21 Minutes

Sixth

Did you set yourself up with him?

M: NOOO... Hindi ko naisip gawin yun, I swear.

J: She should've, right? Pinahaba niya pa kwento namin. (chuckles)

M: (flicks Jeron's ear)

J: After this interview siguro, injured na ako.

M: (laughs and pulls Jeron closer to her side)

I seriously have no idea how I was able to survive the next minutes without dying of kilig. But I tried so hard just so their story could make it to this issue that you're reading now. :)

For Mika, how was the experience of keeping your end of the bargain?

M: It was hard. Kasi meron siyang mga requirements eh. And on my part, gusto ko naman talaga siyang mahanapan ng kalidad na date, ng girl na feeling ko magugustuhan niya. Kasi nga he did his part well. Saka I considered him as a friend na rin that time.

J: Grabe ka! All the while I was thinking na friends tayo since birth.

M: Eh sakin hindi eh. (sticks her tongue out)

--- Flashback ---

"Roomie! May friend akong naghahanap ng date! Gusto mo?", Mika casually asked Majoy while setting the table for lunch inside their dorm. The seniors were home since it's one of those coincidental days that they really had no classes or for some, the prof was not around.

Her fellow middle blocker gave Mika a suspicious look.

"Nako, roomie. Kung gusto mong bumawi sa disaster date mo courtesy of Ate A, wag ako 'no!", she replied.

"Hoy, ako na naman! Daks alam mo namang love na love kita diba! Pinagalitan ko na nga yung si Raffy eh.", Ara suddenly emerged from the stairs.

"Ok na yun, tomsy! Nakamove-on na ako 'no. Kaya nga kung di ako pwedeng maging bida sa love story, ako na lang si Cupid. Kaya sige na Joy, pumayag ka na...", she pleaded.

"Bakit ako? Saka sino ba yan, bakit kung makiusap ka eh parang pinagkautangan mo yun."

"Uhm, parang ganun na nga.", Mika thought.

"Grabe ka naman! Gusto ko lang talaga siyang tulungan 'no.", she responded but caught Ara giving her a look that says I-don't-believe-you.

"Eh Ate Ye, ayoko..."

"Bakit? Diba sabi mo dati gusto mo makipag-date? Promise mabait 'to!", Mika insisted.

"Mabait kaysa sa shokoy...", she thought again.

"Eh kasi hindi ako pwede...", Majoy replied, her voice just above a whisper.

"At bakit?", Mika and Ara asked in chorus.

Their teammate on the hotseat only lowered her head in response.

"Oh my gulay! Is it real?! Pumapag-ibig na si Majoy Baron!!!", Ara shouted.

"Ate naman eh!"

All of a sudden, Mok, Kim, Cyd, Carol and Justine came running down the stairs.

"Anong sabi mo?!", Kim and Cyd.

"Luma-love life si bakla?!", Carol.

"Paano na ang TiuRon?!", Justine.