TWENTY TWO
Oh man, I hate that I’m being the giddy girl that I am now just because my freaking heart won’t keep calm. Hoy heart, be still! H’wag O.A. Pwede ba? It was just a crappy love confession. From Key… the arrogant boy who is apparently the greatest love of my life.
Holy crap.
Inilublob ko ulit ‘yung sarili ko sa bath tub dahil umaasa akong makakatulong ito na patinuin ang aking wayward thoughts. Geezus, I wasn’t mentally prepared for this crazy rollercoaster ride of feels.
I know, I know, Key already told me once that he has ‘feelings’ for me pero ewan, nakaka-overwhelm pa din eh. Siguro I just never imagined it to be something as serious as love, considering how everything between us has started. Hindi ko naman kasi akalain na may nalalaman-laman pala siyang Koi No Yokan no, had I known earlier, I probably would’ve been more honest with my feelings for him. Well, probably.
Pansamantala ko munang ipinaranas kay Keith Kato ang pagiging seen-zoned, inignore ko deliberately ‘yung baduy na multiple choice text message niya. Tsk. Nakakainis eh, patibong lang.
Matapos ang ilang mga kuskos here and there and when I finally felt decontaminated enough, nilisan ko na ang aking bathtub saka ko na binalikan ‘yung unfinished agendas ko in my room. Hello? May iba pa kaya akong mga dapat na pagkaabalahan bukod sa pagiging isang pawang bilanggo ng pag-ibig. Hah.
So I naturally went on with my endless pile of homework at sa kalagitnaan ng pakikipag-tuos ko with Statistics, my phone buzzed. It was another text message from Key.
Oh, in fact, meron pala akong 27 pa na new unread messages – lahat galing kay Keith Kato.
What a creep.
I didn’t exactly had a choice but to read the messages he sent me dahil naka-bandera na sila sa home screen ko eh, and what the heck.
Puro quotes na mukhang pinitas from Nicholas Sparks novels ‘yung sinend niya sa akin. At mukhang ‘The flashier, the better’ pa yata ‘yung motto niya, paano ba naman, the most recent one he sent me was: ‘You are, and always have been, my dream.’
UGH.
Napabilis pa tuloy lalo ‘yung speed-texting powers ko thanks to Keith Kato’s cringe-worthy messages. I swiftly keyed in my reply:
YOU’RE ONE TEXT MESSAGE AWAY FROM BEING BLOCKED, KEITH AYALA.
Tigil-tigilan mo nga ako sa mga ka-jejehan mong ‘yan, pwede ba? Stop flooding me! Perverted kiss stealer.
He replied almost instantaneously and I could swear he’s wearing that annoying, smug grin of his habang nagta-type siya ng isasagot niya sa’kin. Darn. I totally detest that I am wasting my precious neurons on him – imagining him smirking at me at the moment.
Wala na, tuluyan na talaga siyang nagtagumpay sa pagkakaroon ng 24/7 access sa aking beloved thick skull. How very unfortunate.
Key: Well, well, well Prez, at least your suspicions have finally been confirmed and your late-night fantasies were not put to waste ;)
Gabi-gabi mong ini-imagine na ako sana ‘yung mystery masked guy no? Oh, I bet you do.
