Perhaps Tomorrow(miKA reyes and aRA galang Fanfic)

Chapter 9: 21st Floor

Started today very early.  Woke up at around 4am. I wanted to downplay my excitement… maybe even trying to convince myself that I was not THAT excited. Kaya mga 6am na ako bumangon at nagsimulang mag-ayos.  Bakit nga ba kasi ako excited? Beats me. 

Starting today, I will be living with people I just recently met… my new teammates.  The university built a 25-storey condo-apartment building near the campus for their athletes. Lady Spikers was assigned on the 21st  floor. We were given 4 three-bedroom units.  Each bedroom accommodates 2 players.   Kahit pagbalibaligtarin ko ang sitwasyon,  I can’t seem to find any reason to be excited--- I left my family and friends in Pampanga… I went out of my comfort zone…  Really! There is nothing to look forward too.  Pero since 3 nights ago, I started feeling restless. Hayst!  Nerbyos ba ito? Parang hindi naman.  Alam ko lang I looked forward to this day. Could it be because of her? Hindi!  Sigurado akong HINDI.

It has been a long day for us. Naglipat ng gamit, cleaned our respective rooms, got fitted for our uniform.  We were issued a new rubber shoes, socks,knee pads, shirts. Katuwa! Para lang akong nagshopping sa dami ng bago kong gamit.  The rookies were assigned 1 unit.  Kim will share the room with Cienne.  Carol is with Camille.  That leaves me and Mika… Yes, I will be roomies with Miss Number 2 herself who this time will be sporting jersey number 3. 

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It was comfortable being around her. Every exchange was clever and witty. We were laughing all throughout dinner. Forgetting that a few hours ago we were almost strangers. Realizing how different we are. Opposites? Not really...

She was oozing with self-confidence.  Sobrang benta ng sense of humor… slightly sacrcastic but not offending.  Malakas mang-asar.  Ganoon din naman the rest of the rookies.  Even I joined in sa asaran.  It was not surprising when the senior members of the team nicknamed our batch, THE BULLIES.

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We stood outside the veranda overlooking the city's skyline. We can see the lights coming from the buildings as far as Makati. They look like fireflies giving us a calming feel. Standing high above the city... feeling the cool wind blowing against my face... catching a glimpse of her every now and then... Time seem to have stood still.

All those other nights we talked endlessly 'til the sun was high up... all those conversations we shared for what seemed forever... and finally realizing that we were comfortable in each others silence as we were in our words... then we found sleep... It was sort of amusing to be falling asleep in the middle of phone calls... but it was just what we did for those many nights in the last week... or was it just days? Well, considering that it was way past midnight whenever we talked... sleeping was not far behind. Whether it was due to exhaustion from our activity that day or just from natural tendency of the body and the mind to shut down... we would fall asleep... and end up waking each other when the day finally began again. How I laud the mobile telecommunication industry for coming up with their UNLICALL promos. For sure, my phone bills would have sky-rocketed if not for the unli promos.

Pano nga ba nagsimula ang lahat? 

[FLASHBACK]

She came in late during our meeting (where I was introduced to the whole team).  I heard she skipped breakfast and lunch that day. Because of that her blood sugar level dipped causing her to loss consciousness.  I was the one nearest her. Kaya naman ako ang nakasalo sa kanya. Kim helped me carry her to the clinic. Nagulat ako dahil muli kong naramdaman yung electric current that I felt the first time I shook her hands. Whatever that meant, I have to figure it out soon.