! I thought I sounded like that guy! Damn it." Sabi nya at rinig kog meron syang hinampas. Kala mo ha.

"Ang gago! Di mo 'ko mauuto. Ang laki ng kaibahan. And please stop calling me Dyann. It's disgusting. Anyways, why did you call?" Sabi ko sabay higa.

"Well, you left your necklace in my car.." Sabi nya sabay pagbuntong ng hininga.

Kinapa ko naman yung dibdib ko. Oh shit wala nga. My favorite necklace.

"Thank goodness! Oh gosh, buti nalang at di talaga nawala. That's my favorite necklace for damn sakes! I'm sorry Pilyo. And thank you so much!" Sabi ko.

Ah buti nalang! What more if I totally lost it? Damn I'll be forever doomed. I've never liked necklaces kasi it feels like a chokehold sa neck. Yun lang talaga yung nagustuhan ko ever. And yes it was given by Pilyo. We were young that time. Around 13 years old maybe? We gave each other necklaces before as a sign of our friendship and I loved it very much. Yes we were like childhood sweethearts sa mata ng iba but no. We're just closefriends and di na hihigit pa. At ngayon, nang biglang nag bibinata si Pilyo, we became a bit distant. He gets easily irritated. I didn't even know why. And that's where we became frenemies.

Yun ang naging dahilan sa pagbuntong hininga ni Pilyo dahil muntikan ko nang nawala yung necklace and we swore to each other na hinding-hindi namin iwawala yun. It was a pinky swear but we held on to that. Pinky promises are very valuable after all. Buti nalang talaga hindi ko nawala. Thank you Lord!

"Remember what I told you na hinding-hindi na kita papansinin if ever you lost it diba? And you said the same goes for me? Hmm. Muntik na yun eh."

"Sus. Ano bang silbi nyan sa sinabi mo eh di mo naman talaga ako pinapansin in a long period of time which I didn't even know why? Ngayon ka nga lang bumalik eh." Sabi ko sabay irap.

Bigla naman syang natahimik. Did I say something wrong? Tama naman lahat ng sinabi ko ah?

"Pilyo?"

"I'm gonna hand you the necklace tomorrow. I still have something to do. See you Bata.."

Then he hung up. What's up with him? He sounded like himself nung di pa kami medyo nagpapansinan. It sounded cold but the difference is, it was a bit calm.

Hays ewan ko na nga ba! All I need to do right now is to take a shower because it has been a one heck of a day! Nilabas ko naman agad yung mga mga binigay ni Randy sa aking na kakailanganin ko raw for maintenance. Hays parang senior citizen lang.

Tsaka pumasok na ako sa CR.

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"Darls look!" Sigaw ni Darls habang nakatingin sa kanyang laptop.

"Whart?" Sabi ko sabay nguya sa kinakain kong pringles.

"I just posted a photo of you na naka talikod 17 minutes ago and tingnan mo! Ang dami!" Sabi nya sabay tili.

"Teka darls! What if they'll guess na ako yan?"

"No they won't for sure. Look at my caption. "Hello new friend!" And take a look at the comments."

Inagaw ko naman sa kanya ang Mac niya at tiningnan yung comments.

'Ang ganda niya kahit naka talikod lang! Who is she?'