I was riding the public bus home from my local college. I got tired of staring through the window, seeing all the buildings and people passing by. So, I decided to check on my Instagram feed, only to see pictures of my friends hanging out with their love ones. Some of them even have spouses. I shuddered in disgust and continued to stare at the window.
I never had a boyfriend in my entire life. Heck, I didn't even have my first kiss yet. And I don't care about it. At times, my friends would always ask me,
"Melani Bernardo, you're 21 years old. How come you're the only one who never had a boyfriend yet?"
Some of them even set me up on blind dates which I likely declined. Sure the boys that my friends set me up were cute, but they were out of my league.
The only thing that will capture my heart is drawing. Drawing is really special to me. It all started when I started watching this anime called Ouran High School Host Club. I was in love with the characters and the facial expressions that I started to create fan arts of them. And that's when my passion for drawing started to develop. I went from drawing anime characters to drawing more realistic objects and people. I wouldn't be able to live if I stopped drawing for my entire life.
I got off the bus and headed to the door of my house. Inside, I was greeted by the smell of my grandmother's cooking.
"Hi Nanay", I said as I blessed her soft wrinkled hand.
"Hi Mel", she replied with her thick Filipino accent.
"Where's Tatay?, I said with a worried expression.
"He's at the garage doing work again.", she complained.
"Ay nako again!? I thought he's not supposed to work because he's going to get sick."
"Well you know your Tatay, every time I told him to stop he won't listen. What a hardheaded he is, isn't he?"
I chuckled at my grandmother's remark. My grandparents are the best grandparents I ever had. They would always listen to me, no matter what situation I was in. The reason I called them Nanay(mom) and Tatay(dad) instead of Lolo(grandpa) and Lola(grandma) is because they are like my second parents to me. Also she told me to call her that so she would feel young. I never get to see my real parents though because I was only 3 when they passed away.
"Anyway, what are you cooking?" ,I asked.
"I'm cooking Chicken Tinola" ,Nanay replied.
"Ooo my favorite." ,I said as I drooled a little.
"Hehe good thing that I know it's your favorite because you got exams tomorrow."
'Oh shit, I forgot I got exams tomorrow. I better study!', I thought as I cringe thinking about it.
After dinner, I quickly went to my room and started studying for my exams tomorrow. After about 30 minutes of studying, I took a piece of paper and pencil and started to sketch. Finished, I looked at my drawing and smiled. I put my sketch piece in my drawer and got ready to bed.
'Tomorrow will be a stressful day'
Aannnndddd that is the first chapter of the story. Phew! Im so freaking tired but I feel accomplished. I hope you like it and I'll finish the next chapter probably tomorrow if I have time. Seeee yyaaaa peeps
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Sketching You
Romance"I let my pencil wonder around the soft texture of the paper. Lightly sketching every detail of the tree that is right in front of me. Until, a forehead of an individual blocked me away from the mint-green tree that was in front of me. I was about t...
