When Cupid Is Playing Around... [On-Hold]

Chapter 7: Black Pearl

Chapter 7

Black Pearl

Hay... umuwi akong dismayado... pano ba naman kasi.. di nangyari yung kiss effect na nasa panaginip ko with Nathan kanina. Sayang akala ko pa naman.. teka teka.. 

Oo nga pala. Dinekwat ko yung notebook na nakita ko na nakakalat dun sa sahig ng kwarto ni Nathan. Grabe. Di ko akalaing kinuha ko talaga yung notebook ng may notebook. Sorry ah? Kasi naman eh.. kayo ba pag may crush tas nakita niyo yung gamit niya.. di niyo din ba kukunin yun para pag pantasyahan ng ilang araw? Ibabalik ko naman eh. Hehe.

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Nakahilata ako ngayon with open arms and legs. Bigla kong naalala yung notebook na yun at sa curiosity ko, tinignan ko agad.

Inopen ko sa first page. Kita ko yung magandang cursive writing... parang font na sa sobrang ganda. Nakalagay..

"White Pearl and Black Pearl."

"White pearl and black pearl?"

Sabi ko. 

Nakakapagtaka dahil may drawing na parang si Pon at Zi na nag hoholding hands dun sa first page. Naintriga ako dahil ang papers ay black, hindi siya yung usual na notebook na, alam niyo na white ang paper with lines, heto wala eh. Pure black and white. Ewan ko lang sa cover na checkered na black and orange.

I turned it on the next page.

Oh...

It was a diary.. Diary ni Nathan...

Hindi siya yung ordinaring diary... 

It was like... Nathan is telling a story.. about his girl named Shaira. 

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Nathan's Diary

Nathan's POV

"Carlo! hi-hingin mo n-naman... yung number ni s-Shae.."

I said to my bestfriend, we were bestfriend since 2nd year HS. 4th year HS na kami ngayon.

"Kaw talaga tol, torpe mo kahit kailan. Sige akong bahala. Ilalakad kita. Sakanya.. wait ka lang dyan."

Then tumakbo siya para kausapin yung friend ni Shae. 

Actually ang name niya is Shaira, her friends call her Shae, and so do I.

After a few minutes...

"Oh heto na oh."

"Bilis ah."

"Syempre, gagawin ko yun para sa first girlfriend ng best friend ko. Mukang tinamaan ka talaga kay Shaira ah."

Then ngumiti lang ako.

Since then, I always send her SMS, and sometimes MMS. I always draw, this has been my hobby since I was a grade 5 student. Lagi ko siyang drino-drawing na chibi.

"Ang cute naman ng drawing mo."

She replied once.

"Thank you, and that's for you. Hehe. Kung gusto mo.. ibibigay ko sayo to."

"Really? Can I have it?"

"Sure."

After that, at first hindi siya colored. Sketch lang siya. Since gusto kong mag pa impress sakanya, yes, I am courting her, I spent the whole night, carefully markering and coloring the chibi drawing. 

I specially accentuated the skin color. Ayaw niya ng white since honest siya sa color niya. Hindi rin siya black. But her skin color is dark, not that dark. Yung katamtaman lang. That's why I named her.. Black Pearl.