Distance Is Just A Number [Taglish]

Chapter 4

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CHAPTER 4

The TV was switched-on and it was almost at its fullest volume.

Pero daig pa din ng sigaw nila MC, Aubrey at Ellie. May parts na sobrang wala na kong marinig dahil sa kakatili nila. Pero okay lang sakin. They lifted my spirits with their presence. Mike said we'll talk later. Away nanaman to. Kung pwede lang sanang wag na eh. Pero hindi. We had so much stuff to clear up.

"Rivendell- a new band that's taking the country by storm. Rivendell officially started back in 2013. There are five members. Ryder, Ivan, Enzo, Declan and Lloyd. It's from their initials that the name Rivendell came from."

Five pictures flashed on the screen. This was followed by more screams from my friends.

"Dibs on Ivan! Ang hot niya sobra with his guitar!" Aubrey shouted.

"Gitarista talaga lagi, Aubrey? Drummer type ko so dibs on Lloyd! Drummers talaga ang hottest," MC piped in.

"Bakit drummer ang hottest?" Ellie asked.

"Mas muscled sila coz' of the drums. Tapos they can bang. If you know what I mean."

Napa eye-roll kaming lahat. MC strikes again!

"Last mo na yan, MC," I said and then laughed at her expression.

"Corny eh," Aubrey added.

"I like Bassists. So it's Enzo for me," Ellie told us.

"Eh ikaw ba Andreia, sinong type mo?" Aubrey asked.

I opened my mouth to speak but Ellie beat me to it. "I think kay Ryder siya. Pero ampanget ng picture ni Ryder dito. Halos walang nakita. Anyway, Drei likes vocalists. Tignan mo na lang si Mike. Vocalist siya di ba?" she said.

Hmm... Come to think of it, since wala naman akong alam masyado sa instruments or sa music per se, gusto ko talaga yung mga vocalist. Kakaiba yung kilig at yung feels kapag kinakantahan ka ng guy. For me that was the sweetest.

With that, naalala ko tuloy si Reeve. Maganda sana yung quality ng voice niya pero wala naman siya sa tono. But he always sings for me, though. Mostly when I'm down and I just need to forget. Kahit wala siya sa tono, I'll give him a thousand points for effort.

"I think kaya wala masyadong pictures si Ryder is because he has the tightest security. It was said he was the richest, right?" Ellie asked.

"Yeah." Aubrey answered.

There was silence as we watched the show. It was all about the backgrounds of the band members. Tama nga ang sabi-sabi na galing sila sa mga prominent at well-off families.

Di ko masabi sa friends ko pero sobrang naweweirdohan talaga ko sa Rivendell. How can you become popular and be a public figure tapos parang allergic naman sila sa exposure? Ayaw ng pics and stuff?

Eh pano na lang pag nagconcert sila dito? Siguro naman pwede na magpapicture nun di ba? And since first stop ang Philippines sa tour nila, baka eto na yung pagbabago? Na tinatanggap na nila na popular na sila at kelangan na talaga nilang mag-interact sa mga fans nila?

Parang ewan talaga...

Anyway, nagtry na lang ako magconcentrate sa panonood. Tama na muna ang pag-iisip kay Mike at sa kung anu-ano pang bagay.

The next part of the documentary was about relationships. Tuwang tuwa yung mga friends ko ng malaman na lahat pala sila ay single—well except for Ryder. He has a girlfriend. It wasn't confirmed pero he had a lot of posts daw on his Twitter about her.

Hmm... Mafollow nga yun.

I grabbed my phone and quickly typed in the username on the screen. Magbabasa na sana ako ng mga tweets niya kaso bigla nanamang tumili yung mga kaibigan ko.

"Rivendell is going to have their concert in the Philippines, December of this year! Tickets will start being sold before January ends."

"Gosh! Drei! Please reserve na for us!" Ellie shouted.

"Sure, I'll tell my dad's secretary."

"Yaaaaay!"

And they jumped up and down my couch like there was no tomorrow. After the documentary, we had some snacks tapos umuwi na din sila. Once they were gone, biglang parang super tahimik ng condo ko.

Wala ng tili ng tili, walang asaran... Tahimik lang. Sa sobrang tahimik, naalala ko nanaman tuloy yung problem with Mike. Well, siguro itry ko na lang magbasa ng tweets ni Ryder of Rivendell. I reached for my phone.

Suddenly, the doorbell rang.

"Delivery for Miss Tan!"

I opened the door and the condo's bellboy smiled at me. "Ang dami niyan kuya ah."

"Oo nga maam e," sagot niya. Pinirmahan ko na ung papers and opened the door wide to let him through. "Sa mesa na lang kuya," I said excitedly. Feeling ko eto na yung gifts ni Reeve! Pagkaalis nung nagdeliver, diretso agad ako sa pagopen ng mga package na sobrang higpit ng pagkakatape!

Parang ayaw pabuksan eh!

After forty-eight years, nabuksan ko din lahat. And like always, Reeve gave me a lot of things.

Pillow, earphones, bracelet, lava lamp at pink na bag.

Super cute nilang lahat. Pero... Yung pillow simpleng puting pillow lang. Knowing Reeve, may something nanaman to. He never did things for the sake of doing it. Laging may... something.

Oh well. Sinuot ko ung bracelet then placed the lava lamp on the table beside my bed. Pinasok ko na din muna sa closet ung bag and placed my new earphones inside my schoolbag. Then, dinala ko yung pillow sa couch and took out my Ipad. Makapagbasa na lang muna while waiting for either Reeve or Mike to call. I lay my head down on the pillow and started to read.

After a few seconds, nagring na yung phone ko. I dreaded answering it kasi baka si Mike! But when I checked, si Reeve pala.

"Hey," I answered.

"I know you got my gifts."

"Yep! Got them a few minutes ago."

"I also know you're using the pillow right now," he said cheekily.

"What? How?"

"That's one of those long-distance pillows. If you lie down on it, mine lights up. Look, I'll use mine right now and you'll see yours light up."

Tumayo ako to see if he was right. And shit, nag-glow nga.

"Whoah. What's this, Reeve?"

"It's a technology they're working on for long-distance people. It's not yet out in the market but I pulled some strings to get me a prototype." Ako lang ba o parang ninenerbyos ung pagsasalita niya? He laughed and even that sounded a bit nervous.

"It uses the wifi in your house to transmit signals. When your weight is on the pillow, it transmits signals and lights mine up and vice versa."

Bumilis tibok ng puso ko. Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh! Ang sweet!

"As for the other gifts, lava lamp because I know you're afraid of the dark. We won't always sleep at the same time so the glow from the pillow won't be a very effective night light. The lamp is for back-up. New earphones so I'll sound a bit better when I try and sing to you. And then the bracelet and the bag... just because you love those."

Sobrang laki ng ngiti ko sa saya. Pucha naman, Reeve. How can you be the perfect guy and at the same time so perfectly unattainable?

"Awww. That's the sweetest thing ever, Reeve."

Wala eh. Yun na lang nasabi ko. Ang dami kong gustong sabihin pero parang naipit na lang yung dila ko. I picked-up the pillow and hugged it tight. Amoy bago siya but underneath that, there was also this faint scent of cologne na sobrang bango.

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San ba makakakita ng Reeve? Haha.

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