Come On, Collide

[4] The One With The (Awkward) Dinner

Mukhang twice a month lang ata ang updates nitong Thing2 haha! Sorry, I had this written last month pero hindi ko maayos ang pag-e-edit kaya natagalan. Next week ko ipo-post ang Chapter 5! 5's a short one kaya mas madali hahaha 😂

So this contains a revelation. Malalaman niyo kung ano 'yon kasi matagal niyo nang tinatanong sa 'kin yan haha

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The One With The (Awkward) Dinner

Andreau Cortez has been a fixture in Roldan del Rosario's life ever since he could remember. As if he could've avoided that from happening. Their parents had been the bestest of friends, plus magkapitbahay pa sila noon sa San Francisco kaya natural lang na maging close sila ni Ninna, his twin sister, kay Andreau. It was either Andreau or that annoying Swedish boy from Apartment 3D. Ninna had hated that boy so much -- he'd stolen her Tamagochis -- kaya pinili nila ang kalaro na mas makakasundo nila.

Halos 19 years na silang magbestfriend ni Andreau, and so far, wala pang nagbago sa pagkakaibigan nila kahit na pumasok sa showbizness ang best friend niya four years ago. He's still that moody, quiet, deep, and very dependable guy na nakilala niya sa California. Si Dan kasi ang maloko at gago sa kanilang dalawa kaya minsan nasi-speechless siya kapag may ginagawa ang best friend na So Not Like Andreau. In fact, sa tagal nilang magkaibigan, anim na beses pa lang siyang napatameme ni Andreau

1.8 years old - Unang beses nilang mag-away ni Andreau dahil sa...babae. Naunang bumili si Andreau ng Barbie Dreamhouse para kay July, their childhood friend. Crush kasi nilang dalawa si July at crush ni July si Dan kaya feeling niya pinagtaksilan siya ni Andreau noon.

2.11 years old - Andreau had rendered him speechless twice. Una noong nakita niyang magwala sa kakaiyak si Andreau after ibalita sa kanila na namatay sa isang car accident ang parents nito. Medyo iyakin si Andreau nung mga bata pa sila, pero doon lang niya nakitang labis na nasaktan ang bestfriend niya. Pangalawa, noong nahanap nila si Andreau sa ilalim ng kama nito after ilibing ng parents niya. He'd cried himself to sleep. (Naluluha si Dan kapag naaalala niya ang mga araw na 'to. Ayaw na niyang makitang masaktan nang ganoon si Andreau kahit kailan.)

3.15 years old - when Andreau confessed na si Ms. Klara Abelardo ang first kiss niya. He never saw that one coming.

4.19 years old - Twice, just last month. Noong nalaman nila from Mars ang fling nina Andreau at Sarah. Hindi siya makapaniwala na kayang gawin ni Andreau 'yon. At ang pangalawa? When Andreau confessed that he lost his virginity to July, the very same girl they'd fought over years ago, noong umuwi ito ng Pinas last December.

And today marked the seventh time Andreau rendered him speechless.

For the first time ever, he witnessed Andreau Cortez ask someone -- a girl, for crying out loud -- out for dinner.

She's not just a girl, though.

Si Zade Pascual 'yon, ang babaeng crush niya simula noong November.

"W-what?" He heard Zade gasp behind him, bringing him back to reality. That's good, he's not the only one shocked about this. "D-dinner?"

He then turned to Andreau and caught a flash of panic in his eyes. Shit, that's new. Bihira lang magpanic si Andreau, at wala namang dahilan para magreact siya nang ganito.

Unless...

"Uhh..." Andreau shot him a pleading look.

"Dinner!" Roldan suddenly exclaimed -- much to Andreau's relief. "Uhh... para pa-thank you namin sa pagpayag mo for this docu. That is...kung wala kang gagawin tonight."