His Fangirl

Chapter 13

Nayanig ang mundo ko. My heart was palpitating so fast. Kailangan ko pang lumayo ng konti sa aking mga kasamang tumitili ng mahina.

Wala parin akong imik. Hindi ako makasigaw. Parang tumigil ang mundo ko. Hindi ko na maintindihan ang sinasabi ng kasama kong amerikana.

Tumingin sa may banda ko si Heechul at si Donghae. Nag uusap sila nung dumaan sila sa may pathway. Madadaanan lang nila yung hallway kung nasaan kami.

Impit na tumitili ang mga kasama ko. Tahimik lamang ako sinusubukang pakalmahin ang sarili. LIKE WHAT THE FUCK?! GAGOOOO?! PAANO AKO KAKALMA??

"RIEGO, HYORI."

Napatayo ako pagkarinig ko ng aking pangalan. I raised my hand. Tumingin sa akin ang staff at inilahad ang pintuan papasok sa interview room.

Dahan dahan akong naglakad, nagdadasal at pinapalakas ang aking loob. Magagawa ko ito! I can do this! Para sa aking sariling kaligayahan! Para sa pamilya!

"Annyeonghaseyo. Nae ileum-eun Hyori-ieyo. Mannaseo bangawoyo.(Hello. My name is Hyori. Nice to meet you.)" na ti tense kong bati sa kanila at binigyan sila ng matamis na ngiti. They smiled at me too, that lessen my nervousness.

"Hyori, annyeong. Jal jinaess-eo?(Hyori, hello. How are you?)" tanong sa akin nung lalaking nasa gitna. Nangingiti siya habang kinakausap ang dalawang interviewer na babae.

"Ne, jal jinaess-eoyo.( Fine, and you?)" tanong ko pabalik. Napangiti naman ang mga kasamahan niyang babae.

"Yeogi saseyo?(Do you live here?)" hindi ko maintindihan ang sinasabi nung babaeng nasa kaliwa. Alanganin akong ngumiti sa kanila.

"Ne? Mianhajiman naneun hangug-eolul joegum hal su iss-eoyo. Yeong-eohal su iss-eoyo? Gwaenchan- ayo?(Pardon? Sorry, I can only speak a little Korean. Do you speak English? Is it okay?)" nahihiya kong tanong sa kanila. Tumawa naman silang tatlo.

"I like your valor." komento sa akin nung nasa kanang babae. Tumawa ulit sila. Mga baliw!

"She is far different from the other interviewee. She was trying her best to understand us and speak to us unlike the other applicants. They stop us when we are about to speak. They have no manners." napapa iling na sabi naman nung babaeng nasa kaliwa.

"We will start the real interview." seryosong sabi ng lalaki. Nag seryoso silang lahat. Kinabahan ako.

"Ms. Hyori. Your 1 and a half year as a stage manager in the Philippines. You've received an award as a director? Then an award for production in the current year. Why do you want to work here and become our stage manager? How can you assure as that you'll be responsible with your works?" seryosong tanong sa akin ng babae sa kaliwa.

"I want to be the stage manager of this particular show or event because I want to know almost everything that is going on. All of the individual clogs in the nook and how they will fit together, I want to help the staffs with all of that. And seeing how it all comes together it's just amazing because I saw all these different pieces getting created and knowing that I helped put that all together . That's the thing I was passionate about. Working passionately can be my assurance that everything I'm into is my own responsibility despite how time consuming and difficult it is. Despite how hard it is, I will still enjoy it because this is what I want and I love it." sabi ko habang nagdadasal na malaman nila iyong point ko.

"Wow! Do you have a boyfriend?" wala sa sariling bigkas ng lalaki sa gitna. Agad siyang binatukan ng katabing babae.

"Don't mind what he said, Ms. Hyori. I'm Lee Min Young" ngiti sa akin ng babae. Sinuklian ko rin siya ng ngiti.